Biography

FURRER RENEE

Education 

Born in Geneva, lives and works in Satigny – Geneva

1967-1973 – Architectural studies Geneva
1978-1985 – Painting and drawing classes in different schools in Geneva
1980-1986 – Traditional and academic work leading to  “Carnets de voyages” inspired by my different trips to Asia
1985-1992 – Various classes at the Visual Arts school of Geneva – Different workshops with different teachers
Work towards lyrical abstraction. History of Art classes at the University of Geneva
1995 – Engraving training in a studio (etching and intaglio)
2001-2011 – President of Visarte Geneva.(Swiss Society of visual artists)
Since 2002 – Exhibitions Curator at Villa Dutoit in Geneva

Personal exhibitions

Since 1992
Exhibitions in Geneva and abroad

2000
Gallery Jupiter – Paris, France

2001
Gallery Krisal – Carouge, Geneva

Symposium International – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2002
Ferme de la Chapelle – Lancy, Geneva

Gallery Memory – Hong-Kong

2003
Gallery Grancy – Lausanne, Switzerland
Centre D’art en Ile – Geneva

2004
Gallery Zenith – Tirana, Albania
Bourse Visarte / Atelier– Maloja, Greece
Gallery Gora – Montreal, Canada

2005
Gallery Krisal – Carouge, Geneva
Villa Dutoit – Geneva
Gallery Art Contact – Rolle, Switzerland

2006
Gallery Ashia – Kyoto, Japan
Art Gallery G. Papazoff – Bulgaria

2007
Gallery Hostetter JJ – Paintings – Fribourg, Switzerland
Gallery Krisal – Carouge, Geneva
Quid Novi Château de Gaillard – France

2008
Gallery Espace Kugler – Breiz – Geneva
Gallery A zone Kyoto – Engravings – Japan

2009
Gallery Andatra-Ritorno – Drawings – Geneva

2010
Musée Ifan – Dakar, Senegal
MAC Art contemporain – Montreux, Switzerland

2011
Gallery Krisal – Paintings – Carouge, Geneva

2012
Pinacothèque In-finis – Geneva
Villa Dutoit – Geneva
Déjà Vu Panorama – Yverdon, Switzerland
Musée de Carouge Gravures – Drawings – Carouge, Geneva

2013
Gallery Krisal – Regards Croisés– – Carouge, Geneva

2014
Espace Bois– Paintings – Lancy, Geneva

2015
Gallery Marianne Brand – Carouge, Geneva
Art et Edifices, Assens, Vaud, Switzerland
Gallery La Fontaine –Regards croisés – Sion, Valais, Switzerland
Galerie d’Art – Saint-Genis Pouilly, France