CH - Simon Senn

Curriculum Vitae
Simon Senn
www.simonsenn.com
Born 1986 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
Education
2007-2010
HEAD, Geneva University of Art and Design
2011
London School of Journalism
2011-2013
MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London
Solo exhibitions
2011
-Simon Senn, Videodromo, Ancona (IT)
- Solo booth at ARCO Madrid with Jerome Zodo Contemporary (ES)
2010
- Video Review, Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milano (IT)
- Participatory Panopticon, CACT Centro d’Arte Contemporanea del Ticino,
Bellinzona (CH)
- Simon Senn, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
Group exhibitions (selection)
2013
-Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
(UK)*
-Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Spike Island, Bristol (UK)*
-A SMALL HICCUP, Grand Union, Birmingham (UK)*
-A SMALL HICCUP, The Newbridge Projec, Newcastle (UK)*
-The Goldsmiths 2013 MFA Show : The Pool Exhibition, London (UK)*
2012
-Post Tenebras Lux, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
-Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
(UK)*
-Etat des Lieux, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy (CH)
-Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (UK)*
-Hyper Spiritism - Augustin Rebetez / Simon Senn, Galerie Nicola von Senger,
Zürich (CH)
-Journées photographiques de Bienne, Bienne/Biel (CH)*
-Kill the Lollipop, Lewisham Atrhouse, London (UK)
2011
- Swiss Art Awards 2011, Basel (CH)
2010
- Lust and Vice. The seven deadly sins from Dürer to Nauman, Kunstmuseum
Bern (CH)*
- Dans un deuxième temps (1), Piano Nobile, Geneva (CH)
- Timing, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT)
- (Ex)communicate, Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milano (IT)*
- Afterpiece : Performance Art on Video, Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Zürich (CH)
2009
- Lèche vitrine, Espace Temporaire, Geneva (CH)
- Complete control, Apex, Göttingen, (DE)
- Chassez le naturel, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy (CH)
- Swiss Art Awards 2009, Basel (CH)
- Définitions, Photoforumpasquart, Biel (CH)*
-Unter 30, Kunstmuseum Thun (CH)
Performances
2009
- Best of Act, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
- Art of Encountering, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel (CH)
Performances with the Californium 248 collective (selection)
2011
-Stromereiein Festival, Zürich (CH)
-Perform Now, Winterthur (CH)
-3 Stunden 57 Minuten, St. Gallen (CH)
2010
- Performance project, Liste 15 – The Young Art Fair, Basel (CH)
2009
- Lust Macht Kunst, Kunstmuseum Thun (CH)
- Mit freundlichen Grüssen, La Bellone, Bruxelles (BE)
- Série Romandie, Kaserne, Basel (CH)
- Happy Body, Agent Double, Geneva (CH)
Awards / Grants
2013
-Atelier de la ville de Genève à la maison des arts du Grütli (with californium
248)
-Grant from Pro Helvetia, Zürich
2012
-Grant from the Erna und Curt Burgauer Stiftung, Zürich
-Grant from the service culturel de Lancy, Lancy
-Grant from the Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain (FCAC), Geneva
-Grant from the Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC), Geneva
2011
-Grant from the Hélène et Victor Barbour foundation, Geneva
-Swiss Performance Art Award (with californium 248)
-Swiss Art Awards, Office fédéral de la culture, Bern
2010
-Bea Young Artists Foundation, Geneva
- Premio - Prix d’encouragement pour les arts de la scène (with Californium 248)
2009
- Artist residency : Théâtre de l’Usine, Geneva (with Californium 248)
-Kiefer Hablitzel Award, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung, Bern
Collections
-Kunsthaus Zürich
-The Leslie Collection
Artist talks
2013
-Grand Union, Birmingham (UK)
-Spike Island, Bristol (UK)