Victoria Square Is Not a Metaphor
Solo show
Neue Galerie
Rennweg 1, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
More info here
March 17, 2026
Three Films by Nicolas Cilins
Screening and Q&A
Bartibae
St. Bartlmä 3, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
October 15, 2025—November 28, 2025
Along Lines and Traces
Group show
4th Larnaca Biennale
Larnaca, Cyprus
September 21, 2025
Femstival @ Marseille
Screening
Videodrome 2
49 Cours Julien, 13006
Marseille, France
May 17, 2025—August 28, 2025
wild thinX — non-conformist strategies in architecture, design and art
Group show
Fünfzigzwanzig
Residenzplatz 10, 5020
Salzburg, Austria
More info here
June 13, 2025—June 20, 2025
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books
Group show
Helmhaus Zürich
Limmatquai 31, 8001
Zürich, Switzerland
May 8, 2025—May 10, 2025
Le Femstival
Screening
La Flèche d’Or
102 bis rue de Bagnolet, 75020
Paris, France
More info here
November 14, 2024—April 13, 2025
Faits divers : une hypothèse en 26 lettres, 5 équations et aucune réponse
MACVAL, Contemporary Art Museum of Val-de-Marne
Place de la Libération
94407 Vitry-sur-Seine
Paris, France
More info here
December 6, 2024—February 16, 2025
Pathways, Encounters, Thresholds: Victoria Square
Solo show
Curated by Angelo Plessas
P.E.T. Projects
Kerkyras 87, 11363
Athens, Greece
December 4, 2024—February 3, 2025
Healing Routine
Solo show
Curated by Elisa Rusca
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Avenue de la Paix 17, 1202
Geneva, Switzerland
December 19, 2024
Where Time Becomes a Loop: Silent Night
Curated by Panos Fourtoulakis
3 137 @ Vatsaxi Street
Αthens, Greece
July 4—7, 2024
Stills From Seven Works
Screening and book launch
Q&A with Nicolas Cilins on July 4, 7 pm
Ongoing screenings until July 7
Wiener Art Foundation
Schadekgasse 8, 1060
Vienna, Austria
March 15—31, 2024
La Box, une première histoire (1990-2024)
Group show
Screening and Q&A Three Films by Nicolas Cilins, March 14, 7.30pm
La Box
Bourges, France
More info here
February 21—March 10, 2024
Research trip
Mumbaï, India
October 1—December 3, 2023
Une sensation contemporaine
Group show
Centre d’art de la Villa Bernasconi
Route du Grand-Lancy 8,
1212 Lancy
Geneva, Switzerland
More info here
October 24—29, 2023
DokumentART, European Film Festival
Video installation, screening and Q&A
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Link to catalogue
Residency @ Victoria Square
Αthens, Greece
August 18—20, 2023
Chennai International Queer Film Festival (CIQFF)
Official Selection
Goethe-Institut, 4, 5. Street, Rutland Gate
Chennai, India
More info here
August 4—6, 2023
The 13th Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF)
Official Selection
Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Indiranagar
Bangalore, India
June 7—11, 2023
14th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Non-Competition Section
Liberty Cinema, 41-42, New Marine Lines
Mumbai, India
March 21, 2023
PiaPia x La Branlée
Screening
LeDoc
26 rue du docteur Potain
Paris, France
November 8, 2022—April 23, 2023
Équilibres Précaires
Group show with Denise Bertschi, Olafur Eliasson and Nina Haab
International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Avenue de la Paix 17, 1202
Geneva, Switzerland
January 2023—April 2023
Residency @ imagespassages & weavers associations
Forges de Cran-Gevrier
Annecy, France
January 18—January 25, 2023
Solothurner Filmtage
Panorama section
January 20, Canva Club, 12pm
January 24, Canva Club, 5.45pm
Luzernstrasse 7, 4500
Solothurn, Switzerland
February 9—February 10, 2023
