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».
In 2020, the series “Monuments” was part of group exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Wien and Foam Museum Amsterdam. In 2021, his works from the series “Unseen Sights” were exhibited in a group show at the National Museum Luxembourg. In Amsterdam, a comprehensive solo exhibition was on show in June 2021 as part of Amsterdam Art. In February 2022, his latest works on the theme of Engadine will be presented in a solo exhibition in St. Moritz and at Bildhalle Zurich. Mandry’s works have already been presented to an international audience at Paris Photo, Photo London, UNSEEN Amsterdam, Art Rotterdam, Photo Basel, Approche Paris and Art Paris.
“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:
2022
• Unseen Photo Fair, group show, Bildhalle, Amsterdam (NL)
• «ENGADINE - THEY KEEP ON CALLING», solo exhibition, Bildhalle, St. Moritz & Zurich (CH)
• «Known and Strange», photographs from the National Library Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (GB)
• «On Photography: New Perspectives», VFO Editions, Zürich (CH)
• «From Where I Stand», Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Heidelberg (DE)
• «Monuments III: Gravity Flow», Muottaz Muragl, Engadine (CH)
• «Monuments III: Gravity Flow», West Bund, Shanghaï (CHN)
2021
• Zurich Art Grant, group show, Helmhaus, Zurich (CH)
• Paris Photo, group show, Bildhalle, Paris (FR)
• Photo London, group show, Bildhalle, London (GB)
• Art Rotterdam, 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 √
• «Rethinking landscape», group exhibition, National Museum Luxembourg
• «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)
•«When the Air Becomes Electric», Centre de la Photography Genève (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:
2021
• Nomination Zurich Art Grand
2019
• FOAM Talent 2020
• Prix Pictet, nominated
2016
• Paul Huf Award, 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
