Patricia Dreyfus, born in 1951, in Dakar (Senegal), grew up in Paris in an environment where young girl's futures seemed predetermined. At 16, she left her family to follow her own path, driven by a deep need for freedom and discovery. She traveled to England and then to New York, working various jobs to support herself. These experiences shaped her vision and strenghtened her artistic sensitivity.
Returning to France in the early 1970s, she became involved in an engaged intellectual circle where feminist struggles had a lasting impact on her perspective. She trained in video editing and directing before making films about artists such as Shirley Goldfarb, Boris Tissot and Roberto Matta. Her films accompanied their exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris and other prestigious venues.
From 1982 to 1984, she deepened her skills in drawing and sculpture, studying under Gregory Masurovsky at the American Center and the Academie de la Grande Chaumière. Sculpture, particularly in bronze became a major form of expression.
Later she founded a corporate film production company, earning an award at the Biarritz Festival in 1987. In 1992, after the tragic loss of her yougest son, she moved to Basel, leaving the film industry to focus entirely on her artistic work.
Since moving to Berlin in 2012, her work has evolved to include new mediums, particularly textiles, which have become an integral part of her artistic practice.
1982 - 1984
Apprenticeship at studio Gregory Masurovsky, American center, Paris
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
Since 2023
Lives and works between Berlin and Basel,CH
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)