About
Maude Sauvage is a visual artist of Filipino and Swiss origin who lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2001, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy, in painting, engraving and art history. She completed her training with a degree in literature (Lausanne University) and then specialized in wood engraving and Japanese prints through various internships in Switzerland and abroad. Alongside her individual career, she regularly organizes art workshops for children. For 23 years, she has regularly exhibited her work in group and individual exhibitions in Switzerland and Italy.
Maude Sauvage Bertrand
Lives and works in Lausanne (Switzerland).
2017 Engraving and lithography, Bethanien artist’s studio, Berlin.
2014 – 2015 Wood engraving course, Japanese printmaking technique, with Miriam Zegrer, La Filature, La Sarraz, Switzerland.
2013 Animation film course with Robi Engler and Stéphane Rudaz, La Distylerie, Fleurville, France.
2007 Bronze casting course with Albert György, Le Moulin, Ogens, Switzerland.
2001 Bachelor’s degree in Arts (art history, German, French), thesis in art history “Rebondissements contemporains: chassé-croisé de onze regards artistiques sur le football”, Faculty of Arts, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
2001 Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome: painting, engraving, art history, thesis on painting and music, Rome, Italy.
Member of the committee of the Aperti association, opening of artists’ studios in Lausanne and surroundings 2019-2024
Member of the committee of the Rencontres culture et petite enfance association from dès 2024
Member of Visarte, the Swiss society of painters, sculptors and architects, and member of the Vaud section since dès 2007
Encouraging the aesthetic and cultural awareness of children aged 0 to 4, lapurla “les enfants explorent” (children explore), pro enfance, maison de la créativité, Geneva, Lausanne, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 Creative workshops
Solo and joint exhibitions
2024 Fissures fleuries, Espace Graffenried, Aigle
2022 Lucarnes sous nos pas, Le Caveau Gallery, Saint-Ursanne (JU)
2020 Point d’Appui, Lausanne
2019 Galerie de l’Arbr’Espace, Arboretum du Vallon de l’Aubonne
2018 Espace Equinoxe, Prilly-Lausanne
2017 Oculux, print installation, Upper South Chapel, Lausanne Cathedral
2015 Galerie Ergasia, Prilly-Lausanne
2015 Dialogue avec mes invisibles, Galerie Monogramma, Rome
2011, 2006, 2004 Galerie Nelly L’Eplattenier, Lausanne
2009 Attraverso le finestre, Galerie La Cuba d’Oro, Rome
2007 Galerie Arcane, Corcelles/Neuchâtel
2003 Galerie La Primaire, Conches, Geneva
2001 La valigia di Maude, Lignarius Cultural Association, Rome
Group exhibitions (selection)
2024 Lausanne Jardins 24 “Entre l’eau et nous”, Paysages disparus : les îles Forel, Lausanne
2024 Artyshow – art in the window, Lausanne
2024 “Cinq”, exhibition in Avenches
2023 “Viti Vini Vici”, Visarte Vaud, Parc Mon Repos, Lausanne
2022 Limited Edition, competition for artists’ book projects on the literary prize Limited Edition 2021, “Terres déclives” by Thierry Raboud, Musée Alexis Forel, Morges
2022 Double vie, exhibition in Avenches
2022 Les archives de nos utopies, Manoir de Martigny, Martigny
2020 Station Show, Aperti, Lausanne
2019 Je grandirai demain, Villa Dutoit, Petit-Saconnex, Geneva
2018 Carnets, Halle Nord, Geneva
2017 Monogramma Gallery, Rome
2017 ‘Inhabiting the world’, Visarte Geneva, with Sara Gerber, architect, Villa Dutoit, Petit-Saconnex, Geneva
2015 Die Welt retten Ex Voto, Visarte Basel, Projektraum M54, Basel
2015 Bruit, Visarte Geneva, with the Faggioni brothers, musicians and composers, Villa Dutoit, Petit-Saconnex, Geneva
2014 Galerie d'(A), Lausanne
2012 Galerie En Beauregard, Montreux
2012 Show your colours, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
2011 Aux yeux de tous, Visarte Vaud, outdoor sculpture exhibition, Parc Mon Repos, Lausanne
2008 Jetzt Kunst 08, outdoor exhibition of contemporary Swiss art, Schüpfen/Bern
Contributions to collective publications
2018 Peinture peinture, DOVBLE V Collection, Visarte Vaud and art&fiction publications
2016 Aperti X Atelier et intimité, Lausanne and surroundings opening of artists’ studios, Editions À l’Envers
2015 Catalogue of the exhibition Bruit, Villa Dutoit, Petit-Saconnex, Geneva, Visarte Geneva
2014 Qu’est-ce qu’un livre ?, DOVBLE V, Annual review published by Visarte Vaud
2013 Catalogue of the exhibition Mise à sac, Villa Dutoit, Petit-Saconnex, Geneva, Visarte Geneva
2012 Show your colours 2, Lectures de compléments, Visarte Vaud
2011 Catalogue of the exhibition Aux yeux de tous, DOVBLE V, Annual review published by Visarte Vaud
2008 Visarte Vaud…paysage artistique vaudois, Visarte Vaud
2008 Catalogue of the exhibition Frontières-Grenzen-Frontiere at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Neuchâtel, Visarte Neuchâtel
2008 Catalogue of the exhibition Jetzt Kunst 08, Exhibition of contemporary Swiss art in the open air, Schüpfen/Bern, Gad Foundation
Acquisitions
*Collections of the Réserve précieuse, Cantonal and University Library, Lausanne
Artist’s books
*Commune of Aigle, Vaud