Bio

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.

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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

Selected Works
HEREDITY 642 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
HEREDITY 620 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
Formering. 2019
Installation view
eighteen
HEREDITY 502 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
HEREDITY 525 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
Formering. 2019
Installation view
eighteen
HEREDITY 659. 2018
ACRYLIC AND SCREENPRINT ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
HEREDITY 659 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
Formering. 2019
Installation view
eighteen
HEREDITY 585 ERSATZ. 2018
OIL ON CANVAS
190 X 140 CM
HEREDITY 585. 2018
ACRYLIC AND SCREENPRINT ON CANVAS,
190 X 140 CM
;-). 2015
Installation view
V1 GALLERY

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Mixed Media. 2013

Linus Bill + Adrien Horni

Mixed Media. 2013

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