Contact
Stéphanie Gygax
Goldbrunnenstrasse 140
8055 Zurich
Switzerland
M+41 78 793 39 76

About
Stéphanie Gygax is a Swiss-born photographer who combines artistic practice, teaching and commissioned work in the cultural field. She holds a degree from the School of Applied Arts in Vevey and won the Swiss Design Award in 2001. She completed a further education programme in 2015 and obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Research and Art Knowledge at Zurich University of the Arts.
Her work explores the gestures and patterns generated by the encounter between living beings and everyday objects, tools or machines. It offers an offbeat approach to documentary style through an intimate and distinctive gaze, often related to printed matter, and was featured in a number of artspaces, museums and book fairs.
Stéphanie Gygax has published various artist's books with Rollo Press, Miami Books, Innen and Side Issues. A lecturer at HEAD – Genève School of Art and Design since 2003, she developed a curriculum which explores the relationship between photography and the book.
She is part of near. swiss association for contemporary photography.
Collection
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Fotostiftung Schweiz
Selected Clients
Études Studio, Swiss Films, HEAD – Genève, Permakultur Auenhof, Lausanne Jardins, wemakeit, Federal Office of Culture, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Beyer Chronometrie, Annabelle, Bolero, das Magazin, Femina, Magazin Z, Mini International, Monocle
Teaching
since
2003 Lecturer at HEAD – Genève
University Of Art And Design
2008
Workshop with Isabel Truniger
and Das Magazin at F+F School of Art
and Media Design, Zurich
Solo Exhibitions
2019
RISE ABOVE THE TAR
Palais Galerie, Neuchâtel
2017
CAR CHARACTER CAMERA
Fotobibliothek in der Passage, Winterthur
2009
GIRL IN A FARADAY CAGE
Standard/Deluxe, Lausanne
2007
USEFUL LANDSCAPE
les Complices, Zurich
2002
MAISON MOTORISÉE
La Filature, Mulhouse
2001
MAISON MOTORISÉE
Coalmine Fotogalerie, Winterthur
Selected Group Shows / Book Fairs
2020
THE WALL PAPER PROJECT
Espace Labo, Geneva
2019
VOLUMES
Kunsthalle Zurich
2018
SKOOB
One gee in fog, Geneva
VOLUMES
Kunsthalle Zurich
RIGGIN
Stéphane Winter's event, Images Vevey
FORMAT
Mont Soleil
2017
VOLUMES
Helmhaus, Zurich
WE ARE FAMILY
Gebert Stiftung für Kultur, Rapperswil
2016
VOLUMES
Gessnerallee, Zurich
INNEN AND NIEVES ZINE LIBRARY
Swiss Institute, New York
2015
THE PHOTOBOOK AND ITS AUTHORS
Swiss National Library, Bern
OFFPRINT PARIS
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
OFFPRINT LONDON
Tate Modern, London
2011
EVERYONE IS A PHOTOGRAPHER
Milieu Galerie, Bern
ALT. + 1000
Festival, Rossinière
2009
PRINTED MATTER
Fotomuseum, Winterthur
2008
1st ZINE SEZESSION
Perla-Mode, Zurich
2007
BLOCK
Circuit, Lausannne
BLOCK
Les Complices, Zurich
2003
AESCHLIMANN & CORTI PRIZE
Kunstmuseum, Thun
2001
M-FAMILY
Migros Museum, Zurich
SWISS ANNUAL DESIGN AWARDS
Messe, Basel
Artist’s books
2018
L'AIR, LES SONGES, LES ABYSSES
Innen, Zurich
2015
PEOPLE IN A FARADAY CAGE
Side Issues, Zurich
2014
SOLID SUNBEAM
Miami Books, Geneva
2010
LA TOUR NOIRE
Rollo Press, Zurich
2007
USEFUL LANDSCAPE
Edition Les Complices, Zurich
2000
MAISON MOTORISÉE
self-published