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suzanne@suzanneboulet.com
suzanne.laure.b@gmail.com
Current residency
Atelier 407A
rue du Vélodrome 2-18, 1205 Geneva, CH
BIO_
Suzanne Boulet est une artiste-chercheuse, basée à Genève (Suisse). Sa pratique prend la forme d’installations in situ, d’objets artisanaux, de vidéos et d’interventions textuelles. Souvent au seuil de ce qui est perceptible, elle explore par connotations successives la notion de viscéralité et tend à capturer des situations sensorielles et émotionnelles qui font partie du champ de l’indicible. Sur un plan théorique, sa recherche attribue une grande importance à l’intelligence du corps et étudie des concepts tels que l’« aptique » et la textilité[1], chacune à entendre dans leur sens autant concret que figuré. Après des études de design à l’ENSAAMA (Olivier de Serres, Paris, France), elle suit un master de recherche en arts visuels (CCC_critical, curatorial, cybermedia) à la HEAD-Genève (Suisse) et achève en 2026 un doctorat en art et didactique de l’art, en cotutelle entre l’Université Bordeaux-Montaigne (France) et la HEP-Vaud (Suisse).
[1] Ingold, T. (2009). The textility of making. Université d’Aberdeen.
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Suzanne Boulet is an artist-researcher based in Geneva (Switzerland). Her practice takes the form of site-specific installations, handcrafted objects, videos and textual interventions. Often operating at the threshold of what is perceptible, she explores the notion of viscerality through successive connotations and seeks to capture sensory and emotional situations that belong to the realm of the unspeakable. On a theoretical level, her research places great importance on the intelligence of the body and examines concepts such as “apticity” and textility[1], each understood in both their concrete and figurative senses. After studying design at ENSAAMA (Olivier de Serres, Paris, France), she pursued a research master's degree in visual arts (CCC_critical, curatorial, cybermedia) at HEAD–Geneva (Switzerland) and completes a PhD in art and art education in 2026, through a joint doctoral supervision arrangement between Université Bordeaux-Montaigne (France) and HEP-Vaud (Switzerland).
[1] Ingold, T. (2009). The textility of making. University of Aberdeen.
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STUDIES_
2026_PhD in Arts, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne (FR) & HEP-Vaud (CH)
2015_Master in Visual Arts, CCC_critical, curatorial, cybermedia, HEAD-Geneva (CH)
2012_Bachelor in Design, ENSAAMA (FR)
SOLO SHOWS & INSTALLATIONS_
2026_Le linceul. L’eau. Le lange, Centre d’art contemporain du Creux de l’Enfer X FITE Textile Biennale of Clermont-Ferrand, curated by Sophie Auger-Grappin, Thiers (FR)
2024_solo show, World Braille Day, United Nations, Geneva (CH)
2024_Braille Tablet (private commission), Saint-Gallen (CH)
2024_Brûlure indienne, CCG Cultural Center of Les Grottes, curated by Gaëlle Edwards, Geneva (CH)
2022_Covert, MÂT artspace, curated by Colin Raynal, Neuchâtel (CH)
2022_Espace restreint, Halle Nord Capsules, curated by Carole Rigaut, Geneva (CH)
2018_Géoscopie, La Galerie, Geneva (CH)
2015_Ouvrez l'œil, Espace Kugler, curated by Marisa Cornejo, Geneva (CH)
SOLO CONFERENCE_
2024_Aptique, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne, ARTES, invited by Pierre Baumann, Pessac (FR)
GROUP SHOWS & PERFORMANCES (SELECTION)_
2025_The 13th International Fiber Art Biennale ‘From Lausanne to Beijing’, Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua Universtiy and Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
2024_Archipel International Festival, curated by Marie Jeanson, Geneva (CH)
2021_Bourse de la Ville de Genève, Berthoud Lisignol, Chevalier et Galland, Contemporary Art Center of Geneva (CH)
2020_Lancy en été, cultural programming, City of Lancy, Mars collective (with Carole Extermann and Guillaume Pidancet), Lancy (CH)
2019_BIG - Biennale of independant art spaces, Mars collective (with Carole Extermann and Guillaume Pidancet), Geneva (CH)
2018_Co-workings, trio exhibition with Janis Lew Schroeder and Camille Kaiser, Le Pneu cultural space, Vélodrome association, Geneva (CH)
2017_La Nuit de la Murène (textual intervention), Contemporary Art Center of Neuchâtel, curated by Colin Raynal, Neuchâtel (CH)
2017_Ressacs, TOPIC independant art space, curated by Colin Raynal, Geneva (CH)
2016_BackSlash Festival (performance and textual intervention), Doppelgänger duo (with Carole Extermann), Zurich (CH)
2016_Cet air, vous entendez là ?, Galerie Partagée, Saint-Cergues (FR)
