Yoan Mudry
Yoan Mudry (b. 1990, Lausanne, Switzerland) lives and works in Geneva. His meticulously detailed paintings question the stream of pop culture images and narratives that pervade contemporary culture. At the core of his research lies the conditions of reappropriating these images. In Mudry’s projects, most of the familiar touchstones of contemporary artistic production – the exhibition opening, the catalogue, the retrospective – are all challenged.Through reappropriation and often seemingly idiosyncratic subject combinations, Mudry questions the mechanisms of contemporary image distribution.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Pollock’s Fault, Union Pacific, London (2023), The Future Doesn’t Need Us, Back wall, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2021), Functional Stupidity 2, Union Pacific, Liste, Basel (2019) and Schizophrenic Values, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel (2019). Selected group exhibitions include: Spielact Festival, Le Commun, Geneva (2023), Swiss Art Awards, Basel (2023), The Alignment Problem, LIYH, Geneva (2023) and Multipes#0, La Julienne, Geneva (2022), amongst others.
Deep Impact, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, 35 x 27 cm
Take shelter, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 64 x 83 cm
Jurassic Park (detail), 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, faux fur, fabric patch, plastic, latex, necklace, 97 x 129 cm
Armageddon, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, plastic, wood, 117 x 157 cm
Animals are Bastards Too, 2019, acrylic and oil on canvas 160 x 120 cm, Photo: Anna Pizzolante
Exhibition installation view of Schizophrenic Values at Nicholas Krupp, Basel 2019
White Trash Party, 2019, acrylic and oil on canvas 200 x 300 cm
Exhibition installation view of Functional Stupidity at Union Pacific, 2018
Exhibition installation view of Functional Stupidity at Union Pacific, 2018
Everything is Planned, 2017, acrylic and oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Just Another Tube, 2015, oil on wood, polystyrene, 145 x 80 cm,
Perspective/Retrospective (part 1), 2017, performance in two acts, costumes made in collaboration with Laure Marville.
Exhibition installation view of Plumbing at Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, 2015.
Transitional Monologue, 2014, acrylic and oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Exhibition installation view of Loops at Salle Crosnier, Geneva, 2017
Silent Organs, 2016, fabric, papier mâché, cotton wool, dimensions variable
Deep Impact 2, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, rubber pickle, 35 x 27 cm
Titanic, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 112 x 83 cm
Jurassic Park, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, faux fur, fabric patch, plastic, latex, necklace, 97 x 129 cm
Signs, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, 160 x 120 cm
Exhibition installation view of Schizophrenic Values at Nicholas Krupp, Basel 2019
You Don't Hate Monday, 2019, acrylic and oil on canvas 200 x 300 cm
Exhibition installation view of Schizophrenic Values at Nicholas Krupp, Basel 2019
How, 2018, oil and acrylic on canvas, 160 cm x 110 cm
Exhibition installation view of Inside Out at Bourses Lissiginol-Chevalier & Galland, Contemporary Art Center, Geneva, 2016
Fountain & Milk Toast, 2013, acrylic and oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (each)
My Education, 2013, lightweight felt, 178 x 126 cm
Perspective/Retrospective (part 2), 2017, performance in two acts, exhibition catalogues, paper cutter, glue, costumes made in collaboration with Laure Marville.
Exhibition installation view of The Future Is Wild at Art Bärtschi, Genvea, 2017
Exhibition installation view of Economie Libidinale at Marbriers 4, Geneva, 2013
Exhibition installation view of Loops at Salle Crosnier, Geneva,2017
Untitled Yet, 2014, silk-screened fabric, various materials, 190 x 100 x 100 cm