 Artist's arttributes:
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Female |
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Photography, Video |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| Switzerland | 25 |
| Germany | 7 |
| France | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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№ |
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Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Germany |
6 |
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Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Switzerland |
5 |
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Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland |
3 |
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Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Switzerland |
3 |
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Galerie Susanna Kulli, Switzerland |
3 |
Biography: 
1935 Born in St. Gallen (CH)
1975 - 1994 She works with Chérif Defraoui
1975 she begins to teach
1999 - 2007 Defraoui was a member of the Swiss art commission
Awards 2006 Her hometown awarded her the 2006 Culture Award of the City of St. Gallen
2007 Prix de la Ville de Genève
2008 Grand Prix de la Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture
Lives and works in Vufflens-le-Château (CH), and Corbera de Llobregat (ES).
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 41
until 20.10.
until 25.8.
until 18.8.
Solo shows 7
2012
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| Silvie Defraoui - Les formes du récit II / the forms of narrative II - Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich |
2011
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| Silvie Defraoui - das Bild im Boden / the Image in the Ground, 1989–2010 - Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich |
2009
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| Silvie Defraoui - Sombras eléctricas - Centre culturel Suisse, Paris |
2008
2006
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| Silvie Defraoui - Aphrodite Ping Pong - - Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Zurich (closed, 2009) |
2002
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| Silvie Defraoui - - Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Zurich (closed, 2009) |
Group shows 31
2012
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| exploring painting - Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich |
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| L´Institut des archives sauvages - Villa Arson, Nice |
2011
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| Biens communs I - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| CAFÉ DES RÈVES - Eine Videoausstellung - Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Irma Blank E Silvie Defraoui: Writings - Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice |
2009
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| 90’ - Présentation de l’ensemble de la collection du Frac Franche-Comté - Saline royale - Cité des utopies, Arc-et-Senans |
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| Close Encounters - VHDG - Stichting Voorheen De Gemeente, Leeuwarden |
2007
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| Garten Eden. Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900 - Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden |
2006
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| Son et Lumière - Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn |
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| 1996-2006: 10 ans d'acquisitions, de dons et de legs - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne |
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| Photo-Trafic - Centre de la photographie, Geneva |
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| 50 JPG - Centre de la photographie, Geneva |
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| Downloads from future - Townhouse Gallery, Cairo |
2005
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| 11ème Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement - Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva |
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| orten. - Werke des Kunstmuseums Solothurn im Dialog - Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn |
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| Atelier 5 - 9 Künstler 9 Bauten - Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
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| Modèles modèles - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Defraoui - Archives du futur 1975-2004 - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Defraoui - Archives du futur 1975-2004 - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
2004
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| Werke, die wir immer schon (wieder) gerne sehen wollten - - Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Zurich (closed, 2009) |
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| KUNST FÜR DIE KUNST - Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen |
2003
2002
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| Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Solothurn - Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn |
2001
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| Up in the Sky-Himmel in der Kunst der 90er Jahre - Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen |
1998
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| Freeze Frame - University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL |
1996
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| Divers Compléments d'hiver - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
1988
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| Schweizer Kunst der Gegenwart. Die Sammlung der Gotthard Bank - Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen |
Collections 3
Japan
| | National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (MOMAK), Kyoto
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Switzerland
| | Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
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| | Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
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