©timcachot
Born in Switzerland in 1993, raised in a family of 5 generations in graphic arts, Naomi Cachot-Gallay draws and creates since that day she was able to hold a pen in her (left) hand.
In 2011, she was admitted in ECAL (University of Art and Design) to study graphic design. After 3 years studying, she joined a graphic design studio in California. She developed her artistic and critical eye on branding but also on her art.
Back to Switzerland, in 2015, she was awarded the Jean Knechtli Award, which honors artists under 30 years old. One year later, she received her BA at ECAL and obtained an article in the renowned Etapes magazine, the Parisian review of graphic design and visual culture.
Since then, next to her graphic design projects,
she got several opportunities to show her work around Switzerland and United States, to collaborate with streetwear brands and to develop her practice
through painting.
Her work already got several brands' attention
including Louis Vuitton.
Prizes & Publications
Interview in Epic Magazine, September 2019, Geneva
Article in Hotdogger magazine, August 2019, Biarritz
Interview in Sd voyager's online magazine, May 2019, San Diego (US)
Interview on the Etapes magazine's website,
Septembre 2017, review of graphic design and visual culture, Paris
Articles in Le Temps, Swissquote, 24 Heures, Femina concerning a series of illustrations shown at Chic Cham, on the occasion of the exhibition Surf’n’turf, a collaboration with Les Ateliers Baume, March 2017, Lausanne
Article in Etapes magazine, n°234, November 2016, review of graphic design and visual culture, Paris
Jean Knechli Scholarship, September 2015
Award annually granted to a young talent in Graphic Arts, Nyon
Professional experiences
2019
SAENTYS (CH)
freelance
2019
Collaboration with AMEN
Print textile designer
2019
Collaboration with DSTRICT
Print textile designer
2019
Artistic Residency at Foound (Geneva, CH)
2017-2019
ALGORIGIN (CH)
Art director and graphic designer
since 2017
VOISINS (CH)
Art director and graphic designer
2018
MARKS (CH)
freelance
2017
WE ARE WILD (CH)
Art director and graphic designer
2016-17
L’ATELIER POISSON (CH)
graphic designer intern
since 2013
L’ATELIER DE MON PÈRE (CH)
freelance collaborations and creative projects
2014-15
WEDGE & LEVER (CA,US)
graphic designer intern
2014
SPACE AGENCY (CA,US)
graphic designer intern
2012
VISUAL ASYLUM (CA,US)
graphic designer intern
Art shows and personal projects
Solo art show during La Journée des Arts,
Objectif31, Nyon, November 2019
Golden Hours, solo exhibition, Foound,
Geneva, September 2019
Tideline, collective art show, Bing,
California, September 2018
Solo art show, La Buvette, Martigny, January 2018
Collective art show, Grand Rue, Nyon, September 2017
Surf n Turf, art show in collaboration
with les Ateliers Baume, Chic Cham, Lausanne, April 2017
Member of DAP, association that develops fine arts
and organizes La Journée des Arts in Nyon, since 2018
Co-founder of the brand Serge&maurice, since 2012
Languages
French (native) – English – Italian