"The art of Catherine Gfeller has this quality of addressing directly to the public thanks to the diversity of her means of expression. Her way to look at the world touches the very heart of our lives. The protagonists in her pictures are just like us. Her way of seeing is unique. There are thousands of photographers who deal with urban spaces. But Catherine Gfeller is a musician who gives us the rhythm of the city. In that sense, all of her work is a performance whith her as the conductor." Urs Stahel 

Catherine Gfeller is a Franco-Swiss artist who lives and works in Montpellier, Paris, Montpellier and Switzerland.
In 1991, she obtained a Master's degree in French Literature and Art History at the Universities of Neuchâtel and Lausanne, and then a CAPES. She started photography in the eighties, focusing on landscapes, and travelled to all the continents to find her motives.In 1995, thanks to a national grant, she can pursue her research in New York where she lived until 1999. Fascinated by the megalopolis, she transformed city scenes into Urban Friezes printed on handmade paper. She then moved to Paris where she received the HSBC Foundation Prize for Photography. Gradually, the human figure inhabits her compositions. Women protagonists are staged in a game of multiple imbrications.

In her museum exhibitions, Catherine Gfeller invites visitors to wander through large-scale installations in the form of photographs, video projections, sound pieces, or sculptural objects. The spectators are immersed in a sensorial universe, oscillating between enigma, fiction and reality.

Catherine Gfeller is regularly invited to create subjective city portraits (Sevilla, Beirut, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Madinah, Riyadh). In dialogue with the inhabitants and the spirit of the place, she interprets their testimonies through an imaginary vision, nourished by both observations and inventions.
In response to the pandemic, the artist turns to the Anthropocene. Her recent photographic tableaux show landscapes ravaged by fire and where life seeks to reappear with the passage of time. In 2022, she is awarded the support of the Ministry of Culture in Paris (C.N.A.P.) for this project entitled Firelands.For this project, she surveyed some fifteen sites ravaged by fires in the south of France, observing the impact of the fires on the landscapes and observing their regeneration one year later. She is furthering her work on forests by creating a triptych that spans France, Switzerland, and Japan, revealing the specificity of each territory. She collaborates with several experts and scientists to share visions, actions, and prospects.

Main exhibitions: Versions of Her, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 2022; Processions croisées, Abbatiale de Bellelay; Pulsations, Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2010 Kunstmuseum KKL Lucerne, Centre d'Art Contemporain CRAC, Sète, 2011; The City is passing through You, WitsArt Museum, Johannesburg, 2014; ZigZag ZPK, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2015; Voices in Kyiv, National Shevchenko Museum, Kiev, 2018; China Driftings, National Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou & RX Gallery, Paris 2018; The Guardian of Time, forest in Môtiers, monumental outdoor projections, Neuchâtel, 2021; Rhythms at Madinah Art Center, 2023; Woven Portraits in L'Art Pur Foundation, Riyadh, 2024; Bridging Cultures, Yindi Art Museum, Beijing, 2024; Alula Creativity, Esplanade Larvotto, Monaco, 2024; Fire, Fondation Boghossian, Bruxelles, 2025; Video Art, Shanghai Museum East, Shanghai, 2026.

1988-2026, Overview :
Exhibitions in Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States. Her works are collected in numerous public and private collections.Catherine Gfeller participates in contemporary art fairs such as Armory Show New York, Art Basel, Art Bruxelles, Art Geneva, Art Paris, Art Unlimited, la Fiac, KunstZürich, Ljubjana Biennale, Paris Photo, Les Rencontres d'Arles. In addition to her exhibitions, she gives lectures and workshops in various art schools and universities. She also produces commissions for buildings in public spaces.