Collective memory is at the center of the artist research. Her practices explores the memories of others through their life stories, personal archives and meaningful places. These elements constitute the main inspiration and source material for her work, and her installations and films reimagine and represent her collaborators’ stories.
Nina Haab is now particularly interested in the archetypal dimensions of autobiographies and how they relate to different locations and their respective local cultures. In that sense, memories construct personal and collective identities, and whether they true or false becomes less important than how they may provide new narrative material.

Nina Haab is a swiss artist born in 1985 in Bellinzona. She currently lives and works in Geneva, where she graduated with a M. A degree in visual arts from Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design (HEAD). In 2012, she was granted by the City of Geneva an artist studio after winning a Federal Prize at Swiss Art Awards in Basel. In 2015-2016, the artist was invited to participate at ABA an artist residency in Berlin supported by Pro Helvetia.
Nominated for the Prix Mobilière in 2019, in 2020 she was short-listed again for the Swiss Art Awards and was awarded with the Abraham Hermanjat Prize.

Nina Haab presented her work in individual and collective exhibitions such as: Centre d’art Contemporain, Geneva; Kunstmuseum, Lucerne; Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano; Kunsthaus Langenthal; Fondazione Cesare Pavese, Santo Stefano Belbo; KUNST-WERKE|Studiolo, Berlin; Château d’Aubais; GAM, Torino; Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, Genève; Musée Jenisch, Vevey.


Education

2009 – 12

Master in Secondary Education (Visual Arts), IUFE, University of Geneva

2009 – 11

Master in Visual Arts, Orientation Trans/ Mediation Teaching, HEAD, Geneva

2006 – 09

Bachelor in Visual Arts, polo art/media, HEAD, Geneva

2003 – 06

Liceo artistico, CSIA, Lugano

Awards | Grants | Residencies

2022

Visual Art Studio, Bâtiment de L’Usine, FMAC – Geneva (2022-2024)

2020

Grant Abraham Hermanjat Foundation

Nominated for Federal Prize, Swiss Art Awards (competition cancelled due to COVID)

Visual art production Grant of the City of Nyon

Visual art production Grant of the District of Nyon

2019

Nominated for Prix Mobilière

2017

Video art production Grant, FCAC – Geneva

Contemporary art production Grant, FMAC – Geneva

2016

Nominated for Federal Prize, Swiss Art Awards

Nominated for Manor Art Prize, Ticino

2015-16

ABA – AIR Berlin Alexanderplatz, Artist Residency, Berlin (DE), Pro Helvetia (01.08.15 – 31.01.16)

2015

Projet FAC, Artist Residency with Stefano De Ponti, St-Ursanne, Jura (CH) (06.07.15 – 01.08.15)

Video art production Grant, FCAC – Geneva

2013

Visual Art Studio, Bâtiment de L’Usine, FMAC – Geneva (2013-2015)

Video art production Grant, FCAC – Geneva

2012

Federal Prize, Swiss Art Awards

2011

Carte blanche à des jeunes curateurs, collective NotOnlyKidsPlay, Villa Dutoit – Geneva

2006

Prize « Giovani Artisti », Piazza Blues, Bellinzona

Collections

Collection of works of art from the City of Nyon (CH)

Musée Jenisch Vevey (CH)

FMAC – Collection of contemporary art, City of Geneva (CH)

Fondazione Archivio Fotografico Roberto Donetta, Corzoneso (CH)

Private Collections (CH – DE – FR – BE – PL – IT)

Solo exhibitions (*duo)

2022

Challenge? With Beat Lippert, Galère gallery, Nyon (CH)*

2021

So, here you are. Christine Boillat – Nina Haab, DuflonRacz gallery, Bruxelles (BE)*

Wiktor Dyndo – Nina Haab: Post-History, Szydlowski gallery, Varsovie (PL)*

2020

Soll ich bleiben oder gehen?, espace eeeeh, Nyon (CH)

2019

Il molteplice ridiventa uno, cur. Elisa Rusca, Cesare Pavese Foundation, Santo Stefano Belbo (IT)
Edgelands. Christine Boillat and Nina Haab, DuflonRacz gallery, Bern (CH)*

2018

Amnesie, cur. Elisa Rusca, Fondazione Archivio Fotografico Roberto Donetta, Corzoneso (CH)

2017

Cabinet of engraved topicalities, DuflonRacz gallery, Bern (CH)
The life around a fake lake, cur. Joris Brantuas, Latelier gallery, Sète (FR)

2016

Calce, collaboration with the sound artist Stefano De Ponti, Tour of Europe (IT, DE, CZ,…)*

The life around a fake lake, municipal hall, Ardon (CH)

The life around a fake lake, municipal hall, Hérémence (CH)

Salon n°2 : Identity of a resident stranger, cur. Yvonne Reiners, KW Institute for contemporary art  | Studiolo, Berlin (DE)

2014

Ways of, cur. Isaline Vuille, Kunstunion, Zurich (CH)

Actions, Reactions and Other Stories Nino Baumgartner & Nina Haab, Sonnenstube, Lugano (CH)*

