Bastien Aubry, born in 1974 in Saint-Imier (Switzerland), attended the Ecole d’Arts Visuels Berne et Bienne, Switzerland. Since 2010 he is part of the artist group Aubry Broquard, which has been included in numerous exhibitions internationally, including the Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art (New York) and MABA (Paris). Since 2017, Aubry continues his sculptural practice as a solo artist.
For Aubry, everyday objects are the starting point for adaptations and abstractions. He mixes up primitive craftsmanship, design and pop culture with a playfully ironic regard. His creations celebrate the poetry of failure and the beauty of the less than perfect, an accident by design. The artist stages reality in his own world, exposing everyday absurdities and toying with the boundaries set by traditional artistic practices. Three-dimensional works are constrained by the material they are made of, and for Aubry, it is most important to recognize the physical property of each material in order to experiment with visually exiting effects. To exaggerate, enlarge, stack, fill, crush… There is always an element of surprise and spontaneity present in his oeuvre. Bastien lives and works in Zurich.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Kupper Modern, Zürich
2020 Kaligallery, Luzern
2019 Pizzeria Stalletta, Stalletta Madulain, Madulain (GR), Switzerland
2018 A Question Of Topping, Vito Pizza, Basel

Selected Solo Exhibitions with Aubry/Broquard:
2017 Why Live in a House? Murray White Room, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Sunny Side Down, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Gitane à la guitare, Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
2015 Mash Works, New Bretagne / Belle Air, Essen, Germany
2014 Coupé Décalé, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
2014 Accidents domestiques, ISBA Besançon, France
2013 BEST REST (Art raté à acheter bon marché!), Lokal-int, Bienne, Switzerland
2012 Chamber of Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 Relaxing Moments, A. C. Kupper Modern, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 IKEART, Miscelanea, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Le Jura c’est ça, Galerie des Emibois, Les Emibois, Switzerland
2010 Benzeholz, Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Meggen, Switzerland
2010 De l’autre côté, Le Portique, espace d’art contemporain, Le Havre, France
2009 Goodbye Revolution, Fumetto International Comix Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
2008 No Cheese on the Taco, A. C. Kupper Modern, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Melting Pot, Grand Palais, Bern, Switzerland
2008 Forme et contre-forme, Walking Chair Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2008 A certain, je ne sais quoi, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France

Selected Group Exhibitions with Aubry/Broquard:
2020 The Chedi Hotel, Andermatt
2019 A chair, projected, Gallerie BolteLang, Zürich
2017 A Place With No Name, Sonnenstube, Lugano
2016 Clay Case, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
2016 Werkschau 2016 – Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst, Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zürich, Switzerland
2015 Werkschau 2015 – Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst, Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zürich, Switzerland
2015 Môtiers 2015 – Art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland
2015 Fa Fa Fa, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Holland
2014 Folklore Contemporain III, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2013 Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland
2013 Everyday, Murray White Room, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich 2013, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland
2013 Fourth ASNA Clay Triennial Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
2012 Stratos, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Lacoux, Hauteville-Lompnes, France
2012 Painting and Jugs, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2012 Grösser als Zürich – Kunst in Aussersihl, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland