About Skopia

Skopia Gallery was founded in Nyon in February 1989 by Pierre-Henri Jaccaud. From the start, it has worked with a new generation of Swiss artists, distinguishing itself through its rigorous selection of works and a large number of premières. It has exhibited at Art Basel since 1993. 

In 1994, Skopia Gallery relocated to the SIP area in Geneva, a former industrial wasteland now home to the Centre for Contemporary Art and the MAMCO (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art). Since its first programme, the Gallery has sought to develop contacts with internationally renowned artists, both Swiss and foreign alike.

Pierre-Henri Jaccaud

More than 30 years in contemporary art

Around the age of 7, I discovered cinema in a movie theatre in our neighborhood, the Nord-Sud. It was literally an enlightenment, it was absolutely magical, marvelous. It was of course a dream world, but in that theatre, I believed in it. Later, in my early thirties, in very curious circumstances, I had the opportunity to replace, at short notice, an assistant in a small gallery, this being besides my carrer as a teacher. 
The owner entrusted me the keys to the gallery and left to produce a film. There were white walls, bright lights, art works on the walls, people who came in and whom I could talk to. This was like a match falling into a gas can. I felt, I knew it was my life! I haven’t stopped since.

Chronology and important dates

“Préliminaires, La Galerie Skopia”. RTS, 09.06.2011

AGEFI Evasion Magazine, Notion d'espace, Petra Krausz, sept. 2009| Press

L’Art à Genève, Pierre-Henri Jaccaud SKOPIA, oct. 2018

L’Art à Genève, Skopia: rencontre avec Pierre-Henri Jaccaud, jan. 2024

 Le plaisir, toujours.
De faire, de montrer, de discuter.