Elodie Pong Overview

Zurich based video artist Elodie Pong is known for her subtle, analytical works focusing on how human relationships and cultural conventions impact contemporary society. Elodie lives and works in Zurich and is represented by Freymond-Guth & Co, Fine Arts Gallery. Solo... [more]

Zurich based video artist Elodie Pong is known for her subtle, analytical works focusing on how human relationships and cultural conventions impact contemporary society. Elodie lives and works in Zurich and is represented by Freymond-Guth & Co, Fine Arts Gallery. Solo Shows (selection) 2007 • 'Samples', Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland, cur. Sabine Rusterholz (catalogue) 2006 • 'Supernova', Occurrence Centre d’art et d’essai, Montreal 2005 • 'Peripheral Area', Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, in collaboration with the Videoart Center Tokyo 2004 • 'Where Is The Poison', Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (catalogue) • 'Contemporary Tales, a certain general', Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg Germany 2003 • 'I Will Not KYSS (Keep Your Secrets Secret) Anymore', Centre d’Arts scéniques Contemporain Arsenic, Lausanne (publication) • 'ADN/ARN - phase #3', Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris 2002 • 'ADN/ARN - phase #2', Centre d’Arts scéniques Contemporain Arsenic, Lausanne 2001 • 'Pretty Pretty, a Rendezvous', 10 installations/videos in a bunker, Lausanne • 'ADN/ARN - Any Deal Now/ Any Reality Now - phase #1', a filmed installation/performance, Festival Les Urbaines, Lausanne 1991-1996 • several exhibitions in Switzerland and the USA Group Shows (selection) 2007 • Cahiers d’artistes 2006-2007, Centre d’art contemporain Fri-Art, Fribourg • 'Stipendien für Bildende Kunst der Stadt Zürich 2007, Helmhaus, Zurich • 'Communism of forms', Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paolo, cur. Marcelo Rezende & Fernando Oliva • 'I Sotterranei dell’Arte', Antico Monastero delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, cur. Boris Magrini (catalogue) • 'Une question de génération', Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, cur. Michel Ritter (catalogue) • 'Poetic Country', Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, cur. Lukas & Sebastian Baden • 'Videokunst', Stampa Galerie, Basel, cur. Videocompany • 'I could be you', Fluctuating images. contemporary media art e.V. in collaboration with Akademie Schloss Solitude & the 20.Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, cur. Alexandra Blaettler & Jen Liu • 'The Last Blue Sky', Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, cur. Finola Jones 2006 • 'Die Grosse Geste/The Big Scene, Emotionalität in der aktuellen Videokunst', Magazin 4, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Bregenz/Austria, cur. Suzanne Neubauer (catalogue) • 'Stile Der Stadt, Kunst und Konsumarchitecktur', Art-project in Altona, Grosse Bergstrasse, Hamburg, cur. Filomeno Fusco & Dirck Moellmann • 'Partenaire Particulier', Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, cur. Mathilde Villeneuve & Claire Moulène • 'Everything is wrong', Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, cur. Antonia Donzé-van Saanen (catalogue) • 'Family, You, Me and the Trajectories of a Post-Everything Era', PROGR, Zentrum für Kulturproduktion, Bern, cur. by Mona Marzouk & Bassam El-Baroni (catalogue) • 'Cooling Out – on the paradox of feminism', Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork/Ireland, cur. Rene Zechlin, + Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, cur. Bettina Steinbruegge, + Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, cur. Sabine Schaschl • 'Le Grand Opening', Freymond-Guth & Co Fine Arts, Zurich • 'We make books with art', JRP/Ringier/Galerie Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, invitation by Ari Marcopoulos & Lionel Bovier • 'Seins à Dessein', Musée Arlaud, Lausanne, organized by Francine Delacrétaz & Dr Marie-Christine Gailloud-Matthieu (publication) • 'Theatrum Mundi', Centre d’art contemporain Fri-Art, Fribourg 2005 • 'Signes Quotidiens', Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, cur. Michel Ritter & Laurence Mauderli • 'Family, You, Me and the Trajectories of a Post-Everything Era', Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum, Alexandria, cur. Mona Marzouk & Bassam El-Baroni (catalogue) • 'Videogeschichten von Carlos Aires, Jen Liu, Melvin Moti, Elodie Pong', Galleria Laurin, Zurich, cur. Alexandra Blaettler 2004 • 'L’Air du Temps - collection printemps/été 2004', migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich, cur. Heike Munder & Raphael Gygax • 'Accrochage 04', Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne • 'I Need You - autour de l’interaction entre l’art et le public', Centre PasquArt, Bienne, cur. Dolores Denaro, Beate Engel & Bernhard Bischoff (catalogue) • 'Interactions Fictives', Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, cur. Nicole Schweizer (catalogue) • 'Esprit es-tu là?', Musée de la Fondation Verdan, Lausanne 2003 • 'Re:view/Collection, Switzerland’s most promising young video artists', migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich • 'Accrochage 03', Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne • 'Urban Diaries, Young Swiss Art', Alcala 31, Madrid, cur. Sabine Schaschl & Martin Schwander (catalogue) • 'Montrer Cacher', Musée Arlaud, Lausanne, cur. Claudia Renna & Pierrine Jan • 'Restons Zen', Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, cur. Michel Ritter • 'Female Turbulence', Galerie Aeroplastics, Bruxelles, cur. Jérôme Jacobs 2002 • 'X', Centre d’art contemporain Fri-Art, Fribourg • 'Invex', Video Generation from Europe & Japan, Videoart Center Tokyo, cur. Kentaro Taki (publication) • 'Forever', Das Gelbe Haus, Flims, cur. Luciano Fasciati & Armon Fontana • 'Telepidemic', Art Village Center, Kobe (publication) • 'Future Bodies', Overstolzenhaus, media-lounge, Cologne, cur. Rike Frank 1989 • several exhibitions in Europe and the USA Festivals & Screenings (selection) 2007 • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen • E-flux Video Rental / EVR, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 15.04-15.07 • Festival F World, Rote Fabrik, Zurich • EMAF, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck • Festival Nemo, Paris • Impakt festival, Utrecht • Festival International de Films de Femmes, Créteil 2006 • Ursula Blicke videolounge, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna • Ministry of Casual Living, cur. Brian MacDonald, Victoria/Canada • Georges Abstraction Surface, cur. Nicolas Trembley/Bureau Des Vidéos, Paris • Kunstart Festival, cur. Jean-Christophe Blaser, Neuchâtel • 'De l’art contextuel aux nouvelles pratiques de documentaire: les formes contemporaines de l’art engagé', ISELP - Institut Supérieur pour l'Etude du Langage Plastique, Brussels • Arteleku, cur. Ion Mundate & Blanca Calvo, San Sebastian • Play Forward, 59° Festivale internationale del film Locarno 2005 • 11e Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Geneva (competition) • Off Pop Festival, cur. Matthias Fritsch & Melissa De Raaf, Berlin • 11th annual Victoria Independant Film & Video Festival, Victoria/Canada Festival Nemo, Paris • 'See What Happens, narrative structures in recent film and video works', cur. Bettina Steinbruegge, Museum of Modern Art Belgrade + New Media Center, Novi Sad • International Women’s Film Festival, Rehovot • Lieblings Video Night, cur. HansPeter Hofmann, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel 2004 • 39. Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn • Kulturfabrik, in collaboration with the Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, cur. Bady Minck • Video In der Dampfzentrale, Bern, cur. Lisa Frei • Your Private Sky, Festival Internationale sullo Spettacolo Contemporaneo, Bologna • Vidéoformes, manifestation internationale d’arts vidéo et nouveaux médias, Clermont-Ferrand • Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris • 2nd Chicago International Documentary Festival, Chicago • Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg • Breakthrough, Modern Art GEM Museum, The Hague • Festival Dürrenmatt, Singapore • Impakt, Utrecht • Best of Shadows festival, Groningen • Rencontres Interdisciplinaires Art et Science, Pudeurs/Impudeurs, en collaboration avec le Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne • Les Instants Vidéo, Marseilles • Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin 2003 • Forum d’Art Contemporain, Sierre • Visions du Réel, festival de cinéma international, Nyon • 10ème Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Genève (competition) • Viper, Internationales Festival für Film Video und neue Medien, Basel (competition) • Les Instants Vidéo, Manosque • Shadow documentary film festival, Amsterdam + Eidhoven & Groningen Performances 2004 • 'Catch me if you can', during the Basel Museums night 2003 • I Will Not KYSS Anymore, Centre d’Arts scéniques Contemporain Arsenic, Lausanne (publication) Awards and Grants 2006-2008 • Atelierstipendium Stiftung Binz39 studio, Zurich 2006 • Swiss Art Award • Werbeitrag Bildende Kunst Kanton Zurich 2004-2005 • A1move studio, Zurich 2003 • Swiss Award Viper Basel • Prix Jeunes créateurs Beaux-arts, Fondation Vaudoise pour la promotion et la création artistiques 2002 • Bourse du Fonds d’encouragement à la création interdisciplinaire, SSA 2001 • Re:view video + film Award • Fondation Gleyre 1989 • 1er prix des jeunes UCPL/sculpture [show less]