Silvie Defraoui
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Silvie Defraoui is a visual artist born in St. Gallen in 1935.[1]
Biography[]
Silvie Defraoui spent her childhood in St. Gallen and in Grisons. She first studied painting at the l’école des Beaux-Arts d’Alger and later ceramics at the l’école des Arts décoratifs de Genève. Between 1975 and 1994 she worked together with Chérif Defraoui (Geneva 1932–1994).[1] From 1974 to 1999 she taught at the l'Ecole supérieure d'art visuel de Genève (today the ), where in 1975 she established together with Chérif Defraoui, the Mixed Media Studio.[2]
Solo exhibitions (selection)[]
- 1979, Cartographie des contrées à venir, Soares dos Reis National Museum, Porto
- 1989, Orient/Occident, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève / Musée Rath, Geneva.
- 1993, Les origines de la description, Le Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble.
- 1996, Bruits de surface, Mamco, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
- 2000, Nacht und Tag und Nacht, Helmhaus, Zurich
- 2004–2005, Archives du futur, ; Mamco, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
- 2009, Sombras electricas, , Paris
Group exhibitions (selection)[]
- 1976, Venice Biennial
- 1979, Photography as art, art as photography II und III, Gesamthochschule Kassel
- 1981, Ils se disent peintres, ils se disent photographes, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
- 1992, La Fontaine du désir, documenta IX, Kassel
- 1997, Magie der Zahl, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- 1998, Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus, Zurich
Awards[]
- 2006, Kulturpreis of the City of St. Gallen[3]
Publications[]
- Kihm, Christophe; Vögele, Christoph (2014). Silvie Defraoui. Und überdies Projektionen (Archives du futur). Zürich: Edition Fink. p. 96. ISBN 9783037461815.
- Bitterli, Konrad, editor (2004). Defraoui : archives du futur 1975 - 2004. Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst. p. 248. ISBN 9783936711325.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ninghetto, Françoise. "Defraoui, Silvie". Sikart. Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ Léchot Hirt, Lysianne. "Biography". New Media Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Kulturpreis". Stadt St. Gallen. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
Categories:
- Swiss sculptors
- Swiss contemporary artists
- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from St. Gallen (city)
- Swiss women artists