Bio
Emmanuelle Antille
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1972.
1991-1996 Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva
1997-1998 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
Emmanuelle Antille is a filmmaker, photographer and video artist.
From 2008-2021, she is a Professor at the University of Art, HEAD-Geneva.
On the border of fiction and documentary, the recurring themes of her work turn around human relations: codes and rituals, intimacy, alineation and margin, the balance power within diverse communities, the boundary between dream and reality, questionning the creative process and its transmission.
Antille has received several recoginitions and awards including: three Swiss Art Awards, Kifer-Hablitzel Prize, Review + film contest Migros Culture, Swiss Studio in Belin and Residency at Couvent des Recollets in Paris and several film awards.
Her exhibitions include: The Renaissance Society in Chicago, CCA in Glasgow, Kunstverein in Frankfurt, Site Gallery in Sheffield, Tokyo Wonder Site in Tokyo, De Appel in Amsterdam, Migros Museum in Zürich, Art Unlimited in Basel, National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris.
In 2003 she represented Switzerland in the 50th edition of the Venice Biennale.
Since 2003 Emmanuelle Antille has been directing feature films for cinema: Angels Camp (2003), Rollow (2005), Avanti (2012) with Hanna Schygulla and Miou-Miou and A Bright Light - Karen and the Process (2018).
RECENT SCREENINGS (selection)
2024
Musée Jenisch, Vevey
Rolex Learning Center, EPFL, Ecublens
Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully
Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens
Journées de Soleure, Soleure, section Panorama
2023
Visions du Réel, Nyon, Compétition Nationale, Prix Spécial du Jury
Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Compétition officielle
2022
Book Launch KD and A Bright Light screening, CCS, Paris
2021
Book Launch KD and A Bright Light screening, MCBA, Lausanne
Book Launch KD and A Bright Light screening, CAC, Genève
2020
Compétition, Dock of The Bay Film Festival, San Sebastiàn
Award for Best Musical Documentary, Dock of The Bay Film Festival, San Sebastiàn
Compétition First Step, DockFest, Belgrade
Main IFF, USA
Musical Ecran, Bordeaux
Musical Ecran, Toulouse
2019
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
Compétition International, F.A.M.E., Paris
Reel Music Film Festival, Portland, Oregon
WOMEX, Tampere
Les Journées de Soleure, Soleure
Compétition DocFilmMusic, Krakow Film Festival, Cracovie
DOXA Film Festival, Vancouver
IndieLisboa, Lisbonne
Encounters Film Festival, Cape Town, Johannesburg
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
2018
Compétition Burning Lights, Film Festival Visions du Réel, Nyon
HOF, International Film Festival, Hof
SOLO SHOWS (selection)
2024
Her earths, her hearth, KMD - Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully
2016
Casa Leones, Club Paradis, Yverdon
2015
By The Time It Gets Dark, L’Adresse, Festival du Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
Parade, Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne
Firewalk, avec Romain Kronenberg, Villa Bernasconi, Ville de Lancy, Geneva
2014
Les Barricades Mystérieuses, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille
2013
L’Urgence des Fleurs, Ferme-Asile, Sion
2010
Restrain & Release, Musée de Pully, Pully
Geometry of Ecstasy, The Flat, Milan
2009
Strings of Affection, Duplex, Sarajevo
2008
Family Viewing, Centre PasquArt, Bienne
Editing Room / Editing Territories, Art Unlimited, Basel
The Blazing Family, Galerie Media, Marc Hostettler, Neuchâtel
2007
Inner Streams, COMA, Berlin
Galleria Roberto Giustini, Rome
Barricata, Salle Noire, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC, Paris
2006
Le Journal de Jack, Galerie Presenhuber, Zürich
Angels Camp, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver
Kill me twice, dear friend, dear enemy, Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Tornadoes of my Heart, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
Cures & Comas, at Marc Hostettler’s, Neuchâtel
2005
Kill me twice, dear friend, dear enemy, Art Unlimited, Basel
Centre pour l’image contemporaine Saint Gervais, Geneva
2004
Angels and Landscapes, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Angels Camp – First Songs, CCA, Glasgow
Angels Camp – Radiant Spirits, Sammlung Goetz, Münich
Angels Camp – First Songs, Site Gallery, Sheffield
2003
Angels Camp, Pavillon Suisse, 50ème Biennale de Venise, Venise
Angels Camp, The Renaissance Society, Chicago
2002
Lee’s Season, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Art&Public, Geneva
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Imago 02, Salamanca
2001
Wouldn’t it be nice, Extra Muros, Fri-Art, Fribourg
As deep as our sleep, as fast as your heart, Galerie Hauser&Wirth&Presenhuber, Zürich
Night For Day, Art Unlimited, Bâle
1999
Until nothing can reach us, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus
