Aurèle Ferrier is a Swiss artist and filmmaker born in St. Gallen in 1975. His artistic practice focuses on exploring the boundaries between nature and civilization, examining themes such as urbanization, infrastructures and the impact of human intervention on the environment. His work is characterized by a minimalist aesthetic and a documentary approach, often focusing on landscapes, architecture and the transformation of space. His work has won several awards and has been presented in numerous exhibitions and at film and moving image festivals, such as - Image Forum (Tokyo), Anthology Film Archives (New York), IDFA (Amsterdam), Open City Documentary Festival (London), Rencontres Internationales (Paris/Berlin), City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima), among many others.

Prizes, awards, grants
2021 Fine Arts Grant, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Zurich
2021 Fine Arts Grant Freiraumstipendium, Canton of Zurich
2021 Work Grant Covid-19, City of Zurich
2021 Honorable Mention, Experimental Forum, Los Angeles
2020 First prize In Out Festival, Laznia Center of Contemp. Art, Gdansk
2019 Fine Arts Grant, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
2018  Best video art work, Madatac, Madrid
2018  Formal Innovation Prize, Eurovideo, Vidéographies Int. Video Art Assoc., Liège
2017  Fine Arts Grant, Canton Zurich
2017  Winner Swiss Competition, Videoex Intl. Exp. Film & Video Festival, Zurich
2016  Grand Jury Award, Best Exp. Short, Slamdance Film Festival, Park City
2016  Fine Arts Grant, Canton St.Gallen
2016  Fine Arts Grant, UBS Culture Foundation
2016  Special mention, Festival Int. de Cine y Arte, Buenos Aires
2015  Best Foreign Exp. Film, 24th Berkeley Video and Film Festival, Berkeley
2015  Award of Merit, Exp. Film, The Indiefest Film Awards, La Jolla
2015  Gold Reel Award, Nevada Int. Film Festival, Las Vegas
2010  Studio scholarship, visarte.ost, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Selected exhibitions, film- and moving image festivals
2023 Night School, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
2022 Urban Stories, Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro
2022 Ultra Cinema, Zócalo de Tepoztlán
2021 Heimspiel, Kunsthaus Glarus
2021 Blicke Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets, Bochum
2021 Internacional de Videoarte, Museo MARCO La Boca, Buenos Aires
2021 The Original, the Non-place and the Copy, Architecture Film Festival London
2021 Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Mumbai
2021 I’ll Be Your Mirror, Kunstzeughaus, Winterthur
2021 Current Situation Exhibition, Laznia Center of Contemporaray Art, Gdansk
2021 European International Film Festival (Mainstream & Underground), Moscow
2020 Urban Stories, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
2019 Image Forum, Tokyo
2019 Anthology Film Archives, New York
2019 Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin
2019 A Window to the World, City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2019 Cairo Video Festival, Cairo
2019 Biennale d’art vidéo, Palestine, Ramallah
2019 Festival ECRÃ, Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
2019 Medianale, Dallas
2019 Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Abeba
2019 The Florida Exp.l Film/Video Festival, Tampa
2019 Dhaka Int. Film Festival, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka
2019 Iowa City Int. Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City
2019 L'Europe autour de l'Europe, festival de film d'auteur et de l'art, Paris
2018  Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
2018  Joburg Fringe Videoart, Johannesburg
2018  Open City Documentary Festival, London
2018  Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand
2018  Instants Vidéo, Marseille
2018  Video Party, Kyoto
2018  Tirana Int. Film Festival, Tirana
2018  European Film Festival, Palic
2018  Present Future Film Festival, Macao
2018  Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, Hawick
2017 IDFA, Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2017 Solothurn Film Festival, Solothurn
2017 Werkschau 2017, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
2017 Berkeley Video & Film Festival, Berkeley
2017 Channels, The Australian Video Art Festival, Melbourne
2017 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York
2017 Seattle Transmedia & Indepentend Film Festival, Seattle
2017 Fine Arts Grants Exhibiton City of Zurich, Helmhaus, Zurich
2017 Videoex Intl. Exp. Film & Video Festival, Zurich
2016 Slamdance Film Festival, Park City
2016 Kumu Art Film Festival, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2016 Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin
2016 Urban View Competition, Short Waves Festival, Poznan
2016 Moscow Int. Exp. Film Festival, Moscow
2016 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
2015 Berkeley Video and Film Festival, Berkeley
2015 Arquitectura Film Festival Santiago de Chile
2015 Reykjavik Int. Film Festival, Reykjavik
2015 Arkipel, Int. Documentary and Exp. Film Festival, Jakarta
2015 Los Angeles Urban Film Festival, Los Angeles
2015 Currents, Santa Fe Int. New Media Fesival, Santa Fe
2015 Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens