Anne-Lise Coste was born near Marseille, France, in 1973. She studied in Marseille and in Zurich, Switzerland, after which she was based in New York, and now lives in Orthoux (South of France). Her drawings and texts have the immediacy of graffiti, and allow her to express subjective moods mixed with political criticism and literary sentences. With a dada-influenced language and intensely lyrical images, her work exudes irony, rebellion and emotion. She creates seemingly decorative compositions that actually offer us a catalogue of contemporary anxieties, where the immediacy of the gesture of drawing combines a strong poetic sense with an element of social critique.
Solo Exhibitions
2019:
Bazooka, art institute chateau d' Assas, Le Vigan
La Vie En Rose, CRAC, Sète
120 tons of body and soul, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid
Sors le Monde, La Fabrique, Foundation Salomon, Annecy
2018:
La femme parfaite, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich
YOUR SKULL, MY SKULL, Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
2017:
"La conquête de l’espace,la chute des feuilles, les neiges éternelles, l’avancée des déserts, la puce électronique" at Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Le Lieu multiple, Montpellier
MORE BONES at Halsey McKay, New York
2016:
- Bones, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
- L'ART DE LA JOIE, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
2015:
- NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid, Spain
- Lullin Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2014:
- Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Susanne Hilberry Detroit, MI, US
2013:
- Galerie Halsey-Mckay, East Hampton, NY, US
- Eleven Rivington, New York, NY, US
2012:
- Gare de l'Est, Esslinger Kunstverein e.V., Esslingen, Germany
- m,l,e, toomer labzda gallery, New York, NY, US
2011:
- Être en vie–l’infini, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona, Spain
- Être en vie–le feu, Ellen de Bruijne, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- d5919bcc3aeeb621e64dafo6b703c106, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- noir noir noir, Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Santander, Spain
- Seduce & Destroy, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI, US
2010:
- A cage is a cage is a cage, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland
- Là, Galerie Art Attitude Hervé Bize, Nancy, France
- 5 days 5 years, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2009:
- To Molly et Twombly, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- Liberty, Ellen de Bruijne, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Merde, merde, merde, you + you+ you, tell me tell me tell me, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI, US
- Anne-Lise Coste, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, US
2008:
- Instantané (69): Anne-Lise Coste, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
- Save Picasso, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2007:
- One day, Galerie Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- La vie sur Terre, Galerie Art:Concept, Paris, France
- Qui suis-je, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
2006:
- Parmi les singes et les signes, Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen, Germany
- F R A N C E, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona, Spain
- Anne-Lise Coste. Le Retour des Colonisés, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Centre d'Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- You-me, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2005:
- Contre la saturation du visible, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- loin, loin, loin, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
- GalleriaLaurin, Zürich, Switzerland
- Galerie Philippe Pannetier, Nîmes, France
- Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
2004:
- Wuthering Heights, Malmö, Sweden
- Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003:
- Fallen from Grace, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (with Uwe Max Jensen)
- Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
2002:
- Exposition Française, Galerie Philippe Pannetier, Nîmes, France
2001:
- Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland
2000:
- The Projectroom Is Everywhere, Galerie Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
1999:
- Ugly Can Happen, Kleines Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2020:
MAD AS HELL: Decades of Protest, Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
ATLAS, MBnb, New York City
Narration and Performance, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich
2019:
Tainted love, Villa Arson, Nice
Galerie Nicole Klagsburn, New York
Write Me A Letter, Works on Paper, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Everybody is looking for something, La Salle de Bain, Lyon
Mondes merveilleux, Galerie Hervé Bize, Nancy
2018:
NIGHT, SHORTLY, Susan Inglett, New York
WITH OTHER EYES: 10 YEARS OF LULLIN + FERRARI, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
FLATLAND, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2017:
BODY at Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
TENDER COMRADES, at Studioli, Rome, Italy
INSIDE INTENSITY, at Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME... at Helmhaus Zurich, Zurich (CH)
TRUE LIES at NIGHT GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
Número 5, Montpellier, France
2016:
DU UND ICH at Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN at Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
WATCHDOG-LAPDOG-PLAYDOG at Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2015:
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
ONLY LOVERS, Le Coeur Paris, Paris, France
THIRTY NINE YEARS, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI, US
Icons(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium.
ROAD TO RUIN, Simon Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Family Guys, Otto Zoo Gallery, Milan, Italy.
I DON'T CARE, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany.
