Sebastián Dávila is a visual artist and designer based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Born in Lausanne in 1992, he spends his childhood and early adolescence between Puerto Rico and the United States. After returning to study in Switzerland, he earns a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design from Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL) in 2017 and a Bachelors and Masters in Visual Arts from Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) in 2020 and 2022.
In his work, Sebastián borrows extensively from his personal memory and the collective memory, and combines disparate cultural references to create syncretic objects of magical utility. His experiments with imagery, materials and language constitute a sort of spiritual laboratory in which he explores how object and ritual can have agency on the spectator. He works in a variety of media, spanning from paintings and drawings, to installation and sculpture.
Prizes
Bourses Déliées du FCAC 2023
Prix New Heads 2023
Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize Winner 2022
Exhibitions
2023 (Upcoming) Nos Gusta La Mala Vida
2023 (Upcoming) Bourses Déliées du FCAC
2023 Tierra Rota. Se Hace El Día, New Heads au Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Chaux-de-Fonds curated by David Lemaire
2023 (Curation) Ver Sin Mirar with Ada del Pilar Ortiz and Jeanne Tara
2023 New Heads in Art Genève, curated by Yasmin Aschraf
2022 Soplo, Soplo, curated by Più Quarantuno
2022 Swiss Art Awards (Kiefer-Hablitzel-Göhner Prize laureate), Basel
2022 Cours Lisière, curated by Niels Trannois, HEAD Geneva
2021 Salon Galère, Galerie Galère, Nyon
2021 TerrainVagues, Limbo Artspace, Geneva
2021 Comment quitter la terre, curated by Jill Gasparina, Live In Your HEAD, Geneva
2021 Alternate Take #2, curated by Niels Trannois, Geneva
2020 Trunkstop, Limbo Artspace, Geneva
2020 Aguanile, La Placette, Lausanne
2018 Macondo, Les Ateliers de Bellevaux, Lausanne
Books
2023 OBRA Magazine x Fortuna : Archipiélago
2020 Aguanile
2019 South American Collages
2017 Purple Country
Contact
Sebastián Dávila
Rue de l’Industrie 9, 1005
Lausanne, Switzerland
T: +41 76 616 2715
M: seb.c.davila@gmail.com
IG: febaftian
Sebastián Dávila is a visual artist and designer based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Born in Lausanne in 1992, he spends his childhood and early adolescence between Puerto Rico and the United States. After returning to study in Switzerland, he earns a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design from Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL) in 2017 and a Bachelors and Masters in Visual Arts from Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) in 2020 and 2022.
In his work, Sebastián borrows extensively from his personal memory and the collective memory, and combines disparate cultural references to create syncretic objects of magical utility. His experiments with imagery, materials and language constitute a sort of spiritual laboratory in which he explores how object and ritual can have agency on the spectator. He works in a variety of media, spanning from paintings and drawings, to installation and sculpture.
Exhibitions
2023 (Upcoming) Nos Gusta La Mala Vida
2023 (Upcoming) Bourses Déliées du FCAC
2023 Tierra Rota. Se Hace El Día, New Heads au Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Chaux-de-Fonds curated by David Lemaire
2023 (Curation) Ver Sin Mirar with Ada del Pilar Ortiz and Jeanne Tara
2023 New Heads in Art Genève, curated by Yasmin Aschraf
2022 Soplo, Soplo, curated by Più Quarantuno
2022 Swiss Art Awards (Kiefer-Hablitzel-Göhner Prize laureate), Basel
2022 Cours Lisière, curated by Niels Trannois, HEAD Geneva
2021 Salon Galère, Galerie Galère, Nyon
2021 TerrainVagues, Limbo Artspace, Geneva
2021 Comment quitter la terre, curated by Jill Gasparina, Live In Your HEAD, Geneva
2021 Alternate Take #2, curated by Niels Trannois, Geneva
2020 Trunkstop, Limbo Artspace, Geneva
2020 Aguanile, La Placette, Lausanne
2018 Macondo, Les Ateliers de Bellevaux, Lausanne
Prizes
Bourses Déliées du FCAC 2023
Prix New Heads 2023
Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize Winner 2022
Books
2023 OBRA Magazine x Fortuna : Archipiélago
2020 Aguanile
2019 South American Collages
2017 Purple Country
Contact
Sebastián Dávila
Rue de l’Industrie 9, 1005
Lausanne, Switzerland
T: +41 76 616 2715
M: seb.c.davila@gmail.com
IG: febaftian