Silvie Defraoui is a visual artist born in
St. Gallen in 1935.
Biography
Silvie Defraoui spent her childhood in St. Gallen and in
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. 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).
From 1974 to 1999 she taught at the l'Ecole supérieure d'art visuel de Genève (today the
Geneva School of Art and Design
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), where in 1975 she established together with Chérif Defraoui, the Mixed Media Studio.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
* 1979, ''Cartographie des contrées à venir,''
Soares dos Reis National Museum
Soares dos Reis National Museum ( pt, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis) is a museum, currently housed in the Carrancas Palace situated in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the northern Portug ...
, Porto
* 1989, ''Orient/Occident,''
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève /
Musée Rath
The Musée Rath is an art museum in Geneva, used exclusively for temporary exhibitions. Its building is the oldest purpose-built art museum in Switzerland, and the original home of Geneva's Musée d'Art et d'Histoire.
It is located on Place Neu ...
, 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,''
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen;
Mamco, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
* 2009, ''Sombras electricas,''
Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Group exhibitions (selection)
* 1976,
Venice Biennial
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
* 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
''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...
IX'', Kassel
* 1997, ''Magie der Zahl'',
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
* 1998, ''Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer'',
Kunsthaus, Zurich
Awards
* 2006, Kulturpreis of the City of St. Gallen
Publications
* Kihm, Christophe; Vögele, Christoph (2014). Silvie Defraoui. Und überdies Projektionen (Archives du futur). Zürich: Edition Fink. p. 96. .
* Bitterli, Konrad, editor (2004). Defraoui : archives du futur 1975 - 2004. Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst. p. 248. .
References
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Swiss sculptors
Swiss contemporary artists
1935 births
Living people
People from St. Gallen (city)
Swiss women artists