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Président Vertut

Born 1978 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France

Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland

Bio

2008

Graduated from Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), Geneva

Awards / Grants

2013

Laureat of the MAIF sculpture Prize

2011

Quartier des Bains Art Prize

City of Geneva Arts Council Grant

2009

City of Geneva Arts Council Grant

2007

Prize for project Les Yeux de la Nuit, City of Geneva Arts Council

Solo exhibitions

2014

Medio tutissimus ibis, TMproject, Geneva

2012

Wenn der Alpenfirn sich rötet, Le Cabinet, Geneva

Grey Matters, TMproject Gallery, Geneva

2011

Le Président Vertut, Espace Labo, Geneva

Le Juste Milieu, Sotterreani dell’Arte, Monte Carasso, Ticino, Switzerland

2010

The Solo Project Art Fair, Basel with TMproject Gallery, Switzerland

Let’s take a shower together, TMproject Gallery, Geneva

Group exhibitions

2014

Carnet de Bal, Fonderie Kugler, Geneva

GVA-BOG, Espacio Odeon, Bogota, Colombia

Poor Papers, Must Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland

La République - medio tutissimus ibis, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France

2013

Re-Transcultures, Recycl'Art, Bruxelles, Belgium

La Palette Prize, dedicated to video art, Paris, France

MAIF Sculpture Prize nominee 2013

Frontlines, TMproject Gallery, Geneva

58ème Salon de Montrouge, Le Beffroi, Montrouge, France

2012

Overgamed, Villa Dutoit, Geneva

2011

Rathania’s-Ars Similis Casus, Musée Rath, Geneva

2010

Bourses-Ville de Genève, Contemporary Art Centre, Geneva

Be Blue, Laleh June Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

Vos Papiers !, TMproject Gallery, Geneva

2009

ENORME, (group installation – MAC_09), Database 59, Geneva

A New Spirit in Lasagnas part III, New Jerseyy Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

A New Spirit in Lasagnas part I, Darse, Geneva

2007

Les Yeux de la Nuit, (with Laure Schwarz), Geneva

2006

Heavy Medals - The Guinea Pig Girls (with Laure Schwarz), Le Barocco, Museum of Art

and History, Geneva

Books and editions of HEAD, Foëx Gallery, Geneva

Press drawings for magazine 360°, Le Barocco, Museum of Art and History, Geneva

Dada Day Dadet, HEAD, Geneva

2003

Porncop - a part of the installation H.E.R.O., by Az2lab (London), OFFF Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Curated exhibitions

2006-08

Restaurant Le Barocco, Museum of Art and History of Geneva, (Steeve Iuncker, Juan Carlos Gomez, Séverine Cuénod, TYPP, Elena Montesinos, Daniel Freuler, Blaise Perret and Fabien Piccand)

1999

1, 2, 3... 0ctobre, Contemporary Art Festival, Bordeaux, France (Nicolas Milhé, Charles Barrière, Jofo, Jean-François Buisson, Olivier Paulin and Carole Bîmes)

Press

Annemasse accueille La République du Président, published in Tribune de Genève, March 2014

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L'art contemporain ? Enfantin..., by Laurence de Coulon, published in Le Nouvelliste-Online, June 2012

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L'artiste face à son redoutable double, by Etienne Dumont, published in Tribune de Genève, May 2012

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Art Contemporain, by Etienne Dumont, published in Tribune de Genève, march 2011

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Une nouvelle oriflamme pour l'art à Genève, by Elisabeth Chardon, published in Le Temps, march 2011

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Prix du Quartier des Bains à Genève, published in Le Matin Dimanche, march 2011

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