Valérie Favre

Valérie Favre (born 1959, Evilard, Switzerland) is a Berlin-based artist. Since 2006 she is Professor of painting at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Background

Valérie Favre grew up in Switzerland, canton of Berne. Having worked as a stage designer and actress at the theater in Paris in the early 1980s she soon turned to the field of painting. After 18 years in France, where she became a well-known and successful visual artist, she finally moved to Berlin in 1998.

History of works 1989-2010

Over the years, Favre's works have grown to a series of interconnected cycles, showing references to the different fields of art history, geopolicy, philosophy, theater and film as well as her interest in narration in general.

  • 1989-1990 Period of the paintings Périmètre
  • 1991-1994 Period of white paintings
  • 1992-1994 Creation of objects
  • 1994-1996 works in sound, Robe Rouge, first work of the series Balls and Tunnels
  • 1996-1997 works after Pontormo, Velázquez, Watteau, Géricault
  • 1998 Filets a souvenirs
  • 1999 Les soeurs malades, beginning of series Lapine Univers
  • 2000 Series of Intérieurs, Petite filles
  • 2001 Series of Excercices de vols
  • 2002-2004 series Autos dans la nuit, series Forêt, beginning of ongoing suicide- series, beginning of series Idiotinnen
  • 2005-2007 series Bruder Grimm and Columbia Variations, beginning of shortcuts series
  • 2008 Kakerlaken, Autoscooter, Redescription
  • 2008-2011 triptychs: series Volière and series Stage

Exhibition history

Favre's work has been exhibited internationally in museums such as K21, Düsseldorf, Germany (2010/2011); Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland (2009/2010); Carré d'Art Nîmes, France (2009); Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France (2009); Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany (2006); Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Germany (2004); Musée de Picardie Amiens, France (2003); FRAC Auvergne, France (1999).

Favre is represented by the following galleries: Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany; Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France, Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles, USA, and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.

Publications
  • “Valérie Favre - Visions”, exh. cat. Carré d'Art Nîmes, Kunstmuseum Luzern, texts by Beatrice von Bismarck, 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
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References
    • artist homepage on www.valeriefavre.net
    • Barbara Thumm www.bthumm.de in Berlin, Germany
    • Jocelyn Wolff www.galeriewolff.com in Paris, France
    • Susanne Vielmetter www.vielmetter.com in Los Angeles
    • Valérie Favre on Art net
    • Valérie Favre on Art News
    • http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/ausstellung-val-rie-favre-in-berlin-welt-theater-mit-kassandra,10809148,30725168.html
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    • "Favre, Valérie". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
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