CURRICULUM VITAE
FRANCOIS PONT
Born 1957, St-Pierre-de-Clages, Switzerland (CH); has lived in London since 1979.
| 1980 | Chelsea School of Art, foundation course |
| 1980-83 | Byam Shaw School of Art, diploma course |
| 1987-89 | Camberwell School of Art, postgraduate printmaking |
| 1993 | Artist in residence in Atelier Presse-Papier, Trois -Rivière, Quebec |
| 2005 | Residency in Berlin |
| 2010 | Residency in Bellwald, Switzerland |
Beside drawing and painting, François Pont is particularly interested in traditional as well as experimental techniques of printmaking. He works in on his own press in London, and in collaboration with Raymond Meyer , master printer and publisher of artists’ books in Switzerland where his large-scale prints and are produced.
ONE-MAN EXHIBITION (SELECTION)
| 2014 | Galerie Arts et Lettres, Vevey, CH |
| Piers Feetham Gallery, London | |
| 2013 | Château de Venthône, CH |
| 2012 | Cultural Centre ‘La Poste’ Visp. CH |
| 2011 | Fawn Art Consultency, Isle of Whight |
| 2010 | Graveurs valaisans, Sierre, CH |
| 2009 | Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, CH |
| North House Gallery, Manning Tree, Essex | |
| 2008 | UBahn Gesundbrunnenn, Berlin |
| 2007 | Galerie Graziosa Giger, Leuk, CH |
| 2006 | Swiss Embassy, Berlin |
| 2004 | Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle, CH |
| Forum d’Art Contemporain, Sierre, CH | |
| Studio Sienko Gallery, London | |
| 2003 | Galerie Zimmerman Haus, Brugg, CH |
| 2002 | Galerie Arts et Lettres, Vevey, CH |
| Open Studio, 330 St-James’s Rd | |
| 2001 | Elgin Gallery, Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London |
| 1999 | Cabinet des Estampes, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, CH |
| Print Biennale: Krakow, Le Locle(CH), St-Maur/ Paris, West of England |
COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Special Trustees of St-Thomas’Hospital, London, Swiss National Print Collection, Zurich, Cabinet des Estampes, Vevey, CH, Art Museum of Valais, CH