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Fabrice Gygi Biography
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1965 |
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Born in Geneva, Switzerland
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1983 - 1984 |
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Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Genève
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1984 - 1990 |
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Ecole Supérieure d‘Art Visuel, Genève
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1995 |
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Lissignol Grant, Geneva
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1996 |
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6° Cairo International Bienale, Cairo, Egypt, 2° prize
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1996 - 1998 |
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Swiss Federal Prize of Fine Arts (Federal Grants), Bern
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1997 - 2002 |
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teaches at Ecole cantonale d‘art, Lausanne
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Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2009
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Biennale Venice, Swiss representation, Chiesa di San Stae, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2009
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Galerie Francesca Pia, Top 10 Allegories. An exhibition curated by Hard Hat, Zürich, Switzerland
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2007
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FRAC Pays de la Loire, Rouge Baiser, 1ere edition de la Biennale Estuaire Nantes – Saint Nazaire, Nantes, France
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2007
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Domaine du Château d’Avignon, Dans ces eaux là..., Avignon, France
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2007
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Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Une question de génération, Lyon, France
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2007
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Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Collective One, Geneva, Switzerland
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2007
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Centre d'édition contemporaine, Editions, Geneva, Switzerland
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2007
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Cabinet des estampes, The Plastic Vacuum, a proposal by John Tremblay, Geneva, Switzerland
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2007
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BFAS / Blondeau Fine Arts Service, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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COMA, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Môtiers 2007, (Juny - September), Môtiers, France
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2006
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Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Human Game, Florence, Italy
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2006
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Pelouses autorisées, Parc de la Villette, France
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2006
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Galerie Sint-Lukas, Brussels, Belgium
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2006
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Museum of Art, Talking about the Real World – a aspect of Contemporary Swiss Art, Chiba City, Japan [cat.]
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2006
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La Vidéothèque mobile, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris Belleville, France
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2006
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Konsthall, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2006
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Le Plateau, installation „vidéotheque mobile“, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Orange County Museum, New Port Beach, California, USA (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany [cat.] (solo)
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2005
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Tribunal, Château de Châteaudun, France (solo)
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2005
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Museum Ludwig, Des deux côtés du Rhin – Mouvement, Cologne, Germany[cat.]
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2005
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Contemporary Swiss Art, Chiba City Museum of Art, Talking about the Real World, Japan
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2005
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Leçon Zéro, Paris, France
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2005
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Maison de la culture d'Amiens, Agir Proche, France
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2005
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Kunst Museum St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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MAMCO, Genève, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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Swiss Institute, None of the Abov", New York, USA
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2004
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Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
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2004
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Le Confort Moderne, Personne n'est innocent, Poitiers, France
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2004
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Nature Morte in collaboration with Visual Arts Gallery & India Habitat Centre, New Dehli, India (solo)
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2004
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Cabinets des estampes, L'estampe/à chaque technique ses chefs-d'oeuvre, Geneva, Switzerland
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2004
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Re : Location 6 : Re(framed)locations, dis(covered) desires, Gdansk, Poland
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2004
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Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, L'air du temps, collection printemps / été, Zürich, Switzerland
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2004
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La Manufacture des Oeillets, Playgrounds & Toys, Ivry sur Seine, France
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2004
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Attitudes, Espace d’arts contemporains, Situations construites, Geneva, Switzerland
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2003
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Through the Eye of a Needle, Paris, France
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2003
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Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Pantella Suiza, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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ESBA, Fast Food, Fast Love, Geneva, Switzerland
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2003
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Museion – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Multitudes – Solitudes, Bolzano, Italy [cat.]
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2003
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Alcala 31,Urban Diaries: Young Swiss art, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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2003
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Swiss Institute, Dust Memories, New York, USA
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2003
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25th Biennial of Ljubljana
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2003
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Mostra internazionale d'arte all'aperto, G2003, Vira Gambarogno e Ascona
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2003
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John Kiakossian School, Playgrounds & Toys, Erevan, Armenia
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2003
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ACS Editions, Glassfab. Praha>Milano, Milano, Italy
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2003
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Villa Arson, Re : Location, Nice, France
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2003
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Galeries contemporaines des musées de Marseille, Mouvements de fonds. Acquisitions du Fnac 2002, Marseille, France
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2003
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Museo de arte contemporaneo, Buenos Dias Buenos Aires : Arte contemporaneo siuzo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2003
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Chapelle de la Sorbone, Meanwhile in the real world, Paris, France
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2003
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URDLA, Prestige, Villeurbanne, France
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2003
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Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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2003
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Happiness Overdose , CentrePasquArt, Biel
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2002
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Biennal Sao Paulo (representing Switzerland)
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2002
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DKM Stiftung, Duisburg
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2002
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
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2002
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Art & Public, Geneva
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2002
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Le Plateau, De la représentation à l'action, un projet de Maria Ines Rodriguez, Paris, France
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2002
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Galeria João Graça, JRP Editions _ Instalação, Lisbon, Portugal
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2002
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Evens Foundation, Community art collaboration, Antwerp, Belgium [cat.]
