Madeleine Amsler

After studying art history, German and French literature in Zurich and Geneva, Madeleine Amsler worked in the institutional art world (e.g. Mamco, Geneva, print room of the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne) as well as in the independent art scene (Forde and Ex-Machina in Geneva). Since 2011, she has been co-directing .perf, a nomadic performance festival in Geneva. In 2012 she founded the artist residency Embassy of Foreign Artists and co-directed it for 5 years. Furthermore, she worked as visual arts specialist for the Swiss arts council Pro Helvetia and as cultural counsellor (visual arts, video and film) for Canton Basel-City. From 2018-2021, she was the coordinator of the Swiss Performance Art Award. Since two years, Madeleine Amsler is the co-head of the visual arts department at HKB, school of Arts, in Bern.