b. 1990, Belgium

Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium

Joëlle Dubois creates vibrant, glossy paintings that explore the ambiguities of social media’s impact on women’s lives. Her works depict how smartphones shape daily routines, self-perception, and social interactions, trapping women in cycles of comparison, self-exposure, and the pursuit of validation. Through images of vulnerable, imperfect female bodies in intimate yet distracted moments, Dubois reflects the contradictions of today’s digital age—hope, obsession, feminism, apathy, and longing for authenticity. Drawing inspiration from Japanese erotic block prints, she balances critique with compassion, exposing harsh realities while maintaining a light, hopeful tone.