Thomas Liu Le Lann
CV
Thomas Liu Le Lann
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 two person exhibitions
2024 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
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
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)
Prices
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)