iota Belgian, b. 1991

Élisa Morlet, known as Iota, lives and works in Brussels. While her name means "the smallest detail" in Greek, the Belgian artist has gained recognition for her monumental murals created around the world. She is now considered one of the rising stars of the contemporary muralist scene.

For over a decade, Iota has been developing a sensitive form of painting, evoking the elements of nature in all their power through movement and atmospheric colors, transitioning from dark to light tones, from which enigmatic human figures emerge. In her quest to explore the abstraction of emotions, Iota’s universe reveals the unconscious taking precedence over reality. Her painting transports us to the edges of the infinite. Painting with a brush on both walls and canvases, she has developed a highly refined and recognizable pictorial technique. Her pencil drawings on paper also reflect a meticulous technical approach and a psyche caught between restraint and release.

Chenus Longhi Gallery is delighted to announce its new collaboration with Iota as part of the District 13 fair at Hôtel Drouot, leading up to the artist’s first solo show at the gallery in September 2025.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 – Les Matières invisibles, Galerie CHENUS LONGHI, Paris (FR)

 

Group Exhibitions and Fairs

2025 – Groupshow with CHENUS LONGHI, District 13, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (FR)
2024 – Gesu is Back, curated by Street Art in Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2024 – Hommage à James Ensor, Buronzu Gallery, Liège (BE)
2023 – At the Edge of Realism, Kirk Gallery, Aalborg (NO)
2023 – Dialogue, curated by Plus De Couleurs, L’Atelier, Nantes (FR)
2022 – En Piste !, Musée de la Boverie x Buronzu Gallery, Liège (BE)
2022 – L’inconscient, Buronzu Gallery, Liège (BE)
2022 – Essentielles, curated by Art’Murs, Lithium Gallery, Paris (FR)
2019 – Vapors, curated by Propaganza Urban Artists, Centre d’art urbain, Brussels (BE)
2018 – Ten, curated by Urban Artists, Ten Gallery, Knokke (BE)

 

Festivals and Public Commissions

2024 – Festival Street Art, Boulogne-sur-Mer (FR)
2024 – Le Mur d’Anvers, Antwerp (BE)
2024 – Beyond Our Walls, Urbaner KunstRaum Wuppertal, Wuppertal (DE)
2024 – Perfect Blue, Racines Festival, Brussels (BE)
2024 – Shambhala, Street Art Festival, Calais (FR)
2024 – Residency and mural, Livensa Living Portugal, Lisbon (PT)
2024 – Here to Stay, Shake Art Festival, Saint-Brieuc (FR)
2024 – To Build a Home, Sanpart Festival, Bari (IT)
2024 – Unruly, Alliance Française Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2024 – Soothsayern Impulsive Girl Tour, Werwik (BE)
2024 – Falling or Flying, Blikjam, Hoboken, Antwerp (BE)
2024 – Homogenic, Des Formes et des Corps, Blagnac (FR)
2023 – L'Échange Équivalent, Caps Attack Festival, Cergy (FR)
2023 – Safe Place, Artwalk Festival (GR)
2023 – Hyperballad, Le Mans (FR)
2023 – Nocif, Le MUR, Rennes (FR)
2022 – We Tried, Briançon (FR)
2022 – Euphorbe, Port de Bouc (FR)
2022 – Amnésie, Bring the Paint, Leicester (UK)
2021 – Street Art Fest, Macrofusion, mural x Augustine Kofie, Grenoble (FR)
2020 – Vezen, Hasselt (BE)
2019 – Street Art Fest, Old Skin, Grenoble (FR)