I’m a swiss visual artist who explores societal issues related to humans and technology. My work includes photographic, video, websites and sound forms, displayed as installations. I received my Bachelor of Arts in 2016 at ECAL/University of Art & Design, Lausanne, where I currently work as a lecturer.

My projects have been exhibited internationally in institutions such as Foam Museum in Amsterdam, C/O Berlin, HeK Basel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Beaconsfield Gallery in London, Le Bal in Paris, Centre de la Photographie in Geneva and Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne. I was nominated for the Swiss Design Award 2021, and I’m one of the Foam Talent 2017 laureates.

My first book, Two donkeys in a war zone, was published by RVB Books in 2017 and was nominated for the Prix du livre d’auteur at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2018. My second book, Happiness is the only true emotion, was published by RVB Books in 2019.

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Education & Work

2016 – Artist and freelance photographer, Active member of Visarte Switzerland
2019 – Lecturer for the Bachelor in Photography, ECAL/University of Art & Design, Lausanne, CH
2016 – 19Teaching assistant, Bachelor Photography, ECAL/University of Art & Design, Lausanne, CH
2013 – 16Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in Visual Communication, major in Photography, excellent mention, ECAL/University of Art & Design, Lausanne, CH

Recent exhibitions

2022768_768, Plateforme 10, Lausanne, CH
Intelligence Artificielle – Nos reflets dans la machine, Musée de la Main, Lausanne, CH
2021Points de Vue, Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, FR 05/07 – 26/09
Swiss Design Awards 2021, Messe 3, Basel, CH
Real Feeling, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven, NL
2020Real Feeling, Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, CH
Me, Myself & A.I, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, NL
(Right In) The Feels, ERG, Bruxelles, BE
Swiss Design Awards 2020, online
HomeLife StillLife – Weltformat 2020, Luzern, CH, 09/10 – 17/10
23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie, Kammgarn West, Schaffhausen, CH
2019A Chance for the Unpredictable, Lianzhou Foto Festival 2019, Lianzhou, CN, 30/11 – 03/01
23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie, ELAC, Renens, CH
No’Photo – Biennale de la Photographie à Genève, Geneva, CH, 28/09
23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie, Photobastei, Zurich, CH
Gibellina Photoroad, Gibellina, IT, 26/07
When the Air Becomes Electric, Centre de la photographie, Geneva, CH, 01/05 – 02/06
2018Prix Photoforum 2018, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH, 02/12 – 13/01
Presence Festival, FotoDepartament, Saint Petersburg, RU, 03/10 – 12/10
The Oracle, Photobook:Reset, C/O Berlin, 28/09 – 30/09
Krakow Photomonth, ZPAF Gallery, Krakow, PL, 25/05 – 24/06
Foam Talent 2017, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE, 24/05 – 26/08
Swiss Performance 2018, Archithese Architekturforum, Zurich, CH 05/04 – 15/04
Foam Talent 2017, Red Hook Labs, New-York City, USA, 22/03 – 08/04
Surveillance Index, Performing Books #1, Le Bal, Paris, FR 10/01 – 27/01
2017Foam Talent 2017, Les Atelier Néerlandais, Paris, FR, 09/11 – 12/11
Foam Talent 2017, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL, 01/09 – 12/11
Fluxing, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR, 08/07
Patty Morgan Internetcafé, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR, 03/07 – 09/07
Nuit des images 2017, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, CH, 24/06
Swiss Design Awards 2017, Halle 3, Basel, CH, 13/06 – 18/06
Patty Morgan Internetcafé – Foam Fusion, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL, 09/06 – 11/06
Ciels, Villa Dutoit, Geneva, CH, 05/05 – 21/05
Watched! Surveillance, Art & Photography, C/O Berlin, DE, 18/02 – 23/04
Plat(t)form 2017, Fotomuseum Winterthur, CH, 27/01 – 29/01
2016Diplomas Exhibition 2016, ECAL, Renens, CH, 30/09 – 14/10
Camera(Auto)Control – 50JPG, Centre de la photographie, Geneva, CH, 01/06 – 31/07
Half Time, ECAL, Renens, CH, 06/02 – 19/02
2015Summer University ECAL, Swissnex Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, BR
The Embarrasment Show, Unseen, Amsterdam, NL & NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, DE
Festival Alt. +1000, Rossinière, CH, 12/07 – 21/09
#Selfeed #Photobooth, Spacio dell’Orso, Milano, IT
2014Visual Art Group Show, The United Nations Office, Geneva, CH

