Thomas Liu Le Lann

Born in 1994 in Geneva. Thomas Liu Le Lann lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland.
Thomas Liu Le Lann is a multidisciplinary artist. He was a student of Lili Reynaud Dewar and Verena Dengler at HEAD – Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design Genève. His work focuses on the attempt to invalidate masculinity and to highlight the progressive characteristics of softness, fragility and passivity. He represents both the bodies and uncertain genders of his husband, friends and himself through sculptural works, images and self-fictional writing. In his recent work, the artist has introduced the figure of the softheroes who seek to support the deconstruction of the dominant heroic model and its cumbersome representations. Thomas Liu Le Lann is also co-founder and was co-curator of Cherish, a project space based in Geneva, in collaboration with Ser Serpas, Mohamed Almusibli and James Bantone.
Thomas Liu Le Lann won the New Heads BNP Paribas Foundation Award as well as the Head Gallery Award in 2018. His work has been shown in exhibitions internationally, including the Pernod-Ricard Foundation, Paris, Centre d’Art Contemporain d’Yverdon Les Bains, BNP Paribas Foundation, Geneva, VIN VIN, Vienna, Galerie Xippas in Paris and Geneva, Maladie d’Amour in Grenoble, LUBOV, New York, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Mikro, Zürich and Extramentale, Arles.
Works
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Thomas Liu le Lann
Sweet teeth (Milo's braces), 2020
Wood, lacquer, mirror and blown glass
52 x 58 x 15 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Sweet teeth (Milo's braces), 2020
Wood, lacquer, mirror and blown glass
52 x 58 x 15 cm -
Exhibition view, Ziwen, you deserve all the flowers that still grow on earth, Galerie Xippas, Geneva
©Annik Wetter -
Exhibition view, GENEVA DECADE, Galerie Xippas, Geneva
©Julien Gremaud -
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Thomas Liu le Lann
Deftones #1, 2020
Wood, vinyl, velour, foam and wadding
120 x 120 x 9,5 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann & Anne Minazio
Bucket 2, 2021
Sandstone, slipware, enamel and gold
30 x 29,5 x 27,5 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann & Anne Minazio
Bucket 7, 2021
Sandstone, enamel and platinum
28,5 x 29,3 x 26,5 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann & Anne Minazio
Bucket 5, 2021
Sandstone, slipware, enamel and platinum
27,5 x 28 x 26 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Training Part 2 : Lemonade, 2021
Blown glass, wood, laquer and metal
53,5 x 36,5 x 28 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Training Part 2 : Apple Treat, 2021
Blown glass, wood, laquer and metal
58,5 x 28 x 28 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Training Part 2 : Sparkling Plum, 2021
Blown glass, wood, laquer and metal
56,5 x 32 x 28 cm
©Julien Gremaud -
Training Part 3
©Julien Gremaud -
Levitrax, 2020
Bois, mousse, ouate, coton et pvc
140 x 12 x 65 cm -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Good luck, 2019
Claw machine, soft toys, steel, poems
190 x 60 x 110 cm -
Before Shade and Indifference: Kunstbot 3, 2020
Verre soufflé à la canne, bois et métal
55 x 32 x 32 cm -
Levitra, 2020
Bois, mousse, ouate, simili-cuir et coton
140 x 12 x 65 cm -
VRAOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!, 2019
Verre soufflé à la canne (blanc opaque et rose translucide) et corde
35 x 100 x 30 cm -
SEMISOFT IV, 2019
Verre soufflé à la canne
50 x 20 x 20 cm -
ZIWEN II, 2019
Verre soufflé à la canne (blanc opaque et rose translucide)
150 x 50 x 40 cm -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Last Song (Axis), 2021
Wood, vinyl, velour, foam and wadding
50 x 56 x 6 cm -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Amore E Morte, 2021
Shoes, glass, wood, lacquer, leds -
Vue d'exposition, "Etudes sur l'empathie"
Fondation Ricard, Paris, France, 2019
© Aurélien Mole -
Thomas Liu le Lann
Milo, 2021
Bois, métal, laque, vinyle, coton, velours, polyester, ouate synthétique