R é g is Co lo m b o. C o l l e c t i o n 45 T r a n s pa r e n c i e s

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1 R é g is Co lo m b o «Londres - Angleterre», tirage sur Diasec et LED dim. 110 x 110 cm, édition de 10 ex. C o l l e c t i o n 45 T r a n s pa r e n c i e s

2 «Rome - Italie», tirage sur Diasec et LED dim. 110 x 110 cm, édition de 10 ex.

3 «Kuala Lumpur 2050», tirage sur Diasec et LED dim. 110 x 110 cm, édition de 10 ex.

4 C o l l e c t i o n T r a n s pa r e n c i e s press kit Press release Régis Colombo Any travel is valid only if it is shared... Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard, the Dalai Lama s official interpreter, has described Régis Colombo s pictures as, a tribute to the inner beauty of people and the sparkling light of places. Kaleidoscope world! Régis Colombo s photo collages imprint the magic of travel on the memory with the power of a multicoloured flashbulb Contacts Régis Colombo Rue du Valentin 34, 1004 Lausanne Switzerlande Tel rc@regiscolombo.com Transparencies, a report from the photographer s imaginary world The images from the Transparencies series borrow both from traditional imagery and from the very modern photographic process of digital fusion. Régis Colombo s compositions are indebted to photojournalism - with moments of eternity captured by the photographer - as well as to daydreams - in which the traveller s good and bad memories get mixed up - and recreate the quintessence of the places he has visited: New York, Dubai, Paris, London and Kiev! The dozens of images assembled into large pixel frescoes always have more than one story to tell. Seen from a distance, they draw the eye, hypnotise it like a neon light, and then imprint themselves upon the memory with all the power of a flashbulb. From up close, they reveal an infinite number of small anecdotes, curiosities glimpsed, deliberately provocative winks and smiles. Colombo s images are different each time you immerse your gaze in them, they transport those who linger over them to the ends of the Earth, at the same time giving them the most fabulous of all freedoms offered by travel, the freedom of imagination.

5 press kit Régis Colombo - a painter in pixels Swiss photographer Régis Colombo has made a name for himself both in his own country and abroad through his portraits, advertising work, landscapes and above all, through the long journeys he has been documenting for over twenty years now. This backpacker has taken snapshots all over the world, traveling through Asia, Africa and both North and South America -to forty or so countries in allgiving preference to paths which no telephoto lens has seen before. Because of his indefatigably curious eye -sensitive to even the slightest variation in the light, demanding nothing less than technical perfection- Colombo is always on the lookout for photographic discoveries which concentrate nuances, vibrations and moments of magic beyond words. Ever since he began work on his Transparencies series five years ago, Colombo has been edging closer to an ideal of the perfect image, one which contains all others, all sensations, all emotions. Collages full of violently expressionistic colours -here the computer mouse is handled with the same freedom as a brush on canvas- these genre scenes are reminiscent of an electronic Jérôme Bosch, they are the digital heirs to pop art. Indeed, Colombo s photographs make constant allusions to painting. The artist was in fact a painter long before he became a photographer, which is why his impressionistic Transparencies transcend the photographic image and enrich the viewer s Transparencies

6 Solo and group shows 2016 Krisal Galerie, Genève Zurich, Suisse Hôtel 5* Baur au Lac 2015 New York Galerie Vivendi, Affordable Art Fair, NYC Krisal Galerie, Genève, exposition collective Paris, France Galerie Mark Hachem, exposition collective New Art Day Starling Hotel Geneva, exposition collective 2014 Lausanne, Suisse Galerie Swiss Art Space, exposition individuelle Paris, France fotofever Paris, exposition individuelle Zürich, Suisse, Salon d Art Contemporain, exposition individuelle Zürich, Suisse Photobastei, exposition collective Bâle, Suisse Scope Art Basel, S Artspace Gallery NYC, exposition individuelle Kiev, Ukraine Canaction Festival, exposition individuelle La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse Nuit de la Photo, projection «Zanzibar» Galerie Hayat Fine Art Selection, Genève, exposition individuelle 2013 New York, USA Affordable Art Fair, S Artspace Gallery NYC Montreux, Suisse Montreux Art Gallery Art Fair Cité du Temps, exposition individuelle Lausanne, Suisse Raccurt & Partners, exposition individuelle Lausanne, Suisse Galerie Swiss Art Space, exposition collective 2012 New York, USA S Artspace Gallery NYC, exposition collective Montreux, Suisse Montreux Art Gallery Art Fair New York, USA Affordable Art Fair, S Artspace Gallery NYC Hauterive, Suisse Galerie 2016, exposition individuelle 2011 New York, USA S Artspace Gallery NYC, exposition individuelle Lausanne, Suisse Galerie Swiss Art Space, exposition individuelle artbygeneve, foire internationale de l art contemporain Lausanne, Suisse Salon art et formes, foire de l art et du design 2010 Paris, France Sparts Gallery, exposition individuelle Festival Project Images, exposition collective artbygeneve, foire internationale de l art contemporain Vevey, Suisse Musée suisse de l appareil photographique, exposition collective 2009 Paris, France Sparts Gallery, exposition collective Paris, France Hôtel de Ville de Paris, exposition collective 2008 Shenyang, Chine «World Photojournalism Festival», exposition individuelle 2005 Suisse exposition individuelle dans les FNAC suisses 2002 Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI), exposition collective 1997 Lausanne, Suisse exposition portraits de jazz au Cully Jazz Festival 1996 Lausanne, Suisse exposition portraits d Asie aux Galeries du cinéma 1993 Lausanne, Suisse exposition collective «BLUES» à la galerie du Labyrinthe Lausanne, Suisse Dia Night Sélection projection «Jazz» Lausanne, Suisse exposition portraits de jazz au Cully Jazz Festival

7 C o l l e c t i o n 45 T r a n s pa r e n c i e s Kiev Norvège Saint-Pétersbourg Kiev Bruxelles Cuba Monréal Barcelone Floride Zanzibar Hong Kong Asie

8 C o l l e c t i o n 45 T r a n s pa r e n c i e s Rome Paris Qatar Lausanne New-York Venise Londres Philippines Dali, Prague Boston Sahara Paris

9 C o l l e c t i o n 45 T r a n s pa r e n c i e s Shanghai Shanghai Tokyo Istanbul Zanzibar Dubaï Amsterdam New York Paris Saint-Pétersbourg New York New York

10 Suisse American Madness Woody Allen, New York Route 66, USA New York Amsterdam New York Philippines Londres

11 «Flatiron Building - New York», tirage sur Diasec et LED dim. 110 x 110 cm, édition de 10 ex.

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13 «Régis Colombo dilue les couleurs et la mémoire du temps comme une photographie exposée au soleil. Il nous invite ainsi à voir le dedans du dehors comme il se plaît à le souligner. Il n en a pas pour autant oublié ses réflexes de reporter et a tenu à immortaliser sa vision de l éternité pour ouvrir une fenêtre afin qu entre la lumière.» Antoine Blanc Régis Colombo dilutes colours and the memory of time like a photograph exposed to the sun. He thus makes us see the inside from the outside as he likes to stress. Nonetheless, he has not forgotten his reporter reflexes and wished to document his vision of eternity to open a window to let the light in. Antoine Blanc