Genêt MAYOR

Genêt Mayor

born in 1976

lives and works in Cheseaux, Switzerland

Education 

Art school of Lausanne, Visual Arts department 

Solo exhibitions

2013

Coral Key, Espace Tilt, Renens

Ogopogo, Espace De Andrés-Missirlian, Romainmotier

Ricochet Rabbit, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris 

2012

Square Dance, ronchauxRoom, Besançon

Tempo giusto, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris

Jazzy Jeff, Galerie Davel 14, Cully

2011

Cornet, La Salle de Bains, Lyon

Mélange Promenade, Espace Doll, Lausanne

2010

Genêt Mayor, Espace Fluck/Paulus, Fribourg

Bouge le Bus, Galerie Davel 14, Cully

2007

Deeply, curated by Joseph Hannibal, Galerie 1m3, Lausanne

Speed Stacking, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou 

2006

Cryptides, Le Rez, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne

2005

Genêt Mayor, curated by Julien Fronsacq, Espace Forde, Genève

2005

Dream Catcher, Galerie Abstract, Lausanne

2001

Circuit, Lausanne

Group exhibitions

2013

Malombra, Forma, Lausanne

20e biennale d’art contemporain de Sélestat
In Medias Res, Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Lyon
Topographic 3, Eglise des Forges, Tarnos

De l’Inachevé à la Ruine, Halles CFF. Lausanne

Le Club des Sous-l’Eau, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

STEWI 3000, Marché aux puces de Plainpalais, Genève

2012

Salle contemporaine, collection permanente du Musée Jenisch, Vevey

Caverne Cabinet ou les objets du déluge, Biennale de Belleville, Paris

Artothèque de Belleville, Le CentQuatre, Paris

Multi Plakati, Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne

2011

Le Fédéral à Semen-Contra, Neue Kunst aus der Westchweiz, curated by Martin Jaeggi & Denis Pernet, Rottwand Gallery, Zürich

Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010), curated by Musée Jenisch, Kunsthaus, Aarau

Accrochage (Vaud 2011), Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

2010

Tutti Frutti Summer Love, Hard Hat, Genève

Anti Anti Anti, curated by Nicolas Chardon, Log Gallery, Bergamo

Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010), curated by Musée Jenisch, Musée Rath, Genève

Accrochage (Vaud 2010), Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

2009

Constellations, Galerie Olivari-Veys, Bruxelles

2008

Made in Ecal, L’Elac, Renens

Reduced Construction, curated by Jacqueline Uhlmann, Karma International, Zürich

Pièces à Conviction, Pollen, Monflanquin

Le Spectrarium, curated by Samuel Dubosson, Melody Mousset, Tatiana Rhis, Pavillon Le Corbusier, Paris

1m3, Zoo Art Fair, Londres

Abstract Pocket Collection, Abstract, Lausanne

Joseph Hannibal Now!, curated by Joseph Hannibal, Galerie Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève

A multiples exhibition, curated by Joseph Hannibal, Nicolas Wagnière, Galerie 1m3, Lausanne

Abstraction Extension, curated by Christian Besson, Julien Fronsacq, Fondation Salomon, Annecy

Les Nouvelles Acquisitions 2007, Frac Aquitaine. Bordeaux

Bass Diffusion Model, curated by Gallien Dejean, Mathieu Larnaudie, Caroline Soyez-Petithomme, 

Fieldgate Gallery, Londres

Abstraction Etendue, curated by Christian Besson, Julien Fronsacq, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux

I Love Jenisch, Musée Jenisch, Vevey

Initial, Galerie Olivari-Veys, Bruxelles

2007 

Flexibility, curated by Samuel Gross, Denis Savary and Fabrice Stroun, Evergreene, Genève

Ultramoderne, curated by Tiphanie Blanc, Yann Chateigné and Alex Reding, Hall Paul Würth, Luxembourg

La Pensée Sauvage, curated by Julien Fronsacq and Philippe Valentin, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

Wunder Stanza, curated by Zorro & Bernardo, BAC, Genève

Half Square/ Half Crazy, curated by Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Villa Arson, Nice