Budapest Independent Film Festival
Official Selection 2023
nominated for Best Documentary Short
Kino Cafe Mozi Cinema
Budapest, Hungary
December 21, 2022—February 21, 2023
Acquisitions 2021
Group show
Fonds municipal d’art contemporain
Chemin du 23-Août 5, 1205
Geneva, Switzerland
September 27—October 12, 2022
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (BIEFF)
International Competition
September 27, Cinemateca Eforie, 6.30pm
Strada Eforie 2, 030167
Bucharest, Romania
October 10—October 23, 2022
Image de Ville Festival
Screening and Q&A
October 12, Cinéma Le Miroir, 1.30pm
2 rue de la Charité 13002
Marseille, France
October 12—October 17, 2022
Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux
Compétition contrebande
October 13, 8.30pm with Q&A
October 14, 6pm
UGC Ciné Cité
13-15 Rue Georges Bonnac, 33000
Bordeaux, France
November 8—November 13, 2022
42. Duisburger Filmwoche
Screening: Diva
November 11, 11pm with Q&A
Kino Filmforum
Dellplatz 16, 47051
Duisburg, Germany
November 19—29, 2022
Chéries-Chéris, 28e Festival LGBTQI &+++ de Paris
Screenings : Diva
MK2 Beaubourg
Paris, France
August 14—20, 2022
Pune International Queer Film Festival
International selection: Diva
Pune, India
June 24—July 24, 2022
Make Room in your mouth
Group Show
Wiener Art Foundation
Vienna, Austria
June 8—July 31, 2022
Mix Mexico 2022
Program Mundo de Transiciones, Cineteca Nacional
Mexico City, Mexico
June 16—June 19, 2022
Milano Mix Festival
Official Short Film Competition: Diva
Milano, Italia
June 8—18, 2022
Côté Court Festival / Pantin
Panorama section: Diva
Paris, France
March 23, 2022
Talk to me!
Lecture: Justin Bartley, Karen Cooper and Regina Houedanou on their remote working conditions
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Bern University of the Arts HKB
February 10—20, 2022
72nd Berlin International Film Festival
Forum Expanded: Diva
Wednesday 16.02, 20.00, Kino Arsenal 1, premiere with Q&A
Wednesday 16.02, 21.30, Cubix 9, Six Queer Short Films of the 72nd Berlinale
Thrusday 17.02, 14.00, Werstattkino@silentgreen
Saturday 19.02, 14.00, Kino Arsenal 1
Sunday 20.02, 17.30, International, Six Queer Short Films of the 72nd Berlinale
Berlin, Germany
September 20—26, 2021
Swiss Art Awards 2021
Art Basel / Halle 3
Basel, Switzerland
April 2021—June 2021
Residency: Theatrum Festival 2021
Golden Mask, Vladimir Potanin Foundation, and Pro Helvetia
Moscow, Russia
June 6—June 9, 2021
The Moscow Planetarium Museum
Performance: Conquest
Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ulitsa 5 стр.1
Moscow, Russia
January—June 2021
Residency @ Kanton Genf Berlin’s studio
Wiesenstrasse 29 e.G
Berlin, Germany
studio [at] nicolas-cilins [dot] com
2018
Here, Cilins does away with limits; between the madness of obsessive compulsive disorders, the documentation of performances and mysticism, taking us on a fitful journey into the solitude of their nights within the confines of their flat.
Cilins abroge ici les limites : entre la folie des troubles obcessionnels compulsifs, la documentation de performances et le mysticisme. Il nous emporte dans une promenade agitée, confinée dans son logement, dans la solitude de ses nuits.
conception, performance, editing Nicolas Cilins with the help of several witch doctors
acknowledgements Yan Duyvendak, Lina Majdalanie, Johanna Viprey, Uli Ziemmons
text Valentin Carron
support Fonds Cantonal d’Art Contemporain, Republic and Canton of Geneva; Fonds Municipal d’Art Conteporain, City of Geneva; Federal Office of Culture
installation views Guadalupe Ruiz, Swiss Art Awards 2018, Federal Office of Culture