About
Camille Relet is a young French multi-disciplinary artist based in Wales. Her practice addresses concepts such as the transient condition of one’s nature and identity in relation to language, territories, time, memory, religion and history. She considers visual connections to philosophy, literature, mythology and science as a method to synthesise social and political narratives whilst exploring the potential for photographic processes to be combined with other media to establish an ‘Anthropocene photography’.
Her work is informed by her personal experience with language and identity as well as her interest in geopolitics. Each project are connected and influence each other: there is a continuity in her interests and experiences, where each project is a different ramification of its predecessor.
Education
2022 - Present PhD in Arts and Media
2021 (September) - 2022 (March) East Meets West Masterclass
2020 - 2022 Work Show Grow School: Online internationale school
2019 - 2020 PGCE/PCE in Post Compulsory Education and Training – PCET (UWTSD)
2017 - 2019 MA Contemporary Dialogue: Photography at Swansea Col lege of Art (UWTSD)
2014 - 2017 BA(Hons) Photojournal ism and Documentary Photography at Swansea Col lege of Art (UWTSD)
2011 - 2014 Literate Baccalaureate mention “Bien” at Lycée Marguerite de Valois, Angoulême, France
Publications and Features
2023 (February) Closed Vitrines and Open Histories: Photography, Archaeology and Museum Practices, a conversation with Giulia Parlato and Giovanna Petrocchi by Camille Relet and Laura Bivolaru, writtent during our editorial internship at Archivo Platform and published on C4 Journal.
2022 (November) Exhibition review of Sadie Catt’s, Beekeeper, at Serchia Gallery
2022 (June) Exhibition review of Sam Laughlin’s, Ripples In The Surface Of Things, at Serchia Gallery
2022 (April) Exhibition review of Ryan L. Moule’s, Objects to Place in a Tomb
2022 (April) The Abysm - Challenging the Photobook, Interview of Gareth Phillips for Offline Magazine, Issue 8 “Face Value”
2022 (January) Cine-Lit #51 - The Adventures Of Antoine Doinel, Derby Quad Cinema Podcast Contributor
2021 (December) "The Abysm by Gareth Phillips: Installation review" , text written for the ESPY Award.
2021 Rejoining the Landscape: Camille Relet on Patricia Ziad, text written for the ESPY Award
2021 The X Collab, Open call collaboration project, Digital publication
2021 Always more Art, Work in progress, Online feature on their website and social media page
2021 United, Group publication, Work Show Grow School
2020 Outlast Journal, Ariane, Online feature on their website and social media page
2017 Source Magazine, Icare, Online feature
2017 Icare (French for Icarus) Self-published photobook
Professional Experience
2021 (December)- 2022 (March): Editorial Intern at Archivo Platform
2021 (September) - 2022 (March): Berwick Young Programmers: Screent Time workshop and programming
2021- Present: Derby Film Festival Young Programmers Group.
2021 Format Festival volunteer, Online
2021 Guest tutor, MA Contemporary Dialogues, Swansea College of Art
2019 Freelance photographer, France
2019 Volunteer at Mission Gallery, Swansea
2019 Member of the Swansea based photographic collective Basement Collective
Exhibitions and Residencies
2022 (March): East Meets West Exhibition at Format22, Derby
2021 (October-December) RYPC Residency collaboration with Nicola Colclough.
2021 (October-November)Ride Your Pony Club 4, Group exhibition curated by Garth Gratix and Marie Jones, Abingdon Studio, Blackpool.
2021 (September-December): Dispatch, Workshowgrow Residency
2021 (August) Sensory, X Collab groupexhibition, Not my Beautiful House, Kingston Upon Thames
2021 (June) Blue, X Collab group exhibition, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston Upon Thames
2019 51⁰, Basement collective exhibition, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2019 What will remain of us, curated by Abby Poulson, Mission Gallery and Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2019 Graduation show, MA Contemporary Dialogues, Swansea
2018 Shadow of the Valley of Death, Solo exhibition part of a pop-up show series called Visual Feast, Swansea
2017 Order of the Real , BA Photography graduation show, Swansea – Copeland Gallery, London
Contact
For any enquiry please feel free to contact me at: info@camillerelet.com
You can find me on Instagram @CamilleRelet