Patricia Gerber Dreyfus was born in Dakar, Senegal in 1951. She spent her school years in Paris.
At the age of 16, she left home to travel. A few years later she worked in video film production as a documentary filmmaker in the fields of art, music and economics until 1992, her production “La Rencontre au Sommet” having won the prize for best film at the 1987 Biarritz Film Festival. Her film works were shown at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris and the Musée de Pontoise.
At the same time, she studied art in Paris at the Atélier Gregory Masurovsky in the American Center and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière from 1982-1984, her focus having been on drawing and sculpture.
Prior to moving to Berlin, she lived in Basle from 1992 to 2012, where she developed her artistic work.
She has lived and worked in Berlin since 2012 from where she stages international exhibitions, having commuted between Berlin and Basle since 2024.
1982 - 1984
Traineeship at the Atélier Gregory Masurovsky, in the American center, Paris
in Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
1972 - 1992
Prooducer of documentary films in the field of art, music and economy
1992 - 2012
Lived and worked as an artist in Basle, Switzerland
Since 2012
Lives and works in Berlin
Since 2024
Commmutes between Berlin and Basle
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2025
Chacun pour soi - L I N I EN 83A, Berlin
To see or not to see - Galerie ArtKlub Bonn
2024
S U S P E N D E D Magdalenenkapelle, Alter Friedhof, 31303 Burgdorf
L' I M A G I N A I R E von Inseln und anderen Phantasmen (curated by Harald F. Theiss) L I N I E N 83A, Berlin
2023
3rd Prize 2023 for "Ce que disent les fleurs 1,2,3,4" Kunsthaus Lisa, Germany
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KÖPFE UND MASKEN, Kunstverein Wunstorf, DE
S U S P E N D E D, Art week Berlin, L I N I E N 83A, Berlin
L'île imaginaire, Galerie RIVOLI#43, Brüssel, BE
Die imaginäre Insel, Kunstverein Kultur am Kelterberg, Stuttgart Vahingen, DE
2022
C A C H E (curated by Harald Theiss), L I N I E N 83A, Berlin
WE ARE MULTITUDES, L I N I E N 83A, Berlin
2021
lettre à moi-même #3, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel
2020-2021
lettre à moi-même #2, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin
2019
lettre à moi-même #1, Galerie Mesmer, Basel - CH
2012
HumanKapital, Häuser und Asche, Kunstverein Ebersberg, DE
Weggefährten, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, DE
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
Collections in Switzerland, France and Germany.
Group exhibitions (selection)
2025
Mia Fair Milan with Art Projects, Brussels (BBAP)
Fäden schaffen Welten - FrauenMuseum Wiesbaden
2022
NADELWERK, Klosterscheune Zehdenick, Zehdenick, DE
2020
AUSBLICKE, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin
2018
Das kleine Format, Atelierhof-Kreuzberg, Berlin
2016
Kölner Liste , Cologne, DE
2013
Wer bist du?, Museum Schwarzenberg,
Umspann ZENTRALE, Galerie G11, Berlin
Kauf mich, Schwartzsche Villa Galerie, Berlin
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)