Matthieu Litt BE, b. 1983
Since his early days in photography, Matthieu Litt has never ceased to question our relationship with the world. His first series explored the interactions between humans and the landscape. Over time, his research broadened to encompass the spectrum of the living world. Photography became his means of observing the complex network of relationships woven between living beings. Convinced of the reconstructive power of photography, he uses it in an attempt to restore the fractured connection between humans and their environment.
In pursuing this path, Matthieu Litt has gradually moved away from the documentary dimension of his medium in favour of a resolutely poetic perspective. Through his highly visual and material treatments, his work reflects the fragility of our ecosystems.
More interested in recreating an aesthetic experience than in capturing a subject, Matthieu Litt inscribes the different territories he explores within a sensitive and poetic cartography. In doing so, he strives to renew our sense of belonging to the world.
Education
Matthieu Litt studied Photography at the École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc in Liège, after earlier training in Graphic Design and Advertising.
He later took part in several international masterclasses, including the ISSP International Masterclass with Clare Strand and Gordon MacDonald in 2018–2019, the ISSP programme There’s Treasure Everywhere with Taiyo Onorato in Latvia in 2016, and Alec Soth’s Visual Storytelling Masterclass at Belfast Photo Festival in 2015.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
- OASIS, Hangar, Brussels, 2025
- Sunrise/Sunset, Galerie Bonnemaison, Ans, 2024
- Musée d’Art Contemporain en Plein Air du Sart Tilman, Liège, 2023
- Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, Brussels, 2020
- BIPxOff – Émulation, Théâtre de Liège, Liège, 2018
- Galerie du Soir, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, 2017
- Espace Photographique Contretype – Propositions d’artistes, Brussels, 2015
Group Exhibitions (selected)
- Prix de la photographie de Clervaux, Luxembourg, 2026
- Biennale de la Photographie et de la Ville de Sedan (Festival Urbi&Orbi), Sedan, 2025
- Prix de la Création, Musée de la Boverie, Liège, 2023
- Melting Islands, Hangar Art Center, Brussels, 2023
- Paysages Possibles, with François Godin, Le Comptoir du Livre, Liège, 2022
- Galerie Caroline O’Breen, with Anastasia Samoylova, Amsterdam, 2021
- Échappées Belles, Brussels, 2021
- Somfy Photography Award, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, 2020
- Prix Jeunes Artistes du Parlement Wallon, WIELS, Brussels, 2019
- Photobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerp, 2019
Awards
Matthieu Litt received second prize at the Prix de la Création in Liège in 2023. He was nominated for the Prix de la Photographie in Clervaux in 2026, the Somfy Photography Award in 2020 and received the Young Artist Art Prize from the Parliament of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in 2019.
Residencies
Matthieu Litt was an artist-in-residence at Le Manguier in Disko, Greenland, in 2019, and at the Long Island Artist Residency in Averøy, Norway, in 2017.
Collections
His work is held in the collections of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Province de Liège and the Arthothèque Chiroux in Liège, as well as in private collections.
Publications
- OASIS, Éditions du Caïd, 2025
- Tidal Horizon, Éditions du Caïd, 2018
- Horsehead Nebula, self-published, 2016
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Oasis - Matthieu Litt
14 May - 15 Jun 2025Over the seasons, Matthieu Litt roamed the Ry-Ponet park, located in the Liège region. This valley, of great biological and scenic value, both natural and fragile, is under threat, coveted...Read more -
Apparitions - Group show
15 Nov - 21 Dec 2024After participating in the Paris Photo and Approche fairs, Hangar Gallery opens its first group show in Brussels. These 9 photographers explore the boundaries of the medium and the materiality...Read more
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Matthieu Litt / Publication of "Camille se réveille"
11 Feb 2026Matthieu published a new book with Cotcotcot Editions. In collaboration with author Marie Meuleman. Available hereRead more -
Matthieu Litt / Urbi & Orbi
15.06.2025 - 27.07.2025 / Sedan, France. 15 Jun 2025Matthieu Litt is part of the exhibition 'Château / for intérieur ' during URBI&ORBI Festival de la photographie et de la ville de Sedan. Château...Read more