2014:
- BLACK BOARD - WHITE PAGE, Kantonsschule Zurich Nord, Zurich, Switzerland
- ARCOmadrid, Madrid, Spain
2013:
- Endless Vacation, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Artists against Aids (with auction), Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn, Germany
- Caixa Madrid, from the MACBA collection, Madrid, Spain
- Art-o-Rama, NoguerasBlanchard, Marseille, France
- Bromert Art Collection, Roggwil, Bern, Switzerland
- LISTE Basel with NoguerasBlanchard and Ellen de Bruijne, Basel, Switzerland
- Laat je haar neer (Let Your Hair Down), Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands (curated by Pipilotti Rist)
- Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Mein Revier|My Territory, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
- Living with art, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- Brooklyn Museum Auction, New York, NY, US
- Print Portfolio, White Columns, New York, NY, US
2012:
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- Benefit Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum of Art (BAM), Brooklyn, NY, US
- Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY, US
- Benefit Exhibition, Robert Wilson Foundation, New York, NY, US
- Critical Episodes (1957-2011). Macba Collection, Macba, Barcelona, Spain
- Anne-Lise Coste / Molly Stevens: New work, studio 509, New York, NY, US
- Gare de L'Est, Esslinger Kunstverein, Esslingen, Germany
- I glove U, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA, US
- The Quality of Presence, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY, US
- 30 Days of Peace, Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Buy my bananas, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY, US
- Le vicomte pourfendu, Macelle Alix, Paris, France
- Living with Art, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- Spring / Break Art Show, Old School, New York, NY, US
2011:
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Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, US
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- Hysteria, Laughter and a Sense of Seriousness, Galerie Gregor Staiger and Karma International, Zürich, Switzerland
- Voici un dessin suisse, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
2010:
- Untitled: Über Erfolg in der Kunst, Substitut - Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
- Anne-Lise Coste, Galerie Art Attitude hervé Bize, Nancy, France
- Salon du dessin Contemporain, Carrousel du Lovre, Paris, France
- PRESS ART – Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Out of Line, Slag Gallery, New York, NY, US
- Voici un dessin suisse 1990-2010, Jenisch Museum, Vevey y Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
- Collection 3, Fondation Salomon, Alex, France
- PRESS ART – Werke aus der Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
2009:
- PALINDROM, Hermes und der Pfau, Stuttgart, Germany
- Shining by Absence, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona, Spain (curated by Jacqueline Uhlman)
- curated by_vienna 09–Beginnings, Middles, And Ends, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
- curated by_vienna 09–Beginnings, Middles, And Ends, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
- Shifting Identities—Swiss Art Now, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
- EVENT HORIZON, Raster, Warsaw, Poland (curated by Karma International)
2008:
- Doméstico’08, El papel del artista, Madrid, Spain
- BLAST FROM THE PAST (part 2), Art Attitude Hervé Bize, Nancy, France
- Violência Institucional e poetica, Fundación Serralves, Porto, Portugal
- Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Order. Desire. Light. An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2007:
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Words Fail Me, MoCAD Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI, US (curated by Matthew Higgs)
- Destroy Athens: 1st Athens Biennial 2007, Athens, Greece (curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio and Agustine Zenakos)
- COSMIC Dreams, Centro Cultural Andratx, Andratx, Spain (curated by Friedericke Nymphius)
- Overtake. The Reinterpretation of Modern Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
- Collection migros museum für gegenwartskunst Part I, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
- Learn to read, Tate Modern, London, UK
2006:
- Under Pressure, Galerie Art Concept, Paris, France (curated by Bill Cournoyer)
- Aller / Retour 2, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France (curated by Fishli/Weiss)
- The Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (curated by Matthias Ulrich)
- Midnight Walkers, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
2005:
- Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Holland, Netherlands
- Swiss artists, Buchmesse, Warsaw, Poland
2004:
- Global World / Private Universe, Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Centre d'Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (catalogue)
- D Troubles, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany
- Galerie Donzé Van Saanen, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Galerie Laurin, Zürich, Switzerland
- In Erster Linie..., Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- twinkle, twinkle, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
2003:
- Zeichnen. Eine Konfiguration, Museum Im Bellpark Kriens, Luzern, Switzerland
- Urban Diaries – Young Swiss Art, Arco 03, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Museum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert-Neviges, Germany
- Werk-und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich 2003, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
- Galerie Karrer, Zürich, Switzerland
- Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show, Villa Arson, Niza, France
- Paint, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
- The bourgeois show – sociala strukturer i stadens rum, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
- Luck is for Losers, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002:
- Energies de Resistance, Attitudes, Genf, Switzerland
- The Collective Unconsciousness, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
- Zeitmaschine, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Persönliche Pläne, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Protest! Respect!, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
- Unloaded – Coming Up For Air’Art, Bunker, Oberschan/Wartau, Switzerland
- 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
- In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
- Violence The True Way, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland
2001:
- Binz 39, Zürich, Switzerland
- Wald/Explosion, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2000:
- Mixing Memory and Desire, Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland (catalogue)
- Flexibilitätsversuche, Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany (catalogue)
- Präsentation der städtischen Ankäufe, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland (catalogue)
- Cute, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
1998:
- Freie Sicht auf’s Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (catalogue)
- Körper: Tanz/Performance, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Education:
- 1997-1999 Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zürich
- 1995-1997 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marseille