Yann Gross is a visual artist working primarily with photography, video, and installation. His work, often characterized by an offbeat approach, explores how humanity shapes its identity through images and transforms its environment. A graduate of the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), he traveled to Brazil in 2008 to work on a reforestation project. This experience deeply influenced his practice, and since then, he has divided his time between Europe and South America.
Whether crossing the Rhône Valley on a moped in search of the American dream in Switzerland (Horizonville), revealing the abstract beauty of avalanches in the Alps (Lavina), participating in the emergence of skateboarding culture in Uganda (Kitintale), or immersing himself in the Amazon rainforest (The Jungle Book & Aya), he collaborates with diverse local communities worldwide, exploring the complexity of our relationship with the natural world and has been involved, among other things, in the creation of audiovisual workshops for Guarani and Kaiowá youth in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
His work is exhibited worldwide and published in medias such as Aperture, Frieze, Les Inrocks, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Guardian, and Die Zeit Magazine, among others.
Yann Gross has received numerous accolades, including the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award and a Fulbright scholarship. He was also a winner of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography and received the Descubrimientos Prize at Photo España.
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Contact
mail@yanngross.com
(Due to the large number of emails received and some unavailability during this spring and summer, responses may take some time.)
For exhibitions and requests please contact :
Wilde Gallery
geneve@wildegallery.ch