Projects
Commissions and residencies
Music
— Live
Books
Installation views
About me
US Dept of Homeland Security, 2019
Travel sparked my interest in photography, but music has been an equally deep influence, shaping my life through concerts, DJ sets, reviews and festival curation. It’s central to who I am and fuels my creative vision.
I am a member of .tiff and Futures emerging artists’ platforms, promoted by FOMU Antwerp, and I am the author of four monographs, the latest of which, Paradise City, is published by GOST.
Contact: sebastien (at) sebastiencuvelier (dot) com
Master's degree in Photography, ENSP Arles, France, 2024
Master's degree in Business, HEC Liège, Belgium, 1998
Solo shows
A Golden Distance, L'Enfant Sauvage, Brussels, Sep 2025 (upcoming)
Paradise City, Centre Le Lierre, Thionville, 2023-2024
Paradise City, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, 2022-2023
Paradise City, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, 2021
Paradise City, centre d’art Nei Liicht, Dudelange, 2018
Eunma Town, Galerie Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, 2015
Gypsy Queens, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA, Katowice, 2015
Panginoon, Gallerie Satellite, BIP Liège, 2014
Gypsy Queens, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels, 2014
Gypsy Queens, Galerie Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, 2013
Group shows
Light & Truth, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, 2022-2023
Eunma Town, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, 2022-2023
Paradise City, Imago Lisboa, Lisbon, 2021
Paradise City, .tiff, FOMU, Antwerp, 2021
Paradise City, Bienne Photography Festival, Biel/Bienne, 2021
Paradise City, Visage(s) d'Europe, EUNIC/Fetart, Paris, 2021
hi/stories, mateneen, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg, 2020
Paradise City, Les Boutographies, Montpellier, 2019
Eunma Town, European Month of Photography, Luxembourg, 2019
Kuck Elei, Flux Feelings, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, 2017
Instant Star, 3 Songs No Flash, CarréRotondes, Luxembourg, 2014
Panginoon, Rencontres photographiques d'Arlon, 2012
Photobooks (monographs)
Paradise City, GOST Books, 2020
Eunma Town, self-published, 2015
Instant Star, self-published, 2014
Gypsy Queens, Husson editions, 2013
Photobooks (commissions and residencies)
H - The Notion of Humanist Photography, Kaunas Photography Gallery & Centre national de l'audiovisuel, 2022
hi/stories, mateneen, Oeuvre de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, 2020
Kuck Elei, Banque de Luxembourg, 2016
Permanent collections
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi
Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg
Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Dudelange
Ville de Dudelange
Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
Banque de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Awards
Selected for Futures platform, 2021
Selected for .tiff platform, FOMU Antwerp, 2021
Finalist, Lens Culture Journeys, 2020
Winner of 4 prizes at Les Boutographies, Montpellier, 2019: Honorable mention from the jury, Réponses Photo award, Les Jours award, Public prize, Les Boutographies, 2019
Shortlisted, Kassel Fotobook Dummy Award, 2016
Shortlisted, LensCulture photobooks of the year, 2016
Shortlisted, Bourse du Talent, 2014 & 2016
Winner, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel grant, Dudelange, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019
Residencies and workshops attended
Workshop at home, Alec Soth, Minneapolis, 2024
Creating new narratives, Carolyn Drake, CNA, Dudelange, 2024
H – The Notion of Humanist Photography, residency under the mentroship of Jim Goldberg, Kaunas, 2022
Book editing, Nicolas Polli, CNA, Dudelange, 2019
How to build a documentary narrative, Vanessa Winship & George Georgiou, CNA, Dudelange, 2018
Eddie Adams Workshop XXX, Jeffersonville, New York, 2017
How to make things happen, Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen, CNA, Dudelange, 2017
Masterclass (12-month program), Marc Prüst, CNA, Dudelange, 2015
Fiction in photography, Cristina de Middel, CNA, Dudelange, 2014
Talks and conferences given
Centre Le Lierre, Thionville, 2023
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Tamines, 2023
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, 2022
Artist talks by The Eyes, Paris Photo, 2022
Ecole Supérieure des Arts de l'Image Le 75, Brussels, 2022
Sint-Lukas school of photography, Brussels, 2022
Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Dudelange, 2022
Pardon my French (w/ Samuel Bollendorff), Rotondes & University of Luxembourg, 2022
Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Dudelange, 2014 & 2022
Paradise City
Le Soir, Nov 2022
La Libre, Oct 2022 | Voyage gigogne
Plan Cult, La Trois, RTBF (TV), Oct 2022 | Musée de la Photographie
RTBF Musiq3 (radio), Oct 2022 | Interview with Pascal Goffaux
Fisheye Magazine, March 2022 | L'Iran en héritage
Artdoc Photography Magazine, August 2021 | Where is Paradise?
