Studies and Degrees
2010–2012 — Postgraduate CAS, Art and Public Space, Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)
2008–2010 — Master in Visual Arts and Cinema, HEAD
2007–2008 — Postgraduate studies, Installation–Space, HEAD
2004–2007 — DNAP Art/Scenography, École Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de Monaco
Awards and Grants – Selection
2023 — Creation support for the project Carnet de voyage, FMAC Geneva and Hans Wilsdorf Foundation (project on hold)
2021 — Warehouse421 Foundation Prize, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the project La promesse (ongoing project)
2020 — Jury Prize at the 55th Solothurn Film Festival for In Search of the Man with the Camera
2019 — Golden Sesterce, SRG SSR, first national prize for In Search of the Man with the Camera, Visions du Réel, Nyon
2018 — Creation grant, CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, France
2015 — Documentary writing grant, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Doha Film Institute, Qatar, and Films pour un seul monde, France
2014 — Grant from the Fonds municipal d’art contemporain (FMAC), Geneva, creation support
2013 — Prize of the Société des Arts de Genève
2012 — Visual Arts Prize, Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier and Galland Bursaries, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva
Professional Experience – Selection
2023–2024 — Director of the documentary The Last Tango of Istanbul, Bande à Part films, Lausanne
2020–2021 — Author of the book Lost Books, New Shoes, art&fiction, Lausanne
2014–2019 — Director of the documentary In Search of the Man with the Camera, 24images, Paris, Close-Up films, Geneva
2016–2017 — Editor-in-chief, Echo du Bosphore magazine, Istanbul
2014–2015 — Consultant and Camerawoman, ZEIT online,
2010–2014 — Teaching Assistant, Publishing Department, HEAD, Geneva
2012–2013 — Curator and Coordinator of the Swiss Pavilion at the Tijuana Art Book Fair, São Paulo — Curator of the exhibition Reloaded at Espace Kugler, and editor of Reloaded1 and Reloaded2, HEAD Geneva
2011–2012 — General Coordinator, Eternal Tour Art Festival 2012, Geneva
2010–2011 — Consultant and Translator, Eternal Tour Art Festival 2011, Jerusalem
Publications – Selection
2022 — PAPIERS, second edition, published by the Nouveau Musée de Bienne, Bienne
2021 — Lost Books, New Shoes, ShushLarry Collection, art&fiction, Lausanne
2014 — Elles se fiancent toutes, Sonar Collection, art&fiction, Lausanne/Geneva
2014 — Old Books, New Shoes, Visarte Vaud and art&fiction, Lausanne
2014 — Bidaya wa nihaya, Cahier de la classe des Beaux-Arts, Geneva
2012 — Our House is in the Middle of Our Street, micro-edition, HEAD Geneva
2010 — Correspondances, Lab.Zone and micro-edition, HEAD Geneva
Videography and Filmography – Selection
2024 — The Last Tango of Istanbul (in pre-production)
2023 — The Woman Who Makes Books and Changes Lives (ongoing)
2019 — A Tale of Two Elections (ongoing)
2019 — In Search of the Man with the Camera, documentary, HD, 76 min
2014 — Trittico Nights, creative documentary, DV PAL, 30 min, 16:9
2010 — Mawsim al hijra ilal janoub, creative documentary, HDV, 52 min, 16:9
2009 — Mama Habibti, creative documentary, DV PAL, 21 min, 4:3
Exhibitions and Readings – Selection
2024 — Reading, Institut des cultures arabes et méditerranéennes, Geneva Book Fair
2023 — Reading, Nuit de la Poésie, Museum of Art and History & Analix Forever, Geneva
2022 — Nous, saisonnier saisonnières, Nouveau Musée de Bienne, Bienne
2022 — Carte blanche, Solothurn Literaturtag, Solothurn
2014 — Trittico Nights, solo exhibition, Palais de l’Athénée, Geneva
2013 — Cherche Appartement, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva
2012 — Exhibition of the Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier and Galland bursaries, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva