Fabrice Gygi

(Swiss, born 1965)

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Fabrice Gygi

Cage, 2005

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Fabrice Gygi

Sans titre, 2023

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Fabrice Gygi

Sans titre, 2022

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Fabrice Gygi

Sans titre, 2018

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Fabrice Gygi

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Fabrice Gygi

Sans titre, 2023

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Biography

Timeline

1965
Born in Geneva, Switzerland
1983 - 1984
Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Genève
1984 - 1990
Ecole Supérieure d‘Art Visuel, Genève
1995
Lissignol Grant, Geneva
1996 - 1998
Swiss Federal Prize of Fine Arts (Federal Grants), Bern
1996
6° Cairo International Bienale, Cairo, Egypt, 2° prize
1997 - 2002
teaches at Ecole cantonale d‘art, Lausanne
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland

Exhibitions

2010
Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2009
Biennale Venice, Swiss representation, Chiesa di San Stae, Venice, Italy (solo)
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Francesca Pia, Top 10 Allegories. An exhibition curated by Hard Hat, Zürich, Switzerland
Môtiers 2007, (Juny - September), Môtiers, France
COMA, Berlin, Germany (solo)
BFAS / Blondeau Fine Arts Service, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Cabinet des estampes, The Plastic Vacuum, a proposal by John Tremblay, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Collective One, Geneva, Switzerland

Literature

2006
Talking about the Real World –Contemporary Swiss Art Japan
2005
Fabrice Gygi, MAMCO, Geneva; Villa Merkel, Esslingen; Kunstverein, St Gallen. JRP Ringier, Zurich
Des deux côtés du Rhin – Mouvement, Museum Ludwig, Köln – Aus den Sammlungen der FRAC / Un choix des collections des FRAC
2003
Molditudini-Solitudini, Museion-museo d’Arte Moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano
2002
Community art collaboration, Evens Foundation, Antwerp
Prière (s), Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis
2001
Self Tattoos, MAMCO, Geneva
Ambiance magasin, Abbaye Saint-André, Meymac
Gonflé, Faux Mouvement, Metz
Across / Art/Suisse/1975-2000, Ed. by Lionel Bovier, Skira/Seuil (cover designed by the Fabrice Gygi especially for the book)