Mai-Thu Perret
*1976 Geneva, lives and works in Geneva
Mai-Thu Perret was born and lives in Geneva. She has held solo shows at the following venues: Swiss Institute in Rome (2022); Portique – Centre régional d’art contemporain du Havre, Le Havre (2020); MAMCO, Geneva (2019); Baden Art Association, Karlsruhe (2019); Spike Island, Bristol (2019); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2016); Magasin CNAC, Grenoble (2012); Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2011); University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (2010); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2008); and Renaissance Society, Chicago (2006). In addition, her works are held in numerous collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; MAMCO, Geneva; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich; and Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Détruire dit elle, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva ( December 2024- February 2025)
Underworld, David Kordansky Gallery, New York, USA (October 24th - December 14th)
Diana, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
Minerva, Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique, Paris
2023
The Box, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
Mother Sky, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022
Ich bin wü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü tend, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland (two-person show with Sophie Taeuber-Arp)
Portrait of a woman, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria
My sister’s hand in mine, Centre d’Edition Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Real Estate, Swiss Institute, Roma, Italy
Frieze New-York, David Kordansky Gallery Booth, New York, USA
2020
Les Etangs, Le Portique, Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain de la Ville du Havre, France
Pièces Enfantines, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna, Austria
With an unbounded force, Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
News from Nowhere, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong-Kong
2019
Agua Viva, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Grammar and Glamour, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Blazing World, Spike Island, Bristol, United Kingdom
2018
Mai-Thu Perret, curated by Lionel Bovier and Julien Fronsacq, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
Fillette, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
Féminaire, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, United-States
Go and become the incense burner in the old shrine, NICC. Brussels, Belgium
2016
Zone, Simon Lee Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
Les guérillères, David Kordansky Gallery, Frieze Art Fair, New York, United-States
Sightings, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX *, United-States
2015
Balthazar, two-person show with Olivier Mosset, VNH Gallery, Paris, France
Kilims & Commas, 8 Rue St Bon, Paris, France
Moon Palace, Blondeau & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
Flow my Tears, Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Slow Wave, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
Queen of the Black Black, two-person show with Louise Nevelson, Vistamare, Pescara, Italy
Weekend à Rome, two-person show with Martine Bedin, Fondation Speerstra, Apples, Switzerland
Astral Plane, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, United-States
2013
The Prairie, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Beast of Burden, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
2011
The Adding Machine, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France *
I dream of the code of the west, Zurich Art Prize, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland *
Spectra, Manor Art Prize, Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland *
The Adding Machine, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland *
Migraine, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, United-States
Octopus, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
An Ideal for Living, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, United-States *
Parade, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
Flag, Swiss Institute, New York, United-States
2009
Alphabet, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
2013, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO*, United-States
The Crack-Up, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2008
New Work, SFMOMA, San Francisco, United-States *
2012, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United-Kingdom *
Bikini, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Land of Crystal, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland *
An Evening of the Book and Other Stories, The Kitchen, New York, United-States
2007
Crab Nebula, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
Das Kunstwerk und sein Ort, Amden, Switzerland
Land of Crystal, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Germany *
2006
An Evening of the Book, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
And Every Woman Will Be a Walking Synthesis of the Universe, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, United-States
*Apocalypse Ballet, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Solid Objects, Chisenhale Gallery, London, United-Kingdom (with Valentin Carron)
2005
Heroine of the People, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Solid Objects, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (with Valentin Carron)
2004
Statements, Galerie Francesca Pia, ArtBasel 35, Basel, Switzerland
Love thy sister like thyself, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Pure self-expression x25, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
2002
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
We close our eyes in order to see, Glassbox, Paris, France
2001
Land of Crystal, Le Studio, CAN, Neuchâtel, Switzerland *
2000
“What if I get up in the morning and I’m not the center of attention anymore”, In Vitro, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2024
Home is where we start from/La maison est là où tout commence, curated by Art for the world, Manoir de Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland (December 2024 - March 2025)
Stories Written – Zurich Art Prize Winners 2007-2023, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich. Switzerland (May 30th – September 8th)
Made in Cologne, Peter Freeman, inc., New York, USA
2023
Bodies of Resistance, Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal (November 10th – January 10th)
Ceramics and Friends, WeDoNotWorkAlone, Paris, France
NEO-GEO+, 1986-2018: Une sélection dans la collection du FCAC, Palais de l’Athénée, Société des Arts, Geneva, Switzerland (October 18th – December 23rd)
Fever Dreams Duets, collaborations with Tony Marsh, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, USA (November 16 -December 21)
Une sensation contemporaine, Villa Bernasconi, Genève, Switzerland (October 1st – December 3rd)
Demanding Yet Gentle, co-curated by Shamiran Istifan and Lhaga Koondhor, CLUBHAUS @POP-UP KUNSTXAUS ZÜRICH, Switzerland
Home run, curated by Seungduk Kim & Franck Gautherot, Casa Marguo, Mahon, Menorca, Spain
Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrume, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland (April 7th 2023 – February 2nd 2024)
Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland*
Craft works and ordinary objects by artists and anonymous craftsmen, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich, Switzerland
20, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Santé / Gezondheid, Brussels, Belgium
Des rencontres et des liens, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2022
AMPHOREUS (ἀμφορεύς), 91.530 Le Marais, Le Val-Saint-Germain, France
Mingei Asia Now, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Asia Now Fair, Paris, France
Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood, ArtCenter’s Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, US
Machines of Desire, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK / Hong-Kong simultaneously
The Universe of Emma Kunz, A visionary in dialogue with contemporary art, Tabakalera - International, Centre for Contemporary Culture, San Sebastian, Spain
Licht, Galerie Lange+Pult, Zurich, Switzerland
Not so Fast !, curated by John Armleder, Larkin Erdmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Grayscale, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong-Kong
2021
Stars Down to Earth, Curated by Nicholas Tammens and Sung Tieu, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin Germany
Les Flammes, L’Âge de la céramique, curated by Anne Dressen, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, BAMPFA, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA
La sculpture suisse depuis 1945, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Same things make us laugh, make us cry, Art Greenhouse Project, Zurich, Switzerland
Stitches : Scènes corps, décors, Le Commun, Geneva, Switzerland
These Lacustrine Homes, with Valentin Carron, Isabelle Cornaro, Karin Gulbran, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Mai-Thu Perret, curated by Mai-Thu Perret, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
The Universe of Emma Kunz, A visionary in dialogue with contemporary art, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
The Musical Brain, curated by Cecilia Alemani, High Line, NY, USA
2020
All of a Sudden, Galeria Mascota, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Ice and Fire: A Benefit Exhibition in Three Parts, curated and organized by artists and Kitchen board members
Wade Guyton and Jacqueline Humphries with The Kitchen’s curatorial team of Tim Griffin, Elizabeth Wiet, Matthew Lyons, Lumi Tan, and Alison Burstein, The Kitchen, New York
About Face: Face Off (Chapter 6), Gallery Platform Los Angeles, online.
