Biography
Born in 2001, she grew up on the outskirts of the Emmental region in Switzerland and spent every summer in Bosnia with her mother’s family. In 2025, she graduated from the BA Camera Arts program at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Her practice is grounded in photography and research, engaging with personal experience and questions of identity. Working through a research-based methodology, her work unfolds across photography, archival material, and video.
Born in 2001, she grew up on the outskirts of the Emmental region in Switzerland and spent every summer in Bosnia with her mother’s family. In 2025, she graduated from the BA Camera Arts program at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Her practice is grounded in photography and research, engaging with personal experience and questions of identity. Working through a research-based methodology, her work unfolds across photography, archival material, and video.
Education
2022 - 2025, Bachelor of Arts, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art2018 - 2021, National Vocational Qualification specializing in Art
2017 - 2021, Apprenticeship as a draftswoman specializing in Architecture
2022 - 2025, Bachelor of Arts, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art2018 - 2021, National Vocational Qualification specializing in Art
2017 - 2021, Apprenticeship as a draftswoman specializing in Architecture
Publications
2024, Honey & Rakija for Lunch, Self-Published
2024, CA x NICE LABS, Self-Published
2024, Steinbeisser x HSLU, Ariane Hügli captures objects by Laurent Boschung and Lia Chiara Burkhart, Meter Magazin, Schlieren
2024, Honey & Rakija for Lunch, Akut Mag, Zurich
2024, Ariane Hügli captures Essen wie ein Borkenkäfer by Lia Chiara Burkhart, Hochparterre, Zurich
2023, The Life I Had, Self-Published
2023, Bilder über Georgien, Ron Orp, Lucerne
2024, Honey & Rakija for Lunch, Self-Published
2024, CA x NICE LABS, Self-Published
2024, Steinbeisser x HSLU, Ariane Hügli captures objects by Laurent Boschung and Lia Chiara Burkhart, Meter Magazin, Schlieren
2024, Honey & Rakija for Lunch, Akut Mag, Zurich
2024, Ariane Hügli captures Essen wie ein Borkenkäfer by Lia Chiara Burkhart, Hochparterre, Zurich
2023, The Life I Had, Self-Published
2023, Bilder über Georgien, Ron Orp, Lucerne
Group Exhibitions
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Past
2025, Werkschau, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2024, Elif Oskan and Selassie Atadika in Dornach, Collaboration between Camera Arts and Steinbeisser at Goetheanum, Dornach
2024, Intertwining Grounds, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2023, Fieltrip to Georgia, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2022, Colabor-ation: Von Verflechtung und Zusammenarbeit, Kunsthalle Lucerne
2022, Fear, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
Next
Past
2025, Werkschau, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2024, Elif Oskan and Selassie Atadika in Dornach, Collaboration between Camera Arts and Steinbeisser at Goetheanum, Dornach
2024, Intertwining Grounds, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2023, Fieltrip to Georgia, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
2022, Colabor-ation: Von Verflechtung und Zusammenarbeit, Kunsthalle Lucerne
2022, Fear, Camera Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art
© 2025 For the photographs, texts, and concepts: Ariane Mandić. All rights reserved