Patricia Dreyfus (born in 1951, has been living and working in Berlin since 2012) began working as a documentary filmmaker in France in 1972 (until 1992), focusing on subjects related to art, music and business. From 1982 to 1984, she trained in fine art, first in the studio of Gregory Mazurovsky at the Centre Américain in Paris, then at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, also in Paris. Before moving the main focus of her life to Berlin in 2012, she lived from 1992 to 2012 in Basel, where she concentrated fully on broadening her artistic oeuvre, which from 2009 onwards was shown in exhibitions in Switzerland, the USA, France, Austria and Germany. Her works were included, among others, in group exhibitions in the Kunsthalle Basel, the Kunsthalle Mulhouse and the Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg, Germany. Her most recent solo exhibition is lettre à moi-même #3 (till May 2, 2021) in Wolfenbüttel Kunstverein, and in Galerie Albrecht in Berlin lettre à moi-même #2 (2021), which was preceded by her exhibition lettre à moi-même #1 (2019) in Mesmer Galerie in Basel, Switzerland.
Berlin, Mai 2021
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Patricia Dreyfus, Born in Dakar, Senegal, 1951
1982 - 1984
Apprenticeship at studio Gregory Mazurovsky, Centre Américain and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
1972 - 1992
Documentary film in the range of art, music and economy
1992 - 2012
Lives and works as an artist in Basel
Since 2012
Lives and works in Berlin
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2021
lettre à moi-même #3, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel - DE
2020-2021
lettre à moi-même #2, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin - DE
2019
lettre à moi-même #1, Galerie Mesmer, Basel - CH
2012
HumanKapital, Häuser und Asche, Kunstverein Ebersberg, DE
2012
Weggefährten, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, DE
2012
Insomnia, Kunsthaus Norden, DE
2011
Insomnia, M54, Basel, CH
2010
Traces/Spuren, Karmeliterkirche, Wiener Neustadt, AT
2009
War Memories Reinvented, QCC Gallery, New York, USA
Group exhibitions (selection)
2020
AUSBLICKE, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin DE
2018
Das kleine Format, Atelierhof-Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2016
Kölner Liste , Cologne, DE
2013
Wer bist du?, Museum Schwarzenberg, DE
2013
Umspann ZENTRALE, Galerie G11, Berlin, DE
2013
Kauf mich, Schwartzsche Villa Galerie, Berlin, DE
2011
Remise en Jeu, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, FR
2010
Regionale, Fabrik culture, Hégenheim, FR
2009
Regionale, Kunsthalle, Basel, CH
Art and documentary film
« Aux sources du monde arabe », 1989, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
« La rencontre au sommet » 1987, Award for Best Documentary Film, Biarritz Film Festival in France
« L’homme réparé », 1986, Centre de la Villette, Paris
« Roberto Matta »,1984
« Les Iles flottantes de Boris Tissot », 1983, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
« Le rêve d’Aurélie », 1983
« La Vie et l’Oeuvre de Shirley Goldfarb », 1982, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris and Musée de Pontoise
Bibliographie
2017
Die imaginäre Insel (Schulz und Schulz)
2011
Insomnia (Benteli)
2004
Obstinate Creation (Linsenmann AG)
1996
Signes de têtes / Headsign (Mendiboure)