THOMAS FLECHTNER
Born 1961 in Winterthur, Switzerland
Lives and works in Valliere, France and Zurich, Switzerland
AWARDS
| 2013 | UBS Anerkennungspreis, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Photography Award of Canton Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| 1993 | Landis & Gyr Studio, London, United Kingdom |
| 1992 | Swiss Grant for Arts |
| 1991 | European Photography Award, Berlin, Germany |
| 1990 | Swiss Grant for Arts |
| 1989 | European Kodak Award, Arles, France |
| 1988 | Swiss Grant for Arts |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Belgacom, Brussels, Belgium
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris, France
Fonds Cantonal d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
FRAC Franche-Comté, France
Guggenheim Museum Collection, New York, USA
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-e-Fonds, Switzerland
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Sion, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
| 2017 | For Evergreen, Bildhalle, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2010 | Germs, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2012 | Bulbfiction, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2010 | Germs, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2008 | The Box, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Bloom, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2005 | Silent walk, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea,
Milano, Italy |
| 2004 | ParisPhoto, Carousel du Louvre,
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Snow, Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Marianne Boesky/Kennedy Boesky Photographs, New York, USA |
| Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Shine Gallery, London, United Kingdom | |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | |
| 2000 | Coal Mine Fotogalerie, Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Galerie Renn, Paris, France | |
| Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland | |
| Galerie Linder, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 1999 | Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1994 | Nikon Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1992 | Scalo, Zurich, Switzerland |
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
| 2024 | Augusto Giacometti — Schau, wie der Gletscher schwindet, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland |
| 2023 | Zeit, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
| Blumen für die Kunst, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland | |
| 2020 | Disruption, Herrmann Germann Conspirators Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2019 | Glaciers Ultimes, Espace Graffenried Aigles, Switzerland |
| Utopia Garden, IG Halle Rapperswil, Switzerland | |
| Quiet Bliss – Stilles Glück, Kunstraum Medici Solothurn, Switzerland | |
| 2018 | Format, Mont Soleil Jura, Switzerland |
| 2016 | Colder/Jours Blancs, Bildhalle Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2015 | Nachtbilder, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland |
| Imagination of Nature, Alte Fabrik Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland | |
| Supernature, Sunday Inventory, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2014 | Laisser les sons aller où ils vont, Frac Franche-Comté Besançon, France |
| 2013 | Jenseits der Ansichtskarte, Galerie Stihl Waiblingen, Germany |
| Accrochage zeitgenössische Kunst und Fotografie, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland | |
| Bulbfiction, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Yverdon–Les–Bains, Switzerland | |
| 2012 | Les amitiés végétales, Saline Royale, cité des Utopies, Arc et Senans, France |
| 2011 | On Horizons, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland |
| 2010 | CLIMAX REDVX, Bac – Bâtiment d’art contemporain, Genève, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Art is for the Spirit, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| Renaissance, Ferragamo Gallery, New York, USA | |
| True North, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany | |
| Season’s Greetings – Contemporary Photography, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany | |
| Alt.+1000, festival de photographie de montagne, Rossinière, Germany | |
| 2007 | Les Peintres de la vie Moderne – Donation, collection photographique de la Caisse des Dépôts, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
| 2006 | Der Berg, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland |
| L’invention du Paysage, oeuvres du FRAC Franche-Comté, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lons-Le-Saulnier, France | |
| 2005 | Alpine Air, Swiss Artists Inspired by Mountains, Aargauer Kunsthaus, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| Naturellement abstrait, L’art contemporain suisse dans la collection Julius Baer, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Switzerland | |
| Weisse Wunderware Schnee, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Coire, Switzerland | |
| www.galeriebs.ch, galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève, Switzerland | |
| Montagne, je te hais, Montagne, je t’adore, Ancien Pénitencier, Sion, Switzerland | |
| 2004 | Interferences, Fotografisk Center, Copenhague, Denmark |
| Empty Garden 2, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Interferences – Contemprary Swiss Photography, Arhus Kunstbygning, Arhus, Denmark | |
| 2003 | Imàgenes en movimiento // Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (Cat.), Spain |
| 2002 | Heidelberger Kunstverein, Der Berg, Germany |
| Aosta, Mystic Mountains, Italy | |
| 2001 | Analog/Dialog, Kunstmuseum Soleure (Cat.), Switzerland |
| 1997 | Looking at India, Schweizerische Landesbibliotheck, Berne (Cat.), Switzerland |
| Galleria Gottardo, Lugano (Cat.), Switzerland | |
| 1996 | The Eye of the Beholder, Swiss Institute, New York, (Cat.), USA |
| 1991 | Découverts, Paris, France |
| Switzerland seen in other way, Fribourg (Cat.), Switzerland | |
| 1989 | Galerie Stockeregg, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1985 | Triennale Internationale de la Photographie, Fribourg (Cat.), Switzerland |