After Bob Ross, Beauty Is Everywhere, Museum Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland
It Never Ends, curated by John Armleder, KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium
Histoire histoires, Diagonale, Montreal, Canada
Overbooked: A Special Project of Booked: Hong Kong Art Book Fair, Hong-Kong
Panorama, galerie lange + pult, Zurich, Switzerland
New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, United States
2019
SURVIVAL KIT 10.1 : Outlands, Former Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry of the University of Latvia, Riga, organized by Latvian Center for Contemporary Art in Riga, Latvia
Ecart at Art Basel (1980-2019), organized by John Armleder and Lionel Bovier, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Made, Ribordy Thétaz, Geneva, Switzerland
Stars Are Closer and Clouds Are Nutritious Under Golden Trees, MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan
Neither black/red/yellow nor woman, Times Art Center Berlin, Germany
Homo Faber : on the use and effect of handcraft in contemporary sculpture, Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, Korea
Mingei Now, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 10.1 "Outlands" , Former Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Latvia, Zeļļu iela 8, Rīga, Latvia
New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, United-States
Alentour, curated by John Armleder, Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Object Like Us, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and David Adamo, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, United States
Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2018 Benefit Exhibition, Gladstone Gallery, New York, United-States
By Fire, Ceramic Works, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, United States
Mademoiselle, curated by Tara Londi, CRAC (Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain), Pyrénées- Méditerranée, Sète, France
Diaspora, ma homey, curated by Troi Oi, Space 31, Berlin, Germany
Portable Landscapes, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Biennale de Sculptures de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Switzerland
Maison Forte, organisée par Marie-Puck Broodthaers et Alexandre Igor Everard de Harzir. Revonnas, France
Body Echo, Nicoletti Contemporary, Paris, France
Cellular World, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), as part of Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
Fashion Drive: Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Like Life, sculpture, color and the body, The Met Breuer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United-States
Line of Sight, curated by Susanne Hilpert Stuber, Musée de design et des arts appliqués contemporains (MUDAC), Lausanne, Switzerland
Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11, Imperial War Museums, London, UK
TERRA - A contemporary history of ceramic sculpture, Hotel Contemporary, 10 White Horse St. , London, United-Kingdom
MURALNOMAD, curated by Dominique Mathieu, Le Quadrilatère, Beauvais, France
The Reservoir of Modernism, curated by Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Friedemann Malsch, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Performance Process: New Swiss Performance Now, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Akademia : Performing Life, curated by Inga Lace, Villa Vassilieff, Paris, France
2017
Scripts as Afaka, curated by Sumesh Sharma, Galerie Anders Hus, Paris, France
PLURIVERS - 4 études d’ethnologies imaginaires, La Panacée - Centre d’Art Contemporain, Montpellier, France
1107 Pt. II, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Print ! Les premières pages d'une révolution, Musée International de la Réforme, Geneva, Switzerland
Le Grand Détournement, Galerie Poirel, Nancy, France
Medusa, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
The Leftovers, Simon Lee Gallery, New York
The Corner Piece N°1, Independent Brussels, Belgium
Zeitgeist, Mamco, Geneva
Black'n'White, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Saint-Moritz, Switzerland
L’image, curated by Vincent Romagny, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
A slow succession with Many Interruptions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), United-States
2016
Let There Be (More) Light, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco*
Neon: The Charged Line, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool*
Récit d'un temps court, Mamco, Geneva
Charles Blanc-Gatti–Hypothèse d'une généalogie, Musée d’Art de Pully, Pully*
Pièces meublées–Vingt ans après, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
India's Search for Power 1966 - 1982 (Indhira Gandhi's Foreign Policy), Dak'Art 2016,Dakar
*Untitled, I: Project Space, Beijing
Ceramix: Ceramic art from Rodin to Schütte, La Maison Rouge, Paris, and Cité de la céramique, Sèvres*
All Over, Galerie des galeries, Paris*
2015
No Man's Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection/ Contemporary, Arts Foundation, Miami*
Ceramix: Ceramic art from Rodin to Schütte, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht*
Algus Greenspon, New York
Reset I, Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne
Môtiers 2015–Art en plein air, outdoor location, Môtiers*
Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle, Le Locle*
Group Show, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Angelic Sisters, 186f Kelper, Chiesa San Paolo Converso, Milan*
Printmaking by ECAL, Musée Jenisch, Vevey*
John Armleder, Stéphane Kropf, John Tremblay and guests Mai-Thu Perret and Blair Thurman, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Work Hard: Selections by Valentin Carron, Swiss Institute, New York*
Eureka!, Galerist, Istanbul
Biens Publics, Musée Rath, Geneva
1989, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
2014
Le fil des possibles, Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux*
The Moving Museum, Istanbul *
Yvonne Rainer Project, Centre d'art contemporain de La Ferme du buisson, Marne-la-Vallée*
Back and Forth. Forms of Distancing, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria *
Biennial of Moving Images, Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva *
Smoking Up Ambition!, Pavillon Sicli, Geneva *
Beating around the bush. Episode #3, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
Gastspiel, Contemporary Swiss Art at Museum Rietberg, Museum Rietberg, Zurich *
The Optical Unconscious, Gebert Stiftung für Kultur, Rapperswill-Jona, Switzerland
Caste Aside, Clark House Initiative, Bombay
B / W, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Bash I, Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, New York
Decorum–Carpets & tapestries by artists, Power Station of Art, Shanghai *
La vérité avant-dernière, Galerie de multiples, Paris
Mingei: Are You Here, Pace, New York *
Desiderata: Neu in der Sammlung, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
