Anais Wenger (biography)

Anaïs Wenger – Biography

EDUCATION

2021

University of Lausanne (UNIL) & Manufacture, Lausanne, Switzerland (CAS)

2017

Haute Ecole d’Art et Design (HEAD), Geneva, Switzerland (Master)

National College of Arts, Dublin, Ireland

2014

Haute Ecole d’Art et Design (HEAD), Geneva, Switzerland (Bachelor)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Impressions, Martina Simeti, Simeti Project Space [SPS], Milan, Italy

2022

Tragédie Moyenne, La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland

2021

Modern Muse, Maison des Arts du Grütli, organised by Art au Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

2020

Vissi d’Arte, Salle Crosnier, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland

2019

Demain Comme Hier, Point Chaud, Lausanne, Switzerland

2018

Programme de Noël, Alienze, Lausanne, Switzerland

Like Phoebus lamp throughout the world does shine, One Gee In Fog, Geneva, Switzerland

As far as we know, Espace Libre, Bienne, Switzerland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Spielact Festival, Le Commun, Geneva, Switzerland

Swiss Art Awards, Messe, Basel, Switzerland

2023

Primo Incontro, Rita, Turbigo, Italy

Love Stories (double trouble), Espace 3353, Carouge, Switzerland

Ondines, BIG, Geneva, Switzerland

Stone to the Sun, Galerie de la Grenette, Sion, Switzerland

2022

Prétexte, CALM, Centre d’Art de la Meute, Lausanne, Switzerland

Multiples # 0, DDA, La Julienne House of Arts and Culture, Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland

Etat des lieux, Maison Gaudard, Lausanne, Switzerland

Parade, Biennale Heart Geneva, Switzerland

Forget Chess, Campus HEAD, Geneva, Switzerland

2021

Artiste DICI, La Vraie Vie, Geneva, Switzerland

Trovate Ortensia, Fondazione ICA, Milan, Italy

2020

Spazi Aperti, l’Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy

Prix La Mobilière, Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

2019

Long Distance Relationship, Espace Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland

Long Distance Relationship, Motrat, Pristina, Kosovo

Leistung aus Leidenschaft, WallRiss, Fribourg, Switzerland

Beauty & Rooms, Palp Festival, Sion, Switzerland

Kiefer Hablitzel, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

Tell Me, Ferme de la Chapelle / Festival Antigel, Lancy, Switzerland

2018

Le ciel sous tous les corps, Espace 3353, Carouge, Switzerland

Swiss Performance Awards, Kaserne, Basel, Switzerland

October 12 – November 25, FriArt, Fribourg, Switzerland

Sympathie, CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Bourses de la Ville de Genève, CAC Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

Plattform 18, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland

Proxy Paradise, LIYH & Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

2017

Floppypoppywidy Matter, Zabriskie Point, Geneva, Switzerland

Tempel, Badenfahrt, Baden, Switzerland


Detached, Solsctice Art Center, Navan, Ireland

PERFORMANCES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

2024

Ninfe, campane subacquee e pesci giganti, Bally Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland

2023

Gustave Didelot: Comme un dimanche d’été, Société des Arts, Geneva, Switzerland

PAV living room, Pavillon Sicli, Geneva, Switzerland

La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades, Théâtre Saint-Gervais, Geneva, SwitzerlanD

2020

Artistes Joyfully Waiting II, Espace Labo, Geneva, Switzerland

2019

Etoile, Cinema Dynamo / CAC, Geneva, Switzerland

2018

CDD7, Festival C’est Déjà Demain, Théâtre du Loup / La Gravière, Geneva, Switzerland

AWARDS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

2024

Finalist Swiss Art Awards

2022

Pilot Documents D’Artistes Genève

2020

Finalist La Mobilière Prize

Winner Hirzel Prize, Société des Arts, Geneva

2019

Finalist Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel

Winner Bourses de la Ville de Genève

2018

Finalist Swiss Performance Prize

Finalist Plattform Prize

Winner New Heads BNP Prize

2017

Winner Student/Ganz Stiftung Writing Prize

RESIDENCIES

2024

Wasted Time, Lisbon, Portugal

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2020

Artist’s studio at L’Usine, Geneva, Switzerland

2019

Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, Italy

Project Space, CAC Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, Switzerland