Valérie Favre

Valérie Favre ( born August 18, 1959 in Evilard in Biel, Switzerland ) is a Swiss visual artist since 2006 and a professor of painting at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Life and work

Valérie Favre grew up in the Canton of Bern. After a theater training, she worked from the early 1980s, first as a set designer and actress in Paris, but then turned in the late 1980s to painting. After Berlin, she moved in 1998 after she had lived 18 years in France and made ​​a name there.

The high school teacher is a member of the current five -member jury of the Fred - Thieler Prize for painting.

Valérie Favre lives and works in Berlin.

Phases of work since 1989

Various work focuses on themes of art history, philosophy, theater and film have influenced her work.

Exhibitions

Favre's work was honored in international collections and exhibitions, such as the K21 in Dusseldorf (2010/ 2011); at the Kunstmuseum Luzern (2009/2010); in the Carré d'Art in Nimes, France (2009); the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (2009); Haus am Waldsee, Berlin ( 2006); in the Westphalian Art Association Münster (2004); at the Musée de Picardie Amiens, France ( 2003); at the Fondazione per l' Arte Contemporanea, Milan (2000); FRAC Auvergne, France ( 1999).

Literature, exhibition catalogs

  • Valérie Favre - Visions, exhibition catalog Carré d'Art Nimes, Kunstmuseum Luzern, texts by Beatrice von Bismarck, Claire Brunet, Jürgen Harten, Jacqueline Lichtenstein. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2009.
  • Valérie Favre - The third brother Grimm. Exhibition catalog Haus am Waldsee. Texts by Katja Blomberg, Alexander Koch. Revolver, Frankfurt, 2006.
  • Valérie Favre - Mise en Scène. Exhibition catalog Westphalian Art Association Münster. Texts by Valérie Favre, Carina Plath, Gregor Jansen. Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nuremberg 2004.
  • Valérie Favre - Forêts. Exhibition catalog Musée de Picardie. Texts by Sylvie Couderc. Kerstin Grübmeyer, Amiens 2003.
  • Valérie Favre - Sophie et Patrick. Exhibition catalog L' Espal, Centre Culturel. Texts by Marion Casanova. Le Mans 2001.

Film

  • Artists up close. Artist portrait on Arte, broadcast on 11 March 2006
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