ABOUT HER
Franziska Greber is a Swiss artist and psychotherapist
For the past four decades, she has been devoting herself to studies and projects related to domestic and other forms of violence, gender equality and legal issues. She worked as a psychotherapist mainly with survivors of violence, was Co-Head of the Intervention Unit against Domestic Violence at the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs, Canton of Zürich, counseled many organizations at home and abroad, taught at universities and colleges and wrote numerous articles in academic journals and books. She was a speaker at UN events in Geneva and Vienna.
Franziska Greber was involved in many theater projects (one in a Swiss prison), worked as a script-consultant for a documentary movie about depression (SeelenSchatten by Dieter Gränicher) and for a fictional movie about domestic violence (giochi d’estate by Rolando Colla).
In 2016 she focused on women’s rights and initiated the global, non-profit, transdisciplinary and participatory art project WOMEN IN THE DARK, in which she linked art and societal issues.
Her artworks are based on a variety of media, including installation, photography, video, text and audio.
Franziska Greber is also involved in more national and international art projects.
WOMEN IN THE DARK – EXHIBITIONS
2022
Rathaus Rostock | Schwerin, Waren & Greifswald | Germany | Solo Show
2021
Pinakothek der Moderne | DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND | Munich | Germany | Group Exhibition
2020
Baturu Cultural Festival | Beijing & Hongkong | China | digital Group Exhibition
2019
117 Art Center | Ningbo | China | Group Exhibition
Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site & Cerne Docks | Port Louis | Mauritius | Solo Show
Art Museum | Jiangxi Normal University | Nanchang | China | Group Exhibition
2018
Bond 27 | GIH | Shanghai | China | Group Exhibition
Meixi Hall Art Space | Changsha | China | Group Exhibition
Sisir Mancha Theater | Kolkata | India | Solo Show
2017
Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | India | Solo Show
Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | China | Solo Performance
2016
Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | China | Group Exhibition
MORE ART PROJECTS – EXHIBITIONS
2022
Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland | Solo Show
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | Switzerland | Solo Show
Place du Rhone | Geneva | Switzerland | Solo Show
Architekturgalerie | Munich | Germany | Group Exhibition
2021
Alte Münze | Berlin | Germany | Group Exhibition
Superblock | Winterthur | Switzerland | Solo Show
2019
Anna Göldi Museum | Ennenda | Switzerland | Solo Show
2018
Geely University Art Space | Beijing | China | Group Exhibition