Ballon Rouge Collective

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Ballon Rouge Collective

Contemporary Art Gallery in Brussels Ballon Rouge is a new form of commercial gallery with a collective, nomadic approach.

We decided that staying put in one location with four white walls is neither best for seeing and exploring art, nor is it best for expanding the artists' audience. From September 2017 through November 2018 Ballon Rouge will have exhibitions in Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, New York, Brussels, Sao Paulo and Paris. In each of these cities are trusted collective members, Ballon Rouge curators. They

will find and exhibit a local artist in a pop-up space, with the help of Ballon Rouge.

After year one the curators will show the work of another of the artists from Ballon Rouge's history, in a context that is their own. We hope to add more cities, curators and artists to our timeline, and to allow for an expanding network of curators and artists to meet with art lovers and collectors in cities not their own.

17/09/2025

Ballon Rouge is officially closed. This photo was taken eight years ago just before the opening of our first exhibition in Istanbul. We were full of hope, excitement, and curiosity, and funny enough we remain unjaded.

We’re both sort of notorious for the “Irish Exit” but here are a few choice words anyway: Cheers to eight really amazing years. We loved doing it and we loved who we did it with. Endless thank you’s to all the artists we worked with and who trusted us, and to everyone who supported us. We’re so proud and so grateful, and we consider it all a success. We’ve worked with 64 artists, put up 54 exhibitions (in Brussels, New York, London, São Paulo, Istanbul, Paris, Los Angeles, San Remo), collaborated with many galleries, and did 16 art fairs from Miami to Dubai and in between.

We’re saying goodbye for now and onto new adventures. After almost 20 years of friendship and many of those also working together we’re both very much looking forward to not talking about accounting.

Much love and see you all around,
Helene & Nicole
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27/06/2025

MORTEZA KHAKSHOOR, SIBLINGS, 2025, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 81 x 63 cm (31 7/8 x 24 3/4 in)

On view now in collab with and at for “in/between” with and

Photo by

25/06/2025

“This series in particular is quite personal. It turns inward to explore my relationship with my sister. Growing up, we had what we called the “pink sistership”—a closeness that felt larger than just being siblings. At times, she took on the role of a mother—not because our own mother wasn’t present, but because cultural and language gaps sometimes made it dicult for our mother to reach us in the ways we needed. Now, watching my sister become a mother herself, I feel our bond shifting—growing fuller, more complex, and tender in ways I hadn’t expected. I began working on these paintings while she was giving birth to her second daughter. It felt incredibly moving, like I was not only reflecting on who we were, but also witnessing the beginning of a new pink sistership forming. Reflecting on how nurturing female relationships are, have pushed my work to dig closer and zoom in—both emotionally and visually. In the most vulnerable moments, the gestures of the figures are blown out, closely tied, and intimate. In other moments, the canvases become smaller, the figures more simplified—a quiet homage” - Sofia Pashaei

SOFIA PASHAEI, PINK SISTERSHIP, 2025, OIL ON LINEN, 65 X 60 CM (25 5/8 X 23 5/8 IN)

‘In/between’ with and is on view through July 26 in collaboration with and at

24/06/2025

“Male characters and their behaviours used to be the sole players of my images until very recently. I think that will remain a key part of my work for some time as the concepts of manhood, masculinity, and our collective understanding around it has been an everlasting fascination for me. It is neither admiration nor criticism of manhood per say, rather its entirety and complexities with all its pathos - that also is deeply woven into sexuality, power dynamics, identity, and so many other aspects of what it is to be a human - that keeps me drawn to this subject. However, a new shift has occurred in the works for this show and that is the appearance of several female characters and their competitions with the male characters to dominate the pictures. This is something that I have never experienced in my work in the past at least on this level. It feels like that - metaphorically - I have just introduced a completely new series of colors into my palette that expand the possibilities for different kinds of narratives in my work. The change in perspective and point of view from one piece to another in particular have been extremely interesting to me due to this new shift.” - Morteza Khakshoor

MORTEZA KHAKSHOOR, MOMMY’S BOY, 2025, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 63 X 50 CM (24 3/4 X 19 3/4 IN)

‘In/between’ with and is on view through July 26 in collaboration with and at

22/06/2025

Laurence Grave often starts her paintings on the floor, on the back side of earlier works which become like a mold holding color; then—through a process of painting (including the stretcher bars in some cases), then cutting, stapling, and sometimes sewing the canvas—her paintings come to be. The cutting and opening of the canvas to reveal its inside and other side is what transforms the space of the painting. Layering is done through the use of the structure of the canvas and stretcher bars as equally as it’s done with the choices of where and what color to paint. They are works that make you want to open and walk through them.

