Creative Experts
Jean-Michel André (France)
Jean-Michel André is an Art photographer who has been exploring the French region of Pas de Calais for 10 years with his photography being at the crossroads of visual and documentary interpretations.
His approach is based on a political and poetic vision of the territory. He questions its limits, its memory and its evolution. The notion of territory and questions relating to landscape are part of his research and creative work. He also explores the notion of circulation, particularly economic, financial and migratory flows. This is one of the common threads running through all his series. Having spent a large part of his life outside France, he can also claim that his travels nourish his work. He prefers to take the side roads, revealing the shadows and inviting us to explore an intimate geography.
Jean-Michel has taken part in a number of projects where he has been able to interact with local young people on heritage issues. For him, artistic and cultural transmission is a way of making photography accessible to a wide audience. It’s also an opportunity to exchange ideas, to share and to open doors to reflection and creation.
www.jm-andre.com
His approach is based on a political and poetic vision of the territory. He questions its limits, its memory and its evolution. The notion of territory and questions relating to landscape are part of his research and creative work. He also explores the notion of circulation, particularly economic, financial and migratory flows. This is one of the common threads running through all his series. Having spent a large part of his life outside France, he can also claim that his travels nourish his work. He prefers to take the side roads, revealing the shadows and inviting us to explore an intimate geography.
Jean-Michel has taken part in a number of projects where he has been able to interact with local young people on heritage issues. For him, artistic and cultural transmission is a way of making photography accessible to a wide audience. It’s also an opportunity to exchange ideas, to share and to open doors to reflection and creation.
www.jm-andre.com
Irmina Insaurralde Andrés (Spain)
From a very Young age onwards, Irmina felt a great interest in different artistic disciplines, especially in plastic and visual arts. She studied Fashion Design at the School of Design in Valencia (Spain) and later, decided to move to Budapest where, in addition to continuing her textile studies, she worked in different areas related to Design and Marketing for five years.
On her return to Spain, she became interested in education and so she specialised in Art Education with the intention of being able to transmit the same passion that she feels herself for the arts to future generations. Currently, as a teacher and educator, Irmina uses working methodologies from a social and practical perspective, helping students to reflect on their environment and apply this knowledge as a means of self-expression.
On her return to Spain, she became interested in education and so she specialised in Art Education with the intention of being able to transmit the same passion that she feels herself for the arts to future generations. Currently, as a teacher and educator, Irmina uses working methodologies from a social and practical perspective, helping students to reflect on their environment and apply this knowledge as a means of self-expression.
Ines Cheniour (Tunisia)
Ines is the CEO of COMMITT Agency, consultant in strategy, communication, entrepreneurship and trainer in communication, project management and Design Thinking.
A graphic designer by training and thought, Ines Cheniour is a social entrepreneur who offers her strategic advice consultant in the areas of communication, entrepreneurship and as a trainer in Design Thinking.
Experienced in providing training and guidance in the field of social innovation, she has a notable track record. She conducted training and mentoring programmes for employees worldwide, focusing on enhancing their social innovation skills.
A graphic designer by training and thought, Ines Cheniour is a social entrepreneur who offers her strategic advice consultant in the areas of communication, entrepreneurship and as a trainer in Design Thinking.
Experienced in providing training and guidance in the field of social innovation, she has a notable track record. She conducted training and mentoring programmes for employees worldwide, focusing on enhancing their social innovation skills.
Lucile Soufflet (Belgium)
Lucile has a degree in industrial design from La Cambre, one of Belgium's leading art and design schools. At the start of her career, she worked in ceramics, notably reinterpreting certain pieces in the collection of the Musée Royal de Mariemont and producing a series for the Royal Boch earthenware factory.
However, it was in the field of urban furniture design that Lucile Soufflet specialised, having acquired a taste for this discipline during an Erasmus exchange in London. This was the starting point for her thinking on the city and public spaces, where design is still relatively absent. Her research focuses on individuality, relationships and the playful side of things. From careful observation of social behaviour to the materials of the everyday environment, she takes a very personal approach to her work, creating disconcerting objects.
Working in wood, concrete and stainless steel, Lucile Soufflet is the creator of the circular benches that adorn many squares in Wallonia, Brussels and France, inviting people to come together. Favouring an artisanal approach, she creates one-off commissions for local authorities keen to embellish public spaces by offering functional furniture in shapes that meet basic needs.
Originally from Charleroi, a region associated with Belgium's industrial and mining history, Lucile wanted to work with the CID at Grand-Hornu, which is located in a former coal mine, because of her family history. The Storytooling project resonates with her because it combines historical roots, a social dimension and creativity in the design of the project itself.
Today, she teaches at La Cambre and her objects form part of the collections of several museums. She also has extensive experience in developing art projects involving local residents. Lucile Soufflet also works as a consultant for architects' offices, and her work has been exhibited at numerous events. She has received numerous awards, including the 'Young Artists' prize in 2000, the innovation prize at the Equip'Hotel trade fair in Paris and the special jury prize at the Ianchelevici international competition in 2010. For this promising career and her contribution to the beautification of public spaces in Wallonia, Lucile Soufflet was made a Knight of the Walloon Merit on 15 September 2016.
However, it was in the field of urban furniture design that Lucile Soufflet specialised, having acquired a taste for this discipline during an Erasmus exchange in London. This was the starting point for her thinking on the city and public spaces, where design is still relatively absent. Her research focuses on individuality, relationships and the playful side of things. From careful observation of social behaviour to the materials of the everyday environment, she takes a very personal approach to her work, creating disconcerting objects.
Working in wood, concrete and stainless steel, Lucile Soufflet is the creator of the circular benches that adorn many squares in Wallonia, Brussels and France, inviting people to come together. Favouring an artisanal approach, she creates one-off commissions for local authorities keen to embellish public spaces by offering functional furniture in shapes that meet basic needs.
Originally from Charleroi, a region associated with Belgium's industrial and mining history, Lucile wanted to work with the CID at Grand-Hornu, which is located in a former coal mine, because of her family history. The Storytooling project resonates with her because it combines historical roots, a social dimension and creativity in the design of the project itself.
Today, she teaches at La Cambre and her objects form part of the collections of several museums. She also has extensive experience in developing art projects involving local residents. Lucile Soufflet also works as a consultant for architects' offices, and her work has been exhibited at numerous events. She has received numerous awards, including the 'Young Artists' prize in 2000, the innovation prize at the Equip'Hotel trade fair in Paris and the special jury prize at the Ianchelevici international competition in 2010. For this promising career and her contribution to the beautification of public spaces in Wallonia, Lucile Soufflet was made a Knight of the Walloon Merit on 15 September 2016.
Rui Horta Pereira (Portugal)
Rui has a degree in Sculpture from the Fine Arts Faculty at the University of Lisbon. Since 2000, his work has focused mainly on sculpture and drawing, on how the construction of the creative process is not dissociated from the creator’s action, in all its aspects – whether ethical, social, environmental – and how this relationship can be achieved effectively. He has been exhibiting regularly since 2010 and is represented by Galeria das Salgadeiras.
