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