Insert 2014, Maati Ghar, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi *
Elevation 1049, outdoor location, Gstaad, *
Olivier Mosset–Collaborations, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Zelda Zonk, Preface, Paris
2013
gemini, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Bekleidung, The New Institute, Rotterdam *
Ways of Working: The Incidental Object, Fondazione Merz, Turin *
At Work–Atelier und Produktion als Thema der Kunst, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen*
Island, Dairy Art Centre, London
Decorum–Tapis et tapisseries d'artistes, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris *
Holes in the Walls, Early Works 1948-2013, Fri-Art, Fribourg
Giant Ice Cream Cones, 1m3, Lausanne
Oasis Mini Gym, Oasis Hotel, Angeles City, Philippines
Pro-Choice, Fri-Art, Fribourg
Electric Fields, Live in your Head, Geneva (collaboration with Olivier Mosset)
Fire It Up: Ceramic as Material in Contemporary Sculpture, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
Pattern: Follow The Rules, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Female Power, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem *
2012
La Demeure joyeuse, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Brot und Salz, Sommer&Kohl, Berlin
Cosmic Laughter–Timewave Zero then what? Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
Parque Industrial, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo
La jeunesse est un art, Manor Art Award anniversary exhibition, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau*
Marcher dans la couleur, Musée régional d’art contemporain, Sérignan *
Cluster, 1m3, Lausanne
Anti-Establishment, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson *
Reflecting Fashion: Art and Fashion since Modernism, MUMOK, Vienna *
Changing States of Matter, Brand New Gallery, Milan
Panegyric, Forde, Geneva *
Le Confort Moderne, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers
Pure Perception, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milan
Le monde comme volonté et papier peint, Le Consortium, Dijon *
Tell the Children, La salle de bains, Lyon
Text Textile Texture, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
New Sculpture?, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw *
Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Neon: Who's afraid of red, yellow and blue?, La maison rouge, Paris
Eorum Sanai (Ice Man), Arario Gallery, Cheoanan, Korea
The Old, the New, the Different, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern *
The Devil's Fidelity, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Abstract Possible: The Stockholm Synergies, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm*
Shake & Bake, Praz-Delavallade, Paris
2011
Danser sa vie, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris *
Multiples & co, Villa du Parc, Annemasse
Beispiel Schweiz, Kuntsmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz *
The Hidden Life Of Things - Panta Rhei, Bonnefanten Museum at the Grand Commandery Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium
How not to become an artist, Sudsudvestur, Keflavik, Iceland *
The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton *
Helvètes Vulcains, – une sélection dans la collection du mudac enrichie de créations récentes, mudac, Lausanne*
IllumiNations, 54. International Art Exhibition, La Biennale de Venezia, Venice *
Familienbande, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich
Abstract Possible: The Tamayo Take, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City*
2010
SENT BY MAIL, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
Die Grosse Inventur, 20 Years Galerie Francesca Pia, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
"Die Nase des Michelangelo", Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
"Chartreuse Jeune" by Olaf Nicolai, Casa Tabarelli, Canaiano, Italy
Abstract Possible: The Trailer, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö*
Face au mur–Papiers peints contemporains, mudac. Lausanne and Musée de Pully, Pully*
Go West, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City
Edition 5 Erstfeld, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf (CH)
Anonymous Materials, Stiftung Binz39, Zurich
Close Your Eyes in Order to See, Praz-Delavallade, Paris
High Ideals & Crazy Dreams, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
Borderlines, Cabinet des arts graphiques, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève
Yellow Box, video program by bdv, Restaurant Georges, Paris
From Dusk Till Dawn / If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution, video program by Yann Chateigné, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven*
When Bodies Get Mirrored, an Exhibition about Movement, Formalism and Space, Migros Museum für Gegenswartskunst, Zurich*
A New Stance for Tomorrow Part 3, Sketch, London
Charles Fourier – L’Ecart absolu, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon*
Goldene Zeiten, Haus der Kunst, Munich*
2009
The Anniversary Show; SFMOMA, San Francisco*
Editions vs. objets, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva
I am by birth a Genevese, Forde, Geneva
Top 10 Allegories, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Anabasis–On Rituals of Homecoming, Festival of Dialogue of Four Cultures, Łódź*
Utopics, 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel/Bienne*
Abstraktionen, Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau
Born to Be Wild–An Homage to Steven Parrino, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen*
Heaven–Splendid Isolation, Athens Biennial, Athens*
Living Together, MARCO, Vigo, Spain*
Curated by_ Gianni Jetzer: Beginnings, Middles and Ends, Galerie Christine König, Vienna
Revolver, COCO, Vienna
Shifting Identities–(Swiss) Art Today, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania *
Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich (collaboration with John Armleder)
Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
A Spoken Word Exhibition, Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Regift, Swiss Institute, New York*
Living Together, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Espagne*
2008
The Line is a Lonely Hunter–Drawings in New Jerseyy, New Jerseyy, Basel
Le spectrarium, Pavillon Suisse de la Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
Champion Zero, Champion Fine Arts at Rental Gallery, New York *
Standort Alltag – Everyday Ideologies, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg
Aurum, Centre PasquArt, Bienne *
Mémoires d’objets, Galerie Lionel Latham, Geneva *
Shifting Identities–(Swiss) Art Today, Kunsthaus Zurich*
Abstraction Extension, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France *
There is No Story to Tell, Tang Contemporary, Beijing *
Art and Entrepreneurship, Art Dubai, Dubai; Chelsea Art Museum, New York ; E-Werk, Berlin ; Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow ; Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva ; Superstudio Piu, Milan ; Phillips de Pury & Company, London *
