DOUGLAS MANDRY
Douglas Mandry (*1989, CH) is an artist who lives and
works in Zurich. He gained a Bachelors in both Visual
Communication and Photography from the University of
Art and Design ECAL in Lausanne. Since graduating Mandry
has been nominated for numerous awards including
the Paul Huf Award and Swiss Federal Design Award. In
2020, Mandry won the Foam Talent 2020 .
Mandry’s work has been shown in international venues,
including Photo London, Photo Basel, Unseen Photo Fair,
Foam Museum Amsterdam and Kunstmuseum Wien. Bildhalle
dedicated four solo shows in 2016, 2018, 2020 and
2021 to his work.
Mandry’s practice is a direct response to the digitalization
of photography and its accompanying technological accelerations.
He always shoots his initial images in analogue
and all of Mandry’s interventions in the image are done by
hand, through the application of different historic photographic
processes or by physically cutting and pasting.
“Seductively beautiful in the use of color, the diversity of
form and the choice of materials while, simultaneously,
being conceptually sophisticated in terms of subject-matters
and photographic processes: the starting points
for the artist Douglas Mandry (b. 1989 in Geneva), who
has moved to Zurich in 2013, are real-world phenomena
and experiments with various photographic techniques.
Oscillating between historical analogue and contemporary
digital imaging methods, the artist creates his very own
pictorial worlds. Observations in nature and the examination
of current issues merge with his reflections on his
chosen medium photography. Documentation merges with
abstraction and reasoning with sensuality. Conceptual rigor
and experimental liberties are well-balanced in Mandry’s
work, and the autonomous nature of photographic processes
bears serendipitous results: the unforeseen meets
intention and idea. This way, complex issues receive poetic
allure. Each work retains a productive riddle that encourages
us to question our perception of the reality of the
world and the reality of images.”
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Exhibitions:
2021
• Art Rotterdan, group show, BILDHALLE, Rotterdam (NL)
•"Monuments", solo exhibition, BILDHALLE, Amsterdam (NL)
•"Douglas Mandry at Capital C", solo exhibition hosted by BILDHALLE and Amsterdam Art, Capital C, Amsterdam (NL)
•"Rethinking landscape", group exhibition, National Museum Luxembourg (LU)
•"A Brief Crack of Light", solo exhibition, Galerie Binome, Paris (FR)
2020
•"A Brief Crack of Light", solo exhibition, BILDHALLE, Zurich (CH)
• Photo Basel/Berlin, group show, Berlin (DE)
• Photo London, group show, digital (GB)
•"Handle with care", Casa Serodine, Ascona (CH)
•"On Earth - Imagining, Technology and the Natural World", group show, Foam Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
•"Foam Talent", group show, touring exhibition, Paris,
Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin
•"Nach uns die Sinflut", group show, Kunsthaus Wien (AT)
2019
• Approche Paris (FR)
• Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL)
• European photo festival Circulation 2019 , Paris (FR)
•"The air becomes electri", Centre de la Photography (CH)
2018
•"Equivalence", solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zurich (CH)
2017
•"The Sky Seemed Not A Sky", Artnivo Gallery, Istanbul, w/ huber.huber (TR)
•"DNB Acquisitions", Dutch Bank 2017 acquisitions (NL)
• Solo exhibition, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL)
2016
•"Unseen Sight", Solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zurich (CH)
• Photo Basel, group show (CH)
• Art Paris, group show (FR)
• Unseen Photo Fair, group show, Amsterdam (NL)
2015
• Selected works, BILDHALLE, Kilchberg/Zurich (CH)
Collections:
• Art collection ABN AMRO Bank (NL)
• Art collection De Nederlandsche Bank (NL)
• Art Collection Stadt Winterthur (CH)
• Art collection Kanton Zürich (CH)
• Art collection Swiss Post (CH)
• Art collection Swiss Re (CH)
• Art collection Zürcher Kantonalbank (CH)
• Art collection Credit Suisse (CH)
• Various private collections
Awards:
2019
•"FOAM Talent 2020"
•"Prix Pictet", nominated
2016
•"Paul Huf Award 2016", Amsterdam, nominated, 2015
•"Prix de la Relève Photographique", Pro Helvetia, swiss council for culture
2015
•"Kunst Zürich Förderpreis 2015"
•"Paul Huf Award 2015", Amsterdam, nominated
•"Swiss Federal Design Awards 2015", nominated
•"Swiss Design Awards 2015", catalogue by Jonathan Hares
• Fotopub Festival exhibition catalogue "Monthly Photography", South Corea, 8 pages interview and portfolio
2014
•"EWZ Selection 2014", shortlisted
•"Prix Photoforum Pasqu’Art", Biel
•"ArtSlant Prize", awarded of an exhibition in Chicago
•"Prix Voies–Off 2014", Rencontres d’Arles, shortlisted, Mention du jury
Publications:
2018
•"Equivalence", monograph, RVB Books
• Foam Magazine #49 "Back to the Future", 10 pages portfolio and essay by Mirjam Kooiman
2017
•"Slices #1", curated by Sandrine Mac Krabal
& Julie Joliat
