Exhibitions
Le champ de blé planétaire, foodculture days, 2023-24. Vevey, Switzerland.
Mostra di piante, di storie, di mostre, Villafredda, 2023. Tarcento, Italy.
How like a leaf I am, Aterraterra LAB, 2023. Palermo, Italy.
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2022. Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
How like a leaf I am, Club 44, 2021. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Alt +1000 Festival de Photographie, 2021. Prairie Chaubert, Switzerland.
Prix Photoforum 2020. Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
Verzasca Foto Festival 2020.Sonogno, Switzerland.
Lumix Festival For Young Visual Journalism 2020, Hannover «New Perspectives on Documentary Practices», curated by Iris Sikking (canceled)
Plat(t)from 2020, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Le champ de blé planétaire, foodculture days, 2023-24. Vevey, Switzerland.
Mostra di piante, di storie, di mostre, Villafredda, 2023. Tarcento, Italy.
How like a leaf I am, Aterraterra LAB, 2023. Palermo, Italy.
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2022. Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
How like a leaf I am, Club 44, 2021. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Alt +1000 Festival de Photographie, 2021. Prairie Chaubert, Switzerland.
Prix Photoforum 2020. Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
Verzasca Foto Festival 2020.Sonogno, Switzerland.
Lumix Festival For Young Visual Journalism 2020, Hannover «New Perspectives on Documentary Practices», curated by Iris Sikking (canceled)
Plat(t)from 2020, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Hi! I am Alexandra. I
use
photography as a tool within my research-led practice, converging documentary
approaches with participative experiences, site-specific interventions and speculative thinking.
In my most recent projects, I delve into the intricate entanglements of vegetal and human life. Exploring questions of accountability concerning the Western concept of “nature” in a time marked by ecological crisis events. Examining relationships between humans and cultivated plants, I navigate between the emotional and political realms of resource management, conservation strategies, and knowledge production.
Focusing on the subject-matter and my research interest rather than the product, I endeavor to create long-term projects that can take on various forms and incorporate different presentation formats.
︎︎︎ Co-founder of Institut Plapamco - Plants, People and More Cohabitation, association for artistic projects in political ecology.
︎︎︎ Member of near. Swiss association for contemporary photography.
︎︎︎ Contact me for a full portfolio and collaborations!
In my most recent projects, I delve into the intricate entanglements of vegetal and human life. Exploring questions of accountability concerning the Western concept of “nature” in a time marked by ecological crisis events. Examining relationships between humans and cultivated plants, I navigate between the emotional and political realms of resource management, conservation strategies, and knowledge production.
Focusing on the subject-matter and my research interest rather than the product, I endeavor to create long-term projects that can take on various forms and incorporate different presentation formats.
︎︎︎ Co-founder of Institut Plapamco - Plants, People and More Cohabitation, association for artistic projects in political ecology.
︎︎︎ Member of near. Swiss association for contemporary photography.
︎︎︎ Contact me for a full portfolio and collaborations!
Info + Contact
b. 1991, Zurich (CH)
DE, EN, FR, IT
mail@a-baumgartner.com
currently based in Biel/Bienne (CH)
b. 1991, Zurich (CH)
DE, EN, FR, IT
mail@a-baumgartner.com
currently based in Biel/Bienne (CH)
Education
MA Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern, from Fall 2022
BA Camera Arts, Photography in the context of art, design, media, and society, Lucerne School of Art and Design, 2019
Exchange Semester, BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art in the Hague, 2018
BA Middle Eastern Studies and History, University of Zurich, 2017
MA Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern, from Fall 2022
BA Camera Arts, Photography in the context of art, design, media, and society, Lucerne School of Art and Design, 2019
Exchange Semester, BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art in the Hague, 2018
BA Middle Eastern Studies and History, University of Zurich, 2017
Awards
Atelier Flex
︎︎︎ Direktion für Bildung und Kultur, Kanton Zug
Art Residency in Cairo, 2023
︎︎︎ Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Art Residency in Cairo, Aug. 2021 - Feb. 2022
︎︎︎SKK Art Residency (City of Lucerne)
Förderbeitrag 2021
︎︎︎ Direktion für Bildung und Kultur, Kanton Zug
Promotion of Aspiring Photographers, 2020
︎︎︎ Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
runner-up UNSEEN dummy-award 2019
︎︎︎ UNSEEN Amsterdam
Atelier Flex
︎︎︎ Direktion für Bildung und Kultur, Kanton Zug
Art Residency in Cairo, 2023
︎︎︎ Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Art Residency in Cairo, Aug. 2021 - Feb. 2022
︎︎︎SKK Art Residency (City of Lucerne)
Förderbeitrag 2021
︎︎︎ Direktion für Bildung und Kultur, Kanton Zug
Promotion of Aspiring Photographers, 2020
︎︎︎ Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
runner-up UNSEEN dummy-award 2019
︎︎︎ UNSEEN Amsterdam
Commissions
NZZ, Die Zeit, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 041 Kulturmagazin
NZZ, Die Zeit, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 041 Kulturmagazin