Marie-Lou Desmeules, also known as LouRie, works across living sculpture, Light Portraits, painting, film, installation, and constructed image-worlds to explore transformation, identity, illusion, and belief.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
From the Icons series. Living sculpture, paint, costume, staged portrait.
AUDREY HEPBURN
From the Divas series. Paint on canvas.
Featured Work
QUEER YOU ARE - TV SERIES
The pivotal scene in this iconic television series in Spanish pop culture takes place at Lou-Rie's latest solo show specially created for taking part in the shooting of the series.
QUEER YOU ARE OFFICIAL TRAILLER
As a first in Spain, Queer You Are has disrupted the narrative of homosexuality in the national and international level.
Screen Works
INTERFILM BERLIN FESTIVAL 2019
Marie-Lou Desmeules takes therapy sessions to a whole new level in this captivating film directed by Los Hermanos Polo. "We aimed to immerse viewers in Marie-Lou's world and craft a surreal narrative that would seamlessly merge with her artistic vision. The therapist's visit becomes a comical yet poignant representation of her inspiration, process, and unwavering passion."
Short Films
DIVAS OF THE BIG SCREEN
Bettie Page, 2021
FEMMES FATALES
Acrylic paint & spray paint on canvas
Paintings
FACADE 2020
Interactive urban installation, Montreal, Canada
FACADE 2020
A collaboration with Slacheurs & HUB Studio
Urban Installations
CLONE CORRUPT 2019
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Colorado, USA
WHO ARE YOU? 2015
Trafo Art Center, Szczecin, Poland
INHABITING THE GROTESQUE 2012
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
EPHEMERAL METAMORPHOSIS 2011
Studio9 Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibitions
