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Nicolas Cilins
Nicolas Cilins and Nanna Heidenreich during a Q&A at Berlinale 2015 (Forum Expanded section).
Born1985
Cannes, France
Occupation(s)Artist and filmmaker
AwardsBourse de la Ville de Genève 2020,[1]
Swiss Art Awards 2018,[2]
Videokunst Förderpreis 2014,[3]
Kiefer Hablitzel Prize 2013[4]
Websitehttp://www.nicolas-cilins.com

Nicolas Cilins (born 1985, France.[5]) is an artist living in Geneva,[6] Switzerland, working across the disciplines of visual arts, filmmaking, and performance art. His works are included as part of several public collections, such as the Institut für Film und Videokunst in Germany,[7] the Fonds régional d'art contemporain in France,[8] the Kunstmuseum Bern,[9] the Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain,[10] and the Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de Genève[11] in Switzerland. Cilins became a laureate of the Swiss Art Awards[12] in June 2018, and a laureate of the Geneva Art Awards in September 2020.[13]

Education and career

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Nicolas Cilins graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Villa Arson in 2007,[14] before acquiring a diploma in performance art at the Haute École d'art et de design Genève (HEAD) in 2008. Cilins has long collaborated with French film editor Dominique Auvray[15][16] and performance artist Yan Duyvendak.[17] His work deals with cultural differences and social issues at the intersection of art, activism, and social change.[18] He has also translated W. J. T. Mitchell’s seminal book, What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images, into French.[19]

Selected works

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Year Title Medium Exhibition Listing
2021 Diva Film Berlinale, 2022[20]
2021 Talk to Me! Digital Durational Performance Swiss Art Awards, 2021[21]
2021 Conquest Performance Moscow Planetarium, Moscow, Russia, 2020[22]
2020 The Way We Walk Video Installation La Rada, Locarno Switzerland, 2020[23]
2020 The Rocket Ladies Sound Installation Bourse de la Ville de Genève, 2020[24]
2018 Marabout Video Installation Swiss Art Awards, 2018[25]
2017 Simulation Performance Performancepreis Schweiz, Gessnerallee, Zürich, Switzerland, 2017[26]
2017 Bricofutur Film Les États Généraux du Documentaire, Lussas, 2017[27]
2016 ACTIONS Performance

Palais de la Porte Dorée, Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France, 2017[28]

Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux, France, 2017[29]

La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, Switzerland, 2017[30]

Inteatro Festival, Italy, 2017[31]

2015 Gineva Film Berlinale, 2015[32]

MacVal, Paris, France, 2015[33]

2013 Discipline & Punish Installation Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Genève, Switzerland, 2013[34]
2013 Stalin’s World Film Sélestat Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2013[35]

Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, 2017[36]

2013 Waiting for the Barbarians Installation Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, 2016[37]

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève, Switzerland, 2015[38]

2011 Moroccan Archaeologies Film Festival International de Cinéma - Marseille, 2012[39]

References

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  1. ^ "Lauréat-e-s des Bourses de la Ville de Genève 2020".
  2. ^ "Swiss Art Awards 2018".
  3. ^ "Credit Suisse - L'art de la vidéo couronné".
  4. ^ "Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung 2013".
  5. ^ "Swiss Films Profile: Nicolas Cilins".
  6. ^ "Haut École d'Art et Design Genève".
  7. ^ "Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.: Cilins' films".
  8. ^ "FRAC Collection Artistes - Nicolas Cilins".
  9. ^ "Kunstmuseum Bern, Prix Credit Suisse d'Art Vidéo 2014".
  10. ^ "Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain (FCAC), Parks & Recreation 2020" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de Genève (FMAC) 2020".
  12. ^ "Swiss Art Awards 2018".
  13. ^ "Geneve Art Awards 2020".
  14. ^ "ArtLog".
  15. ^ "Dominique Auvray FID". FID Marseille.
  16. ^ "Bricofutur Credits". documentaire.fr.
  17. ^ "Arsenic: ACTIONS". Arsenic Théâtre.
  18. ^ "République et Canton de Genève - Culture - Cilins". ge.ch.
  19. ^ "W. J. T. Mitchell : Que veulent les images? – Les presses du réel (livre)". www.lespressesdureel.com.
  20. ^ "Berlinale 2022". berlinale.de.
  21. ^ "Swiss Art Awards 2021". swissartawards.ch.
  22. ^ "ProHelvetia". prohelvetia.ru.
  23. ^ "La Rada". larada.ch.
  24. ^ "Bourse de la Ville de Genève 2020". geneve.ch.
  25. ^ "Swiss Art Awards 2018" (PDF). bak.admin.ch.
  26. ^ "2017 - Performancepreis Schweiz". performanceartaward.ch.
  27. ^ Images, Ardèche. "ARDECHE IMAGES - Bricofutur". www.lussasdoc.org.
  28. ^ "ACTIONS - Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration". www.histoire-immigration.fr.
  29. ^ "ACTIONS - FAB".
  30. ^ "La Bâtie-Festival de Genève". 2017.batie.ch.
  31. ^ "Yan Duyvendak, Nicolas Cilins, Nataly Sugnaux – Azioni - Inteatro". www.inteatro.it.
  32. ^ "Gineva". www.berlinale.de.
  33. ^ "" Chercher le garçon " - MAC VAL". www.macval.fr. June 2023.
  34. ^ "Bourses de la Ville de Genève & les Prix Kiefer Hablitzel 2013 - FLAC". www.guide-contemporain.ch.
  35. ^ "Sletto & Corso - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com.
  36. ^ "La révolution est morte. Vive la révolution!" (PDF). kunstmuseumbern.ch.
  37. ^ "#PanoramaExquis". panorama.mucem.org.
  38. ^ ""J'aime les panoramas" - S'approprier le monde - Musée d'Art et d'histoire - Ville de Genève : Sites des institutions". institutions.ville-geneve.ch.
  39. ^ http://www.fidmarseille.org/pdf/FID2012-prog.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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