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‘Look at You’ solo with @galeriepeterkilchmann
Sept 4 - Oct 17
‘Storylines’ with @editionvfo
Sept 26 - Jan 16

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This is the last week to visit Valentin Rilliet's (@valentinrilliet) solo exhibition "Look at You" in Zurich!

In Rilliet’s new body of work shown at his solo show “Look at You”, the artist engages with themes of life and death, transcendence, and spirituality, deliberately moving away from realism. Liminal beings, such as ghosts or phantoms, as well as dolls that are assembled from individual parts, populate his works. The exhibition features small-, medium-, and large-scale paintings, together with a selection of works on Tibetan paper mounted on wood.

📅 The exhibition runs through October 17, 2026

📍 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zahnradstrasse 21, 8005 Zurich

Images:

The Peach I Should Never Eat, 2026
Oil on linen
25 x 25 cm (9 ¾ x 9 ¾ in.)

Low tide (Procession), 2026
Oil on linen
200 x 259 cm (78 ¾ x 102 in.)

Homes (What Went Wrong in Paradise?), 2026
Oil on linen
160 x 200 cm (63 x 78 ¾ in.)

They won't see me, 2026
Ink on Tibetan paper mounted on wood
30 x 30 cm (11 ¾ x 11 ¾ in.)

#valentinrilliet #galeriepeterkilchmann #galeriepeterkilchmannzurich #galeriepeterkilchmannparis #art by @valentinrilliet

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📸 Today we are excited to share with you more details and installation views of the four new lithographs by artist Valentin Rilliet @valentinrilliet , on view as part of our current exhibition at Edition VFO “Storylines” with Valentin Rilliet, Yoan Mudry, Romane de Watteville, and Jeanne Jacob. @editionvfo

“Ghost of a Dragonfly”, 2026, 56 x 45.70 cm
“Aquamarine”, 2026, 44.3 x 55 cm
“Heist”, 2026, 55,00 x 44,80 cm
and “An Escape in Jade”, 2026, 71.5 x 99 cm

All four lithographs have been produced over the course of almost 9 months at Steindruckerei Wolfensberger @steindruckereiwolfensberger @zurichprintinstitute

The stones used for each work determined its format and framing, while each layer of color required the composition to be recalibrated. Rilliet works much like a filmmaker or writer who returns to characters and situations and gives them new roles. The four sheets thus appear as episodes from a larger mythology glimpsed only in part. (Excerpts from the exhibition text written by Valérie Hashimoto and David Khalat)

Valentin Rilliet currently has a solo exhibition at Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich @galeriepeterkilchmann on view only until 17th of October!

Come by and visit us at Edition VFO @editionvfo
Wed - Fri, from 2 pm - 6 pm
and each Saturday, from 12 pm - 4 pm

www.edition-vfo.ch

Photography: Bernhard Strauss

#valentinrilliet #editionvfo #lithography #steindruckereiwolfensberger #zurichprintinstitute taken in Edition VFO - Verein für Originalgraphik by @valentinrilliet

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‘An Escape in Jade‘, 2026.
71,20 x 99,40 cm

A lithography I made in collaboration with @steindruckereiwolfensberger, with the support of @editionvfo 🗽🧤.
This piece is currently on view at their space @editionvfo , as part of the group exhibition « Storylines » in Zürich, until January 17, 2027.

Thank you so much to everyone involved who taught me how incredible lithography is! @ademdermaku , @froshinsky , @alexia_triantafyllou , @japanesepsycho @david.khalat and Thomi❣️❣️❣️

Edition VFO
Limmatstrasse 268, 8005 Zürich
Wed-Fri, 14:00-18:00, Sat 12:00-16:00

📸: Bernhard Strauss taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @valentinrilliet

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Thank you for joining us last Friday, September 25, for the opening of “Storylines” with Valentin Rilliet, Yoan Mudry, Romane de Watteville, and Jeanne Jacob at Edition VFO during the Season Opening at @lowenbraukunst.zurich

We are happy to share some impressions from the opening event with you before we will share the installation views later this week!

@romanedewatt @yoan.mudry @schaan__ @valentinrilliet

Come by and visit us!
Wednesday - Friday from 2 pm until 6 pm
Saturday from 12 am until 4 pm

Limmatstrasse 268
8005 Zurich

#editionvfo #zurichart #lowenbraukunst #seasonopening taken in Edition VFO - Verein für Originalgraphik by @valentinrilliet

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19 days ago

🗓️ You are very welcome to join us tomorrow, Friday, September 25, from 6 - 8 pm for the opening of our new exhibition “Storylines” @editionvfo

Featuring new works by Jeanne Jacob, Yoan Mudry, Valentin Rilliet, and Romane de Watteville. The artists will be in attendance.

@schaan__ @yoan.mudry @valentinrilliet @romanedewatt

The exhibition showcases the current work of young artists from French-speaking Switzerland who, building on figurative painting, develop a strong narrative in their visual language and translate this into printmaking techniques such as lithography, monotype, and screen printing.

