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Chantal Michel was born in Bern in 1968. From 1989 to 1993 she attended the specialist ceramics class at the Schule für Gestaltung [School of Design] in Bern, and from 1994 to 1998 she attended the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe [Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe] under Prof. Harald Klingelhöller. She produced her first video works in 1997 and her first performances two years later. Michel developed this work into cycles of large-format photographs. She held her first solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun in 1999. She has received numerous awards, including the Kunstpreis der Stadt Thun [City of Thun Art Prize] in 2004 and the Kulturpreis des Berner Oberlandes [Bernese Oberland Cultural Prize] in 2009. For her project “Villa Gerber” she was awarded the Thuner Seestern in 2013. She lives and works in Bern.
Chantal Michel was born in Bern in 1968. From 1989 to 1993 she attended the specialist ceramics class at the Schule für Gestaltung [School of Design] in Bern, and from 1994 to 1998 she attended the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe [Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe] under Prof. Harald Klingelhöller. She produced her first video works in 1997 and her first performances two years later. Michel developed this work into cycles of large-format photographs. She held her first solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun in 1999. She has received numerous awards, including the Kunstpreis der Stadt Thun [City of Thun Art Prize] in 2004 and the Kulturpreis des Berner Oberlandes [Bernese Oberland Cultural Prize] in 2009. For her project “Villa Gerber” she was awarded the Thuner Seestern in 2013. She lives and works in Bern.
