Ray Monde, is a Luxembourg-born painter, photographer, performer, and writer. She lived and studied in Paris from 1981 to 2010. From 1981 to 1985, she studied at the Sorbonne (University of Paris-I), where she earned both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Arts Plastiques. During this time, she also attended L’École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (1983–85), participated in evening workshops at Les Ateliers de la Grande Chaumière (1981–83), and followed philosophy lectures by Gilles Deleuze at the University of Paris-VIII.
Her intellectual journey continued at the Collège de France, where she attended seminars by Michel Foucault, and later at the Université de Caen (2002–2004), where she followed Séverine Auffret’s lectures on feminist thought. Between 1986 and 1990, she worked as a graphic designer for major French publications such as Vogue, Le Nouvel Observateur, and Architecture CREE. In 1990, she began working as an independent artist and soon exhibited her work internationally. Her practice spans painting, photography, installation, and performance.
One of her most expansive projects, Caress the World, features soft resin hands in motion-based installations traveling through all UN-recognized countries. For Ray Monde, hands symbolize peace, connection, and spirituality. As an author, she has been publishing under the name Ray Monde since 2000. Her writing explores the human body, gender identity, and the idea of a redefined feminine/ masculine alterity. In her novella Mordue au pied, she tells the story of a woman reclaiming herself beyond motherhood and male desire: her autobiographical novel, BB. Bouddha grew out of a performance involving a plaster mask formed from a sacred mold—an image of a new face emerging through touch, expressing her concept of alterity. Further works include Le Cheval de retour, Bite et Talons mon amour, Confessions au cheval, and the philosophical essay Par-delà le principe phallique. In Anaïdeia, she reflects on her relationship to the world and the nature of artistic expression. Her work was the focus of the catalogue Résérection païenne (Luxembourg, 2000), introduced by philosopher Michel Onfray. She also contributed to the collective volume (Descartes edition) Paris au nom des femmes (2003).
Selected solo Exhibitions and artistic projects
2025 Fondation Valentiny, Luxemburg
2025 Maison Schauwenburg, Bertrange, Luxemburg
2024 Galerie Go Art Pavillon du Centenaire 2160 Esch-sur-Alzette
2024 Cercle Münster, Luxembourg
2021 Carlos Reid Gallery ,New York USA
2020 Centre Culturel Maison Visinand, Montreux, Switzerland
2019 Samhart Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland
2019 Bang & Olufsen Showroom Puidoux, Switzerland
2018 Gallery Odyssey / Lausanne,Switzerland
2018 Atelier 12, Ollon, Switzerland
2017 L’Atelier, Corseaux,, Switzerland
2017 Les Arts du Soleil / Genève, Switzerland
2015 Galerie Janus, Montreux, Switzerland
2015 Galerie / Espace Paragon ,Luxembourg
2013 Launch of the international art project Caress the World (2013–2023)
Performances: Switzerland, Corsica, Venice, New York, Peru, Miami, Oman, Kuwait, Paris COP21, Cayman
Islands, Luxembourg, Cuba, Kilimanjaro, Moscow, Argentina, Antarctica, Patagonia... (approx. 60 countries to
date)
Final presentation at the Venice Biennale 2023
2012 Fondation Valette ,Ardon, Switzerland
2011 Galerie Plexus Clarens ,Switzerland
2011 Montreux Art Gallery (MAG), Switzerland
2010 Nosbaum & Reding Contemporary Art , Luxembourg
2009 Im Stufenbau, Ittigen -Bern, Switzerland
2009 Várfok Gallery, Budapest ,Hungary
2009 U-Casale Santa Catalina, Sisco, Corsica
2008 Galerie A. Zabbeni , Bern, Switzerland
2008 Várfok Gallery ,Budapest, Hungary
2008 Galerie Croissant,Brussels, Belgium
2007 U-Casale Santa Catalina / Sisco, Corsica
2006 Château de Bourglinster / Luxembourg
2006 Várfok Gallery , Budapest, Hungary
2005 Imagine Gallery ,Beijing, China (Recent Works, catalogue)
2005 Galerie Satellite , Paris, France
2004 Galerie Nei Liicht / Luxembourg – publication Anaïdeia / Interviews with Robert Fleck
2003 Contemporary Art Center HJ,Laren, Netherlands
2003 Galerie Dominique Lang / Luxembourg
2000 ERBAN / Regional School of Fine Arts, Nantes, France / Performance: Vidéo Chocolat
1999 Galerie Tendance Mikado / Luxembourg – catalogue: Résérection Païenne
1998 Caitlyn Gallery / St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1997 Galerie EOF,Paris, France 1996 Galerie Bertrand Kass ,Innsbruck, Austria
1995 Galerie Eric de Montbel , Paris, France
1994 Galerie Nouvelle Planète ,Luxembourg
1994 Centre Culturel Français , Luxembourg
1994 American Center for Art & Culture Paris, France
