Born in 1995 in the French Jura countryside, lives in Vevey
Marlène Grand is a Swiss visual artist based in Vevey. A graduate of the CEPV photography school in Vevey, she uses traditional photographic processes, such as lensless cameras and film, to create images that reveal a certain sensitivity both in their physical materiality and in Marlène Grand's worldview. She works primarily with the fundamentals of photography: light and photosensitivity.
Through her work, she addresses subjects related to humans and the natural environment, based on the notions of time, place, matter, and imprint. She incorporates natural elements as integral tools in her creative process, with water being a recurring element.
In her creative process, Marlène Grand attaches great importance to taking the time to observe with awareness and presence what connects her to nature in her immediate environment. With the idea that “everything around us is in a state of perpetual change, we can only fully grasp the present moment.” It is through this approach that her work takes shape, established by instinct, exploration, contemplation, emotion, and movement.
Since completing his studies in 2022, Marlène Grand has participated in three artist residencies abroad, in Portugal, France, and Italy. Mono-Lisboa, L’endroit de L’envers residency, Lama- Residenze.
She is an active member and president of Espace Indiana, an independent space dedicated to visual arts in Vevey, and a member of Near, the Swiss association for contemporary photography.
Education
2022 High degree in Visual Communication and Photography, CEPV (Centre d’Enseignement Professionnel de Vevey), Vevey (CH)
Solo
2025 so many impressions in a single day, Passage des 8, Vevey, (CH)
2024 se laisser imprégner par les choses, Espace Annexe, Biel-Bienne, (CH)
Collective (selected)
2024 Ataraxie, see take play, Die Diele, Zurich (CH)
Did you hear me whispering behind the hazelnut bush ?, LaMa Residenze, L’Atelier Bella, Zurich (CH)
2023 Viver em duplex, Mono Lisboa, Lisbonne (PT)
2022 Together, la vie ensemble, collaboration between Festival Images Vevey and CEPV, Espace Doret, Vevey (CH)
The life is a funny proposition, diploma project, Espace Doret, CEPV, Vevey (CH)
Residency
2024 LaMa Residenze, Fivizzano (IT)
L’endroit de L’envers Residency, Chateau de Sibra, Lagarde (FR)
2023 Mono Lisboa, Lisbonne (PT)
Book and publication
2024 Zzin’e. #02, Follow the Fireflies !, fanzine, LaMa Residenze, self-publishing (20 ex.)
Os pombos amam-se !, Mono-Lisboa, self-publishing (10 ex.)
2023 Zzin’e. #01, You kissed me in Milan, and i felt something., fanzine, self-publishing (20 ex.)
Photographie concrète, self-publishing (50 ex.)
2022 Paysages et dessins, fanzine, Riso printing, personal publication, self-publishing (12 ex.)
Take a picture it will last longer, collective publication (300 ex.)
Il sole si alza alle undici, collective publication (300 ex.)
Same eyes, personal publication, self-publishing (20 ex.)
Curation
2025 Breathers Before the Blaze, Guillaume Ehinger, Espace Indiana, Vevey (CH)
2024 Sympoiesis, Peter Hauser, Espace Indiana, Vevey (CH)
