LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
Visuelle Kommunikation
HKB, 2023
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
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Residential Complex Monte Amiata Gallaratese 2
A + U E8803 Italian Architecture
Civic Center with the City Hall and a Junior High School
A + U E8803 Italian Architecture
Civic Center with the City Hall and a Junior High School and Sports Ground
A + U E8803 Italian Architecture
Ernstings Warehouse (detail) — 1983-1985
Coesfeld, Germany
Ernstings Warehouse (detail) — 1983-1985
Coesfeld, Germany
Benetton Production Facility — 1992-1995
Treviso, Italy
Graphic Design, Photography, Curation
samira.gollin[@]bluewin.ch
Samira Gollin (b. 1998, Bern) graduated in Visual Communication from HKB in 2023. Since then, she has been active in Switzerland’s art and culture scene, working on various projects. In addition to her freelance work as a designer and photographer, she has been part of Atelier Pol as a graphic designer since autumn 2024. Her artistic practice explores how humans perceive reality and how perception shapes identity, storytelling, and thought.
In 2024, she was nominated as a FUTURES talent by Photoforum Pasquart—part of a European platform that supports emerging photographers. Since 2020, she has formed a curatorial duo with Aarabi Kugabalan. The duo received the Langenthal Culture Prize in 2023 and began curating the Offspace Cabane B in Bümpliz, Bern in 2025.
Work
2024 – ongoing
Graphic Designer at Atelier Pol, Bern
2024 – ongoing
Co-Curator, Cabane B, Bern
2022 – ongoing
Freelance Graphic Designer and photographer, Bern
Internships
March 2024 – August 2024
Intern at Studio Flux, Bern
October 2023 – January 2024
Intern at Atelier Ciao, Biel
March 2022 – August 2022
Intern at Büro a+o, Aarau
Education
2019 – 2023
Visual Communication, HKB Bern
2021 – 2022
Erasmus, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB)
2018 – 2019
Propädeutikum Bern
2014 – 2018
Commercial apprenticeship with Swiss Federal Diploma (EFZ) and vocational baccalaureate (Berufsmaturität)
Curation
2025 – ongoing
Cabane B, Offspace – Bern (CH)
Co-Curator (with Aarabi Kugabalan)
Curating the annual program of exhibitions, performances, and discursive events at Cabane B, an independent art space in Bümpliz, Bern.
2020 – 2024
Independent Curatorial Practice
Curatorial duo Kunst Kola with Aarabi Kugabalan – an art collective based in Langenthal. Over four years, they organized group exhibitions in various cultural spaces across Langenthal, featuring emerging artists from the region. The initiative aimed to enrich the local art scene and increase access to contemporary art and culture.
Exhibitions
Cantonale Berne Jura 2025
"I used to own a parrot" – Kunsthaus Biel
Exhibition with Aarabi Kugabalan
An artistic exploration using photography, audio, and text focused on the war in Sri Lanka.
Feb 10 – Mar 17, 2024
"I used to own a parrot" – Kunsthaus Langenthal
Exhibition with Aarabi Kugabalan
An artistic exploration using photography, audio, and text focused on the war in Sri Lanka.
Cantonale Berne Jura 2024
Cantonale, Kunsthaus Langenthal
Group exhibition featuring my bachelor thesis “Leave No Stone Unturned”.
June – July 2023
Finale23, HKB Bern
BA Degree Show, Visual Communication
Presented my bachelor project “Leave No Stone Unturned”.
Feb 2022
"Get Out Of Your Room" – HGB Leipzig
Erasmus group exhibition
Presented a photo book developed during a semester in the System Design class.
Sep 9 – 11, 2021
"Weiche ich dem Tageslicht aus?" – Kultur im Stöckli, Langenthal
Solo photo exhibition exploring light, space, and introspection.
Oct, 2020
"Acryl", Mal:Mal Galerie, Bern
Book launch and presentation of my photo book Acryl.
Sep 10 – 13, 2020
Artfestival Interlaken
Collaborative mural created with Lynn Sullivan.
Awards and Nominations
2024
Nominated as a FUTURES Talent by Photoforum Pasquart.
FUTURES is a European platform supporting emerging voices in contemporary photography.
2024
In collaboration with Binta Kopp, Samira Gollin created the official visual for the Bernese Cantonal Government’s 2024/2025 campaign on the strategic focus Digital Transformation.
2024
Langenthal Culture Prize Ceremony “Kunst Kola”, together with Duo JoJo.
Including artistic concept and curation of the prize ceremony, including performances in sound, dance, and text, featuring invited interdisciplinary artists.
2020
Nominated poster at Weltformat Graphic Design Festival Lucerne for the Still Going Strong Newcomer Award.