Jeanne Schmid

Born February 8, 1962 in Geneva
Lives and works in Vevey and Montreux, on the Lake Geneva Riviera

Education

1982–1986
École Supérieure d’Arts Visuels (HEAD), Geneva
Mixed media studio, Silvie and Chérif Defraoui
Teaching diploma (“Diplôme B”) – foundation art education

Since 2017
Independent visual arts teacher

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Upcoming
2027 – Espace Graffenried, Aigle
2026 – L’Art du Loup, Montreux
2026 – Collective medical practice “Praxis im Bahnhof”, Einsiedeln

Recent
2025 – Les minérales, Galerie du Château, Avenches
2023 – Artyshow at Cocooning, Lausanne
2022, 2021, 2017 – Painting installations, Centre de la douleur, Vevey
2021 – Planètes, Galerie Artemis, Corcelles-sur-Neuchâtel
2019 – 12m² ou la quadrature du cercle, Galerie Déjà vu ?, Yverdon-les-Bains
2017 – Encre de chine et des bruits dans la cave, Cave Clair Obscur, Perroy
2016 – Du Japon, Espace Ruine, Geneva (duo)
2015 – Contre-plongée, ArtEdifices, Assens
2012 – États d’âme, Art en paysage, Assens

1991–2001
Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva
Forum d’art contemporain, Sierre
Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven (NL)
Stadtgalerie Obere Mühle, Dübendorf (ZH)
and other venues in Switzerland, Bulgaria, Slovakia

1997–2012 – Temporary interruption of artistic activity following an accident
Gradual return to practice from 2004

Artist residencies (recent selection)

2024 – Château d’Avenches
2022 – Avejan, Gard (FR)
2021 – Musée Jenisch, Vevey
2018 – “Écoute voir !”, LuXor Factory, Le Locle

Group exhibitions (recent selection)

2026 – 161 years of international mountaineering in Geneva, Galerie du Boléro, Versoix
2024 – Artyshow, La Chaux-de-Fonds; Espace Ruine, Geneva
2022 – Espace Ruine, Geneva; Musée historique de Montreux
2020 – Maison Visinand, Montreux
2018 – Schlosskeller Fraubrunnen, Bern; Espace culturel Assens
2016 – Aperti, Lausanne
2015 – ArtEdifices, Vaud region
2014 – Villa Dutoit, Geneva
2012 – Art en paysage, Assens; Galerie SIG, Geneva

Cultural projects & collaborations (recent selection)

2015–2018 – Performative walks and audio/video works,
collaborations with Gilles Malatray

2004–2015 – Solo projects: murals and painted environments in France and Switzerland

2004–2015 – Conception and coordination of collective projects,
including L’Art chez les Voisins, Geneva (apartment-building exhibition),
and JAU Lausanne (publishing and walks)

Awards / Collections

2022 – Acquisition of the work Minéral by the Musée de Montreux
2011 – Grant from the Federal Office of Culture (Switzerland)
1994 – Process Space Festival Prize, Balchik (BG)
1991 – Kiefer-Hablitzel Grant

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