Biography
Manon Bellet [b. 1979] is a French artist who lives and works in New Orleans since 2016. Bellet holds a BA/MFA from the University of the Arts, ECAV Switzerland. She has been awarded residencies at Studio in the Woods, New Orleans at Paris, Citée des Arts / Nerinum Fondation, Buenos aires / International Studio Residency Program, Berlin/ International Studio Residency Program, Warsaw, Poland. Bellet has lived over the last 10 years between Berlin, DE, and Basel, CH, where she was able to develop her artistic practice and exhibit in many international art Institutions, fairs, and galleries in Europe, as well as participate in residency programs in Europe, United States and South America.
Bellet has a broad teaching background, giving workshops in various schools and art academies in Switzerland and Germany. She first visited New Orleans in 2013. As an artist with an outside perspective and European background, she finds it stimulating to work in such a specific environment, helps in broadening her own practice, as well as develop projects that are directly related to the city and its specific geographical and environmental contexts.
