Thomas Flechtner
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
1993
Thomas Flechtner is a Swiss photographer, living and working in Valliere, France and Zurich, Switzerland. He is interested in photographing the natural world.
Thomas has had solo exhibitions at Art Junction in Nice (1989), Nikon Galerie in Zurich (1994), Centre de la Photographie in Geneva (1999), Musée des Beaux-Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (2002), and Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York (2002 and 2007), among other venues. He has participated in the Triennale Internationale de la Photographie in Fribourg, Switzerland (1985), The Eye of the Beholder at the Swiss Institute in New York (1996), Moving Pictures at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2003), Les Peintres de la vie Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (2007), and True North at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin (2008). He has received three Swiss Grants for the Arts (1988, 1990, and 1992), the European Photography Award (1991), and the Photography Award Canton of Neuchâtel (2004).
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
