Team

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Danaé Panchaud

Director / Curator
info@photoforumpasquart.ch

Danaé Panchaud (*1983), trained in photography and museology in Switzerland (CCC program, HEAD-Geneva) and in the United Kingdom (Birkbeck, University of London), is an exhibition curator and teacher specialized in photography. Before her appointment as head of the Photoforum in January 2018, she organized numerous cultural events and exhibitions for several Swiss institutions, including the Musée de la main in Lausanne, the mudac in Lausanne, the Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, the SAKS gallery in Geneva, and the CEPV/Images in Vevey.

Lea Kunz

Administration, Production Assistant
office@photoforumpasquart.ch

After her first training as a graphic designer at the Ecole d’arts appliqués de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Lea Kunz obtained an ES degree in visual communication with a major in photography at the Ecole supérieure d’arts appliqués de Vevey in 2016. She has been responsible for the administration and production of the Photoforum Pasquart since 2018. Lea also works as a guide at the Ferme de Tilleuls (Renens) and is currently transforming a family house in the Jura into shared ateliers and artist residences.

Ursina Leutenegger

Outreach and education
uleutenegger@photoforumpasquart.ch

Ursina Leutenegger is an artist and art mediator. After completing her master’s degree in art with a specialization in art mediation at the HSLU, she worked at the Fotomuseum Winterthur and the Stadtgalerie Bern. She has a studio in the Schwobhaus in Bern and is involved in several artistic, curatorial and mediatory projects. Photography plays an important role in professional as well as private life. As a Pilates and Yoga teacher, she likes to move around a lot, preferably outdoors in the fresh air.

Gil Pellaton

Technician

Gil Pellaton obtained a Master of Arts degree in Fine Arts at the FNW Basel in 2017 after a first training as a graphic artist. Through his work he explores sculpture, video and installation. He works as a technician at Photoforum Pasquart since 2015. Gil has been working at Photoforum as a technician since the end of 2015.

Miriam Edmunds

Research associate
medmunds@photoforumpasquart.ch

Miriam Edmunds completed her master’s degree in History and Theory and History of Photography at the University of Zurich in 2018. She is currently completing her studies for a teaching diploma for upper secondary school. In 2016 she became part of the mediation team at the Historisches Museum Thurgau and since 2018 she has been working as a historian on a publication on the history of a school for special education. Her research interests include body experiences, sexuality, gender roles and death, primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Tamara Ferrari

Intern
bonjour@photoforumpasquart.ch

Tamara completed her Bachelor’s degree in fine arts (main focus photography) with first class honours at the University of Westminster in 2019. Afterwards she was able to contribute as an intern in the production department of the Biel / Bienne festival of Photography for 9 months. In her personal practice she works exclusively with analogue techniques and is interested in the complex ways in which we interact with and process our memories. She creates projects of various dimensions and often uses a mixture of photography and moving images in combination with text.