Beat Lippert
Born 1977 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland
Bio
2007
Graduated from Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)
2001
Graduated from Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft, Bonn, Germany
Awards / Grants
2009-10
Simon Patiño Foundation Residency, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2009
Gertrude Hirzel Foundation Prize, Salle Crosnier, Geneva
2008
Berthoud Grant, Geneva City Art Council
Mobilière Young Art Prize
2007
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
mouvement.net Prize
Gold Bonnet, Bandits-mages festival, Bourges, France
Solo exhibitions
2014
Parietalis, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2013
40m cube, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Yia foire, 22,48 m² Gallery, Paris, France
The Solo Project, TMproject Gallery, Basel
2012
Sepultura, Kunstkammer, Zurich, Switzerland
Duplication 8, public space installation, Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva
TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2011
Les Halles, Contemporary Art Centre, Porrentruy, Switzerland
Stargazer, Geneva
2010
Milkshake Agency, Geneva
Espace Kugler, Geneva
2009
Laleh June Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
L'épine du Spinario et le Véhicule, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva *
2008
MJC, espace 13 x 13, Annemasse, France
2007
Standard-Deluxe, Lausanne
Ruine, Geneva
Group exhibitions
2015
Boîte-en-Valise, Palazzo Trevisan Venezia, Italy, Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth, Great Britain
Collectiv artwork 02, Squarestudio, Galerie de la Treille, Geneva
49 Nord 6 Est, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
Morgenröte, Kunsthalle, Bern
2014
Echoing Bex & Arts, EPFL, Lausanne
re-culture III, Patras, Greece
Lupanar, Forma, Lausanne
Carnet de Bal, Fonderie Kugler, Genève
Utopie Picturale 2, La fonderie Kugler, Geneva
Drei Drei Drei, Labo, Geneva
Emergences Bex & Arts, Fondation Bex & Arts, Parc de Szilassy, Bex, Switzerland
Poor Papers, Must Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Cohabitation 2, Roger Tator Gallery, Lyon France
La République, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
2013
Behind the Wall, fonderie Kugler, Geneva
Cric Crac Boom Boom, Pastvynerstreet, London, UK
Let's invent a language to narrate my story, Dienstgebäude, Zürich
Stall in no questions, Klingental, Basel
Play / Display, Galeire 22.48m2, Paris, France
Archeologia, FRAC Rennes, France
La Box de l’ENSA, Bourges, France
Artgenève, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
Time VS Machine – Vivre et laisser mourir, Museum of Berry, Bourges
2012
Superamas, CAN Centre d'Art de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Eternal Tour, Sao Paolo, Brazil
La Sprezzatura, The apartment, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva
Cosmotopia, BAC Le Commun, Geneva
Siamo tutti beati « SALON DES DAMES », Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva
Nothing Serious, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
La Paternal Espacio Proyecto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
Arkhaiologia Centre Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland
Bexarts, Bex, Suisse
2010
Modèle modèle, Mamco, Geneva
A travers un cercle de regards, curated by Mathieu K. Abonnenc, Paris
La traverse vidéo festival, Chapelle des Carmélites, Toulouse, France
Accrochage Vaud 2010, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne
2009
Eternal tour 2009, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland *
Definition, Photoforum Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland *
Shifting Identities, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kalmar Museum for Contemporary Art, curated by Martin Schibli, Kalmar, Sweden
Accrochage Vaud 2009, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
2008
Pianonobile, Geneva
Matière à Paysage, La Galerie, Centre d'art Noisy-le-sec, Paris \*
Jeunevois, Centre pour la Photographie, Geneva
Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevallier and Galland Grants, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva
Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Bourges
Jeunes Création, Halle de la Villette, Paris *
Some Magical Clangs, CRAC, Centre Rhénan d'Art Contemporain, Alsace, France *
Shifting Identities, curated by Mirjam Varadini, Kunsthaus, Zürich *
Spuhren, Fährten, Geschichten, Mobilière, Bern, Switzerland
Plattformthema, Ferme-Asile, Sion, Switzerland
2007
Photoforum Pasquart selection07, Bienne, Switzerland
Atelierhaus des Bonner Kunstvereins, Bonn, Germany
Villa Belleviloise, jeune création, Paris *
La Vitrine, Paris
True Stories, Palais de l’Athénée, curated by Benjamin Stroun, Geneva
Swiss Art Awards, Basel *
Reality Strikes back, Universal cube, Leipzig, Germany
* Catalogue
Public collections
MAMCO, Geneva
Kunstmuseum, Zürich
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, France
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Publications
2011
Monography, Cahiers d'artistes ProHelvetia
2009
Véhicule, Geneva Arts Society, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva
2008
2031, Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)
Shots Directory, Young Photographers shot, London, UK
Press
Déplacements: Entretien avec Beat Lippert, by Rodolphe Olcèse, published in A bras le corps, october 2013
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Des territoires prolongés, détournés et interrogés, by Bertrand Tappolet, published in Gauchebdo, july 2011
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Arts et histoires en sous-sol, by Elisabeth Chardon, published in La couleur des jours, spring 2011
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Alpenüberquerung mit antiker Säule, by Reto Thüring, published in Basler Zeitung, october 2009
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Balade d'une colonne ordinaire, by Samuel Schellenberger, published in Le Courrier, february 2009
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À la Une, by Samuel Schellenberger, published in Le Courrier, september 2008