Vanessa Billy We Become

For several years Vanessa Billy (b. 1978, Geneva; lives and works in Zurich) has been a prominent Swiss artist, with a presence on the national and international exhibitions scene. She is concerned with the intrinsic and transformative properties of materials, with the materialisation of processes of constant exchange within our environment and between humans and other living beings. The artist uses a wide range of organic and synthetic materials and waste products, including bronze, silicone, bio-based resin, water, metals, waste oil, glass and plastics; as well as industrial objects such as electrical cables, car engines and light bulbs. Thematically, Billy’s sculptural practice explores ecological issues, energy cycles, dystopian visions and alchemical processes. She draws parallels between physical and mental constructs and questions the impact of human actions on the planet.

The exhibition We Become focuses on the themes of energy and transformation in Vanessa Billy’s work and its development over a period of fifteen years. It is a collaboration with the Villa Bernasconi in Lancy, near Geneva, which is showing the parallel exhibition Redevenir (4.9.-14.11.2021), with an emphasis on the human body.