Laurence Philomene is an emerging non-binary photographer, director and curator based in Montreal, Canada. Laurence’s work is colourful and candid, and deals with questions of identity as seen through a queer/trans lens. Laurence’s work on gender and identity has been published in the likes of Dazed, I- D, Vice, Broadly, CBC Arts, Courrier International, Teen Vogue, Hunger Magazine, Wonderland, and The Independent, to name a few. Laurence has participated in over 30 exhibitions worldwide, including 3 solo exhibits in Toronto, Berlin and Cracow. The artist is currently working on a 10 year retrospective book, which will be published in collaboration with Editions Lemaitre (Paris) in 2019.
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You can buy prints on Society6 (& signed/archived prints via email)
Selected clients : Vice, Broadly, Refinery29, VSCO, Converse, Netflix, Teen Vogue, Air Canada, Vice, Jump From Paper, Courrier International, Fluide beauty, Stay Home Club, Kayleigh Peddie Lingerie, NEON Magazine, Annex Vintage, CULT Montreal, SNAP Magazine, Elle Girl Korea, Kaltblut Magazine, Laforet Japan, Leméac, Yahoo Style, Frankie Magazine, Iromonomarket, Sofia Zakia Jewerly, TheDebrief, School of Doodle, Getty Images, Sugarbones, Somewhere x Nowhere & more :)
"Gender Dysphoria : Laurence Philomene interviewed" on Bomb Magazine
"This photographer spent 7 years photographing their trans bestie" on Broadly
"Adweek’s Creative 100: Meet the Multitalented Masters Behind Today’s Most Innovative Work"
"Hanging With The Subjects Of Laurence Philomene's Photo Series Non-Binary" on Refinery 29
"Representing non-binary bodies with Laurence Philomene" on I-D
"Pictures worth a thousand genders" on CBC arts
"The Photographer Representing Her Non-Binary Friends as They'd Like to Be Seen" on Broadly
"Exploring identity through the bodies of others" on Dazed Digital
"Photographer Laurence Philomene proves pink is the warmest colour" on I-D
"The Coven: Practical Magick" Dazed summer 2015
Awards :
Flickr 20 under 20 (curator's choice award, 2014)
Adweek Creative 100 (2018)
Selected Books/Publications
- Retrospective book (working title) - Editions Lemaire - Paris - Edition of 200, upcoming - 2019
- Work in Missed Connections 2 - Toronto - Curated by Kendra Yee - November 2018
- work Boys! Boys! Boys! - London - The Little Black Gallery - Edition of 200 - September 2018
- “Dreamboats" - Self Published - Edition of 30 - May 2016
- Work in UNLOCKED book - Athens - Curated by Vassilis Zidianakis - 2016
- Work in PINKD book - London - Curated by Liv Thurley - August 2014
- BOYS - Self Published - Edition of 20 - Artist book, screen printed covers - May 2014
Selected Video Work
- Short Film "Me vs Others" (November 2018)
- Artist interview with Matthew-James Wilson/Forge Art Mag (March 2018)
- Artist interview with Juli Majer (September 2017)
- Artist Interview with Charlie Craggs (July 2017)
- Artist interview with Ione Gamble (June 2017)
- Artist interview with Ginette Lapalme (May 2017)
- Social media campaign video for "13 Reasons Why" for Netflix (April 2017)
- Music video for Radiant Baby "Save me from myself" (April 2017)
- Artist interview with Starchild Stela (February 2017)
- Artist interview with Simon Fortin (December 2016)
- Artist interview with Brie Moreno (December 2016)
- Artist interview with Rachel Louise Hodgson (November 2016)
- Artist interview with Hobbes Ginsberg (October 2016)
- Camp gallery documentary (September 2016)
Selected Press & Editorials
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- Feature on Vice (November 2018)
- Interview in BOMB magazine (November 2018)
- Feature on Them (November 2018)
- Interview in Metal Magazine (October 2018)
- Photo essay published on Broadly (August 2018)
- Interview with Fluide Beauty (August 2018)
- Feature on CBC arts (July 2018)
- Editorial for Adolescent.net (July 2018)
- Feature on W Mag (June 2018)
- Cover and editorial for Vice Photo issue "the privacy and perception issue" (June 2018 - print)
- Feature in Broadly for Vice Photo Issue 2018 (June 2018)
- Photo essay for The Photographic Journal (June 2018)
- Adweek's Creative 100 list (June 2018)
