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Mai-Thu Perret Biography
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Received Federal Award of Art, Switzerland
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Whitney Independent Study Programme, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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BA in English Litterature, University of Cambridge
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Lives and Works in Geneva and New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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the devilʼs fidelity, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
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2012
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Danser sa vie, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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2011
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The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Bridgehampton, New York
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2011
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The Zurich Art Prize 2011: Mai-Thu Perret, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Love Letters in Ancient Brick, Theatre de lʼUsine, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Le Magasin, Grenoble, France (solo)
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2011
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Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Migraine, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2011
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ILLUMInations, curated by Bice Curiger, International Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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2011
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Abstract Possible: The Tamayo Take, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
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2010
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Chartreuse jeune: An intervention by Olaf Nicolai at the Casa Taberelli, Casa Tabarelli, Cornaiano, Italy
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2010
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While Bodies Get Mirrored. An Exhibition about Movement, Formalism and Space, MigrosMuseum, Zurich, Switzerland
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2010
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Born Under a Bad Sign, Power House Art Center, Memphis, TN
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2010
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Charles Fourier – Lʼécart absolu, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, France
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2010
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A New Stance for Tomorrow, Part 3, Sketch, London, England
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2010
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From Dusk Till Dawn: If I Canʼt Dance, I Donʼt Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, video program by Yann Chateigné, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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2010
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Yellow Box, video program by bdv, Restaurant Georges, Paris, France
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2010
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Flag, Swiss Institute, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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Parade, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2010
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An Ideal for Living, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (solo)
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2010
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The Viewing Room, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2010
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Borderlines, Cabinet des arts graphiques, Musée dʼart et dʼhistoire, Genève, Switzerland
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2010
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High Ideals & Crazy Dreams, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
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2010
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Close Your Eyes in Order to See, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
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2010
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Anonymous Materials, Stiftung Binz39, Zurich, Switzerland
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2010
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Edition 5 Erstfeld, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland
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2010
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Abstract Possible, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
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2010
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Goldene Zeiten
Teil 1: Steven Claydon, Diango Hernández and Mai-Thu Perret, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2009 - 2010
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Mai-Thu Perret. Alphabet: Paintings and Text Works 2004-2009, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2009
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The Crack-Up, Praz-Delavallade, Paris (solo)
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2009
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Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
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2009
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Regift, The Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York
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2009
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The Aspen Art Museum (solo)
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2009
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Living Together, Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturenea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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2009
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
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2008
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Euro-Centric, Part 1: New European Art from the Rubell Family Collection , Rubell Family Collection
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2008
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An Evening of the Book and Other Stories, The Kitchen, New York
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2008
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Mai-Thu Perret: Land of Crystal, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen (solo)
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2008
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Abstraction étendue , Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux
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2007
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Kunsthalle Exnergasse, tension, sex, despair – aber hallo/na und, Vienna
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2007
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Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, In the Poem about Love You Don’t Write Love, Minneapolis
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2007
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Aussenraum der Berggemeinde Amden am Walensee, Mai-Thu Perret: Das Kunstwerk und sein Ort (curated by Roman Kurzmeyer), Amden
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2007
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Kölnischer Kunstverein, Pure Self Expression, Cologne
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2007
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Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich (solo)
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2007
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Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (catalogue) (solo)
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2007
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Half Square Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nice, France
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2007
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Open and Shut, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
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2006
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Neue Kunsthalle, Modus, St. Gallen
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2006
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Wexner Center for the Arts, Shiny, Colombus, Ohio
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2006
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Elizabeth Dee Gallery and QUED, Bring the War Home, New York/Los Angeles
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2006
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Instituto Svizzero, Visioni del paradiso, Rome
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2006
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Apocalypse Ballet, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin (solo)
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2006
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Solid objects (Exhibition with Valentin Carron), Chisenhale Gallery, London (cat.) (solo)
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2006
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The Renaissance Society, And every woman will be a walking synthesis of the universe, Chicago (cat.) (solo)
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2006
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Exposition des Bourses Des Fonds Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, Centre d’art Contemporain, Geneva
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2006
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Centre d'art Mira Phalaina/Maison Populaire, Madame la baronne était plutôt manièrée, assez roccoco et complètement baroque, Montreuil (cat.)
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2006
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Inside now, we walked into a room with coca-cola coloured walls, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
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2006
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West London Projects, The Endless Summer, London
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2006
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Galerie Edouard Manet, Objets d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, Gennevillier
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2006
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Royal College of Art, Again For Tomorrow, London (cat.)
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2006
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La Générale, Hradacany, Paris
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2006
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Usine, Atelier 3ème étage, Sublime Part II, Geneva (cat.)
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2006
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Centre PasquArt, Nouvelles Collections, Bienne
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2005
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Model Modernism, Artist Space, New York (cat.)
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2005
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Paralleles Leben, Frankfurter Kunstverein Frankfurt am Main (cat.)
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2005
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CCA, In the Poem about Love the Word Love Does Not Appear, Glasgow (cat.)
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2005
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Solid objects (with Valentin Carron), Centre d’ Art Contemporain, Geneva (cat.) (solo)
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2005
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National Arts Center, Tbilisi 2, Wednesday calls the future, Tbilissi, Georgia
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2005
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Air de Paris, NY Twice, Paris (cat.)
