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Mégane Likin (b. 1994, Huy, Belgium) lives and works in Brussels. Trained in visual arts at the Fine Arts School of Liège, she first developed her practice in London before continuing her artistic path in Belgium. Her work explores memory, the past, and the ways in which these temporal layers shape our perception of the present and the future.
Through her landscapes, she examines the transformation of events and the gradual reinvention of memory. Erasure and absence occupy a central place in her work: rather than concealing, these gestures reveal what has disappeared, making the invisible perceptible. A quiet stillness inhabits her paintings, inviting the viewer into an intimate and introspective experience, where one is confronted with one’s own memory and the subjectivity of perception.
Her small-scale paintings function as windows onto time: they suspend the image, hold a moment in place, and allow traces of passing time to emerge, often lingering at the edge of the horizon. Between appearance and disappearance, visibility and invisibility, a tension unfolds in which the ephemeral takes on its full meaning. Likin’s work ultimately reminds us that each moment is singular and irreversible, and that no memory can ever be relived in exactly the same way.
Her work has been exhibited widely in Belgium and has received several awards. Today, her paintings are included in important private collections.
Education
2021: Advanced Bachelor’s degree in Art Therapy, Public Health Sciences, HELB – Ilya Prigogine
2018 : Master’s degree in Fine Arts (Painting), specialized track, ESAVL – ARBAL
2016 : Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Painting), ESAVL – ARBAL
2015-2016 : Erasmus program, School of Art, Design and Fashion, Southampton Solent University, England
Solo Exhibitions
2025 : A l'ombre des canopées x Nathalie Deboel and Demain Art, Knokke, Belgium
2024 : Ce qui demeure x Nathalie Deboel and Demain Art, Brussels, Belgium
2024 : Chambres intérieures, Fondation Carrefour des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2021/22 : Exposition éphémère, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2021 : Chamber of reflection, Art au Centre, Liège, Belgium
2020/21 : Le fil des jours pour unique voyage, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2020 : Temps Présents, Short Cuts Gallery, Namur, Belgium
2018/19 :Espace Jeunes Artistes, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
2026 : Exposition privée, Villa M x Demain Art, Latem, Belgium
2025 : Oeuvres de poche, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2025 : Luxembourg art week, Quai4 Gallery, Luxembourg
2025 : Mirages x Léonard Pongo, CFC Publishing House, Brussels, Belgium
2025 : Huysewinkel Kortrijk x Demain Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
2025 : The Rooms x Pili Collado Studio, Mix Brussels, Belgium
2024 : En Piste!, La Boverie Museum with Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2024 : Summer exhibition with DEMAIN, Knokke, Belgium
2024 : Beyond Horizons, Dorotheum, Brussels, Belgium
2024 : L’art pour l’Accueil, Hangar, Brussels, Belgium
2024 : Ateliers imaginaires, Espace d’art Le Neuf, Jodoigne, Belgium
2023 : Fluid memories, Cloud Seven, Brussels, Belgium
2023 : Luxembourg art week with Quai4 Gallery, Luxembourg
2023 : En Piste!, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
2023 : Paysages & Albâtres, Mégane Likin & Marc Angeli, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2022 : 11 years of residencies, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium
2022 : Art on Paper, international contemporary drawing fair, Brussels, Belgium
2022 : 21e Biennale du Petit Format, Nismes, Charleville-Mézières, Belgium / France
2022 : Traversées, Fondation Carrefour des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2021 : En Piste!, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
2021 : Chronique d’un printemps / Intramuros, Galerie Verhaeren, Brussels, Belgium
2021 : Aux murmures des branches, Galerie Juvénal, Huy, Belgium
2020–21 : 20e Biennale internationale Petit Format de Papier, Nismes, Liège, Arlon, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2020 : BIP OFF, Liège, Belgium
2020 : Interlude, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2019 : Vibrons, Galerie Juvénal, Huy, Belgium
2019 : Biennale de la photographie de Marchin, Belgium
2019 : Mémoire et Réincarnation, La Châtaigneraie CWAC, Liège, Belgium
2019 : Poésie Insoumise, La Cité Miroir, Liège, Belgium
2018 : Symposium au thème de nos frontières, Government of Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands
2018 : Encore, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2018 : En Piste, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
2018 : Des Dessins!, Quai4 Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2018 : Réminiscences, Flux Gallery, Liège, Belgium
2017 : Effondrement / (Re)construction, Huy, Belgium
2017 : Sans titre, Fiera Milano Rho, Milan, Italy
2016 : Sans titre, Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy
2016 : Sans titre, NH Milano Congress Centre, Milan, Italy
2016 : Mid-Year Exhibition, Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom
2015 : Biennale de la gravure, Ansembourg Museum, Liège, Belgium
Nominations
2024 : Selected for the Wallonia Arts Commission Prize, Delta, Namur, Belgium
2023 : Selected for the Georges Collignon Contemporary Painting Prize, Centre wallon d’Art contemporain – La Châtaigneraie
2023 : Selected for the Jean & Irène Ransy Figurative Painting Prize, Maison Losseau, Mons, Belgium
2021 : Selected for the Wallonia Arts Commission Prize, Abattoirs de Bomel, Namur, Belgium
2021 : Selected for the Dacos Prize, Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium
2020 : Selected for the Ransy Prize, Mons, Belgium
2019 : Selected for the Prix de la Création, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
2019 : Selected for the Arts Prize, Brussels, Belgium
2018–19 : Selected for the Dacos Prize, La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
2018 : Selected for the Tremplin Prize, Mons, Belgium
2018 : Selected for the Médiatine Prize, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
2017 : Selected for the Collignon Prize, Ansembourg Museum, Liège, Belgium
Awards & Distinctions
2023 : Winner of the Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Arts Prize, painting and drawing category, Brussels, Belgium
2021 : Winner of the Jos Albert Prize, Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
2020 : Winner of the SABAM for Culture Prize, Brussels, Belgium
2018 : Winner of the Léonie Jamar Prize
Residencies
2021/22 : Laureate of the Fondation Privée du Carrefour des Arts
2019 : Residency in Marchin
2018/19 : Residency in partnership with Quai4 Gallery, Banneux
Grants & Public Collections
2022 : Creation grant awarded by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) for the production of a new work
2021 : Collection of the Musée du Petit Format d’Art Contemporain
2019 : Creation grant awarded by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) for the development of an exhibition project
2019 : Art collection of the Province of Liège
2019 : Art collection of the City of Liège
Participations & Publications
2025 : Book Ce qui demeure, CFC Editions, co-published with ISELP
2024 : Interview on rurality for the Institut Culturel d’Architecture Wallonie-Bruxelles
2024 : Interview in Imagine demain le monde, issue n°161, July–August–September 2024
2024 : Publication in Joaquim Hernandez-Dispaux's book, Ateliers imaginaires, SOL Editions
2023 : Participation in the project Héritières, Brussels heritage, Brussels, Belgium