Alain Huck
Alain Huck (born 1957, in Vevey) is a Swiss contemporary visual artist in the mediums of drawing, painting, installation and photography. He lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. Active since 1985, he acquired important recognition since 2006 with his "Salons noirs" series, realistic large charcoal on paper drawings.
Alain Huck
- Born
- 1957 · Vevey.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- draftsperson · painter · printmaker · artist
- Languages
- French
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Alain Huck (born 1957, in Vevey) is a Swiss contemporary visual artist in the mediums of drawing, painting, installation and photography. He lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. Active since 1985, he acquired important recognition since 2006 with his "Salons noirs" series, realistic large charcoal on paper drawings.
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His exhibitions include solo shows at the Musée Jenisch (2006), the MAMCO (2010), Art Unlimited Basel (2011), Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy (2012), The Armory Show (2014).
The recorded working language is French. Work by Alain Huck is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and Rijksmuseum Twenthe.
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- 1.Élisabeth Chardon. Alain Huck, coté jardin. Le Temps. 20 septembre 2013.
- 2.Article fr prénom1= Étienne nom1=Dumont Le Vaudois Alain Huck revient à la galerie Skopia de Genève avec "Under the Volcano" Bilan (article gratuit) 2020-09-05 1422-2035 lire en https://www.bilan.ch/opinions/etienne-dumont/alain-huck-revient-une-nouvelle-fois-a-la-galerie-skopia-de-geneve-avec-under-the-volcano consulté le=2021-03-29 .
- 3.Article fr prénom1= Florence nom1=Millioud-Henriques M/2 a mis Vevey sur orbite 24heures (article gratuit) 2017-04-09 1424-4039 lire en https://www.24heures.ch/culture/arts-visuels/m2-mis-vevey-orbite/story/16106027 consulté le=2021-03-29 .
- 4.Alain Huck. SIK-ISEA.
- 5.Katharina Holderegger Rossier. Alain Huck. Aargauer Kunsthaus.
- 6.ALAIN HUCK ARTISTE CONTEMPORAIN. Culture Vevey.
- 7.Julie Enckell Julliard. Alain Huck. sik-isea.ch.
- 8.Hommage à Jacques Thuillier. Évocation des décors d’églises de Paris / Alain Huck, Tragedy or Position. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.
- 9.Alain Huck – Art Unlimited 2011. skopia.ch.
- 10.Florence Grivel. Alain Huck 5/5 - La vie plus forte que le tragique. RTS. 30 janvier 2026.
- 11.Alain Huck, respirez une fois sur deux. MCBA.
- 12.Alain Huck. Fondation Leenaards.
- 13.Remise de la bourse arts plastiques du Canton de Vaud. Canton de Vaud. 10 novembre 2005.
- 14.Article fr Le Prix ProLitteris 2013 attribué au Lausannois Alain Huck 24heures (article gratuit) 2013-02-21 1424-4039 lire en https://www.24heures.ch/culture/prix-prolitteris-2013-attribue-lausannois-alain-huck/story/15373892 consulté le=2021-03-29 .
- 15.Fondation vaudoise pour la culture. fvpc.ch.
- 16.Alain Huck. Respirer une fois sur deux 13.6 — 7.9.2025. MCBA.
- 17.Under the volcano - Alain Huck. Galerie Skopia.
- 18.Darkness of Heart. meer.com. 10 décembre 2019.
- 19.Alain Huck - TABOU. ArtTribune.
- 20.Exposition passée Alain Huck, Tragedy or Position. Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy.
- 21.ALAIN HUCK Ancholia. Centre culturel Suisse.
- 22.Laurent Wolf. Art Unlimited, un moment de silence dans la foire. Letemps.ch. 11 juin 2011.
- 23.Alain Huck 1957 – Biographie. mediathèque.ch.
- 24.Excuse me…, Alain Huck. Musée Jenisch, Vevey.
- 25.Le bruissement des images. musee-art-valais.ch/.
- 26.Une conversation sans mot - collection Thierry Barbier-Muller. Musée Jenisch.
- 27.Martine Fehlbaum. « ATLAS, cartographie du don » – Exposition inaugurale du MCB-A, Lausanne – du 5 octobre 2019 au 12 janvier 2020. Inferno Magazine.
- 28.Tout va bien M2. Musée Jenisch.
- 29.Prix Irène Reymond. Musée d'art de Pully.
- 30.Sens Dessus Dessous. Kunsthalle St-Gall.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Alain Huck. JRP-Ringier. 2006. 978-2-940271-73-3.
- Alain Huck. La Symétrie du saule. Mamco. 2015. 9782940159765.
- Alain Huck. Les salons noirs. Scheidegger & Spiess. 2015. 978-3-85881-769-3.
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