The exhibition will be on view from September 26, 2026
– January 16, 2027

Edition VFO, Limmatstrasse 268, 8005 Zurich
@lowenbraukunst.zurich Level A

www.edition-vfo.ch

Image: Detail of Yoan Mudry, “Stan3”, 2026, silkscreen on paper

#jeannejacob #yoanmudry #valentinrilliet #romanedewatteville taken in Edition VFO - Verein für Originalgraphik by @valentinrilliet

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23 days ago

For my current exhibition “Look at You” at @galeriepeterkilchmann in Zürich, the last room displays a series of 14 ink paintings on Tibetan paper mounted on wood, designed to work as comic book stripes. Comic books and illustrations have long inspired my art practice, much before I began painting. So it made sense to go back to this source material and reflect on it. Here’s a little selection:

“You’ll never change”, 2026.
30x24 cm

“If you go, I’m going too”, 2026.
30x30 cm

“Freeze!”, 2026.
30x40 cm

“Mum, I don’t want to learn Chinese”, 2026.
30x24 cm

“They won’t see me”, 2026.
30x30 cm

“Vernissage”, 2026.
30x40 cm

The exhibition continues until October 17 🔖🖋️
Zahnradstrasse 21, 8005 Zürich
Tue-Sat 10-6pm, Sat 11-5pm

📸: Sebastian Schaub taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @valentinrilliet

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24 days ago

‘Wait for Me’, 2026.
100x140 cm
Oil on linen

Currently on view in @galeriepeterkilchmann ‘s group show in Paris, until October 10 🍉

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Galerie Peter Kilchmann
11-13, Rue des Arquebusiers, 75003 Paris
Opening hours: Tue-Fri, 11:00-19:00

📸 1-3: Sebastian Schaub
📸 4: Hafid Lhachmi taken in Paris, France by @valentinrilliet

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Low Tide (Procession), 2026.
200x260cm, oil on linen.

Posting a little bit late but my solo exhibition « Look at You » just opened 5 days ago in Zürich with @galeriepeterkilchmann , with this work currently on view.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to the opening, it was such a beautiful evening! The show runs until October 17 in case you are in town and haven’t seen it yet 🦀🐚🌊

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Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Zahnradstrasse 21, 8005 Zürich

Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-17:00 or by appointment.

📸: Sebastian Schaub taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @valentinrilliet

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Now on view at our space at Zahnradstrasse 21, Zurich: Valentin Rilliet’s new solo show, “Look at You”. Special thanks to everyone that attended the opening yesterday !

The exhibition runs through October 17, 2026.

Featured Images:
(1-6) Exhibition views: Valentin Rilliet, Look at You, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich/Paris. Photos: Sebastian Schaub.

#artgallery #painting #valentinrilliet #galeriepeterkilchmann #art by @valentinrilliet

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My 3rd solo exhibition “Look at You” with @galeriepeterkilchmann opens in a few days in Zürich.
The opening night is this Friday 4th, from 6-8pm 🥥The show then runs until October 17th.

I wrote a little text about the exhibition and some recent thoughts about painting, which will be included with the press release.

A sneak peek of some new works, in oil and ink. Come by this Friday to see all of them! ♟️♟️

“Martyr” 2026.
Oil on linen
160 x 120 cm taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @valentinrilliet

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2 months ago

is very excited to invite you to our members-only studio visit with artist @valentinrilliet on Saturday, May 30th from 11am to 1pm in his studio in Altstetten, Zurich.

Valentin Rilliet is a Swiss visual artist working predominantly with painting. His practice engages with mythologies, popular tales, and symbolism to create images populated by ambiguous narratives and ghostly, anachronistic figures. Grounded in the study of intercultural dynamics, his work is informed by a bicultural identity — one he neither simplifies nor resolves but instead embraces as a source of creative tension.

Using archival material and magical realism, his compositions carry historical echoes while deliberately obscuring their sources, inviting viewers to navigate between what feels familiar and what resists classification. Fictional and documentary intertwine, evoking events that bear an imprint of the past yet blur any clear sense of origin. In doing so, a temporal dialogue takes shape, questioning how histories are (re)constructed and recalled. In 2026, Rilliet is planning to extend his vision beyond the canvas, more specifically into puppets and animation.

Valentin Rilliet (*1996, Geneva) lives and works in Zurich. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (2020) and obtained his MFA in Fine Arts at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (2023).

His work has been shown in several exhibitions in Europe and China, such as Galerie @galeriepeterkilchmann (Zürich and Paris, 2023-25), and his paintings are included in both public and private collectionss across Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the US and China.

After the tour we will enjoy a small Apéritif together and get a chance to discuss and exchange ideas. The tour will be held in English.

Date: Saturday, May 30th from 11am to 1pm

Location: Vulkanstrasse 122, 8048 Zurich (10 minute walk from Bahnhof Altstetten)

For tickets click link in bio. This is a members-only event. For membership also click link in bio.

#valentinrilliet #sinokulturführung #peterkilchmanngallery taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @valentinrilliet

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‘Untitled (Two Snakes)’, 2025.
130x100 cm
Oil on raw cotton

This painting was on view at @gene_gallery in our duo exhibition “Whispering Grounds”, with @xiaoyigao_ .
It ended 3 days ago, thank you to everyone who took the time to visit it 🍃🌅💌

Last pic: my uncle doing insane hanging leg raise at 70 years old taken in Shanghai,china by @valentinrilliet

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