We are three friends, united by the same desire: to share our creations and dare to show them to the public. One is writing, the other two are painting... and all three of us have set ourselves a challenge for 2026: to organize a collective exhibition together!
With the agreement of the Villeneuve-d'Ascq Town Hall, we will have the pleasure of presenting our work at the Galerie Gilbert-Sailly – Ferme Dupire, from Friday, November 20 to Sunday, November 22, 2026.
Our exhibition, entitled 3 girls and an exhibition " will thus bring together three very different worlds: the painting of Emilie Dagbert, the paintings of Kris, and the texts of Elisabeth Saint-Michel.
Presentation of the 3 girls
Elisabeth Saint-Michel, author
Elisabeth Saint-Michel is the author of two collections of short stories and two novels that she will present at the exhibition. After Captifs, a fable novel about the world of work, she strived to be as close as possible to the interiority of her characters, often heckled by life. His stories follow, like a red thread, the path of the sensitive.
His latest novel, Cochon pendu was published in October 2025 by Harmattan editions.
https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/cochon-pendu/80016?srsltid=AU7gw4VpUGnUKppBUogOlPBBdUKmnVC56nF4WIoAGyUEtDK-3M7_RgR8
Elisabeth leads writing workshops, particularly within the association Filigrane in Villeneuve d'Ascq.
Emilie Dagbert, amateur painter
Emilie Dagbert has been a therapist for over ten years. She practices acrylic painting as an amateur to dive into the psyche through portraiture and question the world of childhood. She strives to probe the human soul by focusing on scenes from everyday life, driven by a constant fascination with faces and what they reveal of our humanity. Through her paintings, she explores different facets of childhood: its spontaneity, innocence, fragility, but also the nostalgia that the adult can bear on this period of life.
Kris, amateur painter
The common thread in Kris’s painting is the use of strong and pure colors, often "out of tube", used in a variety of styles, which range from narrative painting, like the painting "on the grass", to large format-rebus where Kris juggles with graphics, colors and words and offers you riddles where the images are syllables. Your turn to play!
Moreover, Kris practices upcycling: a canvas found in the street, a failed attempt? She uses her pallet backgrounds to make a trompe-l'œil of torn posters in a street art spirit.
Kris is also passionate about miniatures. On Instagram, she shares her collection and creations on her page @cricri_et_les_minis, but this exhibition will mainly concern her large formats.