Mey Semtati's work invites us to enter a landscape of concrete and playgrounds in primary colours. The buildings and pavements are heavy and covered with indecipherable inscriptions: it is in this deterioration that voices are heard. The space is a tale haunted by children who understand each other without speaking, ghosts of family portraits, a legendary pirate, an ambiguous djinn... Each occupies its place, delineating within the apparent chaos a territory that is stratified in layers of frost or dust, blood and memories.
Text by Paul Perrucon
Mey Semtati (*1997 in Paris) explores the boundaries of memory, between imagination and reality. As a painter and sculptor, her work is inspired by the imprints of the past, childhood stories, and objects marked by time.
By combining various media, Mey Semtati invites the viewer to enter sensitive labyrinths where memories dialogue with aspirations. Her work is a celebration of the vulnerability of things, places and memories, paying homage to what persists despite deterioration.
She lives and works in Brussels, where she graduated 2024 from the ERG (École de Recherche Graphique) after studying Art History at the Sorbonne. Her work has been exhibited in various contexts such as the Mons Biennale in 2023, Art au Centre (Liège) in 2025, as well as in various group exhibitions such as Drawing From Where We Are (Brussels, 2024), Une Chaumière et un Coeur (Paris, 2025), and Pierrot Cowboy (Paris, 2025).
Curated by Lisa Oord
Mey Semtati's work invites us to enter a landscape of concrete and playgrounds in primary colours. The buildings and pavements are heavy and covered with indecipherable inscriptions: it is in this deterioration that voices are heard. The space is a tale haunted by children who understand each other without speaking, ghosts of family portraits, a legendary pirate, an ambiguous djinn... Each occupies its place, delineating within the apparent chaos a territory that is stratified in layers of frost or dust, blood and memories.
Text by Paul Perrucon
Mey Semtati (*1997 in Paris) explores the boundaries of memory, between imagination and reality. As a painter and sculptor, her work is inspired by the imprints of the past, childhood stories, and objects marked by time. By combining various media, Mey Semtati invites the viewer to enter sensitive labyrinths where memories dialogue with aspirations. Her work is a celebration of the vulnerability of things, places and memories, paying homage to what persists despite deterioration. She lives and works in Brussels, where she graduated 2024 from the ERG (École de Recherche Graphique) after studying Art History at the Sorbonne. Her work has been exhibited in various contexts such as the Mons Biennale in 2023, Art au Centre (Liège) in 2025, as well as in various group exhibitions such as Drawing From Where We Are (Brussels, 2024), Une Chaumière et un Coeur (Paris, 2025), and Pierrot Cowboy (Paris, 2025).
Curated by Lisa Oord