‘Open Doors’ with Laurence Grave, Chase Travaille, and Jinie Park is on view online through July 10.

1- Laurence Grave, Susie rose up, rise up Rozy, 2024, oil on canvas, 160 x 140 cm (63 x 55 1/8 in)

2- Laurence Grave, Leucorrhée des jeunes filles en fleurs, 2024, oil on canvas, 145 x 120 cm (57 1/8 x 47 1/4 in)

3- Laurence Grave, I am the prairie dog, 2024, oil on canvas, 150 x 160 cm (59 x 63 in)

21/06/2025

Chase Travaille creates his works from the scraps of other artists’ pieces, inspired by the surrealist game “Exquisite Corpse.” (A game that involves additions by a succession of artists to a work of art). Travaille uses the Greek amphora shape to further subvert the meaning behind the works. Historically, in ancient Greece, the amphora was used as a grave marker. By synthesizing these two vastly different references, from ancient Grecian pottery to Surrealist games, Travaille’s work plays with traditional ideas around beauty, conservation, value, authorship, and identity. Importantly, his work invites in—the performative/assemblage quality of the work and the use of shards from different artists from diverse cultural backgrounds mirrors society’s complexities and the multifaceted nature of identity and ownership.

‘Open doors’ with Chase Travaille, Laurence Grave, and Jinie Park continues online until July 10. DM us for more info ⭐️

1-Chase Travaille, Season of the Witch, 2023, ceramic, 35.6 x 27.9 x 12.7 cm (14 x 11 x 5 in)

2-Chase Travaille, Fragmented Venus no. 1, 2024, ceramic, 43.2 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm (17 x 9 1/2 x 6 in)

20/06/2025

Jinie Park paints on linen, Korean muslin, organza, and hand woven fibers. She prefers the translucence, flexibility, and physicality of these fabrics over canvas. Park activates space by exposing the materiality of her paintings. She fuses traditional Korean women’s patchwork, called “jo-gaak-bo,” with formalist experimentations, ultimately creating metaphysical works that aim to shift perspective. Park sews and weaves painted fabrics together and allows the stretcher to be a present part of the work, sometimes overtly and other times obliquely. The outcome is paintings that act as a threshold into a moment, a memory, a feeling.

‘Open Doors’ with Jinie Park, Chase Travaille, and Laurence Grave is online through July 10. DM us for more info!

1- Jinie Park, Shadow of Woods, 2025, acrylic on Kwangmok (Korean muslin), 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in)

2- Jinie Park, 9 PM, 2023, Acrylic on sewn Kwangmok (Korean muslin) and Sambe (linen), 91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in)

17/06/2025

Sofia Pashaei, A Kind of Home, 2025, oil on linen, 100 x 60 cm.

“In/between” with and in collaboration with and at is now on view through July 26th!

📍 EDJI Gallery, Rue du Page, 15, Brussels

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12/06/2025

‘In/between’ with and in collaboration with and at is now on view through July 26 ❤️

Thanks to and for having us. And thanks of course to the artists for this beautiful show. 💥 Don’t miss it!

11/06/2025

🚨Opening Tonight 🚨Wednesday June 11, from 6-8pm in collaboration with and at

In/Between : Morteza Khakshoor & Sofia Pashaei

at EDJI Gallery
Rue du Page 15
1050 Brussels
June 11 - July 26, 2025

EDJI and Ballon Rouge, both Brussels-based emerging art galleries, collaborate to bring you “In/Between,” with works by Morteza Khakshoor and Sofia Pashaei from June 11 through July 26 — hosted by and at EDJI.

Titled “In/Between,” the pairing of Khakshoor and Pashaei in this exhibition is as much about how the two artist’s practices diverge as it is about how they align. In fact, liminal spaces are where their practices flourish. Captured moments, snapshots, relationships are zoomed into and out of. Both artists share an ability to create an intimate image that elicits a desire to parse its before and after. Khakshoor and Pashaei are world builders who play with allegory, narrative, composition, and context. Their worlds are entirely different but in and between them there are perhaps many shared stories.

1- Morteza Khakshoor, Marbel Man, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 81 x 63 cm (31 7/8 x 24 3/4 in).

2 - Sofia Pashaei, Carried Through Us, 2025, oil on linen, 60 x 40 cm (23 5/8 x 15 3/4 in)

DM us for the preview ❤️

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