The Saints, and music & films by Amy Granat, with Fia Backstrom, Jutta Koether, Amy O'Neill, Mai-Thu Perret, Angel Turner, Emily Sundblad &Stefan Tcherepnin, Sketch, London
A Spoken Word Exhibition, tranzitdisplay, Prague
Black Noise. A Tribute to Steven Parrino, Cneai, Chatou, France
Abstraction étendue: Une scène romande et ses connexions, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France and Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France *
2007
Eurocentric, Rubell Family Collection, Miami*
Ballet Mécanique, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
A Spoken Word Exhibition, Performa, Swis Institute, New York
Black Noise Show, Mamco, Geneva
Anyang Public Art Project, Anyang, Korea*
Les artistes de la collection Cahiers d’artistes série VI + VII, Fri-Art, Fribourg, CH
Tomorrow, Sonjeart Center and Kimho Art Museum, Seoul *
An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Fundation, Lisbon*
00 – L’histoire d’une décennie qui n’est pas encore nommée, Biennale de Lyon *
Radiant City, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
Introvert, Extrovert, Makes No Difference, Galerie Catherine Issert, St Paul de Vence
Motiers 2007, Art en plein air, Motiers, Val de Travers, Neuchâtel *
Pure Self-Expression, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Bastard Creatures, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
In the poem about love you don’t write the word love, Midway, Minneapolis and Overgaden, Copenhaguen*
At Home in the Universe, Mongin Art Center, Séoul, Corée
Tension; Sex; Despair - Who/So – What, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Worker Drone Queen, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Etats (Faites le vous-même), Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Moitié Carré moitié fou, Villa Arson, Nice*
Open and Shut, Skestos Gabrielle Gallery, Chicago
2006
Piani Sospetti : Mark Manders, Carsten Nicolai, Mai-Thu Perret, Federico Pietrella, Marcello Simeone, ViaNuova arte contemporanea, Florence
Tbilisi 3 : Let’s stay alive till monday, Children National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
In the poem about love you don’t write the word love, Artists Space, New York*
Interstellar Low Ways, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
The Gold Standard, P.S.1, New York
Madame la baronne était plutôt manièrée, assez roccoco et complètement baroque – Volume 3, Centre d'art Mira
Phalaina / Maison Populaire, Montreuil*
Shiny, Wexner Art Center, Columbus, Ohio
Goshka Macuga: Sleep of Ulro, A-Foundation, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool*
Unter 30 IV Kiefer Hablitzel, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, CH*
Modus, Neue Kunsthalle, St Gallen*
Bring the War Home, Gallery Elizabeth Dee, New York, et QUED, Los Angeles*
Conversation Pieces, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva
Lovely Shanghai Music, Team 404, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China”*
Visioni del paradiso, Institut Suisse, Rome*
The Endless Summer, West London Projects, London
Objets d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers
Again For Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, London*
Hradacany, La Générale, Paris
Sublime Part II, Atelier 3ème étage, Usine, Genève*
Madame la baronne était plutôt manièrée, assez roccoco et complètement baroque – Acte 1, Centre d'art Mira
Phalaina / Maison Populaire, Montreuil*
Eine Person allein in einem Raum mit Coca-Cola-farbenen Wänden, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Nouvelles Collections: Edition 5, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, CH
2005
Genève, artistes et créateurs d’aujourd’hui, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva
Wednesday calls the Future, National Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
In the poem about love you don’t write the word love, CCA, Glasgow*
Paralleles Leben, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt*
NY Twice, Air de Paris, Paris*
Model Modernisms, Artists Space, New York*
Situational Prosthetics, New Langton Arts Center, San Francisco
2004
None of the above, Swiss Institute, New York
YellowPages, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (Mamco), Geneva*
Tuesday is gone, Tbilisi, Georgia
Fürchte Dich, Helmhaus, Zurich*
Leviathan under moon's influence, Champion Fine Arts, Brooklyn, USA
Archives generation upon generation, Year, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Form/Kontext/Troja, Secession, Vienna, Austria*
Socialism–A love letter, Fia Backström Productions, Brooklyn, USA
Fink Forward the collection/collection, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland*
YellowPages, Turm Gallery Helmstedt, Germany, and Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal,
Switzerland*
The return of the creature, Künstlerhaus Thurn + Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2001
Rock Paper Scissors, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
Get Angry – Perspectives romandes 3, Espace Arlaud, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne*
Wahrscheinlich (vraisemblablement), Alimentation Générale Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
The New Domestic Landscape, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid
2000
Dr Wings, Air de Paris, Paris
Why can’t monsters get along with other monsters, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
Etat des lieux #2 , Préfiguration du Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, (AZ), Fri-Art, Fribourg
*publication / catalogue
Monographs / Artists Books / DVD
A cage went searching for a bird, Mai-Thu Perret, first edition published by innen, Zurich, 2021
Mai-Thu Perret, Edited by Lionel Bovier and Dorothea Strauss, Published by JRP Ringier, Zurich, Designed by Gavillet & Rust, 2012. (Texts by Diedrich Diederichsen, Elisabeth Lebovici, Jacob Proctor, and Dorothea Strauss).
Texts by Diedrich Diederichsen, Elisabeth Lebovici, Jacob Proctor, and Dorothea StraussThe Adding Machine, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, 2011 (texts by Diedrich Diederichsen and Madeleine Schuppli)
Brumaire, magazine concept, distributed as supplement of Parabol AM, no 1, Vienna, March 2006
Mai-Thu Perret, Collection Cahiers d’artistes, Pro Helvetia, Zurich and Editions Periferia, Luzern, 2006 (text by Lionel Bovier)
Black Noise no , Ecart Publications, Geneva, 2007
Land of Crystal, JRP-Ringier, Zurich, 2008 (texts by Fabrice Stroun, Hamza Walker; interview by Paula van den Bosch and Giovanni Carmine)
An Evening of the Book, Mathieu Copeland Presents, London, DVD, 2008
2012, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (text by Carissa Rodriguez)
Texts by the Artist
Text in Steven Parrino: Nihilism Is Love, Edited with text by Friedemann Malsch, Fabian Flückiger. Published by Walther König, Köln, 2021.
