ShowDown, 2018, exhibition view, MBAL Le Locle, Switzerland

i’m not okay, 2019, exhibition view, VIN VIN, Vienna

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i’m not okay (trust me), 2019, satin, tulle, vinyl, polyester, coton, wadding & steel, variable dimensions

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i’m not okay, 2019, exhibition view, VIN VIN, Vienna

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Training Part 4, 2021, Blown glass, wood, lacquer and metal, 54,5 x 34 x 28 cm each

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Shion, 2021, vinyl, denim, parasol, polyester and concrete, 280 x 150 x 660 cm

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Liste Art Fair Basel, 2021, Installation view

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Philippe II, 2021, denim, vinyl, cotton, steel, wood, and wadding, 240 x 40 x 12 cm

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Alfredo Aceto & Thomas Liu Le Lann Chew, 2022, (video still), HD Video, color, sound, 08:50 min

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Chew, 2022, exhibition view, VIN VIN, Vienna

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Chew, 2022, exhibition view, VIN VIN, Vienna

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Sweet Teeth (Milo’s braces) III, 2022, Wood, lacquer, mirrors and cane blown glass, 58 x 52 x 15 cm

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Chew, 2022, exhibition view, VIN VIN, Vienna

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Barbe à papa, 2022, exhibition view, CAPC Bordeaux, France

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Les Puissants: Été 2023, 2023, (video still) 4K video, sound, B&W, 14:30 min

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Grants of the City of Geneva, 2023, exhibition view, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva

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Grants of the City of Geneva, 2023, exhibition view, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva

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French Toast, 2023, exhibition view, VIN VIN Naples

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French Toast, 2023, exhibition view, VIN VIN Naples

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S.T., 2023, Vinyl, pvc, drying rack, Variable dimensions

Thomas Liu Le Lann

CV

Thomas Liu Le Lann
Born in 1994, lives and works in Geneva, CH

Education

. 2018 Master of Arts, Work.Master, HEAD, Geneva, CH
. 2017 Bachelor in Chinese Language and Literature, BLCU, Beijing, CN
. 2016 Bachelor of Arts, Beaux-Arts de Nantes, FR

Solo and duo exhibitions

2024
. GYM: sports-themed video installation, Maison Suisse, Paris, FR
. Entertainment, E-WERK, Freiburg im Breisgau, DE

. Rivoli, Xippas, Geneva, CH

2023

. Training Part 7, Samaritaine, Paris FR

. French Toast, VinVin, Naples, IT

2022

. Chew, with Alfredo Aceto, VinVin, Vienna, AT

2021

. Buckets, with Anne Minazio, Xippas, Geneva, CH
. Milo, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, DE
. 17, Xippas, Paris, FR

2020

. Gentilhommière, Xippas, Chêne-Bougerie, Geneva, CH

2019
. Best Western, Lubov, New York, US
. Ziwen, you deserve all the flowers that still grow on earth, Xippas, Geneva, CH
. i'm not okay, VinVin, Vienna, AT

2018
. ShowDown, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, CH
. 19.07, Maladie d'Amour, Grenoble, FR

Group exhibitions

2025

. Creatures, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim an der Brenz, DE

. KRONE COURONNE, Kunstzentrum / Centre pour l’art, Biel/Bienne, CH, with Mabe Bethônico, Thomas Liu Le Lann, Lou Masduraud, Paul Paillet

. (K)eine Pause – Ausruhen im digitalen Zeitalter/ (Not) a Break – Resting in the Digital Age, Villa Merkel – Galerie der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen am Neckar, DE

2024

. Condo Mexico, General Expenses/Des Bains, Mexico, MX

. HIT X Mighela Shama, Galerie Mighela Shama, Geneva, CH

. Naturaleza Abstracta, Xippas, Punta del Este, UY

2023
. Painting & Furniture, HIT, Geneva, CH
. Grants of the City of Geneva, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH

. Cozzie Livs, cur. Tom Bull, Des Bains, London, UK
. Highlights aus der Sammlung Jakob, E-WERK, Freiburg im Breisgau, DE

. Claustrophobia Alpina III: Relief, cur. Varun Kumar, Forde, Geneva, CH
2022
. Barbe à Papa, cur. Cédric Fauq, CAPC, Bordeaux, FR

. Enivrez-vous, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
. Baby, Welcome to the Party, cur. Caroline Poggi et Jonathan Vinel, MAGCP, Cajarc, FR
. Young Poets, cur. Lukas Jakob, Reiners Contemporary, Marbella, SP
2021
. When the Subversive Stitches, cur. Collectif Detente, Commun, Geneva CH
. Geneva Decade, Xippas Gallery, Geneva, CH
2020
. Mass Hysteria, Goswell Road, Paris, FR
. Year of the rat, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, DE
. Uplift, Galerie Xippas, Geneva, CH
. Abbieannian Novlangue, cur. Julia Marchand, Galerie Sultana, Paris, FR Duna Bianca, cur. Alfredo Aceto, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, DE
. Une Histoire D'amour, cur. Sonnenstube, One Gee In Fog, Geneva, CH
. Journal Hit, HIT, Geneva, CH
. Modules, cur. Samuel Gross, ArtGenève, Geneva, CH

2019
. Etudes sur l’Empathie, cur. Charlotte Laubard, Fondation Ricard, Paris, FR
. 28 Days, 6 Hours, 42 Minutes, 12 Seconds, Mikro, Zurich, CH
. Henry Darger Summer Camp, cur. Julia Marchand, Extramentale, Arles, FR
. Group Show, cur. Mohamed Almusibli, Duplex, Geneva, CH
. I know you're out there, curated by Lolita, Paris, FR
. Offshore framing, cur. Julius Pristauz, Take Festival, Vienna, AT Plattform19, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
. Cory & Coco, BNP Paribas Foundation, Geneva, CH
2017
. How to communicate my bread, Care Party #4, tinychat.com Xi', François II Gallery, Nantes, FR
. Xi, BAM Festival, Nantes, FR
2016
. PNG, TU Théâtre Universitaire, Nantes, FR
. COOL, Pas le temps, Nantes, FR

Residencies

. November 2024 - February 2025, BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY, Hangzhou, CN

Bibliography

. 2021 Pierre-Alexandre Mateos, Charles Teyssou, Ser Serpas, Milo (Berlin: Dittrich & Schlechtriem, 2021)
. 2020 Elsa Vettier, Charlotte Laubard, Etudes sur l’Empathie (Paris: Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, 2020)
. 2019 Paul Clinton, Thomas Liu Le Lann (Geneva: BNP Paribas Foundation, 2019)

Awards

. 2023 Grants of the City of Geneva (recipient)
. 2019 Helvetia Kunstpreis (nomination)
. 2018 New Heads BNP Paribas Art Award (recipient); Head Gallery Prize (recipient)

Collections

. Samaritaine, Paris, FR
. Fond Cantonal d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH . Collezione Taurisano, Naples, IT
. m3 COLLECTION, Geneva, CH
. Sammlung Jakob, Gundelfingen, DE
. Fondation BNP Paribas, Geneva, CH

Curatorial project

2019-2022
. Cherish, Petit-Lancy (art space, with Mohamed Almusibli, James Bantone and Ser Serpas)

Exhibitions at VIN VIN

Chew

Liste Art Fair Basel 2021

i'm not okay

FRENCH TOAST