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