Text in The Anti-Museum, an anthology by Mathieu Copeland and Balthazar Lovay, Fri Art, Kunsthalle Fribourg,Koenig Books, London, 2017
"Francis Picabia: A Retrospective", exhibition review, in Spike Art Quarterly #49 Autumn 2016, pp. 200-201
"Untitled" in Work Hard: Selections by Valentin Carron, Swiss Institute, New York, pp. 93-97
"Mai-Thu Perret" in Rubell Family Collection: Highlights & Artists' Writings Volume 1, Rubell FamilyCollection, Miami, 2014, p. 510-511
“Abstraction, Documents of Contemporary Art”, edited by Maria Lind, co-published by Whitechapel Galleryand the MIT Press, 2013
"Pattern Recognition: Some Notes on Emilie Ding", in: Emilie Ding, Collection Cahiers d’artistes, Pro Helvetia,Zurich and Editions Periferia, Lucerne, 2012, p. 20-23
"Mai-Thu Perret and Virginia Overton in conversation", in: Virginia Overton: Deluxe, The Power Station,Dallas, 2012, p. 67-69
"The Crystal Frontier / La Frontera de Cristal," in: Microhistorias y macromundos, vol. 3, Mexico City, InstitutoNacional de Bellas artes y Literatura, 2011, p. 113-156
"Kim Seob Boninsegni," in: Kim Seob Bonsinsegni: Mining for Pearls, Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain,Geneva, 2011, p. 49-51
"Without a Filter," Texte zur Kunst, September 2009, p. 129
"Maria Eichhorn / Swantje Hielscher – Questions to Pedro de Llano, Sarat Marhaj, Peer Golo Wili, Mai-ThuPerret," Inaesthetik, Number 1, June 2009
“In The Poem About Love You Don’t Write The Word Love”, Sternberg Press, 2006, published in the occasionof the exhibition at Artist Space, New York and Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.
"Crystal Frontier: A Short Lexicon," Again For Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, London, 2006
"Dear Friend," Univers, Number 9, Vienna/Berlin, September 2005
"Lee Lozano," Metropolis M, Amsterdam, January 2005
Le Rayon Noir, (curated with Fabrice Stroun). Lausanne: Circuit, April 2003
"Exhibit A," Inside the White Cube. London: White Cube, 2003
Timewave Zero: A Psychedelic Reader, (anthology edited in collaboration with Lionel Bovier). Geneva: JRPEditions, 2001
Xn Hétérotopies. (anthology edited in collaboration with Lionel Bovier). Geneva: JRP Editions, 2000
"New Ponderosa Year Zero," Valdez, Bogotà, Number 3, September 2000, pp. 96-98
"The Crystal Frontier," airdeparis.com/guest, 2000-2003
"Run Abstraction," Purple Prose, Number 13, Winter 1998, Text 17
"Up in the mountains," Purple Fiction, Number 4, Winter 1998, Text 08
Curatorial Projects
2021
These Lacustrine Homes, with Valentin Carron, Isabelle Cornaro, Karin Gulbran, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Mai-Thu Perret, curated by Mai-Thu Perret, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
Fillette, curated by Mai-Thu Perret and Fabrice Stroun, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
Electric Fields, Live in your Head, Geneva, Swizerland, 2013, in collaboration with Pauline Beaudemont, Julia Burns, Chloé Delarue, Simone Holliger and Quentin LannesArmada, Mamco at Art Genève, Geneva, Swizerland, 2013*
2011
My sister's hand in mine, a room in the exhibition Horizont Schweiz, in collaboration with Roman Kurzmeyer,Kuntsmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz,2011*
2009
Voids: A Retrospective, in collaboration with John Armleder, Laurent Le Bon, Mathieu Copeland, GustavMetzger, Philippe Pirotte and Clive Philpot, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern,Switzerland, 2009*
2008
Black Noise – A Tribute to Steven Parrino, in collaboration with John Armleder and Jérôme Massard, Cneai,Chatou, France, 2008*
2007
Black Noise – A Tribute to Steven Parrino, in collaboration with John Armleder and and Jérôme Massard,Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007*
2004
Boys Keep Swinging, Champion Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2004*
2003
Le Rayon Noir, in collaboration with Fabrice Stroun, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2003
Love in a battlefield, in collaboration with Daniel Baumann and Fabrice Stroun, 27 Canal, New York, NY, 2003
2002
Le Jardin de la Violence / Der Garten der Gewalt, in collaboration with Daniel Baumann, Johannes Gachnangand Fabrice Stroun, Expo.02: Swiss National Exhibition, Historical Museum, Morat, Switzerland, 2002*
2001
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, in collaboration with Fabrice Stroun, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern,Switzerland, 2001
1999-2000
Collaboration with Fabrice Stroun, Forde Independent Space for Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999-2000
Bibliography
2023
« Swiss Art Interviews », interview by Patrick Steffen, Armando Dado Editore, 2023.
« Mai-Thu Perret, David Kordansky Gallery », by George Melrod in Artillery Magazine, May 9, 2023https://artillerymag.com/mai-thu-perret/
2022
« Why Mai-Thu Perret’s Dystopian Sculptures Are Causing a Stir », by Jacoba Urist in Galerie Magazine,September 29, 2022.
« Mai-Thu Perret’s Fictional Objects », by Glenn Adamson in Art in America, May 18, 2022.
“Mai-Thu Perret – from an all-female commune in New Mexico to a statue of Minerva in Rome”, by MatthewBurgos in Lampoon Magazine, March 22, 2022.
« Mai-Thu Perret’s Original Sin », by Ana Vukadin in Frieze, April 13, 2022.« Mai-Thu Perret », in Kunstbulletin, June 2022
2021
« A bird went searching for a cage », published by Innen Zurich, 2021, First edition
2020
“Mai-Thu Perret : I know the meaning of revolution”, by Chloé Chu in Art Asia Pacific, Issue 119, July-August.
