Dominique Bartels is a photographer, visual artist and teacher based in Zurich.

get in touch
domi.bartels@gmail.com
@dominique__bartels

education
2023 Bachelor of Arts in Photography at écal (University of Art and Design of Lausanne, CH). Thesis "The Threads that Hold the Earth Together"

work
2023 - now Teacher of textile and technical creation, Schule Küsnacht
2018 - now Freelance photographer and videographer

nominations
Enquête photographique Jura bernois 2024-2027 (CH), 2024

exhibitions
Kissenschloss, The Function, Zurich (CH), 2024
Under Your Smell, Gallery X by Parco, Tokyo (JPN), 2024
Under Your Smell, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK), 2024
Under Your Smell, Photo Élysée, Lausanne (CH), 2023
Under Your Smell, Art Basel Miami (US), 2022
Under Your Smell, Maison Gaultier, Paris (FR), 2022
Smells Like Queer Spirit, MBAL, Le Locle (CH), 2022
Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940): Carte blanche à l’écal, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne (CH), 2021
Être autrement, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH), 2021

shortlists
Textile Transformations, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2024
Materials Matter, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2023

publications
Articles in manuell (Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten), 2024
Novembre Magazine (écal x Jean Paul Gaultier), 2022
Carhartt WIP Magazine (écal x Carhartt WIP), 2022

selected clients
EPFL Architecture
HES-SO (Fachhochschule Westschweiz)
manuell (Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten)