CHRISTIAN VETTER

*1970, lives in Zurich, Switzerland

 

SOLO SHOWS (selected):

2012

Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

„I would prefer not to", Hilfiker Kunstprojekte, Luzern, Switzerland

2011

"Notaciones", Casa Agustin, Oaxaca, Mexico

"ich nicht nichts", Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

2010

"The Presence Of Absence", Yvon Lambert, New York, USA

"Video", Hans Trudel Haus, Baden, Switzerland

2009

"Disappearing Eye", Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen/Stuttgart, Germany

2008

"Disappearing Eye", Manor-Preis St. Gallen 2008, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, Switzerland

2007

"Das Haus / Die Familie", Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland

"Hieronymus", Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich, Switzerland

2006

"Interieurs", Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich, Switzerland

2005

"Inversion / Hommage an Thomas Edison", o.T., Raum für  aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland

"Der schwarze Raum", Installation, Bertastrasse 34, Zurich, Switzerland

2004

"History Park", Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich, Switzerland

 

GROUP SHOWS (selected):

2011

"Back To The Future", Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland

"Remix; Programmation Vidéo", Usine Kugler, Genève, Switzerland

"Catch Of The Year", Dienstgebaeude, Zurich, Switzerland

"Blumen und Perlen", Kunstraum Baden, Switzerland

2010

"Lands End. Landschaft zwischen Bild und Raum", Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

"Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Lôcle, Switzerland

"Dessins aujourd'hui et demain", Espace Kugler, Genève, Switzerland (with Paula Muller, Emilie Ding, Eric Winarto e.a.)

"Heimspiel", Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland

2009

"Made in China", Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (with Marc Bauer, Sharyar Nashat, Pierre-Philippe Freymond, Ana Roldan, Frères Chapuisat)

"Locus Solus", Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

"Espèces d’espaces", Yvon Lambert, New York, USA

"Beyond The Picturesque", S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium

„Pittoresk“,MARTa, Herford, Germany

"Shifting Identities", Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

"Rideau Obscur", Art en Ile, Genève, Switzerland (with Eric Winarto, Alexia Turlin)

"Tracing Reality", Kunstraum Riehen, Switzerland

2008

"Shifting Identities", Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland

"Menschen und Orte", Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany

2007

"Brave Lonesome Cowboy", Villa Merkel, Esslingen/Stuttgart, Germany and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (with Bruce Naumann, David Reed, Roman Signer e.a.)

"insert", Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, Switzerland

"Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Lôcle, Switzerland

"Nature Revisited", substitut, Berlin, Germany

2006

"Heimspiel", Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, Switzerland

"Kaleidoscopique", Villa Dutoit, Genève, Switzerland

2005

"hoch hinaus", Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland (with Franz Gertsch, Fischli/Weiss, Lutz/Guggisberg e.a.)

"Schweizer Druckgraphik 1980 bis 2005", Graphische Sammlung ETH / Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

"la main qui dessinait toute seule 2", Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France

"Handluggage", Cafe Gallery Projects, London, United Kingdom

 2004

"Downloaded", Projektraum exex, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2003

"Homecoming", loop - raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany (with Daniel Robert Hunziker, Clare Goodwin)

"Daniel R. Hunziger, Jeroen Jacobs, William Speakman, Christian Vetter", Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland

2002

"megareal", K3-Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland

"Balsam, Exhibition der Fussballseele", Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland

2001

"Christian Vetter und Andro Wekua", Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich, Switzerland

"und / oder / aber", 11 Positionen zur Zeichnung, Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland (with Annelise Coste, Andro Wekua e.a.)

2000

"artificialities", Kleines Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

1998

"Neue darstellende Malerei", HOTEL, Zurich, Switzerland (with Thomas Scheibitz e.a.)

 

Grants and Awards:

2011

Werkstipendium der Stadt Zürich

2008

Manor-Prize 2008, St. Gallen

 2007

Studio Grant Beijing, China, Stiftung GegenwArt Bern

Werkstipendium des Kantons Zurich

2004

Swiss Art Award

 2003 / 2003

Werkstipendium des Kantons Zurich

2001

Studio Grant Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich

 

Monographic Publications and Artist’s Books:

 FAQ, black light publication 003, Zurich, 2011

Disappearing Eye, edition fink, Zurich, 2008

50 Works On Paper / Beijing 2007, edition fink, Zurich, 2008
History Park, edition fink, Zurich, 2004

here there / Journal of Disorientation, black light publications 002,  Zurich, 2008

Absent City, black light publications 001, Zurich, 2006