{"title":"Info","metaTitle":"Info · Talismanie","uri":"info","about":"<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Virginie Jemmely is a Swiss artist, fashion designer and costume designer based in Geneva. Her interdisciplinary practice uses clothing as both subject and medium to explore identity as something plural, contradictory and constantly shifting. Through performance, installation, drawing and costume, she questions social codes, archetypal figures and the ways we perform ourselves.</p></div><hr />\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Contact</h3></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/talismanie/\" target=\"_blank\">@talismanie</a><br><a href=\"mailto:virginie.jemmely@gmail.com\">virginie.jemmely@gmail.com</a></p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Awards &amp; Grants</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Berthoud, Lissignol-Chevalier et Galland Grant for Young Contemporary Creation (Applied Arts), City of Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Swiss Design Award, Fashion &amp; Textile</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2020</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Selected for 1Granary × Pinterest - Designers to Hire</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2017</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Grant</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Exhibitions &amp; Performances</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Upcoming</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Performance &amp; installation, group show, Zabriskie Point, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Saxo in City</em>, Hanoi Bedrooms Shows, Hanoi</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Saxo in City</em>, Duplex, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Moulure Magazine presents: Issue 4 pt.1 – (Un)learning Beauty: A Collection of Selfies</em>, The Kiosk, Zurich</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Crisis of Empathy</em>, curated by Sven Gex, Basel</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>SO, bleSsed</em>, solo exhibition, La Placette, Lausanne</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Affinités ++</em>, duo exhibition with Philippa Schmitt, curated by Extra Collective, TOPIC, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Moi qui veux sentir le souffle de ce qui me dépasse</em>, solo exhibition, Ta·da Space, Copenhagen</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Birding III</em>, group exhibition, The Community Centre, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Pocket 2200 Part II</em>, TOPIC, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Claustrophobia Alpina III</em>, Forde, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Pocket 2200 Part I</em>, ERG Galerie, Brussels</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Sorry for my Late Reply</em>, Krone Couronne, Biel</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Artworks &amp; ceramics, group show with Yann Biscaut &amp; Mathilde Marmy, HIT, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Launch of the T-shirt capsule collection accompanied by a reading, Le Grand Magasin, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>The Joke's on You</em>, performance and installation, BLCG exhibition, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Screening of <em>Elle était texte par l'intelligence du regard</em>, Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Swiss Design Awards, Messe Basel</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Elle était texte par l'intelligence du regard</em>, performance, Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>L'Âge d'Or</em>, Collectif RPZ, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>HEAD – Genève Fashion Show</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Giggling Softly, Smiling Big</em>, Wallstreet Offspace, Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2018</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>Novembre Global</em> Issue 13 launch, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2017</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>HEAD – Genève Fashion Show</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Commissions</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Upcoming</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Capitale Beauté</em>, directed by Claire Dessimoz, Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Upcoming</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Hell</em>, Cie PNJ, Maison Saint-Gervais, Geneva / Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris </p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Upcoming</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, performance by Marie Jeger, Basel</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2026 </p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Art Director, <em>Closet</em>, Novembre Global, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Vorteeex</em>, Rebecca Solari, PREMIO Switzerland, Lucerne</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025-2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Hors champ, caméra 1, cues</em>, a video work by Yul Tomatala for <em>The Unfinished Business of Living Together</em>, Swiss Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2026, Venice</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025-present</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Intolérances &amp; Paralysie</em>, Cie Les Intempéries, Théâtre des Osses, Fribourg (2025) and La Grange, Lausanne (2026)</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Femme disparaît</em>, directed by Giulia Rumasuglia, POCHE /GVE, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024-2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>Viola Stanca</em>, Marie Jeger, Nikaalaa Festival (Lomé), and Nuit de la Performance, Comédie de Genève × Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer, <em>La Voie de l'Impératrice</em>, written and directed by Joséphine de Weck, Nuithonie, Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer &amp; Workshop Leader, <em>Im Spiegelsaal</em>, directed by Joëlle Anina Müller. Design and production of thirteen costume looks developed with students from HEAD – Genève in collaboration with Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn (TOBS).</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume Designer for the band Fulmine, Bad Bonn Kilbi</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2018</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Art Direction, editorial for <em>Novembre Global</em> Issue 13</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Residencies</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025-present</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em>From A to B – and Back Again</em> with Juliette Henriu (2026) <em>In the Mood to Want What I Want</em> with Pauline Mayor (2925), Transition Radio, Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Costume research residency for <em>Viola Stanca</em>, Roxy Birsfelden</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Watch &amp; Talk, Belluard Bollwerk</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Research residency, Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Professional Experience</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2025–2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Teacher in Visual Arts, Collège Calvin, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023–2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Teacher, Craft &amp; Design, Cycle du Foron, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024–2025</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Teacher in Visual Arts, Cycle du Foron, Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Workshop Leader &amp; Costume Designer, HEAD × TOBS, <em>Im Spiegelsaal</em></p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Fashion Design Lecturer, Canvas School, Lausanne</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022-2023</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Fashion Design Jury Member, City of Geneva Cultural Office and Canvas School</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2019-2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Represented by Ritalined Press Agency, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2021-2022</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Assistant Menswear Designer, Acne Studios, Stockholm</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2017-2018</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Assistant Womenswear Designer, Paco Rabanne, Paris</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2016</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Assistant Designer, Gauntlett Cheng, New York</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2014</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Fashion Design Intern, Palmer//Harding, London</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2012</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Theatre Costume Intern, Opéra de Lausanne and Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Education</h3></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2024-2026</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Master of Arts in Secondary Education (Visual Arts), University of Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2022-2024</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Pulse Incubator, HES-SO Geneva</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2018-2020</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Master of Arts in Fashion and Accessory Design (with distinction), HEAD – Genève</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2014-2017</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design (with distinction), HEAD – Genève</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2012-2013</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Diploma in Theatre Costume Design, École de Costume de Théâtre, Fribourg</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2009-2012</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Swiss Federal Diploma in Fashion Design (VET), École de Couture, Fribourg, Switzerland</p></div></div><div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>2009-2012</p></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Swiss Federal Vocational Baccalaureate in Crafts and Design, EPAI Fribourg, Switzerland</p></div></div><hr />\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Impressum</h3></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p>Design &amp; Code: <a href=\"https://noncitizen.world/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"noncitizen office\">noncitizen</a></p></div></div>","press":"<div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<h3>Press</h3></div><div class=\"running  \" >\n\t<p><em><a href=\"https://novembre.global/magazine/closet-virginie-jemmely\">Closet Virginie Jemmely</a>, </em>Novembre Global, Paris</p><p><a href=\"https://www.24heures.ch/art-la-placette-se-fait-une-place-a-lausanne-depuis-20-ans-858477658309\" target=\"_blank\">La placette se fait une grande place depuis 20 ans</a>, 24 heures, Lausanne</p><p><em><a href=\"https://www.idoart.dk/kalender/virginie-jemmely-moi-qui-veut-sentir-le-souffle-de-ce-qui-me-depasse\" target=\"_blank\">Moi qui veut sentir le souffle de ce qui me dépasse</a></em>, Idoart.dk, Copenhagen</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/hrt4tlrc0c7qlhlc\" target=\"_blank\">Chaumont Zaerpour X Aleï Journal,</a> </em>Paris</p><p><em><a href=\"https://issuu.com/goout/docs/go_out_104/s/17077504\" target=\"_blank\">That's hot</a></em>, Go Out! Magazine n°104, Geneva</p><p><em><a href=\"https://www.geneveactive.ch/article/le-centre-dart-contemporain-elabore-une-scenographie-exceptionnelle-au-service-de-la-jeune-creation/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Centre d’art contemporain élabore une scénographie exceptionnelle au service de la jeune création</a></em>, Genèveactive.ch, Geneva</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/ig9kvtvdosfkqdrr\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Muchuvitz</a></em>, Trax Magazine n°233, Paris</p><p><em><a href=\"https://nr.world/es/alessia-gunawan-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Alessia Gunawan x Nr Magazine vol.14</a></em>, London</p><p><em><a href=\"https://gooutmag.ch/la-mode-comme-expression/\" target=\"_blank\">La mode comme expression</a></em>, Go Out! Magazine m°94, Geneva</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/ixohvdmuykptrxvq\" target=\"_blank\">Les créations de Virginie Jemmely cassent les codes</a>, </em>La liberté, Fribourg</p><p><em><a href=\"https://nr.world/matthieu-delbreuve/\" target=\"_blank\">Matthieu Delbreuve x NR Magazine vol.13</a></em>, London </p><p><em><a href=\"https://1granary.com/designers-to-hire/virginie-jemmely/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20played%20with%20codes%2C%E2%80%9D,her%20work%20as%20an%20artist.\" target=\"_blank\">Swiss Designer Virginie Jemmely on shifting sartorial codes</a>,</em> 1 Granary, London</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/r1ahqll7r7newncu\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion editorial</a></em>, Charlotte Neuwels x French Magazine v.38, Paris</p><p><em><a href=\"https://www.pusspussmagazine.com/magnolias-ballad/\" target=\"_blank\">Edito Magnolias Ballad</a></em>, Puss Puss Magazine, London</p><p><em><a href=\"https://www.hesge.ch/head/sites/default/files/publication/documents/2021.01.31_temple_magazine_fashion_show_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Head Genève Fashion Show 2020</a></em>, Temple Magazine issue 9, Paris</p><p><em><a href=\"https://talismanie.ch/world/le-temps\" target=\"_blank\">HEAD</a></em>, T Mag, Geneva</p><p><em><a href=\"http://www.defile-head.ch/2020/classes/master-2/virginie-jemmely/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Défilé Head 2020</u></a></em>, HEAD, Geneva</p><p><em><a href=\"https://talismanie.ch/world/x-natacha-voranger\" target=\"_blank\">Young Designer 2</a></em>, Natacha Voranger x Exhibition magazine, Paris</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/qk0niruizugll3bl\" target=\"_blank\">Naturalia</a></em>, Collectible Dry Magazine Vol. 16, Milano</p><p><em><a href=\"https://nr.world/es/michele-yong-3/\" target=\"_blank\">Ellinor</a></em>, Nr Magazine, London</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/zllp2zy6z8rwglho\" target=\"_blank\">Edition numéro°4: Temps</a></em>, Etat des Choses #3, Fribourg </p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/odnwmtl0llcgycvy\" target=\"_blank\">Edition n°3: Confrontation</a></em>, Etats des choses, Fribourg </p><p><em><a href=\"https://contributormagazine.com/fashion-story-i-cant-swim-but-i-like-the-view/\" target=\"_blank\">I Can’t Swim but I like the View</a></em>, Contributor Magazine, Berlin</p><p>Album cover: <em><a href=\"https://leopardoshallo.bandcamp.com/album/is-it-an-easy-life\" target=\"_blank\">Is it an easy life?</a></em>, Leopardo, Ticino &amp; Fribourg</p><p><em><a href=\"https://contributormagazine.com/fashion-story-the-chess-lady/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Chess Lady</u></a></em>, Contributor Magazine, Berlin</p><p><em><a href=\"https://notjustalabel.com/virginie-jemmely#previous-collections\" target=\"_blank\">Virginie Jemmely</a></em>, Black Sheep, Notjustalabel.com, London, Los Angeles</p><p>Album cover: <em><a href=\"https://leopardoshallo.bandcamp.com/album/di-caprio\" target=\"_blank\">Di Caprio</a></em>, Leopardo, Ticino &amp; Fribourg</p><p><em><a href=\"/@/file/ky32seyqjtd3aha0\" target=\"_blank\">Virginie Jemmely &amp; Romain Savary</a></em>, Novembre Global, Paris </p><p><em><a href=\"https://www.monsieuralain.ch/products/mon-tendre-photographie-romande-de-monde-book\" target=\"_blank\">Mon Tendre</a> - Photographie romande de mode</em>, Suisse Romande</p><p><em><a href=\"https://talismanie.ch/world/chloe-wise-x-novembre-novembre-global-paris?token=429cdfa539b0ebed0e687415129d195c7ab3a5d0\" target=\"_blank\">Chloé Wise x Novembre</a></em>, Novembre Global, Paris</p></div>","faq":"","legal":"","aboutimage":"","pressimage":"","legalimage":{"url":"https://dev.talismanie.ch/media/pages/info/985b4b343a-1727728822/pngimg.com-rat_mouse_png23558-600x-q85.webp","alt":null,"id":"info/pngimg.com-rat_mouse_png23558.png","width":600,"height":367},"faqimage":{"url":"https://dev.talismanie.ch/media/pages/info/c055d9f713-1727728822/pngimg.com-cheese_png25303-600x-q85.webp","alt":"Virginie Jemmely","id":"info/pngimg.com-cheese_png25303.png","width":500,"height":423}}