BIO

 

Yoan Mudry (b.1990 in Lausanne, CH) is a multi-disciplinary artist, currently living in Geneva. He studied at HEAD in Geneva where he graduated with a MFA in 2014. His work focuses on an attempt to understand the mechanisms of the flux of images, narrations and informations that are surrounding our world.

  

EDUCATION

2014     MASTER, WORKMASTER, HEAD, Geneva

2012     BACHELOR, VISUAL ARTS, HEAD, Geneva

2009     VISUAL ART MATURITY, Gymnase de la Cité, Lausanne

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS

2023     POLLOCK'S FAULT, Union Pacific, London

2021     THE FUTURE DOESN'T NEED US, Back wall, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

2019     FUNCTIONAL STUPIDITY 2, Solobooth with Union Pacific, Liste, Basel

2019     SCHIZOPHRENIC VALUES, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2018     FUNCTIONAL STUPIDITY, Union Pacific, London

2017     THE FUTURE IS WILD, Art Bartschi, Geneva

2017     LOOPS, Salle Crosnier, Geneva

2015     SOAP OPERA, Kadel Wilborn Gallery, Düsseldorf

2014     DIRTY LIKE A SMILING FISH, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2013     ECONOMIE LIBIDINALE, Marbriers 4, Geneva

  

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024     TEMPS DE MARS, Mbac, Musée des Beaux-arts de La Chaux-De-Fonds

 

2023     MONOTYPES, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich

2023     HUB AND SPOKE, Project Raum, Dietikon

2023     PRIMO INCONTRO, Rita, Turbigo, Italy

2023     SPIELACT FESTIVAL, Le Commun, Geneva

2023     SWISS ART AWARDS 23, Basel

2023     THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, curated by Bastien Gachet, LIYH, Geneva  

 

2022   MULTIPLES#0, La Julienne, Genève

2022    (UN)CERTAIN GROUND, Centre d'art Pasquart,  Bienne

 

2021     FOTOROMANZA, Curated by Camilla Paolino & Giada Olivotto, le Commun, Geneva

2021     PROXIMITIES, Curated by Ilaria Conti, Istituto Svizzero, Roma

2021     LOSE ENDEND, Curated by Valérie Knoll & Julia Künzi, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 

2021     JARDIN D’HIVER #1, Curated by Jill Gasparina, MCBA, Lausanne 

2021     NON DICERE, Curated by XXX, garbatella, Roma

2021     TRIPLE BURNER, Union Pacific, London

 

2020     SWISS MADE, Ribordy Thetaz, Geneva        

2020     THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT, La Rada, Locarno

2020     WALLPAPER, Labo, Geneva

 

2019     CRASH TEST, Duo show with Oliviero Fiorenzi, Sonnenstube, Lugano

2019     SWISS ART AWARDS 19, Basel

2019     ART BASEL BERN, Ballostar Mobile, Bern

2019     CABINET DES CORPS EXQUIS, Musée Ariana, FMAC, Genève

2019     THINK ABOUT ALL THE JAMES DEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS, Super Dakota, Bruxelles

2019     DIGALOG FESTIVAL, Will

 

2018     CONDO, With Jan Kiefer, Union Pacific, London

2018     ICH, ICH SEHE DICH, Curated by Samuel Gross, Swiss Institut, Roma

2018     VINCENTIMES, Curated by Vincent Kohler, Gland

2018     MARKET FORCES, He.Ro, Amsterdam

2018     GEIST GENF, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal

2018     AUS STROM, Kunsthalle Luzern, Luzern

 

2017     THEM!, Duoshow with Jan Kiefer, Lokal-Int, Biel

2017     CATCH OF THE YEAR 2017, Dienstgebäude, Zurich

2017     AMERICANS 2017, Curated by Simon Castests & Hans Ulrich Obrist, Luma   Foundation, Zurich

2017     POPPOSITIONS, Artfair, Bruxelles

2017     HTWW, Curated by Roxane Bovet, Le Commun, Geneva

2017     CONDO, With Jan Kiefer, Union Pacific, London

 

