SIERRE, SWITZERLAND, 1967
LIVES AND WORKS IN: BERLIN AND GÉNEVE
WWW.LAURENCEBONVIN.COM
WORK EXPOSED IN MADRID ABIERTO: GHOSTOWN

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2010
CPIF, Pontault-Combault, Paris.

2009
On Location, Museum for Photography, Braunschweig.

2008
On The Edges of Paradise, Center for Photography, Géneve.

2007
Ferne Fenster, SOX 36, Berlin (with Tarramo Broenimann).

2007
The Photographers, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art, Istanbul (2 persons show with Juul Hondius).

2006
When I Look at You, 10m2 Gallery, Sarajevo.

2004
Contemporary Art Forum, Sierre.

2003
Espace abstract, Lausanne.
One-eyed Little Owl, Palais de l’Athénée, Géneve.

2002
White Heat, Skopia Gallery, Géneve.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Us, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.
I Am By Birth A Genevese, Vegas Gallery, London and Forde, Géneve.

2008
The Waste Land, Caravan, Berlin.
Howl, Caravan, Berlin.

2007
Welt Bilder II, Helmhaus, Zürich.
L’Europe en devenir, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris.
Cahiers d’artistes 2006-2007, Fri-Art, Fribourg.
Global Cities, Tate Modern, London.

2006
Swiss Art Awards, Art-Basel, Basel.
Let’s Stay Alive Until Monday, Tbilisi (curated by Daniel Baumann).

2005  
Wednesday Calls for the Future (curated by Daniel Bauman), N.A.C., Tbilisi.
Zoom in - zoom out, Fri-Art, Fribourg.

2004
Interférences – Contemporary Swiss Photography, Aarhus, Copenhagen.

2002
What about 9/11 Photographers. Center for Photography, Géneve.
Meyrin : 4 Photographers, Forum Meyrin, Meyrin.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS 
Territoire & Paysage, N Gallery, Tbilissi (cat.)

ACADEMIC RELATED ACTIVITIES
Teaching position, photography department, ecal, University of Art & Design, Lausanne.

WRITINGS 
2009
Freizeit, Berlin Schoenhauser, FCAC, Géneve, (mongraphy).

2008
Stream n°1, Paris, (magazine).
On the Edges of Paradise, edition fink, Zürich, (monography).
Face, Géneve, (magazine).

2007
Laurence Bonvin, Cahier d’artiste, Pro Hevetia, edizione Periferia, (mongraphy).
Welt Bilder 2, Helmhaus, Zürich.

2006
Graz Architecture Magazine, 03, Graz.
Magazine XXI, Istanbul, Summer.
Von General zur Glamour Girl – A Portrait of Switzerland, S.N.L. Bern (cat.).

2005
DECORUM, KunstBulletin Supplemen, (contribution).

2004
Flughafenkopf, Hochparterre Supplement, December  (contribution).
Takeoff, Geneva School of Art Yearly Review, Artist Contribution.

2003
Abstract,  (magazine).
What about 9/11 Photographers. Photography Center, Géneve (cat.).
Territory & Paysage (cat.).
Girl’s n’ Boys, Meyrin : 4 Photographers  (cat.).
Weltenblicke, Fotomuseum Winterthur (cat.), Suisse.
Genève-Bruxelles, aller-retour, Saint-Gervais, Géneve (cat.).

1993
Aus der Romandie, Fotomuseum Winterthur (cat.).

EDUCATION
Graduated from the National School of Photography, Arles, France, 1991

AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009
South African Residency, Pro Helvetia.
Ile-de-France Center for Photography Residency, Les Recollets, Paris.

2008
Over 35, project grant, City of Geneva.

2007
Publication, Cahier d’artiste, Pro Helvetia.
Berlin Schönhauser Residency, Canton of Géneve.

2006
Swiss Art Award, Basel.

2005 /2003
Project grant, Cultural Affairs Department, Géneve.

2002
Swiss Art Award, Basel.

2001
Vordemberge-Gildewart Price, Neuchâtel. 

2000
Project grant, Culture council, Sion.

WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
Communication Museum, Bern, Suisse.
Municipal  Contemporary Art Collection, City of Géneve.
Municipal  Photography Collection, City of Géneve.
National Swiss Bank, Zürich.
Nacional Swiss Library, Bern.
André Malraux Center, Sarajevo.
Private collections.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Yves Rosset, De Mémoire in Freizeit, Berlin Schoenhauser, FCAC, Géneve.
Gabriel Truan New Gate in Freizeit, Berlin Schoenhauser, FCAC, Géneve.
Jochen Becker, Fade to Grey, Camera Austria n°115, Graz.

2008
Urs Stahel, Constructed Promises in On the Edges of Paradise, edition fink, Zürich.
Daniel Bauman, Gain and Loss (interview ) in On the Edges of Paradise, edition fink, Zürich.

2007
Bertrand Bacqué in Laurence Bonvin, Cahier d’artiste, Pro Hevetia, edizione Periferia.
Andreas Fiedler Welt Bilder 2, Helmhaus, Zürich.

2006
Fatosh Üstek (interview), Magazine XXI, Istanbul.
Lysianne Léchot-Hirt, What about 9/11 Photographers. Photography Center, Géneve.

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