2013

Taboo, cur. Fondation genevoise pour le dépistage du cancer du sein, Cité Générations, Onex (CH)

Binding, cur. Federica Martini, standard/deluxe, Lausanne (CH)

2011

Généalogie d’identité(s) with Carine Parola, DémArt, Lausanne (CH)*

Silence Is Sexy 1.5 with Umberto De Martino, cur. Regaida Comensoli, Noah Stolz and Patrick Gosatti, la rada, Locarno (CH)*

2010

Cahier intime en Asie, Juno Design, Muralto (CH)

Memorie, rassegna da artista ad artista, Malakoff, Bellinzona (CH)

Conferences | Events

2022

Narrations, cur. Serval and Kalonji, MAH, Geneva (CH)

2021

Visarte Talks #4 – Nina Haab, Studio Foce, Lugano (CH)

2020

Baustelle concert (Killian Perret-Gentil and Benjamin Jaton), espace eeeeh, Nyon (CH)

CONVERSATION N.1 with Emmanuelle Antille, Nina Haab, Elisa Rusca, Laura Thiong- Toye and Isaline Vuille, Swiss Art Awards, Geneva (CH)

2017

Kunstbar mit Künstlerinnen und Künstler von 3×3, cur. Raffael Dörig and Claire Hoffmann, Kunsthaus Langenthal (CH)

2010

2016 What lies beneath the surface – Nina Haab, cur. Noah Stolz, Stella Maris, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne (CH)

2015

PECHA KUCHA ART NIGHT. WHAT’S HOT, cur. Yvonne Reiners and Tina Sauerländer, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (DE)

Salon n°1 : Identity of a resident stranger, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin (DE)

Visual arts Expertise | Teaching

2023

Member of the Jury, Prix Focale – Swiss Prize for Documentary Photography (CH)

Member of the Jury, Art Award of the City of Nyon (CH)

2022

Member of the Jury, Bachelor Re/Production – images, documents, publishing, HEAD, Genève (CH)

Member of the Jury, Diplomas Master TRANS – Socially Engaged Art Practices, HEAD, Genève (CH)

Member of the Jury, Art Award of the City of Nyon (CH)

2021

Workshop Godzillab, Embassy of foreign artists, Carouge (CH)

2019

Workshop Godzillab, Embassy of foreign artists, Carouge (CH)

Since 2019

Visual arts Expert, Cultural Affairs Commission of the City of Nyon (CH)

Since 2011

Visual arts Teacher, DIP-COGC, Geneva (CH)

Group exhibitions

2024

Bissextile – Le spectre visible, 8ème Biennale des Artistes de Kugler, cur. Stéphanie Prizreni, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

Dispute, cur. Pierre Schwerzmann, Château de Nyon (CH)

2023

Gardiens du silence, Musée Jenisch, Vevey (CH)

Les choses d’ici-bas, DuflonRacz Gallery, Bern (CH)

7ème Biennale des Artistes de Kugler et de leurs invité.e.s, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

2022

Equilibres Précaires – A Fragile Balance, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva (CH)

FMAC – Acquisitions 2021, FMAC, Geneva (CH)

Familiensache, cur. Simone Kobler and Céline Gaillard, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona (CH)

Panart Neuchâtel, cur. Gabriel Grossert, Neuchâtel (CH)

La Charge, cur. Andreas Hochuli, Circuit, Lausanne (CH)

2021

A dessin 6, Chapelle du quartier haut, Sète (FR)

MEMORY, Kunstmuseum Olten (CH)

2020

Artissima Unplugged. Stasi Frenetica, cur. Ilaria Bonacossa, GAM, Turin (IT)

IT’S MY PARTY: DEEP END, cur. Regaida Comensoli and Giada Olivotto – Sonnenstube, Bagni Pompeiani, Arzo (CH)

Positions Berlin Art Fair, Szydlowski gallery, Berlin (DE)

Salle d’attente. Laura Thiong-Toye, Halle Nord, Geneva (CH)

2019

Feu sacré, Biennale Kugler, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

Murmures, cur. Nina Schipoff, Saint-Maurice chapel, Alby-sur-Chéran (FR)

ArtStadtBern, Zytglogge, Bern (CH)

Amuse Yeux – Guests and Friends, DuflonRacz gallery, Bern (CH)

Tauwetter, cur. Nina Schipoff, Garage 19, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

Prix Mobilière, Artgenève, Geneva (CH)

BIG PAINTINGS. Portraits, Still lifes, Landscapes, cur. Siripoj Chamroenvidhya, François Fontaine Gallery, Satigny (CH)

2018

Emoticons, cur. Hadrien Dussoix, Body & Soul, Geneva (CH)

Sparring partner, cur. Gilles Bingisser, Castle of Aubais (FR)

Arte e Humanitas: Immagine migrante, cur. Nadia Bensbih, Riccardo Lisi and Marco Stoffel, Spazio Elle, Locarno (CH)

L’art entre 46°1 n et 13°4 n, cur. Nina Schipoff, Les Ecuries du Château, Samoëns (FR)