- Interview in cosmopolitan germany (May 2018 - print)
- Interview on Eyeem magazine (April 2018)
- Interview in Il Grande Colibri (March 2018)
- Partnership with VSCO & Adolescent (March 2018)
- Special dossier for Courrier International feminist issue (February-March 2018, France - print)
- Photo essay in The Photographic Journal (January 2018)
- Exhibition essay for "It is what it is" (Xpace, January 2018)
- Feature in En Route (Air Canada Magazine, December 2017, Canada - print)
- Editorial in Chroma Mag, red issue (December 2017)
- Interview in Vice Canada (Video - November 23, 2017)
- Interview in Forge Mag issue 17 (November 2017)
- Portraits for Constellation mag issue 2 (September 2017)
- Feature in Wooly Mag (Japan - August 2017 - print)
- Interview on Lomography (July 2017)
- Feature in I-D (July 2017)
- Feature in Fashion Magazine (August 2017 issue - print)
- Interview in Teen Vogue (July 2017)
- Work in Favorite Zine (June 2017 - print)
- Interview on Refinery29 UK (June 2017)
- Interview in Missy Magazine (German) (May 2017)
- Interview in I-D Magazine (May 2017)
- Interview in I-D Germany (May 2017)
- Interview in Hunger Magazine (May 2017)
- Editorial for Somewhere x Nowhere (May 2017)
- Interview on CREATORS (May 2017)
- Interview in Indie Mag (April 2017)
- Interview in Kaltblut Magazine (April 2017)
- Interview on The Outsiderz (April 2017)
- Interview on Lomography.com (April 2017)
- Editorial & Interview for Chroma Magazine - red issue (March 2017)
- Interview on CBC arts (March 2017, video)
- Interview in Gender Spectrum (March 2017, audio)
- Interview in The Independent (February 2017)
- Interview on CBC arts (January 2017)
- Feature in Society6 quartely no 21 (January 2017 - print)
- Interview in Dazed Magazine (January 2017)
- Interview in Spindle Magazine (December 2016)
- Feature in I-D (December 2016)
- Feature in Rookie magazine (November 2016)
- Interview & exclusive series for Broadly (November 2016)
- Editorial in Polyester Zine (November 2016)
- Photo essay in The Photographic Journal (October 2016)
- Interview in Wonderland Magazine (October 2016)
- Interview on Curated by Girls (September 2016)
- Interview in Jungle Magazine (August 2016)
- Editorial for Jump From Paper (August 2016)
- Feature in I-D (August 2016)
- Feature in Forge Mag issue 12 (July 2016)
- Interview on Wildabout Magazine (June 2016)
- Interview on Konbini (June 2016)
- Interview in Ballad Of Magazine (May 2016)
- Interview in Tendencias Mag (May 2016)
- Interview in Dazed & Confused (May 2016)
- Editorial in Polyester Zine (April 2016)
- Interview on Hunger Magazine (April 2016)
- Photo essay for The Photographic Journal (February 2016)
- Editorial in Polyester Zine (January 2016)
- Interview on Xatakafoto (January 2016)
- Interview in Dazed & Confused (December 2015)
- Editorial shot for IGNANT (December 2015)
- Editorial in Haunt Magazine (November 2015)
- Interview in Funeral Parade Issue 6 (October 2015)
- Interview in I-D Magazine (August 2015)
- Editorial in Haunt Magazine (July 2015)
- Editorial in Polyester Zine (July 2015)
- Interview in Dazed & Confused magazine, Summer 2015 issue (print)
- Half-Year Zine, Streit House Space (2015)
- Interview in Austere Mag Issue 14 (May 2015 - print)
- Interview in Polyester Zine (May 2015 - print)
- Interview in Elision Zine #5 (April 2015)
- Photo Diary for Polyester Zine (April 2015)
- Editorial for The Powder Room Magazine (April 2015 - print)
- Interview on Huffington Post Quebec (March 2015)
- Editorial for Yahoo Style (January 2015)
- Feature in Kaltblut Magazine issue 7 (January 2015)
- Editorial in Polyester Magazine (December 2014)
- Editorial in Dreck Magazine (November 2014)
- Cover & Editorial for Poppie Magazine (September 2014 - print)
- Feature on Huffington Post (September 2014)
- Editorial in Polyester zine issue 1 (September 2014 - print)
- Feature & Interview in CULT magazine (Brazil, summer 2014 - print)
- Feature on P3 (August 2014)
- Interview on Ballad Of (August 2014)
- Feature on BUST.com (April 2014)
- Interview on LPM (July 2014)
- Interview on Madly Juicy (July 2014)
- Feature with Stay Home Club on Ton Petit Look (February 2014)
- Interview in Cooler magazine (January 2014)
