Biography
1977 born in Martigny, Switzerland
1992–1999 Ecole Cantonale des Beaux-Arts, Sion, Switzerland
1997–2000 ECAL / Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland
lives and works in Martigny, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions
2012
303 Gallery, New York/NY, USA
2010
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Pergola: Monsieur, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2009
Fibre fibre, austère austère, La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Ceuti/Murcia, Spain
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Public Art Projects, Art Basel 40, Basel, Switzerland
303 Gallery, New York/NY, USA
2008
Villa Flora, Hard Hat, Geneva
Valentin Carron: Héroïque Horizon, L'elac. l 'espace lausannois d'art contemporain, Renens, Switzerland
Luisant de sueur et de brillantine, Viafarini DOCVA, Milan, Italy
Nous ne marcherons plus jamais seuls – Âpre Mont, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
2007
Valentin Carron, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
La Ténèbre et l'Azur, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2006
Déchéance, élégance, déhanchement, Swiss Institute, New York/NY, USA
Valentin Carron vs Mai-Thu Perret. Solid Objects, Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2005
Rellik, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Mai-Thu Perret versus Valentin Carron, Centre d’ Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
HIP, HIP, YOU’RE RAW, Alimentation Générale, Art Contemporain Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Fer de Lance, Galerie Francesca Pia, Berne, Switzerland
2004
Art Statement, Art Basel 35, Basel, Switzerland
Land Crusade, Galerie Evergreen, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Freelandeer, Alimentation Générale, Art Contemporain Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2002
Sweet Revolution, Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
Jeep heep heep, Galerie Francesca Pia, Berne, Switzerland
Land Over, FAC, Sierre, Switzerland
After the hunting rush, circuit. Association d'art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
2001
La conduite du Rucher, Mamco. Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
easy glissing, Glassbox, Paris, Switzerland
2000
Turbo, Le studio/CAN, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Saison Morte, Galerie Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
Slide Side, Camion, Sierre, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2011
Echoes - La musique faite image, Centre culturel suisse, Paris, France
L'Ecal, un pied à Paris, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, Fance
2010
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Group Exhibition curated by Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Niederdorf Zurich, Switzerland
Tutti Frutti Summer Love , Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara, Italy
Optical Shift. Illusion and Deception, b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Montabaur, Montabaur, Germany
Edition 5 Erstfeld (Collection Nyffeler), Haus für Kunst Uri, Uri, Switzerland
Distant Memory, Kunstverein Solothurn at the Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
2009
We are sun-kissed and snow-blind, Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Paris, France
Hard Hat at Francesca Pia Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Made by ECAL, L'elac, Lausanne, Switzerland
ReMap 2, Athens, Greece
Event Horizon, Karma International at Galerie Raster & Villa Zoliborz, Warsaw, Poland
2008
Comme des bêtes - ours, chat, cochon & Cie, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Présence Panchounette, Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Le Spectrarium (les fantômes dans la machine), Pavillon Suisse de Paris, Paris, France
Abstraction Extension. Une scène romande et ses connexions, Fondation pour l'art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Le château d'Arenthon, Alex/Haute-Savoie, France
Blasted Allegories. Works from the Ringier Collection, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Less is less and more is more, CAPC musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Bass Model Diffusion, Fieldgate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
P2P. peer to peer, Casino Luxembourg. Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2007
The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Jubilee Exhibition, House Eva Presenhuber, Vnà, Switzerland
Welschland, Substitut. Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, Switzerland
Mutamenti. Kulturelle Entwicklungen und globalisierte Welt, Gallerie 57/34.6 at the castles Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro, Bellinzona, Switzerland
The Droste Effect, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
The Freak Show, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland
The Happiness of Objects, SculptureCenter, Long Island City/NY, USA
Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse in Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
2006
In den Alpen, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
OK/OKAY, Swiss Institute/Grey Art Gallery, New York/NY, USA
La piste noire, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
2004
It’s All an Illusion, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Dalla Gina Allo Spazio, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland
Homo Social, Champion Fine Arts, New York/NY, USA
Genesis Sculpture, Expérience Pommery, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Fürchte Dich, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
2003
Biennale de Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Kontext, Form, Troja, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Fink Forward, Kunsthaus, Glarus, Switzerland
In diesen Zeiten – c’est le moment, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, Switzerland
Mursollaici, Centre Culturelle Suisse, Paris, France
2002
The golden week, Kodama, Osaka, Japan
énergies de resistance, attitude, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
rock paper scissors, Galerie Francesca Pia, Berne, Switzerland
Vraisemblablement, Alimentation Générale, Art Contemporain Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Synthétiseur, Espace Furiel, Saint-Etienne, France
Camo-Show, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
2000
Prix fédéraux des beaux arts 2000, Fri Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
La station fait main basse, Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France
1999
Canapé, Galerie de l'ELAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
1998
Maison de Courten, Sierre, Switzerland
Gorgeous, Galerie de l'ELAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
Awards
2001
Prix Möet Hennessy, Switzerland
Prix fédéral des Beaux-Arts
2000
Prix fédéral des Beaux-Arts
1999
Prix Odette Steinmann
Prix de la Fondation Ernest Manganel
Prix d’encouragement à la création de l’Etat du Valais