Change is Good, Fridericianum Museum, Kassel
Reflecting Home, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
1998
Training Lounge, Attitudes, Geneva
GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2022
Atlas Arboricole, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva
Art & Sons - La collection permanente, Musée Jenisch, Vevey
2021
Love Is All We Need, Video Window, Galerie&Edition Stephan Witschi, Kupper Modern and Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich
2020
Imagespassages, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Dancing Machines, Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon
2019
Atlas. Cartographie du Don, MCBA, Lausanne
Rien que pour vos yeux, Musée Jenish, Vevey
2018
Project Room, Art Fair Paris, Grand Palais, Paris
2017
Casa Leones, Nuit des Images, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne
IMMERSION, LiveInYourHead, Geneva
In Your Dreams I am a Landscape, La Casa del Cinema, Venise
2016
Projet Giratoire des Tattes - Mamco Voyageur, Collonge-Bellerive, Geneva
LOOP, Les Collections d’Art Vidéo du Musée, Musée d’Art, Sion
Cinéma permanent, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans
2015
Hôtel Dunkerque, Frac Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
L’Usage de l’art, Le Voyageur, Geneva
2014
Alternativa 2014:Everydayness, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland
Happy Hours, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille
Nouvelle Génération, Frac Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Dunkerque
Rituals, Ferme-Asile, Sion
Noli me tangere, art Verona, Verone
Accrochage, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
ICM Event, FIAC, Paris
2013
Making Space, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
Tattoo, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Le Regard du Bègue, MAMCO, Geneva
Collection On Display, Migros Museum, Zürich
2012
Dark & Blue Graft, création de deux montres pour Swatch, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Happy Birthday! The Goetz Collection Turns 20, Sammelung Goetz, Munich
Contre-Culture/CH, Musée de L’Elysée, Lausanne
Collection d’art BCV, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne
Open End - Sammelung Goetz, Haus der Kultur, Münich
2011
Art en Plein Air Môtiers 2011, Môtiers
Inauguration, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille
Café des Rêves, Helmhaus, Zürich
Peau, Fondation Verdan, Musée de la Main, Lausanne
Fragile : Handle with Care, Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Luxembourg
2010
Black Mirror, Arsenic, Lausanne
Collection Migros Museum, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea, Donna Regina, Naples
Edition 5 Erstfeld, Collection Nyffeler, Haus für Kunst, Uri
Vice Versa, Live In Your Head, Geneva
2009
Shifting Identities, CAC, Vilnius
Inner Space, The Flat, Milan
Darkside II, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Jeu de Paume, Paris
2008
You Are My Mirror 1 : l’Infamille, FRAC Lorraine, Metz
La Durée, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
“about: safety scafold”, Emyt, Berlin
Accrochage, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
Identity, Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
SUPERNATURAL, Kunsthalle Andratx, Andratx
Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
Les Rencontres Internationales, Cinéma Le Nouveau Latina, Paris
2007
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Art Museum, New York
Dark Mirror, Montevideo Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
Art En Plein Air, Môtiers
Global Feminisms. Davis Art Museum/Wellesley, Wellesley
Video Salon, Galerija 10m2, Sarajevo
Dadada, Hammam de Mostar, Sarajevo
Love Addiction,Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone
Videoskulptur 07, Baden
Surréalités,CentrePasquArt Kunsthaus, Bienne
Triennale de l’imprimé contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle, Le Locle
Jubilee Exhibition, House Eva Presenhuber, Vnà
Résidents, Espace Electra, Paris
2006
WoMA, Women making Art, André Schlechtriem Temporary Inc., New York
Nouvelles Collections, Centre PasquArt, Bienne
Frictions, Espace des arts plastiques, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Frictions, Fonds regional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, Metz
Visioni del Paradiso, Swiss Institut of Rome, Rome
1ère Biennale du Havre, Le Havre
Eldorado, MUDAM, Luxembourg
2005
Alias & Alibis, Fries Museum, Leeuwarten
Fast Forward, Media Art, Goetz Collection, Conde Duque, Madrid
Madonna – Express yourself, Kunsthaus Dresden
Swiss Made (The Art of Falling Apart), Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
Refleksija, Nizhnij Novgorod, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
The Parable Show, Grimm/Rosenfeld gallery, München
Croiser des mondes, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Goetz meets Flackenberg, Phoenix Art, Hamburg
T 142, Gallery Deweer, Ottegem
At The Launderette, Lausanne
Desire, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2004
