BIOGRAPHY
Anna Gigon, Born 1975, Switzerland
Artist Statement
I spent my childhood and part of my youth in Poland and now live between Switzerland and France.
I grew up in the studio of a painter who was a close friend of my parents, and I’ve been painting ever since I was a child. Painting soon became an essential part of my life, while at the same time studying at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where I studied art history, philosophy, pedagogy and the management of cultural institutions.
For the past 7 years, I have devoted myself exclusively to painting. Part of my work is figurative, exploring the links between space and femininity. I paint images that leave aside the psychology of my subject and leave the interpretation of the story to the viewer. The painting then becomes a playground where the interactions between the body and the scenery are used as symbols.
Painting outside is also a great lesson in humility for me. Trained in part by Marc Dalessio, this great landscape master “tries to let nature repaint itself without any obvious intrusion of personality or ego.”
Today, abstraction has taken on a major role and represents a new sequence in my work. My mental images are translated very quickly, so that I free my mind and my gaze, far from the control of hand and brush. Close to automatic writing techniques and linked to space and the power of color, this stance allows me to approach more intimate frequencies of perception and draw inspiration from the sensitive resources of my personal life and times.
CV
I spent my childhood and part of my youth in Poland and now live between Switzerland and France.
I grew up in the studio of a painter who was a close friend of my parents, and I’ve been painting ever since I was a child. Painting soon became an essential part of my life, while at the same time studying at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where I studied art history, philosophy, pedagogy and the management of cultural institutions.
Exhibitions
2003 Ditzoff Gallery, Coppet, Switzerland
2005 Arteza Rolle, Switzerland
2012 Les Artmeyrinois Meyrin, Switzerland
2014 – 2017 Anna Gigon Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland
2015 Winckelsen Gallery, Rolle, Switzerland
2018 Saint-Martin Art Fair, Versonnex, France
2019 Les Stages du Pigeonnier, Gers, France
2019 Grand Champ, Gland, Switzerland
2019 Saint-Martin Art Fair, Versonnex, France
2021 Grand Champ, Gland, Switzerland
2022 Galerie Marchande, Nyon, Switzerland
2022 Context Art Gallery, Venise, Italie
2022 Parma Art Fair, Italie
2022 PARIS ARTFAIR, MONAT GALLERY
2023 DAYDREAMING- GROUP EXHIBITION, MONAT GALLERY, MADRID SPAIN
Upcoming
2023 Interconnecting Lines, International Group Exhibition, MEAM BARCELONA, SPAIN with Artio Gallery (Toronto)
2023 Interconnecting Lines, International Group Exhibition, New York, USA with Artio Gallery
2023 Monaco ARTFAIR
2023 GALERIA AZUR, MADRID, GROUP EXHIBITION
2023 PARIS ARTFAIR
AWARDS
2020 Copie de Gustave Courbet, 2ème prix
“A la Manière de Courbet”, Tour-de-Peilz
STATEMENT
I spent my childhood and part of my youth in Poland and now live between Switzerland and France.
I grew up in the studio of a painter who was a close friend of my parents, and I’ve been painting ever since I was a child. Painting soon became an essential part of my life, while at the same time studying at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where I studied art history, philosophy, pedagogy and the management of cultural institutions.
For the past 7 years, I have devoted myself exclusively to painting. Part of my work is figurative, exploring the links between space and femininity. I paint images that leave aside the psychology of my subject and leave the interpretation of the story to the viewer. The painting then becomes a playground where the interactions between the body and the scenery are used as symbols.
Painting outside is also a great lesson in humility for me. Trained in part by Marc Dalessio, this great landscape master “tries to let nature repaint itself without any obvious intrusion of personality or ego.”
Today, abstraction has taken on a major role and represents a new sequence in my work. My mental images are translated very quickly, so that I free my mind and my gaze, far from the control of hand and brush. Close to automatic writing techniques and linked to space and the power of color, this stance allows me to approach more intimate frequencies of perception and draw inspiration from the sensitive resources of my personal life and times.
