Artist - Philosopher
Born in Belgium, Carole Viaene is currently based in Barcelona, where she has been living and working for the past seven years. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, with a specialization in Philosophy and Languages, and a Postgraduate degree in Investigative Journalism, focused on international and research-based inquiry.
Over the past decade, she has worked across a wide range of professional sectors, including corporates, consulting, climate-tech & AI, non-profits and start-ups, business schools, accelerators, philanthropy, multi-lateral development banks, and the public sector. She has been engaging with questions of ethics, planetary boundaries, power structures, the role of technology/AI, and advocating for systemic change. These experiences continue to inform her practice, providing an understanding of contemporary economic, social, technological, psychological, and ecological dynamics and realities. In 2021, she published her first non-fiction book with Arpa Editores.
She’s currently completing an artistic training at Metàfora Studio Arts, and she’s in the process of refining her vision and language with research, philosophy, literature, studio experimentation, techniques beyond analogue photography, and critical dialogue.
Artist’s statement
My analogue photography is an invitation to slow down in a hypernervous society. My vision for future work uses art and philosophy as an invitation for reflection, critical inquiry, creativity, spirituality, and desirable dissonance.