Biography

Born in 1989 in Geneva, Switzerland, Kleio studied anthropology and political science at the University of Lyon, France. In 2011, she undertook studies in Visual Arts at the HEAD - Geneva School of Arts and Design - where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in 2015, and her Master's degree in 2017. Her work is rooted in a sociological and anthropological approach. She is interested in the history of techniques and their impact on the collective unconscious and the role of the media as a revealer of an imaginary or ideology. She works mainly with a 4x5 large format or medium format analog camera. For her photographs, she also realizes reproductions of objects with her skills in metal construction.

Awards

– 2014, Territoire, Prix Focale – Ville de Nyon 2014, Galerie Focale

Exhibitions

– 2022, Intérieurs, Galerie Focale, Nyon, Switzerland
– 2020, Les Convulsions de la Machine, Spielact Festival, Villa Moyard, Morges, Switzerland
– 2018, Intérieurs, Bourses de la ville de Genève, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
– 2017, Territoire, Human Rights Photography, Galerie Bärtschi & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
– 2015, Territoire, Les Boutographies Festival, Espace Le Mur Rouge, Montpellier, France

Publications

– ‘UNBLIND’, retrospective publication of Prix Act On your Future, co-edited with Editions Centre de la photographie Genève, 2020
– HEAD Photographies, High School of Arts and Design – Edition, Geneva, 2019
– Swiss Press 15, Till Schaap Edition, Bern, 2015