- Editorial for Kaltblut Magazine (November 2013)
- Work featured in The Le Sigh zine (November 2013 - print)
- Portrait Series for Inconnu Magazine “the future issue”
- Editorial for DRECK magazine (September 2013)
- Interview in Lost Freedom Magazine (August 2013)
- Editorial in DRECK magazine (July 2013)
- Interview on Get The Five (May 2013)
- Petrole for Dreck Magazine (May 2013)
- Feature in My Little Box, “My Little World” magazine (Spring 2013 - print)
- DRECK Magazine (April 2013)
- Feature in KALTBLUT Magazine (January 2013)
Selected Exhibitions & Auctions
Queeruption Festival (May 2019, Budapest - upcoming)
Chromatic Festival @ Usine C (May 10-17, 2019, Montreal, Canada - upcoming)
Boys Boys Boys @ The Ravestijn Gallery (March 22 - 30, 2019, Amsterdam - upcoming)
New Femininity #3 @ Melkweg EXPO (February 8 - March 10, 2019, Amsterdam - upcoming)
Artsida 9 Auction @ Musée d'art contemporain (February 3, 2019, Montreal, Canada - upcoming)
Possible selves:queer foto vernaculars @ The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) (December 14, 2018 - April 14, 2019 - upcoming)
Me vs Others @ The Letter Bet (November 8-27, 2018, Montreal, Canada - SOLO)
Boys will be Boys @ Junior High (November 9 -23, 2018, Los Angeles)
Boys Boys Boys @ The Hospital Club (September 27 - 30, 2018 - London, UK)
Curated by girls @ Gallery MUTUO (September 13-16, 2018, Barcelona, Spain)
Vogelball festival (August 4, 2018, Hamburg, Germany)
The Vice Magazine 2018 Photo Show @ Parasol Projects (July 24 -30, 2018, New York)
Boys! Boys! Boys! Volume II on Paddle 8 (June 14 - June 25, 2018)
Phi Fest 2018 @ Fabrica del vapore (June 8-10, 2018, Milan, Italy)
Fruit Bowl @ Rose Festival, Mainline Gallery (May 10-13, 2018, Montreal)
Boys! Boys! Boys! on Paddle8 (March 7 - 19, 2018)
Artsida 8 - exhibition @ Galerie MX / Auction @ Place des Arts, (March 2-11, 2018, Montreal)
It Is What It Is @ Xpace Cultural Centre (January 12-February 10, 2018, Toronto)
I won't take down the lights by Adolescent @ Junior High Gallery (January 12, 2018, Los Angeles)
Wooly Arts @ Warehouse Meguro Gallery (July 17, 2017, Tokyo)
Curated by girls presents: Non-Binary Portraits by Laurence Philomene @Cogalleries (May 19-31, 2017, Berlin) SOLO
Nobody Likes You When You're 23 @ Wilson (April 22nd, 2017, Cleveland)
Instagram Jam / Month of Photography Los Angeles @ Space15Twenty (February 2-6th, Los Angeles)
What does our future hold? The Coven x Polyester Zine @ Dye House (January 7, 2017 - London, UK)
Container of Love Exhibition #4 @ Riverkasematten (October 22nd, 2016 - Hamburg, Germany)
Documentarian (September 2016 - Adelaide, Australia)
"Freer in Berlin" by Curated by Girls @ Studio Blender & Co (October 9 & 19, 2016 - Berlin, Germany)
We, Other @ Art Pop ( September 21st-25th, 2016 - Montreal)
Camp is a tender feeling @ Camp Gallery (July 5th - 17th, 2016 - Montreal)
Diaphanous @ Index Art Center (March 19-April 2nd, 2016 - Newark, New Jersey)
We, "Other" @ POPOP Gallery (March 8-18th, 2016 - Montreal)
What a time to be alive @ Sunday x Slow Culture (January 15th, 2016 - Los Angeles)
Bow Town @ Monastiraki (September 16-October 4th, 2015 - Montreal)
Same @ Stream Gallery (August 13-23rd, 2015 - New York)
Soft Matter @ Artwork Atelier Green Gate (May 6-8th, 2015 - Manchester, UK)
COMFORT/DISCOMFORT @ Silent Barn (April 19, 2015 - New York)
Streit House Space (January 2105-ongoig, Online Gallery Project
Zine! Zine! @ Roos Art (December 6th-23rd, 2014 - New York)
The Coven @ Glass Door Gallery Second Edition (October 17th-18th, 2014 - Montreal)
Skin Part 3 @ Union Club Hotel (October 2nd, 2014 - Melbourne, Australia)
Flickr 20under20 @ Milk Studios (October 1st, 2014 - New York)
Iromonomarket @ Laforet (September 26-October 2nd 2014 - Tokyo, Japan)
I Hate The Blues @ Doomed Gallery (August 7, 2014 - London, UK)
Laurence Philomene @ Kafein (August 1st-31st, 2014 - Montreal)
The Coven presents Girlhood @ La Centrale (August 1st-29th, 2014 - Montreal)
Iromonomarket (July 26, 2014 - Tokyo, Japan)
The Coven presents Girlhood (May 16-18, 2014 - San Francisco)
Twenty Thirteen @ Doomed Gallery (December 12, 2013 - London, UK)
The Coven @ Glass Door Gallery (September 13, 2013 - Montreal)