2016     FAIRE PLAISIR, Curated by Vidya Gastaldon, Body & Soul, Geneva

2016     SKINS, Ellis King Gallery, Dublin

2016     CATCH OF THE YEAR 2016, Dienstgebäude, Zurich

2016     EXPOSITION MOINS DE 30 ANS - JEUNE ART SUISSE, Le Commun, Geneva

2016     BOURSES DE LA VILLE DE GENEVE, Contemporary Art Center, Geneva

2016     KIEFER HABLITZEL PREIS, Basel

2016     SOAP OPERA, Curated by Séverine Fromaigeat, Hit, Geneva

2016     CREATION OF A WALLPAPER (Collaboration with Verena Dengler), Lentos Museum, Linz

2016     THE GOAT-FOOTED BALLONMAN WHISTLES FAR, Duoshow with Anne Le Troter, One Gee in Fog, Geneva

 

2015     RRr, Labo, Geneva

2015     POSSIBLE COLLECTION, Hono-lulu, Zurich

2015     PLUMBING, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2015     EUROPE/EUROPE, Invited by Hacienda, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo

2015     , Curated by Hacienda, 1857, Oslo

2015     FLUX PARANOÏA, Rosabrux, Bruxelles

 

2014     SOCLE(S), New Heads - Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards, LIYH, Geneva

2014     EVERYTHING FALLS FASTER THAN AN ANVIL, Curated by Tobias Czudej, Pace Gallery, London

2014     MANDATORY PASSIVITY, Curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Live in Your Head, Geneva

 

2013     LE PAVILLON LEMANIQUE, Pré-du-Marché 1, Lausanne

2013     FUSION BEYOND MATTERS, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2013     PRO-CHOICE, Curated by Petunia, Fri-Art, Fribourg

2013     TRAVELLING GENEALOGIQUE, Marbriers 4, Geneva

 

2012     LOVE IS NOT IN CONTROL, Curated by Vidya Gastaldon, New Jerseyy, Basel

2012     REALISATION OF A DISPLAY, With the group Cérumen, FMAC, Geneva

2012     PANEGYRIC, Curated by Yann Chateigné, Forde, Geneva

2012     THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (MADE SIMPLE), Duplex, Geneva

2012     BANG BANG JAGONA, Duo show with Laure Marville, Standard Deluxe, Lausanne

2012     REALISATION OF A DISPLAY, With Tim Calame and Alan Schmalz, Shark, Geneva

 

PUBLICATIONS

2019    CAHIERS D'ARTISTES, Pro Helvetia,

2017     LINEARITY'S MODULATION, a collapsed linearity diagram, web based project by Roxane Bovet, Online

2017     LOOPS, éd. Clinamen, Geneva

2016     MIMICRY, éd. Piano Nobile, Geneva

2015     STRAIGHT UP,  in collaboration with Nastasia Meyrat, éd. ActivRat, Bern

2015     CURA MAGAZINE #19, Realisation of the cover, éd. Cura, Roma

2014     DENGLED UP IN BLUE, Flyer design for Verena Dengler's show, Meyer Kainer Gallery, Vienna

2014     FLOPPY POPPY WIDY MATTER, Realisation of a cover in collaboration with Laure Marville, éd. Clinamen, Geneva

2013     ECONOMIE LIBIDINALE, éd. Clinamen, Geneva

 

BENEFITS & RESIDENCIES

2020     STUDIO ROMA, Swiss institut residency (2020-21), Roma

2018     MANAGING NEW DISPLACEMENTS, Coincidencia residency, Atacama

2016     KIEFER HABLITZEL PREIS, Basel

2014     PRIX NEW HEADS, Fondation BNP Paribas, Geneva

2014     PRIX NEUMAN, City of Geneva

2013     GENEVA CITY'S ARTIST STUDIO, FMAC, Geneva

 

CURATING

2018     FORDE (2018-2020), Co-direction with Roxane Bovet, Geneva

2017     FPWM, Curated in collaboration with Roxane Bovet, Lucas Cantori, Camilla Paolino, Odd, Bucarest

2015     ZABRISKIE POINT (2015-2017), Artist-run space, Co-direction with Roxane Bovet & Laure Marville, Geneva

2015     PLUMBING, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2013     FUSION BEYOND MATTERS, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel

2013     ZOLOFT (Chloé Delarue), Médiathèque du Fond Municipal d'Art Contemporain, Geneva