Biography1971–2070
Education |
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1994–99 |
ETH Zurich, studies in architecture (MSci Arch ETHZ 1999) |
1996 |
Rhode Island School of Design, studies in architecture |
1995 |
Zurich Conservatory, Studies in Computer Music |
Solo shows |
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2015 |
Indexes, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH |
2014 |
unknown Helmhaus ZĂĽrich, Zurich, CH (cat.) |
2013 |
Peripheral Vision 49 Nord 6 Est — Frac Lorraine, Metz, F Chance Encounters of Happenstance and Negative Entropy Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, I |
2012 |
Antichthon — A Possibly Discredited Theory, and Thus a Paradise Less, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH |
2010 |
Earth Extremes, IG Halle Kunst(zeug)haus Rapperswil, CH (cat.) |
2006 |
ErdkrĂĽmmung, Museum of Fine Art, Bern, CH |
2004 |
Larger Earth, Swiss Pavillion 9. Biennale d'Architettura Venezia, I (cat.) |
2003 |
Globus Cassus, Ursula Wiedenkeller Gallery, Zurich, CH |
Group shows (selection) |
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2019 |
50 JPG Centre de la Photographie, Genéve, CH Moonstruck, Fotomuseum Winterthur, CH |
2016 |
Nuit Blanche Monaco Art Genève, curated section, Geneva, CH |
2015 |
L'Hospice des Mille Cuisses CAN, Neuchâtel, CH |
2014 |
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Cochin, India Ostrale / Spartnic, Dresden D Bex & Arts, parc de Szilassy, Bex CH |
2013 |
Le Principe Galapagos Palais de Tokyo, Paris, F Babel — There's a heaven above you,Kunstmuseum Olten, CH Free Enterprise, California Museum of Photography, Riverside/Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2012 |
Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zurich, CH Nach Solaris, Hospiz Galerie/Kunstvilla, Bregenz, AUT a.i.r.5 — artists in residence, Substitut, Berlin, D Fil Rouge, Galerie Mayhaus Ilja & RenĂ© Steiner, Erlach, CH |
2011 |
Brachland 1, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH 52.5293°N, 13.3964°E, Substitut, Berlin, D Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel, CH (cat.) Space. About a dream, Kunsthalle Wien, AUT (cat.) |
2010 |
Kunststipendien der Stadt ZĂĽrich, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH |
2009 |
L’attraction de l’espace, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, F Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zurich, CH |
2008 |
Kunststipendien der Stadt ZĂĽrich, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH |
2007 |
Nature Design, Museum for Design Zurich, Zurich, CH (cat.) |
2006 |
Downloads from Future, Kunsthalle Winterthur, CH The World in a City, London Architekturbiennale, UK Downloads from Future, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EGY Real Fantasies — Young Swiss Photography, Museum of Photography Winterthur, CH (cat.) Uchronies et autres Fictions FRAC Lorraine, Metz, F (cat.) |
2005 |
Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zurich, CH |
2004 |
grey–blue–orange, Anciens Abbatoirs, Pau, F Mezzo Cielo, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, I (cat.) |
2003 |
7Ă—3, Kunsthalle Berne, CH Wohnträume — Wohnräume, Museum of Design Zurich, CH (cat.) Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basle, CH (cat.) |
2002 |
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basle, CH (cat.) |
1996 |
!Hello_World?, Museum of Design Zurich, CH |
Awards and grants |
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2011 |
Swiss Art Award Bronze medal Best designed Book from all over the World, for Earth Extremes The Most beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2010 for Earth Extremes |
2009 |
Canton Zurich Art Grant |
2005 |
Canton Zurich Art Grant Gold medal Best designed Book from all over the World, for Globus Cassus The Most beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2004 for Globus Cassus Pro Helvetia Grant for Study trip to Japan |
2003 |
Swiss Art Award |
2002 |
Swiss Art Award |
Residencies |
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2012 |
Berlin, D |
2005 |
Stockholm, S (UBS Kulturstiftung Grant) |
2003–04 |
Swiss Institute Rome, I |
Committees |
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2012–15 |
Co-Chair Topical Team Art & Science, European Space Agency (ESA) |
Collections |
