Franziska Greber is a Swiss artist

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.

In 2016 she put her focus on Women’s Rights – with using art – and initiated the international art project ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK’. 

She worked as a psychotherapist mainly with survivors of violence, was Co-Head of the Intervention Center 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 and for a fictional movie about domestic violence.

Her artworks are based on a variety of media, including installations, photography, videos and texts.

EXHIBITIONS

2020

Solo Exhibition, Superblock, Winterthur, Switzerland

Group Exhibition, Baturu (Online) Cultural Festival, Beijing & Hongkong, China

2019

Group Exhibition, 117 Art Center, Ningbo, China

Solo Exhibition, Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site & Cerne Docks, Port Louis, Mauritius

Solo Exhibition, Anna Göldi Museum, Ennenda/Glarus, Switzerland

Group Exhibition, Art Museum Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China

2018

Group Exhibition, Geely University Art Space, Beijing, China

Group Exhibition, Bond 27, GIH, Shanghai, China

Group Exhibition, Meixi Hall Art Space, Changsha, China

Solo Exhibition, Sisir Mancha Theater, Kolkata, India

2017

Solo Exhibition, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India

Solo Performance, Crossroads Center Art Space, Beijing, China

2016

Group Exhibition, Crossroads Center Art Space, Beijing, China

Visiting Artist, the pARTage Residency Program, Flic en Flac, Mauritius