Maya Rochat is a Swiss visual artist known for her experimental approach to photography and image-making. A graduate of ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) and HEAD – Geneva University of Art and Design, she works across multiple media—combining photography, painting, video, and live performance to create immersive pictorial experiences.

Her work has been exhibited at major international institutions including the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), Tate Modern (London), Photo Elysée (Lausanne), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), and ETH Zürich.

Rochat’s Living in the Painting series—monumental, poetic live projections created in collaboration with musicians such as Buvette, Julie Semoroz, and Blackout—has enthralled audiences at iconic venues including Tate Modern’s South Tank, Lausanne’s
Plateforme 10, Geneva’s Grand Théâtre, and Lucerne’s KKL.

Her bold and innovative practice has earned her numerous prestigious awards, including the Prix AMP (2022), Prix Mobilière (2019), Bourse Leenaards (2018), and Prix Abraham Hermanjat (2017). Maya Rochat’s works are held in significant public and private collections, and continue to push the boundaries of contemporary image-making with a raw, vibrant, and deeply poetic vision.

Her works are part of numerous public and private collections.

portrait photo by Maurine Tric

Maya Rochat (1985), based in Cully, Switzerland

Maya Rochat is an independent artist who integrates various mediums such as photography, video, painting, installation, and performance to create large-scale and immersive installations.

Her work invites viewers to engage in a sensory experience, exploring a fascination with organic structures and image-making, which spans from the space to the body and adapts to diverse forms.

Rochat seeks to create a dreamlike universe that celebrates transformation and possibility. Her approach is characterized by bold experimentation and poetic sensitivity, which allows her to awaken the imagination and inspire curiosity in those who experience her artworks.

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