Thomas Liu Le Lann

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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 
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

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)