To Come
13th of February, Studio Takeover, Solo Exhibition, Mouth Wide Open for Valentine, Amsterdam (NL)
To Come
13th of February, Studio Takeover, Solo Exhibition, Mouth Wide Open for Valentine, Amsterdam (NL)
Ethan Lieutet Khnafo (LK) is a Paris native artist and writer whose practice explores the universal concept of love through personal experience, emotional research, and cultural heritage. Using symbolism, zoomorphic analogies, mind mapping, and his own body as a testing ground, he investigates new ways of understanding life and emotionality.
Through performances and object-based works, Ethan examines the tension between mortality and the enduring search for love. His practice engages themes such as human relationships, time, grief, and emotional resonance, often incorporating materials like bones, dead insects, and ephemeral bodily patterns. These explorations are approached with a humorous, self-ironic tone, ultimately reflecting a deeply human attempt to confront death and answer one central question:
“Will I ever find true love?”
Exhibition
Education
2021 Les Mauvaises Herbes #2, Collective
Exhibition, Vitry, (FR)
2022 OMG, Collective Exhibition, 11Tram,
Amsterdam, (NL)
2023 Every Room Has a Silver Lining, Group Exhibition, Werkpaad, Amsterdam, (NL)
2024 Mass x Acceleration, Collective
Exhibition, PAKT///, Amsterdam, (NL)
2024 Embodied, Duo Show w/Carla Chibude,
Sexyland, Amsterdam, (NL)
2024 I’m Overwhelmed by Images, Collective
Exhibition, Sexyland, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 Ensuite, Ensuite, Duo Exhibition, M4Gastatelier, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 The Ethereality of Perception, Possibilities Open Studio, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 Friday the 13th, Studio Elle & Max, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 B.Base, 4bidGallery, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 Current Commons, Performance for Vincent Becher Graduation, Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp (BE)
2025 Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 Carnivorous Tenderness, Solo Show, Acentric Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
2025, BEHIND YOU, Kaamer Gallery, Group Exhibition,Tokyo (JP)
2018-2020 BA History of Art And Archeology, Sorbonne IV, Paris, (FR)
2020-2021 Preparatory Course in Art, EMA Vitry, Vitry, (FR)
2023-2024 BA Fine Art (Exchange), RMIT University, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, (VN)
2021-2025 BA Fine Art, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, (NL)
Residencies & Grants
2025 M.C. De Visser Fund ( Grant )
2025 ACentric Space, Residency,
Shanghai (CN)
Press
2020 ‘’Body Double’’ November issue,
(Stylist), Crash Magazine, Paris, (FR)
2023 Interlude Sessions, (Food Catering), Amsterdam, (NL)
2024 I’m Overwhelmed by Images, (Food Catering), Sexyland, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 WK Stampot Competitie, (Food), Het Resort, Amsterdam, (NL)
2025 Shoe Box Magazine, Edition 2 , Cairo/Den Haag (EG/NL)
2025 The Yolk Magazine, Paris, (FR)
2026 Shoe Box Magazine, Edition 5, Cairo/Den Haag (EG/NL)