Bio
BASTIEN GACHET
Born 1987 in Geneva, where he lives and works.
Gachet graduated cum laude from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (2015) and Bard MFA – Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, New York (2022).
Gachet is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice expands through installations, sculpture, CGI, painting and video. By playing with the attention we pay to our immediate environment, intervening in the infrastructure holding the exhibition space, offsetting qualities in objects though their manufacturing process, taking advantage of exhibitions dynamics and expectations, Bastien distorts the perceptible universe and creates strange worlds. Questioning the spectrum from real to fake, he investigates what makes a situation credible in one’s eyes, taking a particular interest in objects that are ambiguous, placing themselves on a spectrum between poles, such as the fake-found (fake-real) and the fake-made (fake-fake).
His recent solo and duo exhibitions include the shows In Practice: Bastien Gachet, Sculpture Center, New York City (2024); Side Gig, Salle Crosnier, Geneva (2024); Ultimate Phishing, Espace libre, Biel, Switzerland (2024); Endings, with Rebecca Kunz, CAN, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2021); Room Tone, Forde, Geneva (2020); Pending, with Mathieu Dafflon, Wallriss, Fribourg, Switzerland, (2019); To Cringe, Secret Place, Bienne, Switzerland, (2019); OOO, AIR Alexanderplatz, Berlin, (2018); Novembre, Zabriskie point, Geneva (2017), 13 Switches, M4gastatelier, Amsterdam (2016); Julien, Fumetto, Lucerne (2013); Du quatorze au treize novembre, Halle Nord, Geneva (2012).
Recent group shows include Thorns, curated by Cory John Scozzari, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna (2024); SpielAct, Le Commun, Geneva (2024), In the Shadows of Tall Necessities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (2022); Palazzina #15, Palazzina, Basel, (2022); When we were monsters, Haus Mödrath, Colonia (2021); Avant demain, Galerie Boléro, Versoix, Switzerland (2020); If it moves, is it outmoded?, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna (2019); L’apparente simplicité des choses, Le point commun, Annecy, France (2019); Space Invaders, La Rada, Locarno (2018); Nomadic Mountains, Schunk, Heerlen, Netherlands (2018); Chauffage, Capsule 1, Halle nord, Geneva (2017); Kiefer Hablitzel, Swiss art awards, Basel (2017); Bourses de la Ville de Genève, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva (2016); Botu, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (2016); Good ways, M4gastatelier, Amsterdam (2016); Jeune Création, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (2016); Stove, Art-Genève, with FMAC, Geneva (2016); On not coming back, C&H gallery, Amsterdam (2016);
Chest, Le Commun, Geneva (2015).
Recent institutional acquisitions include Rope and Rocket, Frac Lorraine, Metz – FR (2023); Now and Then, Frac Bretagne, Rennes cedex – FR (2022); OOO, FCAC – Fonds Cantonal d’art contemporain Genève, Geneva (2021); Keep on dancing, Denis, FCAC – Fonds Cantonal d’art contemporain, Geneva (2021); OOO, FMAC – Fonds Municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (2019); Two Chests, FMAC – Fonds Municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (2016); Stove, FMAC Fonds Municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (2015); Du quatorze au treize novembre, FMAC – Fonds Municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (2013).
Gachet has also received awards for his work, including Swiss srt Awards (2025); Bourse de recherche pour artiste de plus de 35 ans, Geneva (2023); Bourse d’aide à la création, Geneva (2023–2011); nominated for Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung, Swiss art awards (2017); nominated for Bourses Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, City of Geneva (2016); Fine Arts Prize, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, 2015; Bourse Act-art, Fédération Act-art, Geneva (2012); Bourse d’aide à la création, City of Geneva (2011), Bourse pour l’Illustration du livre, City of Geneva (2011).
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