New Director appointed at Kunsthalle Bern

Kunsthalle Bern

Fabrice Stroun

New Director Appointed at Kunsthalle Bern

The board of Kunsthalle Bern is pleased to announce the appointment of
Fabrice
Stroun (born 1969) effective from January 1st 2012. Over the last 15 years
Fabrice Stroun has been working as an independent curator based in Geneva.

Welcoming his appointment, Wolf von Weiler, President of the Board of
Kunsthalle Bern, said: "I am delighted to announce Fabrice Stroun as the new
Director of Kunsthalle Bern. The appointment reflects the board's commitment
to further strengthening the reputation of Kunsthalle Bern as one of
Switzerland's foremost institutions of contemporary art and its
international
standing. Fabrice Stroun brings with him a wealth of expertise, both as a
curator and as an art editor, at a key point in the evolution of Kunsthalle
Bern."

Wolf von Weiler also expressed the appreciation of the Board of Kunsthalle
Bern to Philippe Pirotte for his inspirational service as acting Director of
the Kunsthalle until early October 2011.

Fabrice Stroun is a Swiss citizen born in Geneva. As an independent curator
he
has conceived and organized over 50 exhibitions at institutions like Centre
d'Art Contemporain Geneva, MAMCO Geneva, Kunsthaus Glarus, Le Magasin
Grenoble
and Villa Medici in Rome. He has collaborated intensely with artists such as
Valentin Carron (CH), Philippe Decrauzat (CH), Vidya Gastaldon (FR), Wade
Guyton (USA), Richard Wright (UK), Mai-Thu Perret (CH), Jim Shaw (USA), Josh
Smith (USA), Seth Price (USA) und Kelley Walker (USA). He has published
various monographs, anthologies and exhibition catalogues and is
co-publisher
of the artist-edition programme "Hard Hat" in Geneva. Since 2006 he is
lecturer at H.E.A.D. (Haute Ecole d'Art et de Design), Geneva. In 2005
Fabrice
Stroun received the Swiss Art Award as art mediator.

About Kunsthalle Bern

Kunsthalle Bern was founded in 1917 on the initiative of group of Bernese
artists.

In the intervening years, it evolved into one of Europe's foremost
exhibition
halls for contemporary art. More recently, the Kunsthalle exhibited
up-and-coming artists like Oscar Tuazon, produced ambitious group shows like
"Animism" or "Slow Movement" and re-discovered one of the pioneers of
experimental film-making in Owen Land.