2019
“Mai-Thu Perret, Mamco Genève, Switzerland and Spike Island , Bristol UK” review in Frieze, by Paul Carey-Kent, March 25
“Escape the Brexit Blues with the Artist Mixing Fairy Tales, Zen Gardens, and Feminist Separatism”, inGARAGE by P. Epps, January 18
“Mai-Thu Perret, Maison d'épopées”, by Judicaël Lavrador, in Libération (France), January 8
“Les utopies bricolées de Mai-Thu Perret au MAMCO”, by Ingrid Luquet-Gad, in Les Inrocks (France), January4
2018
“Feministisches Emblem”, by Max Glauner, in Republik (Switzerland), December 20
“Mandy and Cliff Einstein at Home: Inside the Museum- Worthy Art Collection of the L.A. Power Couple”, byJennifer Ash Rudick, October 23
“Les oeuvres singulières de Mai-Thu Perret au Mamco à Genève”, by Linn Levy for Vertigo radio show, RTS(Switzerland), October 12
“Mai-Thu Perret, artisane des utopies”, by Irène Languin, La Tribune de Genève and 24Heures Lausanne(Switzerland), October 6
“Chez Mai-Thu Perret, artiste contemporaine”, by Caroline Stevan, Magazine Le Temps T-Magazine(Switzerland), October 6
2017
“Poetic responses: Mai-Thu Perret at David Kordansky Gallery“, text by Claressinka Anderson Pugliese, Autre,July 10
"Mai-Thu Perret”, Andy Campbell, Artforum, June 9
“She runs horses in lightning”, by Lee Escobedo with interview by Jeremy Strick in Patron, April/May
2016
“Secret Constellation”, interview by Justin Morin in: Revue, n°2, Autumn-winter
Lukas Richterich and Roman Kurzmeyer, Sammlung Ricola Collection, Ricola Familienholding AG, 2016, p.52-53
Samuel Gross, All Over, Galeries des Galeries, 2016, p. 11
John DeMers, "Collaboration Defines Dallas Symphony Orchestra's SOLUNA Festival" in:http://artsandculturetx.com/collaboration‐defines‐dallas‐ symphony‐orchestras‐soluna‐festival/
Danielle Avram, "Women at arms" in: The Dallas Morning News, June 2, 2016
Adam Lehrer, interview, "Working in Real Time" in: pasunautre.com/interviewsmain/2016/6/7/working-in-realtime-an-interview-with-multi-disciplinary-artist-mai-thu-perret
Alina Cohen, "Bringing a Sculptural Platoon of Female Soldiers to Life" in: hyperallergic.com/306422/bringinga-sculptural-platoon-of-female-soldiers-to-life/
Patrick Steffen, "Mai-Thu Perret, Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas" in: flashartonline.com/2016/07/mai-thuperret-nasher-sculpture-center-dallas/
Kate Green, "Mai-Thu Perret" in: artforum.com/picks/id=59905
John Zotos, "Mai-Thu Perret at the Nasher," in: artsandculturetx.com/sightings/
Mai-Thu Perret & Laura Moriarty "The Crystal Frontier", interview in: openspace.sfmoma.org
Grand, Muriel, “Mai-Thu Perret, l'oeil averti,” in: La Tribune de Genève, Geneva, 30-31 January 2016
2015
Grandjean, Emmanuel, "Mai-Thu Perret, la tentation des utopies," in Le Temps, May 26, 2015
Kurzmeyer, Roman, "Mai-Thu Perret, Period Room," in Existenz und Form, Edition Voldemeer Zürich, 2015, p.210-223
Kurzmeyer, Roman, "Mai-Thu Perret," in The Amden Atelier, Edition Voldemeer Zürich, 2015,p. 133-138
2014
David Moroto, "The Book Lovers: The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts", Artist Novels, Sternberg Press,2014, p.11-12
Goto, Oko, interview, in Art Fusion, no 1, March 2014
Monoson, Elena, "Martine Bedin et Mai-Thu Perret. Communion du design et de l'art contemporain," in Work,l'économie au féminin, no 4, June 2014
2013
Timothée Chaillou, interview, in: Novembre Magazine, Summer 2013
Timothée Chaillou, interview, in: http://www.thewhitereview.org/interviews/interview-with-mai-thu-perret/
2012
Menetrey, Sylvain "Ma créativité en pilote automatique," interview, in: Swissquote magazine, no 4, September2012, p.96
Moratto, Rossella, "Pure Perception," in: Flash Art International, July-August-September 2012, p. 106
Stech, Fabian, "Mai-Thu Perret–The Adding Machine," in: KunstForum International, no 216, March-April2012, p. 342-343
Texeira Pinto, Ana, "Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss, and Gallery Weekend highlights," in:artagenda.com, September 18, 2012 (http://www.art-agenda.com/reviews/mai-thu-perret-at-galerie-barbaraweiss-and-berlin-art-week-highlights/)
Wahjudi, Claudia, "Ab in die Wüste," in: Der Tagespiegel, September 11, 2012
2011
Bonel, Michel, "Enfin dans la liste des élus!," in: La Tribune des Arts, no 391, June 2011, p. 35
Bordignon, Elena, "Los Angeles: Mai-Thu Perret," in: L'Uomo Vogue, no 421, May / June 2011, p. 155
Buhr, Elke, “Spiel ohne Grenzen: Mai-Thu Perret verfeinert ihre Utopie in Aarau,” in: Monopol, Mai 2011, p.127
Bregman, A., "AO on Site (with Photoset) - London: Frieze Art Fair Final Summary, October 16, 2011,"ArtObserved.com, October 17, 2011
Caille, Laurence, "La fabuleuse année de Mai-Thu Perret," in: Migros Magazine no 41, 10 octobre 2011, p. 25-27
Diehl, Travis, "Los Angeles: Mai-Thu Perret," in: Modern Painters, September 2011, p. 91
Dumont, Etienne, "Le Mamco genevois fait peau neuve sous le signe de "L'Eternel détour"," in: La Tribune deGenève, 8 June 2011, p. 26
Dumont, Etienne, "Rencontre avec Mai-Thu Perret: L'art sous toutes ses formes," in: La Tribune de Genève, 15June 2011, p. 36
Gergorin, Romaric, "Mai-Thu Perret: Projets pour une révolution," in: artnet.fr,(http://www.artnet.fr/magazine/expositions/GERGORIN/PERRET.asp)
Ghys, Clément, "Le monde de Mai-Thu Perret," in: Libération Next, octobre 2011
Gygax, Raphael, “Mai-Thu Perret–For Another World,” in: KunstBulletin, June 2011, p. 34-43
Knight, Christopher, "Expectations go upside down," Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2011, pp. D20-D21
Kunitz, Daniel, "Texting: The Artist as Writer as Artist," in: Modern Painters, Summer 2011, pp. 48-53
Lavrador, Judicaël, "Ce que les artistes écoutent: Mai-Thu Perret," in: Beaux-Arts Magazine, November 2011, p.48
