Bio
Dominique Bartels (CH, 1999) works with photography, video, archives and textiles. Her work explores relationships within the living world, often drawing on the gestures of textile-making and the transformation of natural fibers to reflect on the shifting boundaries between nature and culture. She holds a BA in Photography from ECAL (2023) and lives and works in Zurich.
Contact
Email · domi.bartels@gmail.com
Studio · rosi26, Rosengartenstrasse 26, 8037 Zurich
Exhibitions
2026 Le tissage du vivant, Vulnerabilities, Bieler Fototage 2026 (CH)
2024 Under Your Smell, Gallery X by Parco, Tokyo (JPN)
2024 Under Your Smell, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
2023 Under Your Smell, Photo Élysée, Lausanne (CH)
2022 Under Your Smell, Art Basel Miami (US)
2022 Under Your Smell, Maison Gaultier, Paris (FR)
2022 Smells Like Queer Spirit, MBAL, Le Locle (CH)
2021 Hans Emmenegger: Carte blanche à l’écal, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne (CH)
2021 Être autrement, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Screenings
2025 25 Fakultät, Colourful Noise, Art Weekend Budapest 2025 (HUN)
2025 the threads that hold the earth together, Textiles on Film, New York Textile Month (US)
2024 25 Fakultät, Kissenschloss, The Function, Zurich (CH)
2023 re-tracer, Magistrale EPFL, Lausanne (CH)
Photobook
Nominations
2026 Jungkunst (CH)
Education
2023 Bachelor of Arts in Photography at ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne, CH)
Teaching
2026–ongoing Teacher in textile creation, Schule Meilen
2023–2026 Teacher in textile creation, Schule Küsnacht
Talks
2026 Panel discussion on Le tissage du vivant at Bielerfototage, moderated by Sarah Zürcher
2025 Presentation of my work at Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel
Publications
2024–2026 Articles in manuell (Schweizer Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten)
2025 Du mouton au fil in Needlebound Vol. 2
2025 Running with the Wolves in Figures FIG001: Borders and Boundaries
Selected clients
Schule+Kultur, Blickfelder Festival, EPFL Architecture, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz