BIOGRAPHY.


Lynne Kouassi (*1991) is currently based in Basel, Switzerland. She holds an MFA from Golsmiths University of London and a BA in Fine Art from the University of the Arts Zurich (ZHdK).

Selected artist residencies and stipends include: Recherchestipendium Basel-Stadt (2023); CCI Fabrika (2023); Atelier Mondial (2022); Muzeum Susch (2021); Auslandatelier Stipendium der Stadt Zürich (2019).

exhibitions

2024

Kasko / pp Werkraum Warteck, Mischabbruch – Nomadisches Archiv (Basel, CH)

Ioginality / CCI Fabrika, Digital AiR 23 (online)

2023

K19 Studios Berlin, Naturkulturpolitik (Berlin, DE)

Salon Mondial, Identity \ Labour (Münchenstein / Basel, CH)

CCI Fabrika, Lifesize Model (Moscow, RU / online)

Project Arts Centre, Being Horizontal / Sinte (Dublin, IE)

2022

Hotel Noel, The Christmas Paradox: Labour Orgy (Zürich, CH)

Kunsthaus Langenthal, AC-Stipendium (Langenthal, CH)

Spoiler, Il Circolo del Frattempo (Berlin, DE)

2021

Villa Renata, Random Guidelines (Basel, CH)

Kunsthaus L6, The Truth is Elsewhere (Freiburg, DE)

E-Werk Freiburg, Songs from the End of the World (Freiburg, DE)

FORMER Project Space, Ohmmmmmm (Brussels, BE)

2020

FHNW Institut Kunst HGK Mastersymposium, Womxn in Motion (Münchenstein / Basel, CH)

o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, strangers, foreigners, and colonizers (Luzern, CH) – SOLO-Show

Kloster Dornach, Worship* (Dornach, CH) – SOLO-Show

2019

TOMA, ODDs (Southend on Sea, GB)

National Gallery Skopje, 20 years Art Colony Galichnik (Skopje, MK)

Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Finaleminimale (Luzern, CH)

Oncurating Project Space, Hammer & Tongs (Zürich, CH)

Kunsthaus Langenthal, Unbehaust (Langenthal, CH)

Kloster Dornach, Aussteigen-auf-Zeit (Dornach, CH)

Helmhaus, of color (Zurich, CH)

2018

Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Secret Gardens (Valkenburg, NL)

Helmhaus, Werk- und Auslandatelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich (Zurich, CH)

Stiftung Brasilea, Habitare (Basel, CH)

The Peckham Pelican, WAL-NUT issue2 (London, UK)

Manifesta Satellite: Video Sound Art, Talpe. Well said old mole (Palermo, IT)

Cody Dock Gallery, WAL-NUT issue1 (London, UK)

2017

Tenderpixel, The fiction of the fix (London, UK)

AINSI, Solastalgia (Maastricht, NL)

Studio Naim, A Physical Thing (Tel Aviv, IL)

The appartment series #2: a love affair (Zurich, CH)

Goldsmiths, MFA Degree Show (London, UK)

Diaspore, Acoustic Mirrors (London, UK)

2016

The Crypt Gallery, monoCHROMA: Black and White Issue (London, UK)

hARTslane Studios, I always play for Strangers (London, UK)

2015

Kunsthaus Zürich (Grosser Vortragssaal) in collaboration with Universitätsspital Zürich, Aufgeweckte Kunstgeschichten (Zurich, CH)

ZHdK, Bachelor Degree Show (Zurich, CH)

2014

A.C. Kupper_Modern, Washington Ghost (Zurich, CH)

UpState, <3 (Zurich, CH)

Ausstellungsraum Arbenz, SOKK! (Zurich, CH)

Raum (ZHdK), Welcome Deadline (Zurich, CH)

Open House Days (ZHdK), public discourse (Zurich, CH)

residencies & awards

2023

CCI Fabrika

Artist in Residence

01. November 22 – 26. April 23

Moscow, RU (online)

2022

Atelier Mondial Berlin

Artist in Residence

01. January – 30. June

Berlin, DE

2021

E-Werk Freiburg

E-Lab: Urban Summer / Artist in Residence

01. July – 25. July

Freiburg, DE

Muzeum Susch

Temporars Susch / Artist in Residence

26. April – 23. May

Susch, CH

2019

Art Colony Galichnik

15. July – 22. July

Galichnik, MK

Werk- und Auslandatelier Stipendien der Stadt Zürich

1. February – 31. July

Genova, IT

2018

Kloster Dornach

Aussteigen-auf-Zeit / Artist in Residence

10. September – 29. September

Dornach, CH

education

Goldsmiths, University of London

MFA Fine Art

2015 – 2017

ZHdK, University of the Arts Zurich

BA Fine Art

mit Auszeichnung

2012 – 2015

Lynne Kouassi