Laurine Malengreau: Biography

Artist in One Sentence

Laurine Malengreau is a Belgian contemporary textile and installation artist whose handwoven silk and wool works use colour, light and spatial rhythm to transform the experience of an interior.

Artist Profile

Laurine Malengreau approaches textile as a contemporary artistic medium with architectural presence. Her wall-based and spatial works are composed through an exact understanding of fibre, tension, density and transparency. Rather than treating weaving as decoration, she uses it to organise light and perception, creating works that alter subtly as the viewer moves and daylight changes.

Silk and wool provide distinct visual and tactile registers. Silk catches and redirects light; wool contributes depth, softness and structure. Malengreau balances these qualities with restraint, allowing nuanced tonal shifts and carefully judged intervals to carry the composition. The resulting works can feel quiet at first encounter, yet their apparent simplicity is sustained by material intelligence and a highly controlled relationship between surface and space.

Movement is central to the experience. A work may appear denser, more transparent or more luminous from a different position, so looking becomes durational rather than instantaneous. Shadow joins fibre as an active element, extending the work beyond its physical edge and into the architecture around it. In this way, Malengreau’s installations sit confidently within contemporary art while retaining the sensory immediacy of their materials.

Gallery Les Bois represents Laurine Malengreau because her practice brings beauty, conceptual rigour and environmental attention into a coherent whole. For collectors, the work offers both a strong spatial identity and a sustained visual life: it changes with a room, the hour and the seasons without losing compositional authority. Each piece is conceived as an artwork to live with over time, not as a passing surface effect.

Sustainability & Practice

Sustainability in Malengreau’s practice begins with respect for material. Natural fibres are selected for their expressive qualities, longevity and capacity to respond to light. Her process is patient and considered, with attention directed towards the integrity of the finished work rather than excess or novelty.

The practice also asks viewers to notice the intelligence of natural systems through rhythm, interdependence and gradual change. Its environmental position is carried through material choice, responsible studio thinking and the creation of enduring works. This is sustainability understood as stewardship: making less hurriedly, looking more closely and valuing an artwork’s ability to remain relevant across time.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of art does Laurine Malengreau make?
She creates contemporary textile and installation art, including handwoven silk and wool wall works that engage with light, movement and architecture.

What materials does Laurine Malengreau use?
Her practice centres on silk and wool, chosen for their contrasting luminosity, depth, warmth and structural possibilities.

Is Laurine Malengreau’s work craft or contemporary art?
Her technical command of weaving supports an explicitly contemporary art practice. Material, light, spatial perception and the viewer’s movement are integral to the meaning of each work.

How does the work change in a room?
Shifts in daylight and viewpoint reveal different densities, shadows and reflections, allowing the artwork to evolve throughout the day.

Why do collectors respond to her work?
Collectors value its balance of sculptural presence, material refinement and restraint, as well as the way each work continues to reward close looking over time.

Related Reading & Viewing

Watch the artist’s films on the Laurine Malengreau video page, explore the gallery’s reflection on London Climate Action Week 2026, and read The Rise of the Sustainable Art Market for wider context around collecting and environmental responsibility.

Events and Exhibitions

Malengreau’s work contributes to Gallery Les Bois’ programme of contemporary art that brings material innovation into dialogue with climate awareness and cultural value. For current exhibition, fair and private-viewing information, visit the Gallery Les Bois events programme or contact the gallery directly.

View and Enquire

Explore available and selected works by Laurine Malengreau. To discuss dimensions, installation, availability or a private viewing, please contact Gallery Les Bois.