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.
Collective exhibitions
2005
Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award Switzerland, HEAA Gallery, Geneva
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)
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.
2008
SCAN’08 Talent Latent, Moll de Costa del Port de Tarragona.
SlideNite feat. Martin Kollar «Am Rande der Realität», Progr, Bern.
Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña, Complejo El Aguila, Madrid.
Portrait II, Galeria Leme, São Paolo.
Solo exhibitions
2008
Lavina, Gallery Lumen, Budapest.
Awards
2005
Winner of the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award Switzerland, (Raymond Loewy Foundation, Zurich).
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.
2007
The Selection Swiss Photo VFG-EWZ, Zurich. Sonntags Zeitung Preis.
The most beautiful Swiss books (with Inout Designers).
2008
Winner of Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña, Madrid.
Nominated as one of the 15 emerging photographers 2008 by «American Photo Magazine», NY.
Publications
Das Magazin (Tages Anzeiger), NZZ Magazine, NEON, Die Zeit Magazin, FORM, Edipresse,
The Globe & Mail magazines, TEN, Tracés, Onboard mag, Der Stern, El País, El Mundo, Hot Shoes...