PRESENTATION
Sébastien Mettraux is a Swiss artist, a graduate of the ECAL (University of Art and Design, Lausanne) and the HEAD (University of Art and Design, Geneva).
He produces artistic work mainly focused on painting, but also includes engraving, installations, and video. His work, regularly exhibited in museums and art spaces in Switzerland and abroad, has been awarded the Swiss Art Award by the Federal Office of Culture and the Leenaards cultural scholarship.
NEWS 2024
New work in preparation
New exhibitions announced soon!
Art Museum La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland)
New museum disply
Retrospective look at the works acquired by SAMBA during the last Biennales.
With artworks by :
Pascal Bourquin, Natacha Donzé, Mathieu Grosjean, Martin Jakob, Yannick Lambelet, Miriam Lubin, Sébastien Mettraux, Catherine Meyer, Guy Oberson, Till Rabus, Denis Roueche, Maude Schneider et Benjamin Tenko Taillard.
Sébastien Mettraux sans titre, 2016 – 2017 Huile sur toile 200 x 160 cm Coll. Musée des Beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds[/caption]
Design Days Geneva / Domesticity @ Gowen Gallery
DOMESTICITY
Gowen Contemporary, Genève
16 – 25.11.2023
Opening reception: November 16 from 17h30 – 20h00
GOWEN talk*: Thursday 23 from 12h30 – 14h00 with Luciano Dell’Orefice & Xavier Aymon and Sébastien Mettraux.
*Registration directly with the gallery (dependent on no. participants)
Xavier Aymon, Luciano Dell’Orefice, Fabio Hendry, Ayana V. Jackson, Donald Judd, Sylvie Lambert, Sébastien Mettraux, Martin Parr, Antonio Riello, Juri Roemmel, Gino Sabatini Odoardi, Annelies Štrba, Joana Vasconcelos, Marta Zgierska
Installation view : DOMESTICITY, GOWEN Gallery, Geneva, 2023
Painting : Sébastien Mettraux / Furniture : Donald Judd