2016_Maintenant 6 (performance and textual intervention), WUNDERKAMMER, Doppelgänger duo (with Carole Extermann), curated by Colin Raynal, Lausanne (CH)
2016_GET OUT (sound installation and textual intervention), with Colin Raynal, LiveInYourHead, curated by Latifa Echakhch, Geneva (CH)
2016_Haut les masques ! (performance and textual intervention), Contemporary Art Center of La Chaux-de-Fond (CH)
2016_EPIC (performance and textual intervention), Doppelgänger duo (with Carole Extermann), EPIC Magazine, Grand-Lancy (CH)
2016_Soutien à Seashepherd, Fonderie Kugler, Geneva (CH)
2016_DAF Deviant Art Festival (performance and textual intervention), Doppelgänger duo (with Carole Extermann), La Reliure, Geneva (CH)
2014_REAL DREAM, Fonderie Kugler, curated by Marisa Cornejo, Geneva (CH)
2013_Journée des Métiers d’Art, Musée Cluny, Paris (FR)
WORKSHOPS_
2026_ conference-workshop, La Marmite association, invited by Catherine Quéloz and Liliane Schneiter, Martigny (CH)
2024_Art at your fingertips, World Braille Day, United Nations, Geneva (CH)
2022_Donner forme, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne (FR)
2021_Poétique du toucher, Contemporary Art Center of Geneva (CH)
2021_Permis de toucher, Contemporary Art Center of Geneva (CH)
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES_
2019-22_Atelier de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (CH)
2019_Fonds culturel suisse (CH)
2018_Résidence du Vélodrome, Geneva (CH)
2017_Unpack Studio residency, Havana (CU)
2015_Special Mention of the Union of French Citizens Abroad Award (CH)
ART PUBLICATIONS_
2026_ Interwoven Horizons, collective exhibition book, Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua Universtiy and Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
2024_MÂT 2017–2022, retrospective collective book, MÂT artspace, Neuchâtel (CH)
2017_À la recherche de la recherche (textual contribution), collective audio cassette, conceived by Sébastien Verdon, L’OV X CAN Contemporary Art Center of Neuchâtel (CH)
2016_Maintenant 6 (textual contribution), collective art journal, edited by Colin Raynal (CH)
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SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES :
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUMS (SELECTION)_
2026_« Aptic » art practices as practices of care?, “Haptic Encounters : Touch, Art and Gestures of Care” Symposium, Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1 (FR)
2025_Sensitivity and the ethics of care: a grounded theory for teaching creative and manual activities, Journée d’études “Ethique du care et créativité”, HEP-Vaud, Lausanne (CH)
2024_Practicing apticity : a grounded theory of contemporary art practices, “Grounded Theory Futures” international conference, International Association of Grounded Theorists (IGTA) (GB)
2023_Haptic encounters: knowing-how-to-touch-the-fragile / didactics for shared sensitivity by the means of art, International SAR Conference on Artistic Research, Society for Artistic Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (NOR)
2022_“Savoir-toucher” : un apprentissage sensible par les moyens de l’art, Multidisciplinary doctoral symposium 2Cr2D, HES-SO & HEP romandes, ECAL, Lausanne (CH)
2019_‘Queer’ object: the art practice as a tool for shared sensory understanding, iJADE conference, The International Journal of Art and Design Education, Goldsmiths University, London (GB)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)_
2026_Néo-matérialisme et écologies des sensibilités, in “Repenser la matière : matière, design, pédagogie, écologie”, éds. John Didier, Jérôme Dupont and Christophe Moineau, UTBM (FR/CH)
2026_Sensibilité et éducation à la durabilité : vers un apprentissage perceptif et situé des activités créatives et sportives, co-written with Valerian Cece and François Ottet, in “Eduquer à la durabilité dans une institution de formation des enseignant.e.s: enjeux, stratégies et pistes”, éds. Alain Pache and Nadia Lausselet, Alphil, Presses Universitaires Suisses (CH)
2020_‘Queer’ object: the art practice as a tool for shared sensory understanding, The International Journal of Art and Design Education (GB)
2014_L’Insoutenable Légèreté du Spectre (collaborative article), Multitudes Journal n°57 (FR)
CO-EDITOR OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS_
2026_Corps et éducation à la création artistique : propositions, enjeux et perspectives, co-edited with Clara Périssé and Antonio Trajanoski, UTBM (FR/CH)
2024_La place du corps dans l'éducation à la création artistique: quels enjeux ?, co-edited with Antonio Trajanoski and Clara Périssé, Journal of research in arts education n°4 (JREA) (FR)