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2005
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Centre d’art contemporain, Genève, artistes et créateurs d’aujourd’hui, Geneva
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2005
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Heroine of the People, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
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2004
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, The Age Of Optimism, Zurich
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2004
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Karvasla, Tuesday is gone, Tiblissi, Georgia
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2004
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Helmhaus, Fürchte Dich, Zurich (cat.)
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2004
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ArtBasel 35, Statement presented by Galerie Francesca Pia, Basel (solo)
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2004
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Love Thy Sister Like Thyself, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva (solo)
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2004
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None of the above, Swiss Institute, New York
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2004
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Champion Fine Arts, Leviathan Rising Under Moon’s Influence, Brooklyn, NY (cat.)
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2004
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Year, Archives generation upon generation, Brooklyn, NY
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2003
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Form/Kontext/Troja, Secession, Vienna
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2003
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The return of the creature, Künstlerhaus Thurn + Taxis, Bregenz
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2003
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Pure self-expression x25, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
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2002
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The Modern Institute, Glasgow (solo)
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2002
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We close our eyes in order to see, Glassbox, Paris (solo)
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2001
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Land of Crystal, Le Studio, CAN, Neuchâtel (cat.) (solo)
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2001
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Rock Paper Scissors, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
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2000
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Why can’t monsters get along with other monsters, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
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2000
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Dr Wings, Air de Paris, Paris
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2008
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Mai-Thu Perret Land of Crystal, Centre d’art contemporain, Genf, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Christoph Keller Editions/ JRP/Ringier
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2007
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Mai-Thu Perret « And every woman will be a walking synthesis of the universe », Annual Report 2005
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2007
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2006, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, pp. 41-43
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2006
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Feldman, Hannah: Desert of the Real - Hannah Feldman on the art of Mai-Thu Perret, Artforum International, Summer, pp. 332-335
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2006
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Allen, Jennifer: Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss, Artforum, April, p. 261
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2006
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Nielsen, Henrikke: Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss, Flash Art International, no. 247, March-April Hüster, Wiebke: Pappmaché-Kameradinnen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, February 19
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2006
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Swiss Art Award 2006, Catalogue, Schweizerischer Kunstverein Zürich, pp. 13-14, 129
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2006
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Modus, exhibition catalogue, Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen
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2006
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Mai-Thu Perret, Collection Cahiers d’Artistes 2006, Pro Helvetica, Swiss Arts Council
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2006
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Radical Gestures? Alex Morrison and Mai-Thu Perret in conversation, in: Again For Tomorrow, exhibition catalogue, Royal College of Art, London, pp. 153-155
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2006
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Mojica, Jason, "The Crystal Frontier“, the Rennaissance Society, in: Time Out Chicago, issue
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2006
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Sahakian, Marlyne, ONE TO WATCH, [Mai-Thu Perret], on: artcrush, issue 34, June 2006 (http://www.artkrush.com/mailer/issue34/index.html#watch)
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2006
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Feldman, Hannah, Desert of the Real. Hannah Feldman on the Art of Mai-Thu Perret, in: Artforum summer 2006
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2006
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Olympiade der Kunst//Olympian hights of Art, in: Lufthansa magazin, 06.2006
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2006
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Lapp, Axel, Mai-Thu Perret, in: ArtReview, April 2006
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2006
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Bonacina, Andrew, Mai-Thu Perret, in: Again For Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, London, 2006 (cat.)
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2006
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Nielsen, Henrikke, Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss, in: Flash Art International, no 247, March/April 2006
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2006
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Hüster, Wiebke, Pappmaché-Kameradinnen, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 19.02.2006
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2005
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Sung, Won Kim, An interview with Mai-Thu Perret, in: Paralleles Leben, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2005 (cat.)
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2005
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Reynaud Dewar, Lili, Figures spéciales – Mai-Thu Perret, Lucy McKenzie , 02, in: revue d’art contemporain no. 38, Nantes, summer 2005
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2005
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Sung Won, Kim: Interview with Mai-Thu Perret, in: Paralleles Leben, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurter Kunstverein, pp. 125-130
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2004
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Stroun, Fabrice: “Ouverture, Mai-Thu Perret”, Flash Art International no. 236, May-June 2004
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2004
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Notter, Eveline: “Love thy sister like thyself”, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, May 2004
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2004
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Schellenberg, Samuel: “Mai-Thu Perret, à l’aise entre mots et forme”, Le Courrier, Geneva, April 17, 2004
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2004
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Steiner, Urs: “Heiter? Bewölkt?- Grosswetterlage der Befindlichkeit im Helmhaus”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, February 17, 2004
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2003
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Gerber, Elisabeth: “Mai-Thu Perret in der Galerie Francesca Pia”, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, October, 2003
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2002
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Stroun, Fabrice: “Fabrice Stroun talks with Mai-Thu Perret”, CAN, Neuchâtel, 2002
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2001
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Julliard, Nicolas: “La colère maîtrisée des jeunes artistes”, Le Temps, Geneva, December 11, 2001
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2001
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d’Alimonte, Valério: “La fuite en arrière”, La Voix du Luxembourg, Luxemburg, November 1, 2001
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2001
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Bohm, Alexander: “Utopire”, D’Lëtzebuerger Land, Luxemburg, October 19, 2001
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2001
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“Highlight”, Casa Vogue Brazil, Sao Paulo, no.192, 2001
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2001
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Julliard, Nicolas: La colère maîtrisée des jeunes artistes, Le Temps, Geneva, December 11
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2000
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Michèle, Nicole: Embroidery, The Now Idea, Parkett, Zurich, n°59, September
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