curriculum vitae - POC

Yann Gross
Ch. de la Rochette 13
CH-1071 Chexbres
[email protected]
079 317 71 85
CURRICULUM VITAE
19.10.1981
Nationality
Born in Vevey, Switzerland.
Swiss
Since 2008
Member of «Piece of Cake» (POC), European artists collective.
Education
1997-2000
Gymnase de Burier, Montreux. Maturité fédérale (latin).
2001-2005
University of art and design Lausanne (ECAL). Bachelor degree, visual communication.
2005-2007
University of art and design Lausanne (ECAL). Master degree, photography.
Awards
2008
Winner of Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña.
Nominated as one of the top 13 emerging photographers of the year by «American Photo Magazine», NY.
2007
The Swiss Photo Selection VFG-EWZ, Zurich. Sonntags Zeitung Preis (Best editorial work of the year).
The most beautiful Swiss books (with Inout Designers).
2006
Documentary award, «Grand Prix international de Photographie de Vevey». Images’06. Vevey.
Art grant, State of Valais, Switzerland.
Swiss Press Photo Award (Cat. Daily life).
BFF Förderpreis, Germany.
2005
Winner of the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award Switzerland, (Raymond Loewy Foundation, Zurich).
Solo exhibitions
2009
Horizonville, Vilniaus fotografijos galerija, VIlnius.
Horizonville, Photo España, Complejo El Aguila, Madrid.
2008
Lavina, Gallery Lumen, Budapest.
Collective exhibitions
2008
SCAN’08 Talent Latent, Moll de Costa del Port de Tarragona.
SlideNite feat. Martin Kollar «Am Rande der Realität», Progr, Bern.
Portrait II, Galeria Leme, São Paulo.
Menotrentuno, Alghero, Sardinia.
2007
Inout, MUDAC, Lausanne.
The most beautiful Swiss books, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich.
Swiss Press Photo, Landesmuseum, Zürich.
BFF-Förderpreis , Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart.
The Selection, EWZ Unterwerk Selnau, Zürich.
ECAL Success story, Elac (espace lausannois d’art contemporain), Renens.
2006
Images’06, Galerie Ô quai des arts, Vevey
Photokina, Visual Gallery, Köln.
BFF-Förderpreis, Grüner+Jahr Pressehaus, Hamburg.
Swiss Federal Design Award, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich (with Régis Tosetti)
2005
Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award Switzerland, HEAA Gallery, Geneva
Publications
American Photo, Das Magazin, NZZ, NEON, Die Zeit Magazin, FORM, Edipresse, Le Monde, Colors,
The Globe & Mail, El País, TEN, Tracés, Der Stern, Max Joseph, HotSHoe, D La Repubblica...