Douglas Mandry
Swiss photographer
1989
works in Zürich / Lausanne
EXHIBITIONS | SELECTIONS
2014
07.07 – 12.07.2014 – Prix Voies-Off, Arles (F)
11.09.14 – 22.11.2014 –Nature(s), Mois de la photo OFF, Paris (F)
23.10 – 26.10.2014 – Jungkunst, halle 52, Winterthur (CH)
Swiss Photo Awards, Photobastei, Zürich (CH)
Artslant Prize, Chicago (USA)
Rencontres photographiques de Montpellier (F)
Corso Como Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
Jeune photographie suisse, Salon du livre, Palexpo, Genève (CH)
Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano (I)
2013
Auswahl | Selection, Photoforum PasquArt 2013 (Bienne, CH)
Ecal Photography, Elac galery (Renens, CH)
Ecal Photography, Azzedine Alaïa galery, Paris (F)
Half Time Hall Kudelski ECAL (Lausanne, CH)
Exhibition at the Nestlé center for contemporary art, (Vevey, CH)
Bachelor's Show galerie Elac (Renens, CH)
2011
Les Grappes with designer Charlotte Talbot, espace Echallens (Lausanne, CH)
AWARDS
2013
Prix Elinchrom for photography
Artslant.com jury winner 2014
PUBLICATIONS
2014
online
Wandering Bears
artslant.com
on paper
Swiss Photo Awards exhibition catalogue
Animan magazine
2013
Beauty Works (Nathalie Herschdorfer / STEIDL)
Ecal Photography Book (HATJE CANTZ)
NeXT Newsletter association Near for contemporary photography
Yet Magazine, swiss magazine
ECAL Diplomas book
2012
Micronaut, swiss independant publication curated by Julien Gremaud
Raiffeisen inner report, curated by ECAL
2011
Les Grappes, exhibition catalog, AD by Laurence Kubski
EDUCATION
2013
Bachelor degree at Ecal University of Arts and Design, with honors (Lausanne, CH)
Intern at Patrick Roppel art direction studio, Zürich
UNSEEN SIGHTS ist the first solo exhibition of the emerging young talent Douglas Mandry and assembles works related to the act of traveling in a modern era. Misappropriation of the term “sightseeing”, UNSEEN SIGHTS is instead the visit of a surrealistic territory. Douglas Mandry uses analog processes of image manipulation in order to question our relationship to images. At times obvious or subtle, his interventions playfully transfigure famous touristic places, raising questions about the status of photography in a digital societ
Douglas Mandry was born in Geneva in 1989 ans lives and works in Zurich. He has a bachelor in visual communication and photography from the University Of Art And Design ECAL in Lausanne. His work has been shown in numerous group exhibition and at international fairs and is represe...
NATURE(S)
/1° Le monde physique, ensemble des choses et des êtres. /2° Ensemble de forces ou principes supérieurs. /3° Ce qui n’est pas transformé par l’homme. (...)
Extrait du dictionnaire Larousse
La nature désigne l’ensemble du monde physique dont nous faisons partie. L’humain est nature. Mais il s’en extrait, il la modifie, il la transforme au gré de ses besoins. Malgré ces actions, il reste dépendant et finalement cherche sa place dans cet ensemble de forces supérieures.
Le tissage des différents univers des 13 photographes et plasticiens invités pour l’exposition Nature(s) permet d'évoquer l'existence d'images essentielles qui conditionnent l'imaginaire et la représentation de l'humain face à cette nature plurielle.
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