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Lucas Olivet (born 1985) lives and works in Switzerland and Michigan.
He graduated from Vevey School of Photography in 2009.
His work has been exhibited widely in Europe and internationally
including at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich; the Rencontres d’Arles
The Visual Arts Center at Boise State University; CPM Marseille; Paris Photo
Fotofilmic,
Vancouver; Jörg Brockmann, Geneva; Unseen Amsterdam
and Images Vevey. Through his lens, the Geneva-born shooter
addresses issues of memory, loss and longing by way of his own life
as well as through a wider historical and cultural frame. Olivet’s work is held
in numerous public and private collections including Durand-Ruel, Paris
Lambert Art Collection, Brussels; Géotec, Dijon; Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain
Geneva; The Museum of Fine Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds; the Biel Photoforum
Enquête photographique valaisanne; Haas Arts Collections, Yale University
DNB Frankfurt and the Rencontres d’Arles. Previous and recent books include
Au Bon Vin, (2022) Images Vevey editions and Medicine Tree, (2024) Skinnerboox.
His work has been featured in publications including Der Greif; PhMuseum; art press
Unseen Mag; British Journal Of Photography; Libération; Musée Magazine
Le Quotidien de l’Art; safelight paper; Lens Culture; The Guardian; Blind
magazine, Le Journal des Arts, Purple and L’Oeil de la Photographie.
Involved in education, Olivet served as juror and has been invited
as visiting artist for workshops, mentorship programs or panel
discussions in collaboration with various partners, such as Pictet Bank
Cité Internationale des arts, Paris The Centre de la photographie Genève
CEPV, Vevey; FMAC, Geneva; Fundaziun Nairs - Künstlerhaus, Scuol; FOC, Bern
Arles Books ; CFP Arts, Geneva; The Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam.
He is a recipient of the 2014 and 2016 Swiss Photo Award, The Contemporary
Art council of Geneva post-documentary Photo Grant in 2018 and a Swiss Design
Awards finalist in 2020. Olivet received the Photo Book grant from Pro Helvetia
in 2023. In 2017 his work was nominated by, Lucie Foundation, Los Angeles
for the Emerging Scholarship as well as the Dorothea Lange- Paul Taylor prize.
Lucas got the honorable mention in 2019, bringing together image, creative writing
and sound in recognition of a new approach in Photography awarded by
The Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
For all inquiries, please shoot an email to contact@lucasolivet.ch
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