BIOGRAPHY
Art – Education
2002-2005 Bachelor of Arts, in Fine Art and Media Art, University off Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland – Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel, Schweiz
2001-2002 Foundation Course, Lucerne University off Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland – Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst, Schweiz
1999-2000 Course in wood sculpture, Lucerne University off Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland – Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst, Schweiz
1994-1999 Courses in figure modeling, Zurich university of the arts, Switzerland – Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Schweiz
1990 Moved to Switzerland
1964 Born in Schladming, Austria
Single (S) and Group Exhibitions (Selection):
2024
In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selection from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Wild Wild West, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
2023
(S) Vers le milieu du jour, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
Landscapes, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
photo basel, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
2022
Passages, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
No Wind Today, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Geneve, CH
Landscapes, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
2021
In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selection from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA, USA
(S) Sur le fil du temps, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Fantasia….. Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
photo basel, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
2020
Charity art auction in favor of the CS Hospiz Rennweg, Wien, Austria / Sotheby’s & Rotary Clubs Wien-West,
Vienna-International Austria & München-Hofgarten Germany & FUND ART by Michael Schmidt Ott, Vienna, Austria
Sound of Silence, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
(S) Horizon à de rares intervalles, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
2019
Be/Polar, Galerie Daltra, Megève, France
photo basel, with Galerija Fotografija, Slovenia (in Collaboration with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France)
Exposition d’Eté, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
Alt.+1000, festival de photographie, Vallée de La Brévine, Le Locle, Switzerland
2018
play.song.lines, Basel, Switzerland
Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
photo basel, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Tension, Villa Bernasconi, Centr d’art, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland
Haute Photographie , Rotterdam, NL with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
2017
Sans limite, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Oltre il paesaggio, Palazzo Grillo, Genova, Italy with Galerie Martini & Ronchetti, Genoa, Italy
Paysages photographiques : réinventer le réel, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Brussels Gallery Weekend, Le Rivoli, with Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
Hard Work, Centre d’art net Liicht & Centre d’art Dominique Lang, Dudelange, Luxembourg
Haute Photographie, Rotterdam, NL with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Photo London, London, UK with Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France
2016
FUORI 7, Galleria Gallerati, Roma, Italy
(S) Iris Hutegger und Alice Bailly, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland
(S) winstill. grün., Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France
(S) Dans l’oeil de l’observateur, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
Photo London, London, UK with Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France
2015
Der magische Berg, with Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France at the Raum für Kunst, Galerie Felix Ackermann, Basel, Switzerland
Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France
Du fil dans les idees, Théâtre de la Tournelle, in cooperation with Centre d’art contemporain d’Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
2014
Trovato non veduto, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehof, Paris, France
Regionale 15, E-Werk Freiburg, Germany
Photographie En Pointure, Galerie whitelabs, Milano, Italy
(S) Ceci n’est pas un paysage, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
2013
Maravee Amina, Castello di Susans Majano, Italy (with Galerie Martini & Ronchetti, Genoa, Italy)
Entrée, visarte Basel, M 54 Basel, Switzerland
(S) La montagna incantata, Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, Genoa, Italy
2012
Regionale 13, Stapflehus – Weil am Rhein, Germany
2011
RegioArtSkulptur, Museum Rehmann, Laufenburg, Switzerland
2009
in – out, Galerie con-temporary, province of Styria, Graz, Austria
Regionale 10, FABRIKcultur Hegenheim, France
Truth, Badisches Kunstforum, Ebringen, Deutschland
landscapes, Rondo, Federal Government of the Province Styria, Austria
2008
Betreten auf eigene Gefahr, S11 Künstlerhaus Solothurn, Switzerland
2007
(S) Please, hold the line., DINNERWARE artspace, Tucson, Arizona, USA
What is life, stripped bare?, Documenta 12 online-project (Video-Beitrag), Kassel, Germany
2005
Parkplatz in unmittelbarer Nähe, Ehemalige Baumwollspinnerei Streiff, Aathal, CH
(S) Gegen Abend sturmische Bise aus Westen, Kunstraum Lodypop, Basel, Switzerland
Regionale 5, FABRIKcultur Hegenheim, France
Collections
Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland (Freunde des Kunstmuseums Solothurn)
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (Cercle des amis du Musée de l’Elysée)
Peter Dreher Foundation, Germany
Swiss National Bank, Switzerland
Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), USA
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Artist in Residence / Stays Abroad:
Nov 2006 – Feb 2007 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Mai – Sept 2007 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jan – June 2009 Artist residency from the province of Styria, Atelier Rondo, Graz, Austria
Sept – Oct 2014 Artist residency from the Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson, Skriduklaustri, Egilstadir, Iceland
Projects:
2011/12 ArtPhilo / discussion platform for artists with the moderation by a philosopher at dock: founder & organizer
2006 club.time – video.time – schau.time / video festival at the cinema kult.kino club Basel, organization and curator in collaboration with Lena Eriksson
2005 Parking lot nearby / location dependent and thematically oriented group show in reason that this cotton factory shut down in 2004 / curator, organizer and participating artist