
Jacques Brun
Photography
b. 1992, Switzerland
Lives & Works in Paris, France
Paris-based Jacques Brun has shown at Art Basel, Musée d'Elysée (Lausanne), Benaki Museum (Athens) and has been featured in publications such as Domino and Artforum. Brun constructs surreal still life scenes that blur the borders of the real and the imaginary, carefully choosing both the objects he photographs and arranging them to uncover unexpected relationships between the objects.
STATEMENT
"I want to see something dreamy with the familiar, the everyday life and nature.
I want to express the dream of a child hunting a shooting star." - Jacques Brun
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Temporal, Tappan, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Exhibition of the Project Sunset Garden in Benaki Museum for Athens Photo Festival
2018 Part of the permanent Collection of Credit-Suisse, Zurich
2018 Nuits de Projection du Festival, Voies off, Arles
2017 Carte Blanche pour le Theatre de l'Octogone, Lausanne
2017 Solo exhibition After Anna, Cosmic Shell, Siamese Fighting Fish, GUSTAV. Zurich
2017 Infusion of Light, group show, La Prairie, Zurich
2016 Solo Exhibition Vevey Images, Lac Scubadive: Cosmic Shell, Vevey
2016 Price, Promotion de la relève en photographie, ProHelvetia, Switzerland
2016 Exhibition during Vevey Images, Lac Scubadive: Tenuta, Vevey
2016 Exhibition during Art Basel for the Swiss Design Award, Basel
2016 Exhibited in festival Circulation(s), group show, Paris
2016 Exhibited in Plat()form, Fotomuseum Winterthur
2015 Exhibition Prix Photoforum, PhotoforumPasquart, Bienne
2015 Solo exhibition, Prix de la ville, Renens
2015 Exhibition Planche(s) Contact, Deauville
2015 Exhibition, ECAL group show Nuit des images, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
2015 Exhibition 1020 Renens, group Show, Corso, Renens
2015 Exhibition, ECAL Halftime, Cosmic Shell, Renens
2014 Exhibition ECAL Survival Camp, Paris Photo, Les Voutes, Paris
2014 Exhibition Ecal Photography, Book, Galerie 10 Corso Como, Shangai
2014 Exhibition Ecal Photography, Book, Galerie Carla Sozzani, Milan
2013 Exhibition Ecal Photography, Book, Galerie Azzedine Alaia, Paris
2013 Exhibition Prix vfg 2013, Gallerie Oslo8, Basel
2013 Exhibition Prix vfg 2013, ELAC, Lausanne
2013 Exhibition Prix vfg 2013, Jungkunst, Winterthur
2013 Exhibiton Prix vfg 2013, Uno art space, Stuttgart
2013 Exhibition June photographie suisse, Salon du Live, Geneva
AWARDS
2015 Shortlisted for The Unseen Dummy Award, Amsterdam
2015 Shortlisted for The Call For Book, Encontros da Imagem, Braga
2015 Prix d'Encouragement de la Ville de Renens
2014 Prix d'Encouragement de la Ville de Renens
2013 Shortlisted Unseen Photo Book Award, Amsterdam
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Work Published on Unseen Platform, Amsterdam
2016 Contributed and Published in 30 ans musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
2016 Publication in Christie's Magazine, London, GB
RESIDENCY
2015 Residency Planche(s) Contact, Fondation Louis Roederer, Deauville
EDUCATION
2012-2015, BA Photography, at ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne)
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