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SAKS
LAURENT KROPF
BORN IN 1982
LIVES AND WORKS IN BORDEAUX & LAUSANNE
EDUCATION
Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Allegro ma non troppo", SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
"PORNTIPSGUZZARDO", Prix Manor Vaud 2011, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne,
Switzerland
2010
"Marie-Louise", Galerie Piano Nobile, Geneva, Switzerland, curated by Lionnel Gras
"Dimanche", Espace DOLL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009
"L’apprenti", Naphtaline, Lausanne, Switzerland
2007
"Je l’ai vue tomber par la porte, une belle et jeune demoiselle, et j’ai senti son parfum léger… ",
La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
"Romance postmoderne", siège de Romande Energie, Morges, Switzerland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
“La jeunesse est un art”, Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
“Mais enfin, qui êtes-vous?”, Espace Saint-François, Lausanne, Switzerland
“Gisement et Extraction”, 40mcube, Rennes, France
“Les feux de l’amour”, FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France, curated by Cécile Broqua et Cyril Vergès
“Fil Rouge 2012”, Galerie Mayhaus, Erlach, Switzerland
"Backstage", Backslash Gallery, Paris, France curated by Mathieu Mercier
"Trait papier, un essai sur le dessin contemporain", Musée cantonal de La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
"Jeunes artistes en Suisse: 30ème anniversaire du Prix culturel Manor", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau,
Switzerland
2011
"Under Construction", Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
"Too Big to Fail", Espace Curtat, Lausanne, commissariat V. Poidevin, T. Rihs & P. Daerendinger
"Retour vers le futur", CAPC, Bordeaux, France, curated by Buy-Sellf
2009
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"Kawabanga", curatoriat pièces_rapportées, La Barthothèque, Nantes, France
"A la limite", Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France
2008
"Le Spectrarium", Pavillon Suisse Le Corbusier, Cité universitaire, Paris, France
2007
"Série noire", Villa Bernasconi, Grand-Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland, curated by Buy-Sellf
"Accrochage Vaud 2007", Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006
"E.C.A.L.," Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
2005
"Accrochage Vaud 2005", Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
"Tout ira bien", La Vitrine, Festival Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland
"John Armleder & Co.", ELAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
AWARDS
Prix Manor Vaud 2011
PUBLICATIONS
2011
"Livre un: le début d’une belle frénésie", texts by J. W. Sok (The Ex), January 2011
2010
"Le vieux père", artist's book published by Boabooks, Izet Sheshivari, Geneva, Switzerland
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
ArtPress, April 2011, by Lionnel Gras
Novembre (Switzerland), interview by Aline Guberan, January 2011
Daté.es, O Brother (Kropf), Where Are Thou, Fabienne Radi, July 2010
France Culture, Metropolitains, 19 November 2008
Espace 2, Dare-Dare, Florence Grivel, 27 November 2008
KunstBulletin, by Emmanuel Grandjean, January/February 2008
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