Biography
Valérie Anex is a young Irish-Swiss artist born 1983 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She lives and works between Geneva and Berlin. She first graduated in 2007 at the Graduate Institute of International and Development studies (IUHEID) in Geneva, before entering the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). Her activities include photography and film. In July 2011, she obtained her Master Degree in Fine Arts and was awarded the Neumann prize attributed by the City of Geneva for her photographic work Ghost Estates. Since, she has presented her work in different contexts including collective exhibitions, publications and festivals: Sélection / Auswahl 2011, PhotoforumPasquart Biel; Celeste Prize 2011, New York; New York Times Lens Blog, August 2011; La lettre de la photographie, Septembre 2011; Carte Blanche, Forum d'Architectures (2012), Lausanne; Les Boutographies, Rencontres photographiques de Montpellier (2012); VFG 16e prix, Lausanne, Winterthur (2012).
Exhibitions
2013 Oslo 8, Basel
2012 16. vfg, Jungkunst, Winterthur
2012 16. vfg Young talents photography award, ECAL, Lausanne
2012 Boutographies, Rencontres photographiques de Montpellier
2012 Carte Blanche, Forum d'Architectures, Lausanne
2011 Prix PhotoforumPasquArt SELECTION 2011, Biel
2011 Celeste Prize 2011, 3rd edition, Exhibition,
The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NYC, November 2011
2011 Le Pastel est la couleur de la défaite, collective project,
FCAC - Broom Social Club, Genève
Awards / Grants
2012 16. vfg Young talents photography award, Lausanne
2011 Prix Neumann from the City of Geneva
2011 Finaliste Prix PhotoforumPasquArt SELECTION 2011, Biel
2011 Finaliste Celeste Prize 2011, 3rd edition, New York, USA
2008 Sab'art du meilleur film étranger pour "Au-delà des rêves",
Festival du Film de Dakar
2007 Prix de la DDC «We care You too»L8;
Publications
2013 Ghost Estates, Les Editions d’Uqbar
2012 16. vfg Young talents photography award 2012, Catalogue