L’Age Critique, curated by Nicolas Savary and Sarah Zuercher, Fri-Art, Fribourg

2006 

Memorabilia, curated by Gyan Panchal, L’Atelier C/o Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris

Le Jardin des Incurables, curated by Julien Fronsacq and Samuel Gross, La Russille, Les Clées

Objets d’Hier Et d’Aujourd’hui, curated by Julien Fronsacq, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers

Audio, curated by Francis Baudevin and Christophe Cheirix, Cabinet des Estampes, Genève

Hradacany, curated by Alice Barbaza, Yann Chateigné, David Cousinard and Thu Van Tran, La Générale, Paris

A Friend Of Mine, curated by Pierre-Henri Jaccaud, Galerie Skopia, Genève

2004

Avec Elise Gagnebin-de-Bons, curated by Evelyne Notter, Galerie Donzévansanen, Lausanne

Avec Elise Gagnebin-de-Bons, Circuit, Lausanne

2005

Sea Monsters Archives, Uz11r3f, Genève

Enchanté Château, curated by Christian Bernard , Mamco/Fondation Salomon, Annecy

Braconnages, curated by Julien Fronsacq, Forde, Genève

Circuit, Musée Jenisch, Vevey

Sweet Security, Donald/Arsenic, Lausanne

Accrochage, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

2003

Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show, curated by Laurence Gateau and Stéphane Magnin, Villa Arson, Nice

Love is a Battlefield, curated by Mai-Thu Perret, Canal 27, New York

Mursollaici, curated by Michel Ritter, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris

Accrochage, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

2002 

Tigerland, curated by Stéphane Magnin, Frac Basse-Normandie, Caen

Les jardins de la violence, curated by Daniel Bauman, Mai-Thu Perret and Fabrice Stroun, 

Musée Historique, Morat

As is, La Guinguette, Vevey

Petit nouvel-an, curated by Stéphane Dafflon, Fri Art, Fribourg

2001

Rock Paper Scissors, curated by Francesca Pia, Galerie Francesca Pia, Berne

Perspectives Romandes 3, Musée Arlaud, Lausanne

Die Schaukel, Das Gelbe Haus, Flims Dorf

Prix Manganel, expo des lauréats 99-00, curated by Fabrice Stroun, ELAC, Lausanne

2000

IFC 3, curated by Jean-Louis Froment, Institut culturel Français, Casablanca

La Station fait main-basse avec l’ECAL, curated by Lionel Bovier, Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice

Phon, curated by Mai-Thu Perret and Fabrice Stroun, Espace Forde, Genève

Why can’t monsters get along with other monsters?, curated by Mai-Thu Perret and Fabrice Stroun, 

Galerie Francesca Pia, Berne

Collection JRP, curated by Lionel Bovier, Fri Art, Fribourg

1999

Internationales Videofenster, Bâle

Publications

Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010), catalogue, Musée Jenisch, JRP, 2010

Forde 1994-2009, catalogue, Forde, JRP, 2009

Ultramoderne, catalogue, Luxembourg, 2007

Half Square/ Half Crazy, catalogue, Villa Arson, Nice, 2007

Speed Stacking, plaquette, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, 2007

Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show, catalogue, Villa Arson, Nice, 2004

Get angry, catalogue, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, 2001

//copy/letters/book, Ecal 2001

Ecal/ la Station, catalogue, Nice, 2000

Internationales Videofenster, catalogue-cartes postales, Bâle, 1999

Award

Prix Manganel, Lausanne, 2000

Collections

Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux

Frac Pays de la Loire, Carquefou

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

Musée Jenisch, Vevey

Discography

Founder of ”Viking Music”, a record label specialized in electronic music since 2001 

(www.viking-music.com)

Horns, Viking Music, 2005

Riviera Allstars EP,  Viking Music, 2001

Songs and tunes for films, Emmanuelle Antille, 2001

Diskossa’s remixes, Mental Groove records, 2000

Dirty Diana EP, Paparazzi records, 2000