Anne Blanchet
- 1947 – Born in Switzerland.
- 1967 – 1971 – Studied Literature in Lausanne, Kiel, and Marburg – obtained a Licentiate in Letters.
- 1971 – 1974 – Editor for art publishers (Weber SA d’Éditions and Éditions de Bonvent SA, Geneva).
- 1982 – 1983 – Visiting artist at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1987 – Began exhibiting regularly across Europe.
- 1997 – First kinetic installations (Portes 97).
- 2000 – Received the Gustave Buchet Prize, national recognition.
- 2005 – Installation Pont de lumière in Fribourg.
- 2024 – Exhibition Lumière et Mouvement at Galerie Saint-Hilaire.
Anne Blanchet creates moving installations that she calls “visual music”: gates and crossing barriers are programmed to open and close automatically at different rhythms, producing a silent moiré effect reminiscent of music. Light plays a central role in her work: neon lights, red signals, 200,000-volt currents, clouds. In her “light drawings,” Anne Blanchet captures natural light within translucent panels, following geometric lines. Volumes seem to emerge, shifting in value and color depending on the angle of the light.
Public and Private Collections
- 2017: LIGHT DRAWING OUTDOOR, Nuage, private park, Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium
- 2015: PULSATIONS, 2014, banc préparé, Esplanade du Château, Nyon, Switzerland
- 2014: Lumen III, 2014, Roggengarten, Weissenstadt am See, Germany
- 2013: NUAGE, Parc du Pommier, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2013: MURMURES, Parc du Pommier, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2010: POINT D’INTERROGATION, Jardin des Disparus, Municipality of Meyrin, Switzerland
- 2009: PULSATION, Parc du Château Mercier, Sierre, Switzerland
- 2006: ESPACE SILENCE, University of Fribourg (Pérolles 2), Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2005: PONT DE LUMIÈRE, University of Fribourg (Pérolles 2), Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2000: PASSAGES 2000, Belle-Idée Clinic, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
Institutional and Private Collections
- Centre National d’Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Fonds Cantonal d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
- Banque Cantonale de Genève, Switzerland
- Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pauli Collection, Epalinges, Switzerland
- Leupoldt Collection, Weissenstadt, Germany
- Schroth Collection, Soest, Germany
- Dubois Collection, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Iynedjian Art Collection, Lausanne, Switzerland
Other collections in Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, United States, Japan, Panama, Singapore.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024: Lumière et mouvement, Galerie Saint Hilaire, Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2023: Anne Blanchet, Opera Gallery, Geneva, Switzerlan
- 2022: DXIX, musique visuelle, Contrechamps, Les 6 Toits, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2021: Nuage pour Harcourt (European Heritage Days, Château d’Harcourt, France); Lumens et Light Drawings, Galerie Multipleart, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2020: Lumen XXIV, ESPACE LVX, Corseaux, Switzerland
- 2016: Light Drawings 2016, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2014: Light Drawings, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
- 2013: Nuage et murmures, inauguration of two installations at Parc du Pommier, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2011: Point d’interrogation, inauguration at Jardin des Disparus, Meyrin, Switzerland
- 2010: Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2007: Galerie Favre Art Actuel, Nyon, Switzerland
- 2003: Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2002: Galerie Carrespace, Vallorbe, Switzerland
- 2000: Passages, permanent installation (Hôpital Belle-Idée, Geneva, Switzerland); Prix Gustave Buchet, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1999: Hall Palermo, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1997: Portes 97, Galerie MDJ, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Portes 97, Forum d’art contemporain, Sierre, Switzerland
- 1996: Iynedjian Art, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1994: Emergences, Espace d’art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1990: Galerie des Bastions, Geneva, Switzerland; Galerie Palud 1, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1987: Volumes, Galerie Care Off, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1983: Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, USA
Group Exhibitions / Participations
- 2023: Artgeneve 2023, Multipleart Zürich, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; ENERGIE, Stiftung Für Konzeptuelle Kunst, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany; (IN)MATERIAL, Metahaus, Paris, France; Focus Anne Blanchet, Galerie Denise René (digital); Choréographie de la ligne, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Galerie Bigaignon, Paris, France; Hier | Demain, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Artistes construits, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France (16 artists, 2 media)
