Valérie Favre

Born in Evilard, Switzerland, Favre grew up in the canton of Bern. 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 art history, 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 Pontormo, Velázquez, Watteau, 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, Düsseldorf, Germany (2010/2011); Kunstmuseum Lucerne, 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). In 2024 she was the recipient of the Meret Oppenheim Prize in Basel. Favre is represented by Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin; Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris; Vielmetter, Los Angeles; 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 ==References==