CONTACT

Yann Gross
mail@yanngross.com

Prints purchase or information
prints@yanngross.com

Publications and assignments (out of CH)
Institute Artist Management
Matt Shonfeld
matt@instituteartist.com
+44 1225 462 968

Since 2008, member of "Piece of Cake" (POC)


19.10.1981Born in Vevey, Switzerland
1997-2000 Gymnase de Burier, Maturité fédérale (Latin)
2001-2005 University of Art and Design Lausanne/ECAL (Bachelor degree in Visual communication)
2005-2007 University of Art and Design Lausanne/ECAL (Master degree in Photography)

AWARDS

2010Winner of Hyères 2010 International Festival of Fashion & Photography
Swiss Federal Design Award

2009IPA Finalist "Photographer of the Year" nominee, Deeper Perspectives, Lucie Foundation

2008Photo España Descubrimientos winner award
Nominated as one of the 13 emerging artists of the year by American Photo Magazine

2007The Swiss Selection VFG, Fotopreis der Sonntagszeitung
The most beautiful Swiss books (with Inout Designers)

2006Images'06, 5e Grand Prix International de la Photographie de Vevey. Best documentary award
Art grant, State of Valais, Switzerland
BFF Förderpreis, Germany

2005Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award Switzerland, given by the Raymond Loewy Foundation

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011Horizonville, Les Rencontres d'Arles.
La fête au village | Kitintale (with C. Scherrer), Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Protocol #1, Helvectic Center, Create House, London.
Venus & Furs, Int. Fashion & Photography Festival of Hyères, France.

2010Kitintale, Bredaphoto Festival, Museum Breda.
Kitintale, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel.

2009Horizonville, Photo España, Madrid.
Horizonville, Coalmine Gallery, Winterthur.
Horizonville, Vilniaus fotografijos galerija, Vilnius.

2008Lavina, Lumen Gallery, Budapest.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS(selection)

2011(Contre)Culture CH, Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne.
On aime la photographie, Galerie du Jour | Agnès B, Paris
Snow, Galerie Rätus-Casty, Davos.

2010Yann Gross & Seba Kurtis , Galerie 22bis, Vevey.
Swiss Federal Design Awards, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich.

2009Echoes : Yann Gross & Gabor Ösz, Worlds End Contemporary Gallery, London.

2008SCAN'08 Talent Latent, Moll de Costa del Port de Tarragona
Portraits II, Galeria Leme, São Paulo
Menotrentuno, Mara, Sardinia

2007The Selection, EWZ Unterwerk Selnau, Zürich
BFF-Förderpreis, Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart

2006Images'06, Galerie Ô quai des arts, Vevey
Photokina, Visual Gallery, Köln
INOUT Config'01, MUDAC, Lausanne

ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS

2010SCOPE Basel, presented by Humble Arts Foundation(NY)

2009Now, Art of the 21st Century, Phillips de Pury, London

PUBLICATIONS

American Photo, Aperture, Blend, Colors, Das Magazin, Die Zeit, D La Repubblica, DU,
El País, El Mundo, ESPN, Esquire, European Photography, Frieze, GEO, HotShoe, Joia,
Le Monde, Le Temps, L’Hebdo, Libération, Mahala, Max Joseph, Monthly Photography,
NEON, NZZ, Passages, PDN, TEN, The Independent, The Globe & Mail, Redux, WAD…