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Michael Rampa

    Born in 1977 in Château-d’Oex, Switzerland
    Lives and Works in Lausanne, Switzerland

    BIOGRAPHY

    Michael Rampa discovered the art of Giotto, Turner and Balthus at secondary school.  After meeting Balthus, in 1998, who believes that painting cannot be learned in school, Michael Rampa  became an autodidact, researching his craft in ancient texts and gaining vast practical experience in Switzerland and abroad.  After a number of years spent in Italy and Great Britain, his native lands, Michael Rampa returned to Lausanne in 2004. 

    SOLO SHOWS

    2014
    After venatio, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Dregs Blossom, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2013 
    XS Memory, Galerie MJ, with 18+, Genève, Switzerland
    Le Sillage de la Torpeur, Kiss the Design, with Florian Javet, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2012 
    Over Reconstruction, with Florian Javet, Kunst Am Bau, Geneva, Switzerland

    2011 
    Niño, La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland
    MDR, Standard Deluxe, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2007-08 
    Paintings and installation Flon-Ville, FLAC and Pour-cent culturel du Nouveau Bâtiment Administratif, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2006-07 
    P-Cell, installation, paintings and drawings, Basta, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2006 
    Precarious Taming, installation, Palais de Rumine, Le Rez, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2005 
    Silence, Grange de Dorigny, Lausanne, Switzerland

    GROUP SHOWS

    2013 
    Nazareth Idle, Echallens 13, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Mètre de dessins, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Nouvelle scène romande, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2013 
    Mouvement M, M.I.P.E, Saint-Malo, France
    Paint My Wall, Galerie Forma, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Accrochages Vaud 2013, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2012 
    Eldorado, Bureau Culturel, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2011 
    In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
    The Room, Ex-Epa, Vevey, Switzerland

    2010
    Pictobello, Vevey, Switzerland
    Procession, Images 2010, Collectif RATS, Vevey, Switzerland

    2009 
    Pictobello, Vevey, Switzerland

    2008 
    ArtPicnic, Kunstweg in Wabern bei Bern, Gemeinde Köniz, Switzerland
    Camouflage, Sismic Festival, Sierre, Switzerland
    Atman-Atmen, Out Of This World, Montreux, Switzerland

    2007 
    Beautiful, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

    2006 
    Vivre la montagne, la Salamandre festival, Morges, Switzerland
    Accrochage, MCB-A - Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2005 
    Au hasard des jardins, paintings and installation, Villa Dutoit, Genève, Switzerland 
    Pop up for Paris, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
    Vie de St-Martin, drawing, St-Martin church, Onex, Switzerland
    The collection of Bertram Rothe, UAC, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2004 
    Accrochage, Art&Fiction, MCB-A - Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2003 
    Got sick of that purity, ESF Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland

    FAIRS

    2014
    YIA #04, Paris, France, with Galerie Christopher Gerber
    Paréidolie, Salon du dessin, Marseille, France, with Galerie Christopher Gerber
    Drawing now, Paris, France, with Galerie Christopher Gerber

    AWARDS

    2014 
    Grant Abraham Hermenjat 2014, Switzerland

    2011 
    Grant Leenaards Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2007 
    Swiss Art Award, Basel, Switzerland

    WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE

    2011 
    Over You, competition Over Reconstruction, with Florian Javet, Genève

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    2014
    Michael Rampa    , Drawings and watercolours catalogue, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2013
    Le Sillage de la Torpeur, with Florian Javet, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2011
    MDR, Sarah Margnetti, Stéphane Devidal, Michael Rampa, Artist book

    2010
    Mode de Vie, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2009
    Camouflage, collective book, Editions Castagnééé, Vevey, Switzerland

    2008
    Artpicnic, collective book Köniz, Switzerland

    2007
    Swiss Art Awards 2007, supplement of the Kunst Bulletin, Switzerland

    2005
    Asylon, en collaboration with Christian Girard, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland
    La collection de Bertram Rothe, collective book, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2004
    Calle, livre autographe, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland

    2003
    Got sick of that purity, in collaboration with Philippe and Stéphane Fretz, Editions Art&Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland

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