Silvie Defraoui


Silvie Defraoui is a visual artist born in St. Gallen in 1935.

Biography

Silvie Defraoui spent her childhood in St. Gallen and in Grisons. She first studied painting at the l’école des Beaux-Arts d’Alger and later ceramics at the l’école des Arts décoratifs de Genève. Between 1975 and 1994 she worked together with Chérif Defraoui. From 1974 to 1999 she taught at the l'Ecole supérieure d'art visuel de Genève, where in 1975 she established together with Chérif Defraoui, the Mixed Media Studio.

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