Valérie Favre (born 1959,

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, Switzerland) is a Swiss artist based in Berlin. Since 2006 she is Professor of painting at the

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in Berlin.

Biography

Valérie Favre grew up in the Swiss canton of

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e. Having worked as a stage designer and actress at the theater in Paris in the early 1980s, she developed an interest in painting. After 18 years in France, she relocated to Berlin in 1998.

History of works 1989–2010

During her career, Favre's works have grown in a series of interconnected cycles, showing references to different fields of

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, geopolicy, philosophy, theater and film as well as her interest in narration in general. * 1989-1990 "Périmètre" paintings * 1991-1994 White Paintings * 1992-1994 Creation of objects * 1994-1996 "Robe Rouge", first sound work from the series ''Balls and Tunnels'' * 1996-1997 Works after

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, Géricault * 1998 "Filets a souvenirs" * 1999 "Les soeurs malades", beginning of the series ''Lapine Univers'' * 2000 Series of ''Intérieurs, Petite filles'' * 2001 Series of ''Excercices de vols'' * 2002-2004 "Autos dans la nuit", from the series ''Forêt''; beginning of ongoing suicide series, beginning of series ''Idiotinnen'' * 2005-2007 "Bruder Grimm" and "Columbia Variations", beginning of the ''Shortcuts'' series * 2008 "Kakerlaken", "Autoscooter", "Redescription" * 2008-2011 ''Volière'' and ''Stage'' Series

Exhibitions history

Favre's work has been exhibited internationally in museums such as K21,

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, Germany (2010/2011); Kunstmuseum

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, Switzerland (2009/2010);

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, France (2009);

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Paris, France (2009); Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany (2006); Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Germany (2004);

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, France (2003); FRAC

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, France (1999). In 2024 she was the recipient of the

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Prize in Basel. Favre is represented by Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin; Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris; Vielmetter, Los Angeles; and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.http://archiv.monopol-magazin.de/kalender/termin/201013212/zuerich/galerie-peter-kilchmann/Valrie-Favre-Paintings.html

Publications

* "Valérie Favre - Visions", exh. cat. Carré d'Art Nîmes, Kunstmuseum Luzern, texts by

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, Claire Brunet, Jürgen Harten, Jaqueline Lichtenstein, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2009 * "Valérie Favre - Der dritte Bruder Grimm", exh. cat. Haus am Waldsee, texts by Katja Blomberg, Alexander Koch, Revolver, Frankfurt, 2006 * "Valérie Favre - Mise en Scène", exh. cat. Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, texts by Valérie Favre, Carina Plath, Gregor Jansen, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 2004 * "Valérie Favre - Forêts", exh. cat. Musée de Picardie, texts by Sylvie Couderc, Kerstin Grübmeyer, Amiens, 2003 * "Valérie Favre - Sophie et Patrick", exh. cat. L'Espal, Centre Culturel, text by Marion Casanova, Le Mans, 2001 * "Range ta Chambre", exh. cat. Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie, Herouville Saint-Clair, 1994

References

External links

* artist homepage on www.valeriefavre.ne

* Barbara Thumm www.bthumm.d

in Berlin, Germany * Jocelyn Wolff www.galeriewolff.co

in Paris, France * Susanne Vielmetter www.vielmetter.co

in Los Angeles * Valérie Favre o
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Favre, Valerie 1959 births Living people Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts People from Biel/Bienne District Swiss women painters Swiss women artists Swiss contemporary artists 20th-century Swiss painters 21st-century Swiss painters 20th-century Swiss women artists 21st-century Swiss women artists 20th-century women painters 21st-century women painters