Valentin Carron

(Swiss, born 1977)

ocean by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Ocean, 2008

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the dawn by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

The Dawn, 2014

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degenerate by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Degenerate, 2014

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d`après tommasini (travertin) by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

D`après Tommasini (Travertin), 2015

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mario by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Mario, 2013

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bottle man (diagonally) by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Bottle Man (Diagonally), 2017

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the overhang by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

The Overhang, 2017

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a stone some cracks by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

A stone some cracks, 2016

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coupure by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Coupure, 2008

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abîme by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Abîme, 2009

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le mépris (after rossi) by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

Le mépris (after Rossi), 2009

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la rigidité (after rossi) by valentin carron

Valentin Carron

La rigidité (after Rossi), 2009

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Biography

Timeline

1977
Born in Martigny, Switzerland
1992 - 1999
Ecole Cantonale des Beaux-Arts, Sion
1997 - 2000
Haute école d'arts appliqués, Lausanne
1999
Prix Odette Steinmann
Prix de la Fondation Ernest Manganel
Prix d’encouragement à la création de l’Etat du Valais
2000
Eidgenössischer Kunstpreis
2001
Prix Moët Hennessy
Eidgenössischer Kunstpreis
lives and works in Martigny, Switzerland

Exhibitions

2015
L’heure qu’il est, curated by Fabienne Xavière Sturm, Arnaud Tellier, Chantal Prod’hom and Karine Tissot, MuDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sur l’autoroute du soleil à minuit, Galerie kamel mennour, Paris, France (solo)
Group Show curated by Valentin Carron, Swiss Institute, New York, NY, USA
2014
Elevation 1049.2, curated by Neville Wakefield and Olympia Scarry, Gstaad, Switzerland
Blackboard –Whitepage, curated by Maud Châtelet and Ana Roldán, Kantonsschule Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mingei, Are you Here?, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Pace Gallery, New York, USA
Do, ré, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
303 Gallery, New York/NY, USA (solo)
Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, Switzerland (solo)

Literature

2014
Carron, V. / Stroun, F. (2014). Valentin Carron: Do ré mi fa sol la si do. Kunsthalle Bern.
2006
Pierre Keller, Valentin Carron, in: BILAN, no. 200, March 15 – 28, 2006, p. 63
Eva Scharrer, Valentin Carron – Galerie Eva Presenhuber, in: Artforum International, no. 7, March 2006, p. 307
Hug, Cathérine, Valentin Carron, in: tema celeste, no. 113, January/February 2006, p. 62–67
2005
Baumann, Daniel, Valentin Carron „Rellik“, in: spike ART QUARTERLY, 06, Winter 2005, p. 107–108
Trembly, Nicolas, Souvenirs de Suisse, in: Numeró, No. 66, September 2005, p. 82
Menz, Marguerite, Valentin Carron versus Mai-Thu im Centre d’Art Contemporain, in: Kunst Bulletin 07/08, July 2005, p. 58
Henkes, Alice, Valentin Carron in der Galerie Francesca Pia, in: Kunst Bulletin 03, March 2005, p. 46
2004
Bovier Lionel, Cherix Christophe, in: FlashArt International, May–June 2004
Valentin Carron, Collection Cahiers d'Artistes, Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland, Zurich (cat.)