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2016 |
City of Zurich Art Collection Art Collection City of Geneva |
2015 |
Canton Zurich Art Collection |
2013 |
Collection Bank Julius Bär |
2012 |
Canton Zurich Art Collection |
2008 |
Graphic Collection Museum of Design Zurich |
2006 |
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Berne Collection Schweizerische Mobiliar |
2004 |
Swiss Federal Art Collection |
Publications |
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2014 |
Christian Waldvogel. Unknown — The Orders of Randomness, exhibition catalogue, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, edited by Helmhaus Zurich. Essays by Christian Waldvogel, Jörg Heiser, Daniel Morgenthaler and conversations with Jack van Loon, Ben Moore, Jakob Pernthaler and Jean Pierre de Vera. |
2011 |
Space. About a Dream, exhibition catalogue, Verlag fĂĽr moderne Kunst, NĂĽrnberg Utopia Forever, Gestalten Verlag, Berlin |
2010 |
Earth Extremes, Monography, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, edited by Jacqueline Burckhardt, Christian Waldvogel and Jonas Voegeli, Texts by Christian Waldvogel and Jörg Heiser Space from Space 1–3, in Experiments, gta institute ETHZ, Jovis Verlag Berlin |
2007 |
Nature Design, exhibition catalogue, Lars MĂĽller Publishers 1001 Nacht. Wege ins Paradies, Verlag Philip von Zabern |
2006 |
Real Fantasies — Young Swiss Photography, exhibition catalogue, Christoph Merian Verlag Uchronies et autres Fictions, exhibition catalogue, Editions FRAC Lorraine |
2004 |
Globus Cassus, Monography, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Swiss Pavillion Architecture Biennial Venice, Lars MĂĽller Publishers, Texts by Christian Waldvogel, Boris Groys, Claude Lichtenstein and Michael Stauffer |
2001 |
A piece of Earth moved to the Sky, in Susanne Bieri, Walther Fuchs (Ed.): Building for Books, Birkhäuser Verlag |
Lectures (Selection) |
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2019 |
ZHAW School of Architecture, Winterthur, CH |
2018 |
art@CMS Roundtable, CERN, CH Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, CH |
2017 |
TEDx UWCSEADover, Singapore, SG Istituto Svizzero di Roma, I |
2015 |
Russian National Center for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad, RU University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI |
2014 |
TodaysArt, Bruxelles, B Bright Collisions, The Hague, NL Pepper House, Cochin, I |
2013 |
UC Santa Barbara, USA STRP, Eindhoven, NL University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI Berne School of Architecture, Burgdorf, CH |
2012 |
65thInternational Astronautical Congress, Napoli, I Slovenian Pavillion, Architecture Biennale Venice, I University of Stuttgart, D ESA–ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL University of Aberdeen, UK |
2011 |
FriArt, Fribourg Kunsthalle, CH Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels, B |
2010 |
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, CH |
Media coverage (Selection) |
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2014 |
Art Review, 03.2014 PDF: CW_ArtReview-03-2014.pdf |
2012 |
Kunstbulletin 10.2012 PDF: CW_Kunstbulletin_10-2012.pdf |
2011 |
Newspaper Interview: Und zuhinterst liegt der Urknall, Manisha Jothardy, Wiener Zeitung, 01.04.2011 PDF: cwa_WZ110401_013_4c.pdf Radio: Robert Schimke, Deutschlandfunk, 04.04.2011 |
2010 |
TV: Kulturplatz Swiss National Television SFTV, 23.06.2010 Radio: Echo der Zeit, Swiss National Radio DRS1, 20.07.2010 Newspaper: Stillstand bei 1158km/h, Caspar Schärer, Tages-Anzeiger 26.07.2010 Blog: Digital Brainstorming, Villö Huszai, 23.08.2010 |
2005 |
Blog: Der Demiurg als Netzkunstpirat, Villö Huszai, Regioartline No. 9/10 2005 Newspaper Interview: Bauen, nicht Basteln, Markus Hofmann, NZZ 19.07.2005 Magazine Portrait: Der Weltvergrösserer, Mark van Huisseling, MINI International: Zürich, #1/2005 General media coverage: Titan Panorama (Seven Years From Here), published in more than 30 media: The London Times, Nature, New Scientist, USA Today, Der Spiegel, The Economist, Discovery Channel, Jornal do Brasil, Ciel et Espace, Danish Berlingske Tigende etc. |
2004 |
Newspaper Portrait: Spielplatz fĂĽr die Entwicklung von Ideen, Oliver Meiler, Tages Anzeiger 19.08.2004 Verschiedene Artikel ĂĽber Globus Cassus in der Internationalen Tages- und Fachpresse |
