Simon Senn

2013

Biography

b. 1986, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

2011–13 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, London
2007–10 BA Fine Art, HEAD, Geneva University of Art and Design, Geneva


Recent Exhibitions

Solo
2013 Margot’s Life, Zelig, Lausanne
2011 Simon Senn – Videodromo, Atelier dell’Arco Amoroso, Ancona
2010 Participatory Panopticon, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea del Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland
2010 Simon Senn, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich

Group
2013 A Small Hiccup, Grand Union, Birmingham and NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
2012 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennial and ICA, London
2010 Lust and Vice, the Seven Deadly Sins From Dürer to Nauman, Kunstmuseum, Bern
2010 Timing, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
2009 Complete Control, Apex, Göttingen, Germany


Awards and Residencies
2013 Residency, Atelier pour plasticien à la Maison des arts du Grütli Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva
2011 Swiss Art Award, Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern Prix Suisse de la Performance FMAC, Aargauer Kuratorium, Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Geneva
2009 Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung, Switzerland 

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Purlieus Tales, 2011HD video, 7 min

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Purlieus Tales, 2011HD video, 7 min

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Just Let Go, 2012HD video, handouts (A5), 2 min

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Just Let Go, 2012HD video, handouts (A5), 2 min

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Just Let Go, 2012HD video, handouts (A5), 2 min

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Just Let Go, 2012HD video, handouts (A5), 2 min

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Niklas, 2012HD video, 8 min

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Niklas, 2012HD video, 8 min

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Niklas, 2012HD video, 8 min

Previous artist in 2013

Yves Scherer

Next artist in 2013

Isabelle ZhiZhi Southwood