Naomi Cachot-Gallay (1993) is a Swiss designer and artist born into a family of five
generations in the graphic arts. She received her BAfrom the graphic design
department at ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne in 2016.
During her 9-month stint in California, working as a designer, she developed a strong interest in the visual culture of branding and an artistic and critical eye on her art.
In 2015 she was awarded the Jean Knechtli Scholarship, which honors
an artist under 30 years old, and obtained articles in the renowned Etapes magazine,
the Parisian review of graphic design and visual culture.
In the 3 years since graduating, she has already exhibited her work in Switzerland
and United States, California. She art directed several new brands, creative projects
and collaborations while developing her practice through painting.
Her artworks already got several brands’ attention including Louis Vuitton.
Prizes & Publications
The Vanderlove Letter, Suisse, 2020
Epic Magazine, Suisse, 2019
Hotdogger, Biarritz (FR), 2019
SD Voyager, San Diego (USA), 2019
Étapes, Paris (FR), 2017
Le Temps, Suisse, 2017
Swissquote,Suisse, 2017
24 Heures, Suisse, 2017
Femina, Suisse, 2017
Étapes, Paris (FR), 2016
Eyes on Talent, Paris (FR), since 2016
Jean Knechtli Prize, 2015
Award annually granted to a talent under 30 years old in Fine Arts
Career path
The opening of my studio, 2020
Lausanne
Foound, 2019
Artist residency
Geneva
Louis Vuitton, 2019
Invited to meet up following a call of applications for the assistant Print Designer position and the Graphic assistant designer position in the Fashion Accessory department
Paris
Lcgr, 2017-19
Art direction and graphic design for Algorigin and Voisins
Geneva
Marks, 2018
Graphic design in freelance
Geneva
We are wild, 2017
Art direction and designer
Geneva
L’Atelier Poisson, 2016-17
Graphic design internship
Renens
Wedge & Lever, 2014-15
Graphic design internship
Encinitas (CA, USA)
Space Agency, 2014
Graphic design internship
Encinitas (CA, USA)
L’Admp, since 2013
Graphic design and illustration in freelance
Nyon
Visual Asylum, 2012
Graphic design internship
San Diego (CA, USA)
Collaborations
Amen Factory, print design, 2019
Dstrict, print design, 2019
Agathe Naito, design, 2019
Her Waves (USA), print design, 2019
North, design, 2017
Art shows and personal projects
La Journée des Arts, 2019
Solo art show at Objectif 31, Nyon
Golden Hours, 2019
solo art show at Fooound, Geneva
Tideline, 2018
collective art show at Bing, Encinitas (CA, USA)
Surf n Turf, 2017
art show in collaboration with les Ateliers Baume at Chic Cham, Lausanne
Member of DAP (Development of Fine Arts Association), since 2017
Artist member of Eyes on Talent, Paris (FR), since 2016
Co-founder of Serge&maurice, since 2010
Languages
French (native) — English — Italian