Yul Tomatala
Resume
Yul Roy Tomatala
*1993, Geneva (CH)
*1993, Geneva (CH)
Education
09.2021 – 06.2023
MFA Work.Master
HEAD – Genève, University of Art and Design, HES-SO (Switzerland/CH)
09.2016 – 06.2019
BA in Photography
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, HES-SO (Switzerland/CH)
Selected Projects & Exhibitions
2026, Waste Program (upcomoing)
Place de la Madeleine , Geneva (CH)
Duo collaboration with Victor Delétraz
2026, The Unfinished Business of Living Together
Swiss Pavilion, 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2026, Venice (IT)
HEAD – Genève, University of Art and Design, HES-SO (Switzerland/CH)
09.2016 – 06.2019
BA in Photography
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, HES-SO (Switzerland/CH)
Selected Projects & Exhibitions
2026, Waste Program (upcomoing)
Place de la Madeleine , Geneva (CH)
Duo collaboration with Victor Delétraz
2026, The Unfinished Business of Living Together
Swiss Pavilion, 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2026, Venice (IT)
Working group exhibition with Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler, Nina Wakeford, Miriam Laura Leonardi and Lithic Alliance
2026, Monorail
MIRE video project, Lancy–Pont-Rouge, Geneva (CH)
Film Commissioned by FCAC Geneva
2025, Embodied Surfaces
La Rada, Locarno (CH)
Group show curated by Deiara Kouto and Rafael Kouto
2025, Recommencer
AA season 24-25
Abri Genève, Geneva (CH)
Group show curated by Rares Donca and Alessandra Mattana
2025, Faux Jour
Salle Crosnier – Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva (CH)
Solo show proposed by the Société des Arts de Genève
2025, Climat Continental
Bourses déliées, Halle Nord, Geneva (CH)
Group show with Alexandra Sheherazade Salem & Remy Ugarte Vallejos proposed by the FCAC Geneva
2024, Tilts
Lokal-int, Biel (CH)
Duo show with Judith Kakon , curated by Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli
2024, Phantom Ride
Sgomento, Zürich, (CH)
Group show curated by Trancesco Tenaglia and Matteo Pomati
2024, Sunglasses At Night
CACY Yverdon (CH)
Group show curated by Rolando Bassetti
2024, Springbreakers
Espace HIT, Geneva (CH)
Solo show curataed by Anne Minazio
2026, Monorail
MIRE video project, Lancy–Pont-Rouge, Geneva (CH)
Film Commissioned by FCAC Geneva
2025, Embodied Surfaces
La Rada, Locarno (CH)
Group show curated by Deiara Kouto and Rafael Kouto
2025, Recommencer
AA season 24-25
Abri Genève, Geneva (CH)
Group show curated by Rares Donca and Alessandra Mattana
2025, Faux Jour
Salle Crosnier – Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva (CH)
Solo show proposed by the Société des Arts de Genève
2025, Climat Continental
Bourses déliées, Halle Nord, Geneva (CH)
Group show with Alexandra Sheherazade Salem & Remy Ugarte Vallejos proposed by the FCAC Geneva
2024, Tilts
Lokal-int, Biel (CH)
Duo show with Judith Kakon , curated by Clara Chavan and Selma Meuli
2024, Phantom Ride
Sgomento, Zürich, (CH)
Group show curated by Trancesco Tenaglia and Matteo Pomati
2024, Sunglasses At Night
CACY Yverdon (CH)
Group show curated by Rolando Bassetti
2024, Springbreakers
Espace HIT, Geneva (CH)
Solo show curataed by Anne Minazio
2024, Plattform24
Kunstmuseum / Kunsthalle Appenzell, Appenzell (CH)
Group show curated by Clara Chavan, Katia Leonelli, Selma Meuli, Marius Quiblier, Antonia Truninger and Monica Unser
2024, We Must Become The Pitiless Sensors of Ourselves
Artgenève Palexpo, HEAD booth, Geneva (CH)
Group show curated by Varun Kumar
2023, Recursive Places
Wall Street, Fribourg (CH)
Solo show, curated by Nicolas Horvath, Margaux Huber and Remy Ugarte Vallejos
2023, Bouquet Final
Hasch x 13 Vitirne, Hasch Marseille (FR)
Group show curated by Hanna Rochereau, Margaux Dewarrat and Heloise Chassepot
2023, Tout va aller très bien
LiveInYourHead, Geneva (CH)
Group show curated by Fabrice Gygi
2023, The Alignment Problem
Live in Your Head, Geneva (CH)
Group show curated by Bastien Gachet
2022, Les Urbaines
Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH)
Group show curated by Asma Barchiche, Noémie Degen and Simon Jaton
2022, Rhodos_Azalées, NL
Sculpture Garden, curated by Devrim Bayar, Geneva (CH)
Collaborative work with Sonia Kacem, Nicolas Ponce, Alpha Sy and Mbaye Diop
2022, Marseille Together
Buropolis, Marseille (FR)
Group show curated by Emmanuelle Lainé
2019, PH International
Halle 622, Zurich (CH)
Group show crurated by Daniel Bolliger and Joshua Amissah
2019, Anfa
Diplomas 2019, Grand Hall Kudelski , ECAL Renens (CH)
Graduation show BA & MA
2018, CREDO
Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH)
Group show curated by Matthieu Gafsou and Milo Keller †
2017, Hyper Media Lab
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (FR)
Group show curated by Olivier Cablat and Milo Keller †
2017, Corps Concept
Maison d’Ailleurs, Yverdon (CH)
Group show curated by Natacha Lesueur
2016, Restricted Area
Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon (FR)
Group show curated by Gilles Verneret and Julien Guinand
Residencies
2027, Residency program at Pivô, Salvador, Bahia, (upcoming)
Occupying buildings designed by Lina Bo Bardi and João Filgueiras Lima, Salvador (BR)
2026, The Aranya Jinshanling Art Centre (upcoming)
With the Kunsthalle Basel and the Embassy of Switzerland in the People’s Republic of China, Beijing (CN)
2024-2025, Associate Artist S24–25
L’Abri, Geneva (CH)
2023-2025 Curation of Espace3353
With Román Alonso Gómez, Phoebe-Lin Elnan, and Li Chaolin, Carouge (CH)
2016, DHFest Mexico
Invited by Flavio Florencio, Mexico DF (MX)
Awards and Distinctions
2024, Bourses déliées du Fond Cantonal d'art Contemporain, Geneva (CH)
2023, Prix d'Excellence 2023 de la HES-SO pour les arts visuels, Geneva (CH)
2019, Prix La Foncière, Lausanne (CH)
Publications
2024, Dans l’exigence de la vitesse d’un geste technique, HEAD Photographies
2018, Passenger Traffic, self-publish
2016, Carbone Elémentaire, self-publish
Teaching
2019-2022, Teaching Assistant (HES-SO) – Photography department, ECAL (CH)
Image, Television and Archives
2022 — current, Picture editor, Iconographer
Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS SSR) Genève - Lausanne (CH)
2019 — current, Executive producer
Immediate Dissemination Protocol (IDP), Worldwide
2017 — current, Photographer
Ind. based in Geneva (CH)