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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Inquiries/press/bookings/etc : [email protected]
Represented by Adolescent Content / commercial inquiries: [email protected]
You can buy prints on Society6 (& signed archival prints via email)
Selected clients : Vice, Broadly, Refinery29, VSCO, Converse, Netflix, Teen Vogue, Jump From Paper, Courrier International, Fluide beauty, Stay Home Club, NEON Magazine, Elle Girl Korea, Kaltblut Magazine, Laforet Japan, Leméac, Yahoo Style, Frankie Magazine, Somewhere x Nowhere
"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)
Artsida9 (emerging artist award, 2019)
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 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)
Artsida 9 Auction @ Musée d'art contemporain (February 3, 2019, Montreal, Canada)
Possible selves:queer foto vernaculars @ The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) (December 14, 2018 - April 14, 2019)
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)