Moser, Kati, "Kometenhafter Aufstieg," in: Schweizer Illustrierte, Heft 21, 23 May 2011, p. 86-87
Moulène, Claire, "Science de la fiction" (interview), in: Les Inrockuptibles, no 821, 24/30 August 2011, p. 112-113
Moulène, Claire, "Poupées russes," in: Les Inrockuptibles,no 833, 16/22 November 2011, p.106
Perret, Dorothée, "Dance with Me," in: Paris, LA, Issue no 7, Fall 2011, p. 86-95
Sherwin, Skye, "10 Artists to Meet: Mai-Thu Perret,"in: Ten Men, Issue 27, Autumn/Winter 2011, p. 87
Scoccimarro, Antonio, "Diary: Mai-Thu Perret," Mousse, Issue 28, April-May 2011, p. 213
Szczesniak, Paulina, "Mai-Thu Perret und die Phantastichen Vier," in: Tages-Anzeiger, 29 August 2011, p.31
Rattemeyer, Christian, "Mai-Thu Perret: Aargauer Kunsthaus," Artforum, June 2011
Roeschmannm, Dietrich, “Auf der Suche nach Utopia,” in: Annabelle, 9/11, 4 May 2011, p. 39-40
Rosenberg, Karen, "All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees Are Backdrops for Art," in: The New YorkTimes, August 8, 2011, p. C5
Sulcas, Roslyn, "Mai-Thu Perret / Laurence Yadi," in: The New York Times, October 28, 2011
Tappolet, Bertrand, “Le jeu dansé du chat et de la souris,” in: Gauche Hebdo, 18 March 2011,http://www.gauchebdo.ch/?Le-jeu-danse-du-chat-et-de-la
Tippapart, Tida, "Mai-Thu Perret Channels 'Krazy Kat' – Review," in: Performa Magazine, November 12, 2011
Ulmer, Brigitte, "Reibungswärme und Lockerungsübungen," in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 September 2011, p.21
Wagley, Catherine, "Migraines over Blue Shag Rugs," DailyServing.com, April 15, 2011
2010
Beckstette, Sven, “Wenn der Korken der Geschichte knallt,” in: www.artnet.de, February 24, 2010(http://www.artnet.de/magazine/goldene-zeiten-im-haus-der-kunst-munchen/)
Brenan, Mike, “Nutilitarianism: a rise in multi-functional art?” in: www.modernedition.com,(http://www.modernedition.com/art-articles/arts-trends-tendencies/nutilitarianism.html)
Descombes, Mireille, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Art contemporain en Suisse – Le Guide 2010 (Hors série L'Hebdo),2010, p. 57
Keller, Pierre , “Mai-Thu Perret – L'artiste d'une communauté imaginaire,” in: L'Hebdo, no20, May 20, 2010, p.167
Kurzmeyer, Roman, “Angewandter Modernismus,” in : ArtCollector, no 1, p. 18-25
Stunda, Hilary, “Disapearing into Your Work – A Conversation with Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Sculpture, vol. 29no5, June 2010, p. 48-51
Van Tilburg, Merel, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Artistes à Genève, Geneva, Editions Notari, 2010, p. 458-459
2009
Grandjean, Emmanuel, “Mai-Thu Perret – Retour à New Ponderosa,” in: Kunst Bulletin no. 10, 2009, p. 42–45
Henchoz, Murielle, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Sikart (http://www.sikart.ch/KuenstlerInnen.aspx)“Top 20 der jungen Schweizer Kreativen,” in: Bolero Jan/Feb. 2009, p.33
Herbert, Martin, “Sifting Defunct Modernity in Search of Something Useful, ” in: Tate Etc., Issue 15, Spring2009, pp. 62-69
Kopp, Céline, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Vitamin 3D, London, Phaidon Press, 2009, p. 224-227Lyons, Matthew, “Six Sides, Topologically Distinct: Black Box/White Cube,” in: Movement ResearchPerformance Journal, no 34, January 2009, p. 26-29
Moisdon, Stéphanie, “Utopies narratives,” in: Beaux Arts Magazine, no 2069, February 2009, p. 54
Pratt, Ken, “Telling Tales,” in: Wound, no 6, Spring 2009, p. 254-260
Renninger, Suzann–Viola, “Immer in Kristall – Die Künstlerin Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Schweizer Monatshefte, no970, July 2009, p. 4-5
2008
Badrutt Schoch, Ursula, “St Gallen. Mai-Thu Perret in der Kunsthalle,” in: Kunst-Bulletin, no 3, March 2008,p.57
Badrutt Schoch, Ursula, “Die Schöne Form der Utopie,” in: Appenzeller Zeitung, Tuesday January 29, 2008
Baumann, Daniel, “Land of Languages,” in: Spike Magazine, issue 15, Vienna/Berlin, spring 2008, p. 125
Bonacina, Andrew, “Focus–Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Frieze, issue 113, March 2008, p.156-157
Burton, Johanna, “Mai-Thu Perret–The Kitchen,” in: Artforum, April 2008, p. 367-368
Ebner, Jörg, “Uber die Wahreit eine farbige Lasur,” in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 232, Kunstmarkt,04.Oktober 2008, p. 42
Fronsacq, Julien, “Medium-Message,” in: Parkett Nr. 84, 2008, p. 118–131
Gough, Maria, “Crystal Futures,” in: Parkett Nr. 84, 2008, p. 104–117
Grandjean, Emmanuel, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in : Edelweiss, September 2008, p.32-33
Kaufmann, Dorothee, “Kunst der Utopie,” in: Regioartline>Kunstmagazin, February 2008, p.10
Kerr, Merrily, “Mai-Thu Perret, An Evening of the Book and Other Stories,” in : Time Out New York, no 648,February 27 – March 4, 2008
Miller, John, “For a Set of abandoned Futures,” in : Parkett Nr. 84, 2008, p. 132–143
Monvoisin, Alain, "Mai-Thu Perret," in: Dictionnaire international de la sculpture moderne et contemporaine,Paris, Editions du Regard, 2008, p. 426
Montreuil, Gregory, “Mai-Thu Perret–The Kitchen,” in: Flash Art International, no. 260, May-June 2008, p.151-152
Müller, Dominikus, “Dominikus Müller schaut sich in den Galerien von Berlin um,” in: TAZ Berlin, 18.06.2008,p. 27
Rehme, Sandra, “Mai-Thu Perret–Timothy Taylor Gallery,” in: Time Out London, September 30, 2008
Sonna, Brigitte, “Der Art-Jahresrückblick 2008,” in: Art Magazin (http://www.artmagazin.de/kunst/13574/jahresrueckblick_2008_kritikerumfrage)
Tremblay, Nicolas, “Réparatrice de rêves,” in: Numéro, issue 92, April 2008, p.48-50
Ulmer, Brigitte, “Flucht vor dem Kapital,” in: Bilanz, no 4/2008, 22 February-6 March, p. 88-89
2007
Villeneuve, Mathilde, “Tatiana Trouvé/Mai-Thu Perret – Systèmes en dérive”, in: Mouvement, no 44, July–September, p. 116–121.
