Adrien Missika

(Paris, France, 1981)

Adrien Missika (Paris, France, 1981) lives and works in situ. Co-founder of the art space 1m3 in Lausanne in 2006, he graduated from ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) in 2007. He has had numerous personal exhibitions including 21er Haus in Vienna (upcoming), Kunsthaus Glarus, in Switzerland, Galerie Edouard Manet, Centre d’art contemporain de Gennevilliers, in France, Centre d’art contemporain de Genève, in Switzerland and Palais de Tokyo in Paris. His work has also been shown in many group exhibitions, among which at Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris; Ellis King, Dubin;  Metro Pictures, New York; Pilar Corrias, London; Museo cantonale d’arte, Lugano; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau; Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Montecarlo; Le Magasin, Grenoble; Fotomuseum Winterthur and Centre Pompidou, Paris. In 2009 he was awarded the Swiss Art Award, in 2011 the Prize of the Fondation Ricard and the Kiefer Hablitzel Prize. Adrien Missika is represented by the gallery Bugada & Cargnel in Paris. He is currently a resident at the 21er Haus, Vienna.