Born 1982 in Jegenstorf, Suisse. Lives and work in Bienne, Switzerland
2008
Fotoklasse, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, CH
2001
Matura, Gymnasium Alpenstrasse, Bienne, CH
From 2011 to 2025 Linus Bill work as a duo with Adrien Horni.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, US
2024
Minolta A1, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2023
Yin Yang, Galerie Allen, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2022
Minolta A1, A3, A4, Galerie Allen, Liste Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
GIFs, ACRUSH, Zurich, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Midlife Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2020
GIFs, Galerie Allen, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunsthaus Centre Pasquart, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2019
Formering, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Katalog, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2018
Das Glied, ACRUSH, Zurich, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Heredity Paintings Kunsthaus Center d’art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2017
Heredity Paintings Galerie Allen, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Gemälde Linus + Adrien, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2016
Gemälde, Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2015
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, Dolores at Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Gemälde 2015, Galerie Allen, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2014
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, U.S.A [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Gemälde, MJ Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2013
Mixed Media, Alabama Sir, Leipzig, Germany [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Fundamentals Hardstyle (feat. Lorenzo Senni), Istituto Svizzero, Milan, Italy [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2012
Fundamentals, Lokal-Int., Bienne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Painting and Jugs (zusammen mit Aubry/Broquard), Swiss Institute, New York, U.S.A [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2011
La Deuxième Chance, Dufourstrasse 31, Zürich, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2011
Was nun? (together with Patrick Hari und Timm Ulrichs), PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel, CH
2010
Am besten man bleibt zu Hause, Grand Palais, Bern, CH
The Greatest Hits Vol. 1, Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2008
Wir nehmen auch Euro, Dummy Galerie, Berlin, DE
He Who Talks Loud Saying Nothing, The Journal Gallery, New York, US
2007
gehr sut, Wartesaal, Zurich, CH
2006
Nur Häuptlinge und keine Indianer, Galerie Hafen+Rand, Hamburg, DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Pour faire toute chose, il faut une fleur, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2025
Cantonale, Kunsthaus Biel KBCB, Bienne [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2023
Musée des Beaux Arts de Dole, Dole , France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Pain perdu, followed by Rahmen und Inhalt, Centre Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Le Retour, Mrac, Occitanie, Sérignan, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2022
Trace, Set, Print, Krone Couronne, Bienne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2021
74e Biennale d’Art Contemporain - Musée des beaux-arts - La chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Printemps, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Des champs de fraises pour l’éternité, CAC La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
THE_OGRE.NET, Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2020
La fine ligne, Kunsthalle Saint Gallen, Saint Gallen, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Un été indien, FRAC Normandie-Caen, Caen, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2019
Under Construction, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Aeschlimann-Corti-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Works on Paper, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2017
ART-O-RAMA, Galerie Allen, Marseille, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
MEMENTOS Artist souvenirs, Artefact and Other Curiosities, Cur. Jens Hoffman and Piper Marshall, Brussels, Belguim [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2015
Material, Florence Loewy, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
A House Without Rooms, TORRI, Paris, France [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
;-), V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Concrete Utopias, Realismus Club, Berlin, Germany [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2014
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Copié Copié Copié, Villa Bernasconi, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2013
Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Werk- und Atelierstipendien, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
