Gina Folly

Born in Zurich, CH. Lives and works in Basel, CH.

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Graduated with a Master of Art in Fine Arts, at Zhdk, Zurich in 2014.

Solo Exhibitions

2024
The Simple Life, curated by Benoît Lamy de La Chapelle, CAC Synagogue de Delme, Delme, F
Your heart is a museum, Fanta-MLN, Milan, I

2023
Dolce vita, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, CH
Autofocus, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel

2022
Simplify Complexity, Tonus, Paris, F
Think and then Think Again, with John Miller, Sgomento, Zurich, CH

2021
ORCA, with Philipp Timischl, Fondation Fiminco, Paris, F

2019
Fashion, Sex and Death — Science — Sports, Gardens and Conspicuous Consumption, Jahresaussenprojekt, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH

2018
Double Fantasy, Hard Hat, Geneva, CH

2017
Other Life, Studioli, Rome, I
Follow You, Belo Campo, Lisboa, PT
I want you to live in my City, Ermes-Ermes, Vienna, A
Temporarily Unavailable, Ginerva Gambino, Cologne, D

2016
Domestic Problems, Almanac, London, UK
Spirits, Tunnel Tunnel, Lausanne, CH
Soon is Now, Spreez, Munich, D

2015
New Conditions, Ermes-Ermes, Rome, I
MeYou2, with Lene Adler Petersen, Space is the Place, Basel, CH
Ströme, with Mandla Reuter, SALTS, Birsfelden, CH

2014
I’ll call you later, Kunsthaus Baselland, Satelit, Basel, CH
I want to do to you what spring does to cherry trees, Coalmine, Winterthur, CH

Group Exhibitions

2024
Wenn’s gut werden muss, curated by Grafling, Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen, D
I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it, Fanta-MLN, Milan, I
ENERGIES, curated by Stefanie Hessler with Alison Coplan, KJ Abudu, and Clara Prat-Gay, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
On The Blink, Sentiment in Paris, Paris, F

2022
New Space Show, Layr, Vienna, A
Sweet Nothings, Solutions!, Milan, I
The Gina Show, curated by Alice Wilke, Salts, Basel, CH
WHIMSIES, curated by Moritz Scheper, Essener Kunstverein, Essen, D

2021
PRK-1U, Tonus, Paris, F
Prix Pernod Ricard, Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris, F
SALA-JARDÍN-BAR: THE THINGS WE MAKE, curated by Anna Goetz, LODOS Gallery, Mexico City, MX
COOL INVITATIONS 8, XYZcollective, Tokyo, JP
STITCHES Scènes, corps, décors, curated by Gabrielle Boder, Tadeo Kohan and Camille Regli, Le Commun, Geneva, CH
PARTY DE CAMPAGNE, CAC Synagogue de Delme, Delme, F

2020
Vessel, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, ISR
Incorporea #2, Basement Roma, Rome, I
We Don’t Like Your House Either!, Monitor Gallery, Rome, I
A Part, curated by Katharina Brandl, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, High Art, Paris, F
IL LENZUOLO VIOLA, Ermes Ermes, Vienna, A
The Wasserman Kids, Et al. Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Reality Companions, Motto, Berlin, D
A Table for Fifty, PCP Gallery, Paris, F

2019
Showrunners, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
life and limbs, curated by Anna-Sophie Berger, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
The Estate, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
NOI, Museion, Bolzano, I
IN HER PLACE, Swimming Pool Projects, Sofia
Leben in Tieren, Nagel Draxler, Cologne, D

2018
Room of Requirement, Nest, Zurich, CH
The Weather Outside, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris, F
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Köln, Cologne, D
Communauté, Carl-Louie at EVAC London, Canada, CA
Hidden Bar, Art Basel, Basel, CH
Casa Tomada / House Taken Over, curated by Anna Goetz, Mexico City, MX
Prix Mobilière 2018, Geneva, CH
Into the Wild, curated by Christiane Rekade, Merano Arte, Merano, I

2017
Law of the Instrument, curated by Clément Delépine, CACBM, Paris, F
Le charme indiscret, curated by Kiki Seiler-Michalitsi, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, CH
Swiss Art Awards 2017, Basel, CH
Tilting at Windmills, curated by Anna Goetz, Roberta, Frankfurt, D
Wasser, Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Los Angeles, USA
Something Like You, ANDOR, London, UK
How far to open up, Forum Stadtpark Graz, Graz, A
Freshwater Fish, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, ISR

2016
Body pt.1 (zombie), Ginerva Gambino, Cologne, D
L’état parfait, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Basel, CH
Adrift on a Plastic Island, Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, CH
13 Triennale Kleinplastik 2016, Alter Kelte, Fellbach, D
Some of my best friends are germs, curated by Ana Iwataki and Marion Vasseur Raluy, Le Doc, Paris, F
Noir Dedans, curated by Thomas Julier, Martin Jaeggi and Anne Jean-Richard Largey, Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, CH

2015
Courtesy of SALTS, SALTS, Birsfelden, CH
Windows Hung With Shutters, Raeber von Stenglin, Zurich, CH
NATURAL INSTINCTS, Les Urbaines 2015, Lausanne, CH
Some Gallerists, ML Artspace, The Duck, Berlin, D
Summer Group Show, organized by Matt Moravec & Taylor Trabulus, Germantown, NY, USA
Performance Proletariens, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, I
Imagination of Nature, Geberit Stiftung, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil
Plattform 15, Kunstwollen, EWZ, Zürich, CH
A Form is a Social Gatherer, Plymouth Rock, Zurich, CH
Fit for Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus

2014
Diversi Muri, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, I
RE-culture III, International Contemporary, Art Festival, Patras, GR
Courting Aporia, Geberit Stiftung, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil, CH
How do you solve a problem like Maria?, Lola Kramer’s appartment, Zürich, CH
Master Degree Show, ZHDK, Zurich, CH
Guyton Price Smith Walker, Plymouth Rock, Zurich, CH
ÑEWPRESSIONISM, Istituto Svizzero, Milan, I
Ernte 13, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH

2013
Warum ist Landschaft schön?, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH
How to look at it, Elaine, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, CH
Be specific, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, CH
Space is the Place, Basel, CH

2010/2011
Multiple & Co, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, F
Joy in Repetition, L6, Freiburg im Breisgau, D
The Village Cry, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH
On Publications, Portraits, Public Art and Performance, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
New Jerseyy at Hard Hat, Genève, CH
CAC Synagogue de Delme, Delme, F

Curated Exhibitions

2018
Sorry I‘m Late. XOXO Echo, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, D (together with Michèle Graf and Selina Grüter)

2016
Fade In: A Tracking Shot, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, I (together with Michèle Graf and Selina Grüter)

Gina Folly co-organized the artist-run space Taylor Macklin in Zurich together with Michèle Graf and Selina Grüter from 2015-2019.