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