Linus Bill + Adrien Horni
Questioning the origin of originality, and how it translates and travels, are central themes in the Swissartist duo Linus Bill + Adrien Horni’s practice which they engage with curiosity, intelligence and wit. An enigma to be explored rather than solved. In their latest series, Formeringpresented at Eighteen in 2019, theartist duoengages in a dynamic, elaborate and progressive art making practice where questions of origin, hierarchies, and definitions are intuitively challenged, and a shared alphabet of shapes emerges. Two minds, four hands, one work. The outset for their practice could be characterized as a failure, misfire or simply the result of not being satisfied artistically.
LINUS BILL
Born 1982 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland
Lives and works in Bienne, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2008
Fotoklasse, ZFotoklasse, ZHdK, Zurich
ADRIEN HORNI
Born 1982 in Geneva, Switzerland
Lives and works in Bienne, Switzerland
EDUCATION
1998
Académie Maximilien de Meuron, Neuchâtel
2003
Ecole Cantonale d’Arts Visuels, Bienne, Switzerland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Midlife Painting, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2022
LBAH LISTE 2022, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
Midlife Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherland
2020
GIFs, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2019
Formering, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Katalog, Wilde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2018
Das Glied, ACRUSH, Zurich, Switzerland
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France
Heredity Paintings, Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2017
Heredity Paintings, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
Gemälde Linus + Adrien, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016
Gemälde, CAC Passerelle, Brest, France
2015
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, Dolores at Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gemälde, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2014
Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA
Gemälde, MJ Gallery, Genève, Switzerland
2013
Mixed Media, Alabama Sir, Leipzig, Germany
Fundamentals Hardstyle (feat. Lorenzo Senni), Istituto Svizzero, Milano, Italy
2012
Fundamentals, Lokal-Int., Biel, Switzerland
Painting and Jugs (zusammen mit Aubry/Broquard) Swiss Institute, New York, USA
2011
La Deuxième Chance, Dufourstrasse 31, Zürich, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Portals, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2021
Lampadephoria, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Turns #2, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Under Construction, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland
Aeschlimann-Corti-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
Works on Paper, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
ART-O-RAMA, Galerie Allen, Marseille, France
MEMENTOS Artist souvenirs, Artefact and Other Curiosities, Cur. Jens Hoffman and Piper Marshall, Brussels, Belguim
2015
Material, Florence Loewy, Paris, France
A House Without Rooms, TORRI, Paris, France
;-), V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Concrete Utopias, Realismus Club, Berlin, Germany
2014
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
Copié Copié Copié, Villa Bernasconi, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland
2013
Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
Werk- und Atelierstipendien, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2012
Cantonale, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Prix Anderfuhren, Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
Werkbeiträge Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zürich, Switzerland
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015
Gemälde, Turbo Magazine, Biel, Switzerland
2014
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA
M J , Gemälde, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Mixed Media, Turbo Magazine
2012
Sculptures, Bronze Age Editions, London, UK
Fundamentals, Turbo Magazine, Biel, Switzerland
Painting and Jugs, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
2011
La Deuxième Chance, Turbo Magazine, Biel, Switzerland
AWARDS
2014
Redhouse Residency, New York City, awarded by the Canton of Berne
2013
Swiss Art Award
2012
Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich
Prix Anderfuhren
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
City of Bienne
City of Zurich
PUBLIC WORKS
2015
HPS School in Lyss, Switzerland
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