Anne-Laure Gilberte Madeleine Franchette

Elle - She/her

EPFLETUEDOCEDAR

EPFLENACIASCI-ENAC-FGB

I am a visual artist with a background in Art History. My practice materializes through field research, archival enquiries, creative writing and installations. I am currently conducting a doctoral research between the art school HEAD Geneva and the polytechnic school EPFL Lausanne.

I have been curating exhibitions and organizing events both individually and collectively for more than 15 years. Upon my arrival in Zurich in 2013 I created the Zurich Art Space Guide (with Fabio Kunz, Andreas Marti and Patrizia Mazzei) and volumes, art publishing days (with Gloria Wismer and Patrizia Mazzei), developing its archive as a research site. In 2018 I joined the interdisciplinary study group TETI and was co-founder of its press (with Gabriel Gee and Philippe Desarzens).

Curriculum vitae

Education :
- MFA Fine Arts, Zurich Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, CH
- Scenography for performance, Evening Course, UAL, London, UK
- Master 2 Research in Contemporary Art History (with honors), Paris 10, FR

Current Collaborations:
- Co-Editor of the interdisciplinary study group & press TETI (Textures & Experiences of Transindustriality)
- Co-founder and director of volumes, art publishing days & its archive
- Co-founder and director of the Zurich Art Space Guide

Recent exhibitions: 
Ozeans Fliesen Auswärts (Selnau Space, CH), Groaming Bag Gallery (NLD), Beyond Water (DE-CH), Documenta 15 (DE), Sedhalle (CH), Windhager von Kaenel (CH), RADIUS CCA (NL), Pallazina (CH), Museo Villa dei Ceidri (CH), The Bass (US), ICA-LASALLE (SG), La Becque (CH) , Mécènes du Sud (FR), unanimous consent (CH), CACN (FR), Istituto Svizzero (IT), Institut Français (GR). 

Recent mentoring and juries:
Master CCC (Geneva, CH), Master Maps, édhéa (Sierre CH), Master Transdisciplinar ZHdK (Zurich CH), Master Edition, Esam (Caen FR), Bachelor Art fundaments, EPFL (Lausanne CH)

Recent workshops:
Studio Vulkan (Zurich CH), Museum für Gestaltung (Zurich CH), SUPSI (Mendrisio CH), Sitterwerk (St Gallen CH), ZHdk (Zurich CH), HFK (Bremen DE) , édhéa (Sierre CH).

Recent Curatorial Projects:
Songs from Tomorrowlands, Safiental Art Biennale (CH); Boxed-In, Garden Mechanics, Museo Villa dei Cedri (CH); 744 km, Stories from the Swiss-Italian Alpine Frontline, Istituto Svizzero (IT); Mobile Soils, La Becque, Grand Palais Bern, SAE Greenhouse Lab (CH); Volumes archive, Jan Tschichold Prize, Helmhaus (CH)

Prix et distinctions

Förderpreis Kanton Zürich

Kanton Zurich

2026

Prix Jan Tschichold

Office Fédéral de la Culture

2022