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2002
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Galerie Martin Janda Raum Aktueller Kunst, JRP Editions, Vienna, Austria
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2002
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Kunsthaus, Public Affairs, Zurich, Switzerland
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2002
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Le Plateau, Objets de réflexion, Paris, France
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2002
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Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Prière (s), Saint-Denis, France [cat.]
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2002
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Villa Médicis, Tutto Normale, Rome, Italy
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2002
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Matthew Marks Gallery, Something Anything, New York, USA
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2002
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Migros Museum, The collective unconsciensness, Zurich, Switzerland
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2002
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FRAC Bourgogne, Onze débardeurs/Palissades, France
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2002
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Espace d’art contemporain, Energies de résistance, attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland
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2002
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The gift…, International tour organised by ICI, New York, USA
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2002
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Deepalaya School, Playgrounds & Toys, New Dehli, India
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2001
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Museum of Contemporary art, Under Pressure, Tucson, USA
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2001
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Villa du Parc, L'Esprit de Famille, Geneva, Switzerland
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2001
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
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2001
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centre d’edition contemporaine, Genève
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2001
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Swiss Institute, New York
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2001
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Self-Tattoos: Estampes et multiples 1982-2001, Cabinet des estampes au Musée
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2001
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d‘art moderne et contemporain, Genève
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2001
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rt Unlimited, Vidéothèque Mobile, Basel
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2001
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Sonsbeek 9 : LocusFocus, Arnhem, Netherlands
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2001
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Duomo Piazza, The over exited body, Milano, Italy
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2001
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Ambiance magasin, Abbaye Saint-André, Meymac, France [cat.]
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2001
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Gonflé, Faux Mouvement, Metz, France [cat.]
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2001
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Palazzo Candiani, The gift, Generous offerings, threatening hospitality, Sienna, Italy
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2001
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Espace d’arts contemporains, Work produced for the courtyard of Attitudes, , with the help from Fonds d’art contemporain de la ville de Genève, Switzerland
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2001
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Collection Michel Poitevin, Fondation Guerlain, Histoire de cœur, Les Mesnuls. France
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2001
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Fabrice Gygi, in : 5,6,7,8,9,10-Centre d’Art de Neuchâtel, France
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2001
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Espace d’arts contemporains, Mégahertz, Attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland
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2000
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Artissima, Arte contemporanea a Torino, Italy
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2000
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Maison des arts, XN 00, Châlon sur Saône, France
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2000
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Défense L’ELAC, Lausanne, France
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2000
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Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, Only connect, Dunkerque, France
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2000
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SMAK, Over the Edges, Gand, Belgium
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2000
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Kunsthaus Bregenz, Kunst in der stadt 4, Bregenz, Austria
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2000
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Kunsthalle Tirol, Ex Lux, Hall in Tirol, Vienna, Austria
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2000
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Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Gent
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2000
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Magasin, Centre national d‘art contemporain de Grenoble
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2000
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Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
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1999
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Chantal Crousel, Paris
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1999
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Aéroport de Zurich-Kloten en collaboration avec le migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich
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1999
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Free Market, Kunsthof, Schule für Gestaltung, Zürich
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1999
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Kunstkasten, Winterthur
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1999
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Ausstellungsraum Goethestrasse 78, Offenbach am Main
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1998
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Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Gent
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1997
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CAN, Centre d‘art Neuchâtel
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1997
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ECAL, Ecole cantonale d‘art de Lausanne
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1997
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Gramercy art fair, New York, Galerie Bob van Orsouw
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1997
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Galerie Gabrielle Vitte, Ajaccio
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1996
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Ecart, Art 27‘96, Basel
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1996
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Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
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1994
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Espace d‘Art Contemporain, Lausanne
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1994
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Attitudes, Chêne-Bougeries
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1991
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Galerie Skopia, Genève
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| Literature |
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2006
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Talking about the Real World –Contemporary Swiss Art Japan
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2005
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Fabrice Gygi, MAMCO, Geneva; Villa Merkel, Esslingen; Kunstverein, St Gallen. JRP Ringier, Zurich
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2005
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Des deux côtés du Rhin – Mouvement, Museum Ludwig, Köln – Aus den Sammlungen der FRAC / Un choix des collections des FRAC
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2003
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Molditudini-Solitudini, Museion-museo d’Arte Moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano
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2002
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Community art collaboration, Evens Foundation, Antwerp
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2002
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Prière (s), Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis
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2001
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Self Tattoos, MAMCO, Geneva
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2001
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Ambiance magasin, Abbaye Saint-André, Meymac
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2001
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Gonflé, Faux Mouvement, Metz
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2001
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Across / Art/Suisse/1975-2000, Ed. by Lionel Bovier, Skira/Seuil (cover designed by the Fabrice Gygi especially for the book)
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2000
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Gygi, Le Magasin, Grenoble
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2000
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Art at the Turn of the Millenium, Taschen, Cologne
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1999
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Dogdays are over, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
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1999
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Power, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
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1999
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999, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellizona
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