2012
Cantonale, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Prix Anderfuhren, Centre Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Werkbeiträge Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zürich, Switzerland [Linus Bill + Adrien Horni]
Bookies, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki
2011
Aeschlimann-Corti Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun
2010
Orte, Rathausgalerie Kunsthalle, Munich
Use Me, Abuse Me, New York Photofestival, Smack Mellon Gallery, New York
2009
Festival International de Photographie Hyères, Villa Noailles, Hyères
Lead, Hamburger Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2007
The Pig in the Poke, powerHouse Arena, New York
2006
heimlich/unheimlich, Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2018
Prix Maud Mottier
2015
Cultural Prize given by the City of Bienne
Redhouse Residency, New York City, prize given by the Canton of Berne
2013
Swiss Art Award
2012
Work Grant Canton of Zurich
Prix Anderfuhren
2010
Werkbeitrag Fotografie Canton of Bern
2009
Grand Prix Du Jury, Festival International de Photographie Hyères
2007
Studio residency Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Canton of Zurich
COLLECTIONS
Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) - DFNAC, France
City of Bienne, Switzerland
City of Zurich, Switzerland
Kanton Bern, Switzerland
FRAC Bretagne, France
FRAC Normandie Caen, France
Museum Voorlinden, Netherlands
FCAC Geneva, Switzerland
PUBLIC WORKS
2027
Zeichnungen für ein Schwimmbad, Kunst-und-Bau, CST Tenero, CH
2020
Kunst am Bau, HMS Münchenbuchsee, CH
2016
Kunst am Bau project, Lyss, CH
SPECIFIC PROJECTS
2015
Collaboration with Études Studio, Collection SS16
PUBLICATIONS
2025
Next 25, edition fästing plockare, Bienne 2025
2024
Next 24, Turbo Magazine No. 56, Bienne, Switzerland
2022
Minolta A4, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
Midlife Painting, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feelings, A4xX, Paris, France
Bronze, Turbo Magazine No. 54, Bienne, Switzerland
Kranke Kinder, Yellow Pages, Zurich
2019
Heredity Paintings / Heredity Ersatz Paintings, Bienne, Switzerland
Katalog, Wilde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Kunst am Bau, HPS, Bienne, Switzerland
2015
Gemälde 2013 - 2017, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2014
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
M J , Gemälde, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Mixed Media, Turbo Magazine, Bienne, Switzerland
2012
Sculptures, Bronze Age Editions, London, UK
Fundamentals, Turbo Magazine, Bienne, Switzerland
Painting and Jugs, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
2011
La Deuxième Chance, Turbo Magazine, Bienne, Switzerland
Linus Bill Topmotiviert, Rollo Rress, Switzerland
2008
Tu M‘as Volé Mon Vélo, Rollo Press, Zurich
2007
Meistens macht man die im Haus, aber im Sommer gehts auch draussen. Nieves, Zurich
Please Merry Me, Nieves, Zurich
2006
Piss down my back and tell me it’s raining, Nieves, Zurich
SELECTED PRESS
2019
Jean-Philippe Bretin, Antoine Stevenot, “Linus Bill + Adrien Horni & Joseph Allen Shea” Colletion revue 6, November 2019
‘Linus Bill + Adrien Horni” Emergent, Issue 4 Spring/Summer 2019
2018
David Clark, “Urban ‘TARDIS’: Two Wall Huse”, ARCHITECTUREAU, 24 April 2018
2017
Jessica Saxby, "Five Shows to See in Paris”, ELEPHANT? 20 November 2017
Art Brussels,"A place of discovery”, The Week, 20 April 2017
2016
“Linus Bill + Adrien Horni ‘Gemalde’”, Mousse Magazine, 14 December 2016
“Brest Passerelle LB+AH: Gemalde”, Mousse diary, October - November2016
Laëtitia Toulout, “Peindre l’algorithme : Linus Bill et Adrien Horni s’exposent à Brest”, THE STEIÐZ, October 2016
“Le Prix de la culture 2015 de la Ville de Bienne est décerné aux artistes Linus Bill et Adrien Horni”, Journal du Jura, 20 February 2016
2015
“Le Prix de la culture 2015 de la Ville de Bienne est décerné aux artistes Linus Bill et Adrien Horni”, Le Journal, December 2015
“Zwei Bieler malen Bilder, wie sie im Buche stehen”, Bieler Tagblatt, 15 December 2015
Linus Bill + Adrien Horni, The Drawer, October 2015
Jade Moyano, “Linus Bill And Andrien Horni’s Larger Than Life Collaboration”, Trendland, 2 July 2015
Jannifer Weil, “Études Studio Men’s RTM Spring 2016”, WWD Subscribe Now, 28 June 2015
R-Bit, “Gemälde2015 linus bill +adrien horni”, Lodown Magazine, 25 June 2015
“Linus Bill and Adrien Horni installation at Printed Matter”, Manystuff, June 2015
“Gemälde2015 linus bill +adrien horni”, Manystuff, June 2015
AlexHawkins, “From paper to iPhone to canvas Linus Bill and Adrien Horni’s paintings”, It’s Nice That, 26 May 2015
“ArtBrusselsFair review”, seeyouthere, 4 May 2015
ARTSY EDITORIAL, “How Swiss Duo Linus Bill and Adrien Horni Are Reversing the Analog-to-Digital Process” Arts, January 2015
Nacho Alegre, “Linus Bill lives in a bakery”, Apartamento15, 2015
2014
Laurence Chauvy, “La copie, ce geste fondamental de la création”, LeTemps, 13 June 2014
2012
Bernerzeitung, “Von Interlaken bis zum Mond”, Kultur, 20 December 2012