Xénia Lucie Laffely

Through the creation of fleshy and seductive textile pieces, my practice playfully interrogates issues related to digital culture, vanity, domestic space, failure, consumerism and lesbian love. The imagery weaves together my personal daily life snapshots and memories, infused with popular references and AI-generated glitches, creating narratives that are both sentimental and slightly unsettling. Through patchwork, layering, embroidering and quilting, my pieces highlight the richness of a material-led approach to textiles.

Xénia Lucie Laffely (b, Morges, Switzerland, based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal) has a background in fashion design, french literature, art history and feminist studies. Upcoming and recent solo exhibitions include presentations at Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal), Eastern Edge Gallery (St-John’s) and Kunstraum Niederoesterreich (Vienna). Recent group exhibitions include the Musée des arts décoratifs (Paris), the Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam), the Centre National d’Art Graphique Le Signe (Chaumont), Kunstraum Niedereoesterreich (Vienna), and Galerie Last Tango (Zurich), among others.

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Work by Xénia Lucie Laffely. Image credit: Alberto Porro