title: Denise Voïta
text: # Denise Voïta
  
  Denise Voïta (1928–2008) was a Swiss painter, designer, lithographer, and tapestry designer.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Voïta was born on March 14, 1928, in Marsens, Switzerland. She studied at the Lausanne School of Fine Arts. In the 1950s she was associated with the Concrete art movement, along with her colleagues Jean-Claude Hesselbarth [fr], Michel Gigon, Arthur Jobin [fr], and Antoine Poncet [fr].
  
  in 1962 and 1987 she participated in the International Biennial of Tapestry in Lausanne.
  
  In 2002 Voïta was awarded the Grand Prix of the Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture.
  
  Voïta died on April 11, 2008, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  
  