Florence Gachoud works between Europe and Asia and paints mainly with watercolour and oil. She gets her inspiration through her travels where she discovers different cultures, traditional textiles, masks, and meeting people from different paths of life. She graduated from the Geneva School of Art and Design in 2012 and her artistic journey embraces painting, illustration, graphic design and creative industries analysis. For more details, check the CV below.
Graphic design / Creative industries selected experiences
2020 , International Trade Centre – ITC
Lead on Graphic Design for the Creative Industries export strategy
Geneva & Bhutan
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2020 , International Trade Centre – ITC
Graphic designer for the Trade Forum Issue (print /online version)
Geneva
2019 - 20, International Trade Centre – ITC
International consultant / Creative Industries Expert/ Technical lead and advisory on the design of a Creative Industries Export Strategy
Geneva & Bhutan
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2017, National Institute for Zorig Chusum
Art Teacher, workshop
Bhutan
Exhibitions / Art Residency
2020, Table Métis — Paris
7 — 13 January 2020
Participation in a collective exhibition
Oil painting
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2019, Ou Bien Encore Gallery — Geneva
12 September — 12 December 2019
Solo exhibition «Druk Yul»
Watercolor painting
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2019, Red Factory — Paris
7 — 13 October 2019
Participation in a collective exhibition
Oil painting
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2018, Ou Bien Encore Gallery — Geneva
2 November — 26 November 2018
Solo exhibition «Under a Blanket of Blue»
Watercolor painting
2017, Vast Gallery — Thimphu
29 October 2017— 25 November 2017
Participation in a collective exhibition
Watercolour painting
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2017, Rimbun Dahan Gallery — Malaysia
3 September 2017
Participation in a collective exhibition
and Art Residency
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2016, Ou Bien Encore Gallery — Geneva
19 September — 15 November 2016
Solo exhibition «Pass the peas»
Watercolour painting
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2010, World Expo — Shangai
1st May — 31 October 2010
Participation in the World Expo Shangai
Graphic design
Education
2020, Cultural and Creative Industries
National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia — Online course
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2020, Building Competitiveness in the Creative Industries
International Trade Centre (ITC) — Online course
2008 – 12, Geneva School of Art & Design — HEAD
Bachelor - Visual Communication
Geneva
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2011, Design College of Barcelona — BAU
Exchange program in graphic design
Barcelona
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2004 – 08, University of Geneva — UNIGE
Faculty of Psychology and Education
Master - Education
Geneva