Denis Savary

Denis Savary, born in 1981, lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a recognised figure within his generation of Swiss artists.

Savary works across forms and media in his creation of dreamlike objects, images and installations. Often reinterpreting motifs and relics from throughout history, he twists them formally and psychologically through shifts in scale and material, craft and content. His works offer a contorted, totalising and at the same time piecemeal reimagination of culture.

Selected solo exhibitions are: Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds (2019); Museo Pietro Canonica de la Villa Borghese, Rome (2017); Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris (2016); Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers (2016); Mamco, Geneva (2015); Kunsthalle Bern (2012); La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel (2010; Jeu de Paume, Paris (2008). Artist residencies include Palais de Tokyo (2006), Landis & Gyr, London (2018).

Savary's work has been shown in group and solo shows internationally, including Swiss Cultural Centre, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, MAMCO, Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Musée Rath, Geneva, and Swiss Institute, New York. He has received grants and awards from Nestlé Young Art Price, Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture, Bourse de la Fondation Leenaards and two swiss art awards.