Becher, Jörg, Die 50 wichtigsten Künstler der Schweiz, Echtzeit Verlag, Basel, 2007, p. 109–111
Roeschmann, Dietrich, “Schweizer Meister. Top 20”, in: Annabelle, 11/07, June 2007, p. 56
Boukobza, Julie, “Art–En Utopie,” in: L’Officiel 1/2, no 915, May 2007
2006
Bonacina, Andrew, “Slouching towards utopia. An interview with Mai-Thu Perret by Andrew Bonacina,” in:UOVO, issue 12, p. 200–230, Torino, 2006
Mai-Thu Perret in an interview with Christian Egger: “Klaus Theweleit: Male Fantasies,” in: Spike Magazine,issue 10, Vienna/Berlin, winter 2006, p. 118-121
Thibo, Nina, “Licht, luft, liefde. En paracetamol,” in: mister Motley, magazin over kunst, nummer 12,Amsterdam, 2006, p. 36–39
Mojica, Jason, “The Crystal Frontier, the Renaissance Society,” in: Time Out Chicago, issue 66, June 1–June 8, 2006
Sahakian, Marlyne, “ONE TO WATCH, [Mai-Thu Perret],” on: artcrush, issue 34, June 2006(http://www.artkrush.com/mailer/issue34/index.html#watch)
Chateigné, Yann, “One More Time,” in: Trouble, no 6, 2006
Feldman, Hannah, “Desert of the Real–Hannah Feldman on the Art of Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Artforum summer 2006
“Olympiade der Kunst//Olympian heights of Art,” In: Lufthansa Magazin, 06.2006
Orden, Abraham, “The Windy Apple,” on: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/orden/orden5-18-06.asp
Verhagen, Marcus, “Valentin Carron Mai-Thu Perret Chisenhale Gallery London, Art Monthly, May 06, p. 296–297
Lapp, Axel, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: ArtReview, April 2006
Allen, Jennifer, “Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss,” in: Artforum, April 2006
Bonacina, Andrew, “Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Again For Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, London, 2006 [cat.]
Nielsen, Henrikke, “Mai-Thu Perret at Galerie Barbara Weiss,” in: Flash Art International, no 247, March/April2006
Hüster, Wiebke, “Pappmaché-Kameradinnen,” in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 19.02.2006
2005
Kim , Sung, Won, “An interview with Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Paralleles Leben, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2005[cat.]
Notter, Eveline, “Valentin Carron, Mai-Thu Perret,”in: artpress, no 317, November 2005, p. 78–80
Reynaud Dewar, Lili, “Figures spéciales –Mai-Thu Perret, Lucy McKenzie,” in: 02 revue d’art contemporain no.38, Nantes, summer 2005
2004
Stroun, Fabrice, “Ouverture, Mai-Thu Perret,” in: Flash Art International no. 236, May/June 2004
Notter, Eveline, “Love thy sister like thyself,” in: Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, May 2004
Schellenberg, Samuel, “Mai-Thu Perret, à l’aise entre mots et forme,” in: Le Courrier, Geneva, 17.04.2004
Steiner, “Urs, Heiter? Bewölkt ? – Grosswetterlage der Befindlichkeit im Helmhaus,” in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung,Zurich, 17.02.2004
2003
Gerber, Elisabeth, “Mai-Thu Perret in der Galerie Francesca Pia,” in: Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, October, 2003
2002
Stroun, Fabrice, “Fabrice Stroun talks with Mai-Thu Perret,” CAN, Neuchâtel, 2002
Miscellaneous
http://www.tensongsthatsavedyourlife.com/art/mai-thu-perret
Grants / Awards / Residencies
California State University Long Beach School of Art, Ceramic Arts Program, Center for Contemporary Ceramics, United-States, 2022
Artist in Residence, Villa Lena, Toiano, Italy, 2018
Boesch Prize, Zurich, Switzerland, 2018
Artist in Residence, The Moving Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis und Gyr Atelierstipendium, London, 2012
Zurich Art Prize, 2011*
Manor Art Prize, Geneva, 2011*
Video Art Prize, IDHEAP (Lausanne), 2010
Studio Grant, Maison des Arts du Grütli, City of Geneva, 2006-2009
Prize of the Swiss Foundation for Graphic Arts, ETH Zurich, 2008
Swiss Federal Prize for Fine Arts, 2006*
Kiefer-Hablitzel Art Prize, 2006*
Swiss Federal Prize for Fine Arts, 2004*