Marilou Dejans

Marilou Dejans (°1997, Luxembourg, LU) is a Brussels-based Belgian artist working

primarily in painting. Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Antwerp in 2019, she

has developed a distinctive practice that blends visual with live arts to explore

femininity and human connection. Dejans approaches painting as a spatial and

performative medium, extending it beyond the canvas. Drawing on a background in

theatre, she engages in multidisciplinary collaborations, including Sound of C with

accordion player Suzan Peeters (C-mine, Genk, 2025) and scenographic work for Avalon

Emerson All Night Long (The Cause, London, 2023). For Horst Festival, 2026 she teamed

up with Nel Maertens to create Raising Statues, an installation to reclaim representation

of women and femininity in the Asiat Park.

In her recent paintings, Marilou redefines the conventional canvas by allowing textiles to

extend beyond their traditional limits, weaving a narrative that explores themes of

cyclicality, femininity, and interconnectedness.

Text: Louise Goegebeur