Awards, grant & shortlists

2021Grant of the Common 2021 for artistic research, Geneva, CH
Nominated for Swiss Design Awards, Bern, CH
2020Nominated for Pax Art Award, Basel, CH
Nominated for Swiss Design Awards, Bern, CH
2019Pro Helvetia grant, Promotion of the photobook, Zurich, CH
Nominated for the Paul Huf Award, Foam, Amsterdam, NL
Nominated for Punctum Award, Lianzhou, CN
2018Nominated for the Photoforum 2018 Award, Biel, CH
Shortlisted for the Author Book Award, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR
2017Foam Talent 2017, Amsterdam, NL
Pro Helvetia Grant, Promotion of aspiring photographers, Zurich, CH
Nominated for Swiss Design Awards, Bern, CH
2016Plat(t)form 2017, Wintherthur, CH
Elinchrom Award, Renens, CH
EX-ECAL Award, Renens, CH
2015Laureate Festival Alt. +1000, Rossinière, CH

Monographs

2019Happiness is the only true emotion, RVB Books, Paris, FR
2017Two donkeys in a war zone, RVB Books, Paris, FR

Writings and research

2021

The Necessity of Error in Automated Photography, edited by Milo Keller, Claus Gunti and Florian Amoser, Mörel Books & ECAL, Renens, CH

2018

L’intérieur à l’intérieur, Associate Researcher, under the direction of Zofia Klyta-Lacombe and Yoann Moreau, La Manufacture, Lausanne, CH

2016

Sphere of images & chaos pedagogy – Atlas, under the mentorship of Joël Vacheron, in French – pdf – 67 MB

Publications

2021Humans; Photographs That Make You Think, edited by Henry Caroll, Éd. Abrams Image, New York, USA
Animals; Photographs That Make You Think, edited by Henry Caroll, Abrams Image, New York, USA
Automated Photography, Mörel Books & ECAL, Renens, CH
Exit #82 – Feelings, Madrid, ES
2020Real Feeling, Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, CH
Tank Magazine #40, London, GB
Weltformat 2020, Luzern, CH
Emulsion Magazine, London, GB
2019Body, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, Thames & Hudson, London, GB
Yet Magazine #11 – Curating Photography, Lugano, CH
Find Fix Finish, Phases Magazine
The dark mirror. Interview with Clément Lambelet, Digicult.it
2018The Eyes #9 Images & Power, Paris, FR
Centrefold – Acceleration, London, GB
Swiss performance 2018, Archithese, Zürich, CH
2017De Correspondent, Amsterdam, NL
Foam Magazine #48 – Talent, Amsterdam, NL
Foam Magazine #47 – Propaganda, Amsterdam, NL
Foam Magazine #46 – Who We Are, Amsterdam, NL

Commissioned monographs

2015Genève en relief et autres faits divers, éd. Slatkine, Geneva, CH
2012D’un mur à l’autre, La Pinacothèque, Geneva, CH

Talks & Conferences

2021

The Necessity of Error in Automated Photography Symposium, and talk with Claus Gunti, Milo Keller et Boris Magrini, Espace Commines, Paris, FR

2019

Photography and uncertainty, talk with Peter Pfrunder, Lianzhou Fotofestival, CN

2018

An eye on each machine, lecture, Saint Petersburg, RU, 07/10

Deux ânes et quelques algorithmes, conférence, Center for future publishing, HEAD, Geneva, CH, 12/04

2017

#1984IsNotAnInstructionManual, social impacts of control ideologies, Talk, La Coutellerie, Fribourg, CH, 31/10

Two donkeys and some algorithms, Talk with Mirjam Kooiman (curator), Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL, 10/06

Collateral Visions, A shifted use of sciences in the age of the control, Lecture, STSLab, University of Lausanne, 22/02

Workshops

2022

Mapping together, workshop week, ECAL/Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, CH

2021

Into Mapping, workshop week, ECAL/Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, CH

2020

ECAL x Lausanne Lumière, workshop week, ECAL/University of Art & Design, Lausanne, CH

2018

Conflicting Images, workshop week, FotoDepartament, St-Petersburg, RU

Residency

2022

Images Gibellina, IT

Visual performance

2019

IFFA Closing Ceremony, Lausanne, CH

2018

La Becque Opening, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH

Balélec 38e édition, EPFL, Lausanne, CH

2017

Fluxing, Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, FR

Collections

Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, IT
Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina, IT
Private collections

Self-portrait through Eigenface,

Digital photography and facial recognition algorithm, framed inkjet print, 60×75 cm, 2016

Projects - © Clément Lambelet