American Suburb X, June 2021 | Paradise City
Photographic Museum of Humanity, May 2021 | A nuanced portrait of Iran
Contemporary Lynx, April 2021 | A respite from lockdown
Source, Spring 2021
.tiff magazine, FOMU, Mar 2021
GUP, Feb 2021 | Paradise City book review
Fisheye, Jan 2021
PHOTO magazine, Jan 2021
Paperjam, Jan 2021 | Le nouveau paradis photo de Sébastien Cuvelier
Creative Review, Oct 2020 | Sébastien Cuvelier’s photos contrast utopia and reality in Iran
Aesthetica, Oct 2020 | Paradise City
Shutterhub, Oct 2020 | Photobook favourites
Creative Boom, Oct 2020 | Paradise City: Photographs by Sébastien Cuvelier show the changing shape of Iran following its revolution
Huck Magazine, Sep 2020 | A nostalgic and evocative portrait of modern Iran
Réponses Photo, Sep 2020 | Iran, passé et présent
GUP, Aug 2020 | Paradise City
Polka, Jul 2020 | Songe d'un Eden perdu
9 Lives, Jun 2020 | L’Iran dans le viseur de Sébastien Cuvelier aux éditions Gost
Plain Magazine, Sep 2019 | In Iran, Sébastien Cuvelier unearths different versions of paradise
Réponses Photo, Jun 2019 | Paradise City portfolio & interview
Woxx, May 2019 | Regards d'ailleurs et d'ici | pdf
Actu.fr, May 2019 | Boutographies de Montpellier : Sébastien Cuvelier fait un festival
Fisheye magazine, May 2019 | 19e édition des Boutographies
Réponses Photo, May 2019 | Les Boutographies annoncent les deux lauréats de cette 19e édition
En Revenant de l'Expo, May 2019 | Boutographies 2019 au Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier
Le Midi-Libre, May 2019 | Les "Bouto" au coeur de l'Europe
Le Quotidien, May 2018 | La quête du paradis
Luxembourger Wort, May 2018 | A chacun son paradis
Eunma Town
Littor, Feb 2017 | Littor(릿터)4호
M Le Monde, Jan 2017 | Cité étudiante | Eunma Town, le très cher quartier de Séoul
Dérivations, Sep 2016 | Eunma Town
Urbanautica, Apr 2016 | Eunma Town
Polka, Mar 2016 | Eunma Town
SBS, Feb 2016 | web
Lensculture, Jan 2016 | Photobooks of the Year, Part II: 24 Personal Favorites
Actuphoto, Dec 2015 | Eunma Town, le rêve coréen 100% béton
Kyunghyang Shinmun, Nov 2015 | [사진 속으로]은마 아파트
Paperjam, Sep 2015 | Raconter l'histoire du rêve coréen
Archiduc, Sep 2015 | Le rêve coréen de Sébastien Cuvelier
Bold, Sep 2015 | Eunma Town
Gypsy Queens
Slate, Jan 2016 | Inside the Fabulous Homes of “Gypsy Queens”
Click.ro, Jan 2016 | Casele luxoase ale ţiganilor din România, prin ochii unui străin
Der Greif, Apr 2014 | Gypsy Queens
Nuage/Soleil, Apr 2014 | Riches et Roms
Actuphoto, Jan 2014 | Gypsy Queens, le royaume de Sébastien Cuvelier aux éditions Husson
Luxemburger Wort, Sep 2013 | Mémoire intime et Roms riches
d'Lëtzebuerger Land, Sep 2013 | Tablo | Queens of Buzescu | Queens of Buzescu (web)
Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek, Sep 2013 | Expo Nosbaum Reding
Instant Star
Goûte Mes Disques (BE), Oct 2014 | Instant Star, ou la musique en mode Polaroid
d'Lëtzebuerger Land (LU), Aug 2014 | Fading In / Fading Out
Le Jeudi (LU), Aug 2014 | Interprétations d'une contrainte
La Meuse (BE), Aug 2014 | Une expo et un livre
Panginoon
Galerie Satellite, 2022 | 10 ans, 50 photographes
Budhi, Ateneo de Manila University, 2010