True Fictions, Montevideo, Amsterdam
L’air du Temps, Migros Museum, Zürich
Busan Biennale, South Corea
Interactions fictives, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
2003
NB, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
Mursolaici, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Môtiers 2003, Môtiers
Phantom der Lust, Neue Galerie, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Urban Diaries: Young Swiss Art, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
Pantalla suiza, Attitudes, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS), Madrid
“gegeben sind… konstruktion und situation”, Galerie im Taxispalais + Siemens artsprogram, Innsbruck
“…lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too…”, Postbahnhof, Berlin
Fast Forward, Media Art – Sammlung Goetz, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2002
non-places, Kunstverein Frankfurt
Video Lounge, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome
Another Swiss Version, Galerie Museum Bozen-Bolzano
Flirt, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
Tell me (1), CC Ter Dilft, Bornem
Pleasant Motel, PS, Amsterdam
2001
Digital Room, Photographic Center, Copenhagen
Tell it like it is, Galerie Diehl Vorderwuelbecke GMBH, Berlin
Ante Prima Bovisa, Milano Europa 2000, Milan
Helle Nächte, Bottmingen
Casino 2001, Stedelijk Museum S.M.A.K., Gent
M Family, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
Psycho-Bobble, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples
Between Fantasy and Pleasure, University of Arizona,Tucson
2000
Pulsions, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Wouldn’t it be nice, Montevideo, Amsterdam
Over, Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam
Prophecies, Swiss Institute, New York
Only Connect, FRAC, Nord-Pas de Calais, France
Review video + film contest, Migros Museum, Zurich
Les trahisons du modèle, Luxembourg/Le Havre
Insensatezza, Fondazione Teseco, Pisa
Exposition Prix Fédéraux des Beaux-Arts 2000, Fri-Art, Fribourg
1999
Failure, W 139, Amsterdam
Young, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Amnesic Cinémas, Galerie du Bellay, Haute-Normandie
Exposition Prix Fédéraux des Beaux-Arts 99, Kunsthalle Zurich
1998
Trapdoor, MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam
Seamless, De Appel, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Cairo Youth Salon, Akhenaton Art Center, Cairo
VIDEO AND FILM FESTIVALS (selection)
2020
Compétition, Dock of The Bay Film Festival, San Sebastiàn
Compétition First Step, DockFest, Belgrade
2019
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
Compétition International, F.A.M.E., Paris
Reel Music Film Festival, Portland, Oregon
WOMEX, Tampere
Les Journées de Soleure, Soleure
Compétition DocFilmMusic, Krakow Film Festival, Cracovie
DOXA Film Festival, Vancouver
IndieLisboa, Lisbonne
Encounters Film Festival, Cape Town, Johannesburg
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
2018
Compétition Burning Lights, Film Festival Visions du Réel, Nyon
HOF, International Film Festival, Hof
2013
Les Journées de Soleure, Soleure
2012
Première Mondiale, International Competition, Film Festival Zürich
New Director’s Competition, Mostra Sao Paolo
First Feature Film Competition, Film Festival Namur
International Competition, Film Festival Cairo
Semaine du Film Français, Berlin
International Competition, Trieste Film Festival
2010
Film Festival de Rotterdam
2009
Impakt Film Festival, Utrecht
2008
Pointligneplan projections, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2007
KunstFilm Biennale, Köln/Bonn
2006
Film Festival of Trieste, Trieste
Festival du Film de Locarno, Locarno
Swiss Video, Tate Modern, London
Festival Frog, Genève
2005
Compétition video, Film Festival Locarno, Locarno
2003
Festival du film de Locarno, Cinéaste du présent, Locarno
Gestes, gestures, Annexia, Toulouse
2001
Media City 7, Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Ontario
Speaking Bodies, Gallery 101, Ottawa
Pandaemonium Festival, The Lux, London
V.I.D. Bern, Kulturhallen Dampfzentrale, Bern
S.I.V., Saint-Gervais Geneva
4 days of video, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
2000
Impakt Festival, Utrecht
Viper, Bâle
Video Take, Leuven
1999
8e Biennale de L’Image en Mouvement, Saint-Gervais, Geneva
1998
Scope 3, Artists Space, New-York
1997
Imaggine Leggera, Palerme
S.I.V., Saint-Gervais, Geneva
1996
Viper, Lucerne
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2020
Best Musical Documentary, Dock of The Bay Film Festival, San Sebastiàn
2012
Prix Découverte pour le Premier Film, Film Festival Namur, Belgique
2005
Prix en Arts Visuels de la Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture
2003
Residency by Mairie de Paris in Couvent des Récollets, Paris
2001
Prix Fédéral des Beaux-Arts
Prix Kiefer-Hablitzel
Swiss Studio in Berlin
2000
Prix Fédéral des Beaux-Arts
Prix Kiefer-Hablitzel
1999
ConcoursFédéral des Beaux-Arts
Review + film contest, Migros Culture
1996
Fonds Cantonal de Décoration et d’Art Visuel de Genève