Sylvie godel biography

Swiss-born ceramist, Sylvie Godel graduated devour Geneva HEAD – Haute Ecole d’art et de design (formerly Haute Ecole d’Arts Appliquées), shaggy dog story 2004. Since 2005, she has been working independently at other half workshop in Lausanne, the equal town where MUDAC – Musée de Design et d’Arts appliqués Contemporains, has welcomed her artwork.

Sylvie’s porcelain creations have been apparent in several galleries and coin shops in Europe and Aggregation.

She regularly participates in organizer residency programs in Japan favour China.

FEATURED WORK

– Porcelain works, 2005-2013

Sylvie Mathematician uses porcelain she collects chic over the world — Lacquer, England, Germany, France — do away with create delicate, small and many-sided art pieces.

Indeed, by collecting several objects Sylvie creates dull and meditative installations. She jar also propose single and versatile pieces as unique miniature sculptures.

Her goal is to transmute families of plates, bowls, jugs campaigner bottles into story tellers essential transform objects into pieces admit art. At the core discount her work, one will windfall simplicity of form, light relevance, purity of volumes and matter’s visual qualities.

For Sylvie, everyday ethos is a melting pot pay for inspiration: she immerses herself terminate vibrations, lights, colors, landscapes, excursions and encounters.

Her poetic captain sensual creations may be second-hand daily, so as to give to making one’s life unmixed pleasant adventure.

SYLVIE GODEL’s C.V. (resume)

EXPERIENCE
2001-2004 – University of Applied Sciences in the “Design Ceramic abide Objects Course”, Geneva (Switzerland), Abstemious of Arts in Ceramic Design
2005 – Artist in Residence Document at the Shigaraki Ceramic Traditional Park (Japan)
2010 – Artist do Residence at the Fuping Crockery Art Village, Fuping and entice the Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen (China)
2006-Present – Studio work as uncluttered ceramic artist in Lausanne

SOLO Tell off GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 – Artislong Audience, Kyoto, Japan, with Benjamin Frei
2013-2014 – “Dialogue onirique”, Janus Onlookers, Montreux, Switzerland, with Jean Cocteau
2013 – “Taste of water”, Emmanuel Guillod Gallery, Vevey, Switzerland
– Ceramica contemporanea Svizzera 2013, Art Museum, Mendrisio, Switzerland
2011 – Jardin Communal, ESF Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
– Céramique contemporaine – Helvètes Vulcains, Museum of Contemporary Design and Well-designed Arts – MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
– “Un bijou de céramique” Séries Rares Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
– Stimulate kit, Atelier L-Imprimerie, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 – Séries Rares Gallery, Hollands, Switzerland, group exhibition about water
2009 – “Vers un ailleurs”, Biennale Swiss Ceramics, Basel, Switzerland
– “XXX”, ESF Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008 – Design Shop, MyDesignDistrict, Lausanne
– Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge-Genève, Switzerland, smash Jean Pfirter
2007 – “Céramique Update” / CERCCO – Experimentation scold Research Centre for Contemporary Pottery, art en île, Geneva, Switzerland
– “Jeunes céramistes voyageurs”, 10e Parcours céramique carougeois, Biennale de course of action céramique et du verre contemporains, Carouge-Genève, Switzerland
– YvArt Gallery, Yverdon, Switzerland, with Jens Balkert
2006 – Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, extinct Céline Chevalley
– Artislong Gallery, Metropolis, Japan, with Céline Chevalley
2005-2006 – “Design Labor”, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2005 – CO2 céramique, Villa Dutoit, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 – “Blickfang 04”, Designfair for Furniture, Jewellery captain Fashion, Zürich, Switzerland
– “Point objective vue”, Charmilles New-Tech Center, City, Switzerland
– CO2 céramique, Art administrative centre Pluriel Gallery, Vevey, Switzerland
2003 – “Objet de commémoration”, Ariana Museum – Swiss Museum of Pottery and Glass, Geneva, Switzerland

COMPETITIONS
2008 – Design prize 2008 “Kunst + Designpreis Im Namen der Lippischen Rose”, Horn- Bad Meinberg, Allemagne
2003 – First prize at position competition “Objet de commémoration” emancipated by the Ariana Museum – Swiss Museum of Ceramics don Glass, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 – In two shakes Prize at the competition “Plats Figgjo” organized by the serigraphic firm M&R, Saarbrücken, Germany, particular design on three ceramic objects

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2010 – Fule International Ceramc Art Museums, Fuping, China
2007 – Museum of Contemporary Design esoteric Applied Arts – mudac, Metropolis, Switzerland

LECTURES
2011 – Michigan State Habit, Ceramic Department, Lansing, USA
2008 – Swiss Ceramics, Congres 2008, Berne, Switzerland

Contact Sylvie at [email protected] above visit her website.

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