Willène Pilate is an antispeciesist*, feminist and visual artist.
She draws portraits of animal people.
Her years of anti-speciesist activism have taught her to see animals as people in their own right, and she likes to represent the soul and uniqueness of each one.
Using multiple techniques, she creates these faces and silhouettes with all the beauty and sensitivity she can transmit. Through her work, Willène Pilate hopes to change our view of animals.

Willène Pilate was born in Sarcelles in 1981.
She studied cinema, while maintaining a close connection with art.
Today, her artistic practice is built on ink drawing, acrylic painting and collage. She also likes to use materials such as gold and copper.

At the same time, she continues to campaign for animals. Her commitment has allowed her to meet many other activists, to participate in many animal rights events, and to begin broader reflections on feminism, ecology and anti-racism, as well as on all progressive struggles.
She speaks at events and workshops on the links between feminism and animal rights, or on her activist commitment.

Her wish for the years to come is to defend animals through her artistic work.

* Antispeciesism is based on the idea that the species to which an animal belongs is not a relevant criterion for deciding how it should be treated, nor the moral consideration that should be given to it.
This notion rejects the hierarchy between animal species and, in particular, the superiority of human beings over other animals.

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+ CV

VISUAL ARTIST

Projects
> People Animals

> Liminaries
> Celestial animals

2024/ DEC/ "ANIMAL PEOPLE" AT THE CITY HALL OF THE 18TH ARRONDISSEMENT OF PARIS
Personal exhibition of paintings from the series PEOPLE ANIMALS.
City Hall of the 18th arrondissement, 1 place Jules Joffrin, 75018 Paris

2024-2025/ "SENTIENTES" AT THE UTOPIA BOOKSTORE
Group exhibition on the animal question. Portraits from the series PEOPLE ANIMALS.
Librairie Utopia, 1 rue Frédéric Sauton, 75005 Paris

2024/ DEC/ LIMINARIES COLLOQUIUM AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Exhibition of the portrait of the rat Rosalie on the occasion of the preliminary colloquium on animals at the National Assembly.
National Assembly, 126 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris

2024/ DEC/ "MINIATURES" AT THE FABRIQUE CONTEMPORAINE
Group exhibition. Exhibition of four miniatures, variation on the magpie.
Fabrique contemporaine, 30 rue Vergniaud, 75013 Paris

2024/ JULY/ ESTIVALES DE LA QUESTION ANIMALE
Personal exhibition of paintings from the series PEOPLE ANIMALS. EQA, Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin.

2024/ JULY/ "DÉRACINEMENT : RÉCITS DE FEMMES"
Group exhibition. Exhibition and reading of an illustrated tale. Les Chambres, Aubervilliers.

2023/ DEC/ "LA PÉRILLE MORTELLE" ANTISPECIESISM SPECIAL
Solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and other works. Théâtre du Café de la Gare. Paris.

2023/ NOV/ ANIMALS IN THE GREAT WAR
Group exhibition. A drawing presented. Paris City Hall.

2023/ SEP-OCT/ CRÉEZ, EXPOSEZ !
Group exhibition. One painting presented. Maison des arts d'Antony

2010/ Tapage #4
Group exhibition. Five paintings presented. Ferme du couvent, Torcy.

PHOTOGRAPHER + STENOPIAN

2013/ Art & Ethics
Collective exhibition. 15 photographs presented. Gallery Le Paris Urbain. Paris

2012/ ACAC - 4th edition
Residence at the Auzonnet contemporary art festival, Saint-Florent sur l'Auzonnet.

2011/ Vivant !

Fifth International stenopian Photography Exhibition. A video (made from stenopian photographs) presented. La Capsule, Le Bourget.

VIDEOGRAPHER

Timelapse (accelerated videos). 2021 to today.
Church - Clip. 2022.
Tout conte fait - short film. 2019.
Hypo - Clip. TV broadcast. 2011.
Il neigera demain (It will snow tomorrow) - Short film. 2009.

ACTIVIST

2015/ 2016/ 2017/ 2019/ VEGGIE PRIDE
President and co-organizer of the Antispecist Festival Veggie Pride. Paris.

2021/ 2022/ 2023/ 2024/ 2025/ REA - Antispecist writing residences. Creation, writing and debate meetings around the animal question. 4 editions.

2015 to 2023/ Animalism and feminism, convergence of struggles. Series of conferences and interventions on these subjects. For detail, see my LinkedIn profile

2017/ Candidate for the legislative elections for the animalist party

FORMED

2024/ Screen printing: Initiation (with Fabrice Houry)

2024/ Animal drawing. Animal anatomy/ ESAA DUPERRE (Paris 2nd)

2023/ Writing workshops poetry and short forms, animated by Pascale Bonnet, on the theme of "Grace" (spring of poets)

2003/ ECAV license - Cinematographic and audiovisual studies, Plastic Arts Option/ University Paris 8

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+ PUBLICATIONS

Revue L'Amorce : 5 questions à une antispéciste (Eliott éditions ; Date de parution : le 17/04/2024).
Revue L'Amorce : Lettre aux féministes, pour une solidarité interluttes avec l’antispécisme (En ligne sur le site de l'Amorce, revue contre le spécisme ; Date de parution : le 21 septembre 2021). Co-autrices : Claire Camblain, Axelle Playoust-Braure, Pia Shazar.
Podcast 'La force de la non-violence' par Célia Grincourt, épisode 14 (2 juillet 2021).