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 Universi-
ty of Art and Design, she works across multiple media—combin-
ing 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 Bu-
vette, 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 presti-
gious 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 col-
lections, 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 a visual artist interweaving multiple mediums such as photography, video, painting, installation, and performance. She creates large scale and immersive installations that engage viewers physically, inviting to a sensory experience.
Through her work, she explores a fascination for nature, expressing its beauty and enchantment and inspiring to a new perception of the world, in and around us.
Maya Rochat’s work channels the fluid rhythms of nature into a vivid visual language where abstraction meets organic vitality. Her art dissolves boundaries between form and emotion, inviting viewers into immersive, dreamlike worlds that celebrate transformation and possibility. With bold experimentation and poetic sensitivity, Maya creates visual experiences that awaken the imagination and inspire hopeful ways of seeing.
