Elene Usdin
La Petite Galerie
Schedule
Saturday, August 1, 2026 - Saturday, July 31, 2027
La Petite Galerie is a place for children and families to explore, imagine, and create together. Surrounded by the enchanting world of Elene Usdin’s paintings, visitors are invited to pick up a book, draw, watch a film, play, or simply take a moment to relax and observe.
Every month, a new film program is specially selected for children and families. This month’s films are:
La tendre histoire de Cendrillon Pingouin (The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin)
Dir. Janet Perlman, 1981, Canada, 10min
Chanson de l’Arctique (Arctic Song)
Dirs. Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty, 2021, Canada, 6min25
Jours de plaine
Dirs. Réal Bérard and André Leduc, 1990, Canada, 6min26
La soupe du jour
Dir. Lynn Smith, 2013, Canada, 4min
MacPherson
Dir. Martine Chartrand, 2012, Canada, 10min
Paradis (Paradise)
Dir. Ishu Patel, 1984, Canada, 15min20
You can also enjoy coloring activities and a selection of books. Family activities are designed to help you explore the gallery and our cultural season together.
The colorful foam shapes created by artists Clédat and Petitpierre are available for play and relaxing. These fun, interactive sculptures were originally part of a larger installation presented by the artists in 2025–26.
Read more about the installation on the info sheets located in the lobby at L’Alliance New York.
Venue
Event Pricing
Children under seventeen (17) years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times and may not attend events unattended.
Elene Usdin
Born in Paris, Elene Usdin is an author whose artistic practice spans drawing, painting, photography, and recently, comics. After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris in 1998, she began her career as a scenic painter on the film Pola X by Léos Carax. Winner of the Picto Prize for Young Fashion Photographer in 2006, she published a collection of photography through Éditions Contrejour in 2013. In 2020, Wayne State University Press edited We are Woodbridge, a photographic collection of portraits of Detroit.
She has collaborated with Compagnie DCA Decouflé, l’Opéra du Rhin, the Fondation Lafayette Anticipations, and most recently with the Théâtre des Célestins de Lyon. Her photography has been exhibited in Detroit at the Museum of New Art in 2014, and at the Galerie Camille in 2018.
She published her first graphic novel René.e aux Bois Dormants in September 2021 through Éditions Sarbacane, which received the Grand Prix de la Critique ACBD 2022, the Prix BD des Utopiales 2022, the Prix BD des librairies du Québec 2022, and the Prix du Récit Dessiné de La SCAM 2022. Her second graphic novel, Detroit Roma, co-written with Boni and published by Éditions Sabarcane in 2025, received the Prix France TV 2026, the Grand prix de la BD ELLE 2026, and the Prix Les Inrockuptibles BD 2026. Since 2022, she has been regularly published in the magazine Métal Hurlant. Her drawings have been exhibited at the Philippe Labaune Gallery in New York in 2023 and in Brussels at MIMA, Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art in 2024. In 2026, among other institutions, Musée de Bastia will exhibit her drawings and photography.
In 2022, she was invited by the Institut Français of India for a residency in Bangalore, and in 2023, she had a residency at the Académie de France in Rome, Villa Medicis. Then in 2024, she had a residency at the Villa Formose Immersive to write a new Virtual Reality project. In 2026, Usdin has been selected for the Septentrionales artistic residency in the Nordic region by The French Institutes of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). In 2026, Usdin was a guest artist at L’Alliance New York’s Comic Arts Fest in April of 2026.
Credits
Visual arts at L’Alliance New York are curated by Tatyana Franck, President and Violaine Huisman, Artistic Director.
Art installation by French artist Elene Usdin, combining large-scale vinyl prints of original artwork with site-specific wall paintings realized in July 2026.
Foam sculptures created by Clédat and Petitpierre.
Exhibition production by Clementine Guinchat, Programming Director and Executive Producer, with the help of Louise Bertin, Programming Manager.
Films featured in La Petite Galerie are curated by Anastassia Perfilieva, Youth Programming Manager and Chloé Dheu, Film Manager.
Family Activities selected by Anastassia Perfilieva, Youth Programs Manager.
Special thanks to the Maintenance Team: Carlos Hojas, Rolando Fernandez, Andrew Ransom, Jaquean Chrisholm.
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