From cities to us. Proprio lì, nella buca delle lettere., cur. Carolina Sanchez, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso (CH)

META – PAINTING, cur. Clarissa Chiaese, la rada, Locarno (CH)

2017

UTOPIC PARK – Biennale Kugler, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

MY ART GOES BOOM, cur. Joris Brantuas, Villa Dutoit, Geneva (CH)

Schena da vedro. Kunstszene Tessin, cur. Peter Stohler, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona (CH)

3×3 zeitgenössische Blicke auf Johann Schär, cur. Raffael Dörig and Claire Hoffmann, Kunsthaus Langenthal (CH)

MY ART GOES BOOM, cur. Joris Brantuaus, Usine Kugler, Geneva (CH)

2016

Cross-border experiment, Latelier gallery, Sète (FR)

Is Anybody Home, cur. Elisa Rusca, Diskurs, Berlin (DE)

Swiss Art Awards 2016, Hall 4, Art Basel (CH)

Che c’è di nuovo?, cur. Elio Schenini, Dienstgebäude, Zurich (CH)

Che c’è di nuovo?, cur. Elio Schenini, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (CH)

2015

Sviluppo-Parallelo, cur. Noah Stolz, Stella Maris, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne (CH)

Projet FAC with Stefano De Ponti, cur. Sébastien Peter, Fours-à-Chaux à St-Ursanne, Jura (CH)

Môtiers 2015 – Art en plein air, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Môtiers (CH)

Postcard Pusher, Tramway, Villars sur Glâne (CH)

2014

Collettiva Humus Dance n°1, Humus Dance, Mendrisio (CH)

Gesto e pensiero. La libertà di donare., cur. Francesca Gattoni, Museo Tornielli, Ameno (IT)

2013

Bourses de la Ville de Genève – Fonds Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland, CAC, Geneva (CH)

Banana Split, Sonnenstube, Lugano (CH)

2012

Von hier nach dort. Über Brücken in Kultur, Baukunst und Gesellschaft, cur. Alexandra Könz, Vögele Kultur Zentrum, Pfäffikon (CH)

Swiss Art Awards, Hall 4, Art Basel (CH)

Overgamed, Villa Dutoit, Geneva (CH)

2011

MADE IN GENÈVE, Bibliothèque d’art et d’archéologie, Geneva (CH)

Rathania’s, ars similis casus, Musée Rath, Geneva (CH)

23 petits à petits, Lili’s Flat, Xi an (CN)

No Room to move, Agent Double, Geneva (CH)

Café des rêves, Helmhaus, Zurich (CH)

2010

Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, (master Trans) Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (CH)

4ème Biennale d’art en ville : Escales, Art-Chêne, (master Trans) Chêne-Bourg (CH)

HYPERACTIVITE-Summerlab 2010, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel (CH)

NOT ONLY KIDS PLAY, accrochage HEAD, Geneva (CH)

2009

Weihnachtsausstellung II, Agent Double, Geneva (CH)

Les Arts Incoherents Réactivés, Live in Your Head, Geneva (CH)

2008

Atelier Micro-édition HEAD, Bookshop Archigraphy, Geneva (CH)

TIC TAC interne, Cité du temps, Swatch Center, Geneva (CH)

Images a Project by Spike Art Magazine Images by Head fueled by OB, Forde, Geneva (CH)

2006

Disegnidistoriediverse, Atelier Attila, Bellinzona (CH)

Collective NotOnlyKidsPlay

2015

Postcard Pusher, Tramway, Villars sur Glâne (CH)

JOCHUA, Mathias Forbach – Fichtre, curatorial project, Atelier 411, L’Usine, Geneva (CH)

99 Failles : Delphine Battiaz & Marta Margnetti, curatorial project, Atelier 411, L’Usine, Geneva (CH)

Les commodités d’Arrachetesyeux, curatorial project, Atelier 411, L’Usine, Geneva (CH)

2014

Boomerang Location, Léonore Thélin & Abigail Janjic, curatorial project, Atelier 411, L’Usine, Geneva (CH)

Chris Kiss & Aline Peter, curatorial project, Atelier 411, L’Usine, Geneva (CH)

2013

Banana Split, curatorial project, Sonnenstube, Lugano (CH)

2012

La fabrique des transmissions, kids workshop, Mac/Val, Paris (FR)

Remise en jeu, group show, Villa Dutoit, Geneva (CH)

Overgamed, curatorial project, Villa Dutoit, Geneva (CH)

2011

Manifestation d’Art Contemporain (MAC 11), presentation, MAMCO, Geneva (CH)

Pas Seulement Les Enfants Jouent, project based in the Appartement of the collection Ghislain Mollet-Viéville during one year, MAMCO, Geneva (CH)

2010

Foundation of the collective NotOnlyKidsPlay (Antonin Demé, Nina Haab, Alexandra Häberli, Carine Parola, Isabelle Racine, Laura Thiong-Toye)

Collections Collective NotOnlyKidsPlay

Théâtre Forum de Meyrin
FCAC – Foundation of contemporary art, Geneva