Selected Exhibitions - Galerie Francesca Pia

2024

Mai-Thu Perret, Diana, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
April 13 – May 25, 2024

Mai-Thu Perret, *Diana II*, 2024, Glazed ceramic, green bronze, 158 x 44 x 44 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Diana II* (detail), 2024, Glazed ceramic, green bronze, 158 x 44 x 44 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, 2023, Watercolour on paper, 30.7 x 22.8 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *The lion teaches the cub by making it lose its way*, 2023, Glazed ceramic, 37 x 48.5 x 19 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Carcinoplax Suruguensis*, 2024, Bronze, Ed. of 5 (+ 1 AP), 6 x 30 x 18 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Each time you bring it up it is new*, 2024, Glazed ceramic, 54 x 25 x 24 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, 2022, Watercolour on paper, 68 x 50.6 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Leftover soup, spoiled rice, not even dogs will look at them*, 2022, Glazed ceramic, 48.5 x 37 x 16.5 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *There is no voice by which to call it, there is no shape by which to see it*, 2022, Glazed ceramic, 48 x 37 x 16.5 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Serene and still, like springtime in the flowers*, 2023, Glazed ceramic, 30 x 22.5 x 13 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Serene and still, like springtime in the flowers* (detail), 2023, Glazed ceramic, 30 x 22.5 x 13 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, 2022, Watercolour on paper, 70.9 x 50.8 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *A single leaf flutters in the air and it’s autumn throughout the land*, 2024, Glazed ceramic, 48.5 x 37 x 11.5 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *The withered tree flowers in a spring beyond time II*, 2021, Glazed ceramic, 72 x 55 x 7 cm. Photo: Mareike Tocha

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, 2023, Watercolour on paper, 27 x 18.9 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, 2023, Watercolour on paper, 22.8 x 30.6 cm

2022

„Ich bin wü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü tend“, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Mai-Thu Perret, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
October 14, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Mai-Thu Perret, Real Estate, Istituto Svizzero, Rome
March 25 – July 3, 2022

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *Real Estate*, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, 2022. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio

Mai-Thu Perret, *Eventail des caresses (Coeur)*, 2018, Bronze, 20 × 17 × 24 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *She lured the golden warbler down from the willow branch*, 2021, Glazed ceramic, 68 × 54 × 54 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (black)*, 2019, Glazed ceramic, 30 × 30 cm, 1 of 8 pieces

Mai-Thu Perret, *Louise*, 2022, Blown glass, approx. 45 × 25 × 25 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Space is the place*, 2020, Japanese paper lamps, acrylic paint, led bulb, 115 × 115 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *The merging of all into one–this cannot be grasped*, 2020 Glazed ceramic, variable dimensions, 10 pieces

Mai-Thu Perret, *Abnormally avid III*, 2019, Glazed ceramics and steel, 35 × 48 × 36 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled (Birds)*, 2022, 12 pieces in blown glass, approx. 16 × 12 × 12 cm each

Mai-Thu Perret, *Minerve*, 2022, Glazed ceramic, 150 × 120 × 100 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled (Birds)*, 2022, Blown glass, approx. 16 × 12 × 12 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, Through the forest of thorns, a single path, University of St. Gallen, Learning Center, St. Gallen
Permanent installation

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *Through the forest of thorns, a single path*, Learning Center, University of St. Gallen, 2022. Photo: Annik Wetter

2021

Same things make us laugh, make us cry, Body Archive Project, Zurich
June 10 – July 7, 2021

Mai-Thu Perret, Untitled, Istituto Svizzero, Rome
May 5, 2021 – July 31, 2022

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled*, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, 2021. Photo: Ela Bialkowska

2020

Mai-Thu Perret, Les Étangs, La Portique, Le Havre
October 24 – December 19, 2020

Ice and Fire, A benefit exhibition in three parts, The Kitchen, New York
October 15, 2020 – March 23, 2021

Mai-Thu Perret, *The white clouds embrace mysterious rocks II*, 2019, Glazed ceramic, 72 x 55 x 7 cm
Installation view, *Ice and Fire, A benefit exhibition in three parts*, The Kitchen, New York, 2020. Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle

After Bob Ross – Beauty is Everywhere, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens
June 22 – August 16, 2020

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *After Bob Ross – Beauty is Everywhere*, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, 2020

Mai-Thu Perret, With an unbounded force, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
June 20 – August 29, 2020

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force*, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, 2020. Photo: Annik Wetter

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force*, Galerie Francesca Pia, 2020. Photo: Annik Wetter

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (yellow frog)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 22 x 21 x 15 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (brown witch)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 25 x 18 x 9 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (blue fox)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 22 x 19 x 16 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (brown goat)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 38 x 39 x 16 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (yellow witch)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 25 x 18 x 9 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (blue donkey)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 30 x 15 x 13 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (brown owl)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 27.5 x 23 x 14 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (yellow cat)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 21.5 x 23.5 x 18 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (brown donkey)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 30 x 15 x 13 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *With an unbounded force (brown frog)*, 2020, Glazed ceramic, 22 x 21 x 15 cm

2019

Mai-Thu Perret, Grammar and Glamour, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
July 12 – September 17, 2019

Mai-Thu Perret, The Blazing World, Spike Island, Bristol
January 19 – March 24, 2019

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *The Blazing World*, Spike Island, Bristol, 2019. Photo: Stuart Whipps

2018

Mai-Thu Perret, MAMCO, Geneva
October 10, 2018 – February 3, 2019

Fillette
New works by Mai-Thu Perret
Monika Baer, Andrea Büttner, Susan Cianciolo, Isabelle Cornaro, Daan van Golden, Seth Price, Carol Rama, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins, Richard Wright, anonymous Tantra painting

Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
January 26 – March 17, 2018

Press release

Installation view, *Fillette*, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, 2018. Photo: Annik Wetter

Mai-Thu Perret, *The black one*, 2018, Applique on cotton, 200 x 200 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Totalisateur*, 2018, Applique on cotton, 200 x 200 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Untitled,* 2018, Applique on cotton, 200 x 200 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Perverted by language,* 2018, Applique on cotton, 600 x 400 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Fillette II*, 2018, Soft pastels and collage on paper, 27 x 18.5 cm

2015

Mai-Thu Perret, Kilims & Commas, 8, rue Saint-Bon, Paris
September 5 – October 19, 2015

2013

Mai-Thu Perret, The Prairie, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
August 31 – November 9, 2013

Press release

Installation View, Mai-Thu Perret, *The Prairie*, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, 2013. Photo: Gunnar Meier

Mai-Thu Perret, *Leviathan II*, Canvas, leather, metal loops, wood, coconut fiber, cord, 2013, 60 x 240 x 50 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *The Prairie VI*, Glazed ceramic, 38 x 92 x 65 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Niki (blue & beige), Niki (black & burgundy), Niki (burgundy & black), Niki (white & beige), Niki (black and white),* 2013, Glazed ceramic, leather, each 42 x 19 x 6 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *In the middle of the cooked rice he suddenly comes upon a grain of sand, 2013,* Glazed ceramic, 37 x 48 x 5 cm

2011

Mai-Thu Perret, The Adding Machine, Le Magasin, Grenoble
October 9, 2011 – 8 January, 2012

ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice
June 4 – November 27, 2011

Installation view, *ILLUMInations*, 54th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, 2011. Photo: Stefan Altenburger

Mai-Thu Perret, *Flow my Tears II,* 2011, Neon, 465 x 465 cm

Mai-Thu Perret, *Flow my Tears III,* 2011, Wall painting, 465 x 465 cm

2009

Mai-Thu Perret, Alphabet: Paintings and Text Works 2004–2009, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
November 28, 2009 – February 20, 2010

2008

Mai-Thu Perret, New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
November 21, 2008 – March 1, 2009

Mai-Thu Perret, Land of Crystal, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen
January 26 – March 16, 2008

Installation view, Mai-Thu Perret, *Land of Crystal*, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, 2008. Photo: Anna-Tina Eberhard

2007

Mai-Thu Perret, Crab Nebula, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
June 10 – July 13, 2007

2003

Mai-Thu Perret, Pure self-expression x25, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
August 30 – October 4, 2003