Artists // Eva Lauterlein // Vita:
Eva Lauterlein
*1977, Lausanne, Switzerland
Eva Lauterlein’s portraits challenge the traditional convention for portraiture. Instead of trying to capture the exact likeness of the sitter, Lauterlein uses different technical and visual approaches to combining different pictures into one portrait. The portraits of the Chimères series, for instance, are accomplished by taking photos of a sitter from multiple perspectives and then morphing them into one portrait. The result is disconcerting portraits with facial expressions difficult to read, making viewers question reality and our perception of photographic portraits. Lauterlein’s cubistic approach to portraiture can also be understood as a commentary on the extensive makeover fashion magazines and newspapers do on portraits that people willingly perceive as reality.
www.evalauterlein.net
1999 - 2003
Ecole d'Arts Appliqués, Advanced Photography, Vevey, Switzerland
2011
Sken och Sannolikhet, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
(January 20 until February 26)
2010
LEBEN elementar - FotoTageTrier 2010, Museum am Dom Trier, Germany
2009
One Step beyond Reality, WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany
DEFINITIONS, PhotoForumPasquArt, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2008
chimères, Galeria PF, Poznan, Poland
F/STOP 2. Internationales Fotografiefestival Leipzig, Germany
Alt.+1000, festival de photographie de montange, Rossinière, Switzerland
Querköpfe, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
(untitled) u= [a photographic group show], Fette´s gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2007
HERRMANN & WAGNER, chimères, Berlin, Germany (S)
Faccia a faccia, Forma, Milan, Italy
reGeneration, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Passadena, USA
2006
Speed, Galerie Staubkohler (g*fzk!), Zürich, Switzerland.
reGeneration, galerie Aperture, New York, USA.
reGeneration, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China.
reGeneration, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, USA.
Pingyao Photography Festival, Pingyao, China.
2005
Jung swiss fotografic prize (9.vfg) : 1er prix, Switzerland.
Photographic command of the city of Hyères for the twentieth festival of fashion and photography Selection for the second round of state (federal) competition of design Switzerland.
2004
Prize of the best swiss photographer, Festival Images 04, Vevey, Switzerland.
Selection for the nineteenth festival of fashion and photography, Hyères, France.
Nomination pour le Prix du Festival Voies off, Arles, France.
2003
Bourse Kiefer Hablitzel, Switzerland.
Photographic prize of Hermès watch: 2ème prix, Switzerland.
Selection for the jung swiss fotografic prize (8.vfg), Switzerland.
Chosen for the Portfolio Review 03 Jury, Zurich, Switzerland.
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Villa Noailles, Hyères, France
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