Biographie

Cédric Brion (born in 1978, Belgium) is an independent photographic artist based in Mons. Drawn to the visual arts from a young age, he discovered photography at eighteen. He started with a film camera, entirely self-taught, developing his images in the darkness of his own room and patiently learning light, composition and printing through experiment and constant curiosity. Over the years this passion became a true artistic language. Competitions, collaborations and professional projects helped him refine his vision and develop a personal visual signature. Today Cédric Brion creates photographic works that go beyond representing reality. Through artistic portraits, conceptual compositions and worlds steeped in mystery, he explores emotions, atmospheres and the symbolic side of the image. Inspired by the contrast between light and darkness, presence and absence, he seeks to stir emotion, reflection and the viewer’s imagination. His photographs have been exhibited and awarded in international competitions and are held in private collections. With every work he pursues the same aim: to turn the image into a lasting visual and emotional experience.
Motivation et vision
À travers la photographie de portrait et de paysage, j’explore les émotions, les fragilités, les atmosphères et les parts invisibles de ce qui nous entoure. Mon travail ne cherche pas simplement à représenter une personne ou un lieu tels qu’ils apparaissent, mais à révéler ce qu’ils peuvent suggérer, dissimuler ou évoquer symboliquement.
Inspiré par les univers sombres, le surréalisme et les récits visuels empreints de mystère, je crée des images où la réalité se mêle à l’imaginaire. Dans mes paysages, la lumière, les brumes, l’eau, les roches et les forêts deviennent un langage visuel permettant de transmettre une émotion.
Portraits ou paysages, mes photographies sont avant tout des fragments d’émotion et des portes ouvertes vers l’imaginaire.


Inspirations : David LaChapelle, H.R. Giger, Max Rive, Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michel Lagarde, Antonio Gaudencio, Delphine Cencig.


経歴
グループ展
- 2026Lille ART UP!, with Melting Art GalleryLille (france)
- 2025Zari GalleryLondon
- 2025Paris Photo Fair, Epson France boothParis (France)
- 2025Lille ART UP!, with LILL'ART GALLERYLille (France)
- 2025Salon des Artistes Français, Grand PalaisParis (France)
- 2025Art Capital, Grand PalaisParis
- 2023ART3F Kortrijk, with Melting Art GalleryKortrijk
- 2023Tour & TaxisBrussels
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- 2023Audacieuse GalerieGeneva
- 2023Melting Art GalleryLille
- 2019THE ROOM Contemporary Art SpaceVenice
- 2017Mons Exhibition CenterMons
- Exhibitions in Liège, Tournai and Brussels
受賞
- 2025Winner, Zari Art Prize (photography)London
- 2025Winner, Epson France contest (“Water”)
- 2024Gold medal, Vienna International Photo Awards (VIEPA) – The Refuge
- 2023Bronze medal, Tokyo International Photography Awards
- 2023Winner, Magazine Photo Grand Contest (2023–2024)
- 20235 nominations, Fine Art Photography Awards
- 2022Winner, Magazine Photo Grand Contest
- 20224 gold medals – Portrait, New York Photography Awards
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- 20224 silver medals – Portrait, New York Photography Awards
- 20222 honorable mentions – Portrait, Chromatic Photography Awards
- 2022Honorable mention – Fine Art, Budapest Photography Awards
- 2022Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize
- 2022Bronze medal – Ghost / runner-up – Fallen Angel, ONE EYELAND
- 20228 nominations, Fine Art Photography Awards
- 2021Winner, ITSLIQUID International Competition – 10th edition
- 2021Bronze medal, Pano Awards
- 2019Finalist, Photo Magazine's Biggest Photo Contest
- 2019Jury's favourite – Human Planet “Orange”, Wipplay
- 2017Top 101, IMS Photo Contest
- 20172nd place, Sony World Photography Awards (Belgium)
- 2017Winner, Landscape, Fashion & Portrait category, Photoviews.net International Photo Contest
- 2015Portrait category winner, Photo.fr International Photo Contest
- 2015Finalist (10th) & 2nd place, Landscape category, Photoviews.net
- 2014Finalist (9th) & 1st prize in Landscape, Photoviews.net
- 20149th place in the overall Top 20, Photoviews.net
- 2014Winner & first prize in Landscape, Photoviews.net
- 2013Finalist, Photo.fr Magazine Grand Photography Contest – Young Talents Gallery
- 2013Winner & 4th prize, Landscape category, Photoviews.net
- Finalist, “Shoot for Good” contest
- 1st Audience Award, Wipplay Festival “Encounters in the Mont Blanc Region”
- Finalist & winner, WWF France regional competition
- Finalist, Travel category, Sony World Photography Awards
学歴
- Infac school of photographyBrussels
- Photography assistant to Frank UyttenhoveIxelles
- Art studies in applied arts; qualification in fine arts
出版
- Elephant Corridor
- The Eye of Photography
- Photographize Magazine
- Open Eye Magazine
- Marvelous Art Magazine
- Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
- Rebellious Woman Magazine
- DARKBEAUTY Magazine
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- Modellen Land Magazine
- Surreal Beauty Magazine
- Emergence Magazine France