Nicolas Cilins

Nicolas Cilins (born 1985, France. ) is an artist living in Geneva, Switzerland, working across the disciplines of visual arts, filmmaking, and performance art. His works are included as part of several public collections, such as the Institut für Film und Videokunst in Germany, the Fonds régional d'art contemporain in France, the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain, and the Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de Genève in Switzerland. Cilins became a laureate of the Swiss Art Awards in June 2018, and a laureate of the Geneva Art Awards in September 2020.

Education and career Nicolas Cilins graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Villa Arson in 2007, before acquiring a diploma in performance art at the Haute École d'art et de design Genève (HEAD) in 2008. Cilins has long collaborated with French film editor Dominique Auvray and performance artist Yan Duyvendak. His work deals with cultural differences and social issues at the intersection of art, activism, and social change. He has also translated W. J. T. Mitchell’s seminal book, What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images, into French.

Selected works Year Title Medium Exhibition Listing 2021 Diva Film Berlinale, 2022 2021 Talk to Me! Digital Durational Performance Swiss Art Awards, 2021 2021 Conquest Performance Moscow Planetarium, Moscow, Russia, 2020 2020 The Way We Walk Video Installation La Rada, Locarno Switzerland, 2020 2020 The Rocket Ladies Sound Installation Bourse de la Ville de Genève, 2020 2018 Marabout Video Installation Swiss Art Awards, 2018 2017 Simulation Performance Performancepreis Schweiz, Gessnerallee, Zürich, Switzerland, 2017 2017 Bricofutur Film , Lussas, 2017 2016 ACTIONS Performance Palais de la Porte Dorée, , Paris, France, 2017

, France, 2017

, Switzerland, 2017

, Italy, 2017 2015 Gineva Film Berlinale, 2015 MacVal, Paris, France, 2015 2013 Discipline & Punish Installation Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Genève, Switzerland, 2013 2013 Stalin’s World Film Sélestat Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2013 Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, 2017 2013 Waiting for the Barbarians Installation , Marseille, France, 2016 Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève, Switzerland, 2015 2011 Moroccan Archaeologies Film , 2012