- 2022: Summer group show, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2021: Angle à Ange, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Line, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Arco, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France (online); Small is Beautiful, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Structure du silence, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2020: Compositions abstraites, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France (online); Women and Abstraction, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France (online); Colorful, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Bex & Arts, Contemporary Sculpture Triennale, Bex, Switzerland; Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; ArtGeneve 2020, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Hard Edge, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2019: Espace et tensions, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Transparence‑Transparaître, Le SAFRAN, Amiens, France; WEISS, Multiplart, Zurich, Switzerland; Group Show, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Arco Madrid, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; ArtGeneve 2019, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2018: Anne Blanchet + Sean Shanahan, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea; Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; Arco Madrid, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2017: heART@geneva, Maison Tavel & Musée de l’Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland; Art Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Brussels, Belgium, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Arco Madrid, Spain, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Karlsruhe, Germany, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; Lightfield, Anne Blanchet + James Howell, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany
- 2016: Group exhibitions, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Lightfield, Morgner Museum, Soest, Germany; Transparences, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Fair Cologne, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; Group exhibition, Galerie Denise René, Marais area, Paris, France; Art Bodensee, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; Art Basel 2016, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Le temps de l’audace et de l’engagement (5), Institut d’art contemporain de Villeurbanne, France
- 2015: Ciels, Espace Malraux, Chambéry, France; Pino Pinelli Duets, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Nuit Blanche, Brussels, Belgium; Licht‑Bewegung‑Raum, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; At First Light, etc.
- 2014: Constructive Art Kinetic Art (Miami, USA); Kunst Zurich, Switzerland; Art Basel, Switzerland; Lumen III, Roggengarten, Weissenstadt am See, Germany; Emergences (1993), Valais Art Museum, Sion, Switzerland; Licht und Energie, Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany
- 2013: Homage to Denise René, Miami, USA; Musique visuelle 7, Nuit Blanche vidéo, London, UK; FIAC, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Basel, Switzerland; Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany; Art Bodensee, Dornbirn, Austria
- 2012: FIAC, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2011: FIAC, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Architecture of Silence, Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany; Sammlung Schroth, LICHT‑RAUM, Soest / Arnsberg, Germany
- 2010: FIAC, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Black and Light, Galerie Sommer & Kohl, Berlin‑Paris, Germany / France
- 2009: FIAC, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France; Art Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
- 2008: Bex & Arts, Triennale d’art contemporain, Bex, Switzerland; Pimp my Baby, Lausanne, Switzerland; Dialogue entre musique et peinture, Fondation L’ESTREE, Ropraz, Switzerland
- 2007: ALDELIL, Halles de l’Île, Geneva, Switzerland
Architectural Integrations
- 2017: BEEMD 2017, Nuage, Parc privé, Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium
- 2015: PULSATIONS, 2014, banc préparé, Esplanade du Château, Nyon, Switzerland
- 2014: Lumen III, 2014, Roggengarten, Weissenstadt am See, Germany
- 2013: MURMURES, Parc du Pommier, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2013: NUAGE, Parc du Pommier, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2010: POINT D’INTERROGATION, Jardin des Disparus, Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2009: PULSATION, 2008, Parc du Château Mercier, Sierre, Switzerland
- 2008: ESPACE SILENCE, University of Fribourg (Pérolles 2), Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2007: LUMIERE, Meditation space, University of Fribourg (Pérolles 2), Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2005: PONT DE LUMIERE, University of Fribourg (Pérolles 2), Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2000: PASSAGES, 2000, HUG (Belle-Idée Clinic), Geneva, Switzerland
Other Projects / Various
- 2022: Light Drawings DXIX, Musique visuelle, Contrechamps, Les 6 Toits, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2019: Rendre la lumière visible, contribution to the symposium Transparence – Transparaître, University of Trois-Rivières, Amiens, France
- 2019, 2017, 2012: University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland – Lecture on Art and Public Space
- 2011: ARTE Vidéo Night, Musique visuelle 7, Pont de Lumière 2005
- 2010: Featured in Anne Blanchet in “Artistes à Genève. De 1400 à nos jours”, ed. Notari, L’APAGE, 2010
- 2010: ARTE Vidéo Night, PORTES 97, musique visuelle
- 2007: ENSA (National School of Architecture), Grenoble, France – Presentation of installation and mural work (class by Anne Faure)
- 2007: HEAD (University of Art and Design), Geneva, Switzerland – Lecture on the theme of the Chair (class by François Joss)