Ugo Rondinone

• Born in 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland
  Lives and works in New York, US
  
  www.ugorondinone.com

Education

• 1990      BA, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2021
  your age, my age, and the age of the rainbow, belvedere 21, vienna, austria 
  a rainbow. a nude. bright light. summer, kamel mennour, paris, france 
  chuck nanney + joel otterson, curated by ugo rondinone, martos gallery, new york, us
  a yellow a brown a blue candle, the national exemplar, iowa city, us
  nuns + monks, gladston gallery, new york, us
  a sky . a sea . distant mountains . horses . spring ., sadie coles hq, london, uk
  feeling the void and the rhone, kunsthalle marcel duchamp, cully, switzerland
  a wall. a door. a tree. a lightbulb. winter., sørlandets kunstmuseum, kristiansand, norway
  
  2020
  nuns and monks, sant’andrea de scaphis, rome, italy
  nuns and monks, esther schipper, berlin, germany
  nuns and monks, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, swizterland
  poetry,two person exhibition with john dilg, the national exemplar gallery, iowa city, us
  
  2019
  thanx 4 nothing, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  a wall. seven windows. four people. three trees. some clouds. one sun, kamel mennour, paris, france
  everyone gets lighter, kunsthalle helsinki, helsinki, finland
  sunny days, guild hall, new york, us
  thanx 4 nothing, carré d’art, chapelle des jésuites, nîmes, france
  still (with peter halley), modern art, london, uk
  earthing, kukje gallery, seoul, korea
  
  2018     
  the true, the contemporary austin, austin, texas, us
  liverpool mountain, tate liverpool, liverpool, uk
  clockwork for oracles, phillips paris, france
  the radiant, malta international contemporary art space, se maison gardens, floriana, malta
  drifting clouds, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  your age and my age and the age of the sun, fundación casa wabi, puerto escondido, mexico
   
  2017
  vocabulary of solitude, arken museum of modern art, ishøj, denmark
  moonrise. east. july, aspen art museum, aspen, us
  good evening beautiful blue, bass museum of art, miami, us
  the sun, châeau de versailles, versailles, france
  flower moon, bristol hotel, paris, france
  where do we go from here, the istanbul biennial, istanbul
  everyone gets lighter, pilevneli gallery, istanbul
  i ♥ john giorno, various institutions, new york, us
  the sky over manhattan, sky art, new york, us
  the world just makes me laugh, berkeley art museum and pacific film archive, berkeley, us
  let’s start this day again, contemporary arts center, cincinnati, us
  winter moon, museo nazionale delle arti del xxi secolo, rome, italy
  your age and my age and the age of the rainbow, the garage museum of contemporary art, moscow, russia
  
  2016
  everytime the sun comes up, place vendôme, paris, france
  two men contemplating the moon 1830, esther schipper gallery, berlin, germany
  miami mountain, bass museum of art, miami, us
  the sun at 4pm, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  giorni d’oro + notti d’argento, macro testaccio and mercati di traiano, rome, italy
  becoming soil, carré d’art-musée d’art contemporain, nîmes, france
  seven magic mountains, art production fund and nevada museum of art, reno, us
  vocabulary of solitude, museum boijmans van beuningen, rotterdam, the netherlands
  primordial, gladstone gallery, brussels, belgium
  moonrise sculptures, the institute of contemporary art/boston, boston, us
  windows, poems, and stars, la caja negra, madrid, spain
  
  2015
  i ♥ john giorno, palais de tokyo, paris, france
  clouds + mountains + waterfalls, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  feelings, kukje gallery, seoul, korea
  walls + windows + doors, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  golden days and silver nights, seven artists from the john kaldor family collection, art gallery of new south wales, sydney, australia
  artists and poets, curated by ugo rondinone, wiener secession, vienna, austria
  clouds, galerie krobath, vienna, austria
  
  2014
  breathe walk die, rockbund art museum, shanghai, china
  naturaleza humana, museo anahuacalli, coyoacán, mexico
  
  2013
  human nature, public art fund, rockefeller plaza, new york, us
  we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted, art institute of chicago, chicago, us
  thank you silence, m museum, leuven, belgium
  pure moonlight, almine rech gallery, paris, france
  primal, esther schipper, berlin, germany
  soul, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  soul, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  primal, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
  poems, sorry we’re closed, brussels, belgium
  fatima center for contemporary culture, monterrey, mexico
   
  2012
  primitive, the common guild, glasgow, scotland
  pure sunshinet, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  nude, museum of cycladic art, athens, greece
  wisdom?peace?blank?all of this?, kunsthistorisches museum, theseustempel, vienna, austria
  the moth poem and the holy forest, galerie krobath, vienna, austria
   
  2011
  we are poems, gladstone gallery, brussels, belgium
  new horizon, almine rech gallery, brussels, belgium
  we are poems, palais an der oper, munich, germany
  kiss now kill later, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted, art basel, art parcours, basel, switzerland
  outside my window, peder lund fine art, oslo, norway
   
  2010
  ibm building, new york, us
  turn back time. let's start this day again, fiac, hors-les-murs, jardins des tuileries, paris, france
  clockwork for oracles, art basel, art unlimited, basel, switzerland
  sunrise. east, museum dhondt dhaenens, deurle, belgium
  die nacht aus blei, aargauer kunsthaus, aarau, switzerland
   
  2009
  festival d’automne à paris, paris, france
  nude, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  la vie silencieuse, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  the night of lead, museo de arte contemporáneo de castilla, léon, spain
   
  2008
  clockwork for oracles ii, ica boston, art wall project, boston, us
  turn back time. let’s start this day again, galleria raucci/santamaria, naples, italy
  sunrise. east, frieze art fair, outdoor project, london, uk
  we burn, we shiver (with martin boyce), sculpture center, new york, us
  moonrise. east, public art project, art basel, basel, switzerland
  twelve sunsets, twenty nine daws, all in one, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
   
  2007
  big mind sky, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  wohnsiedlung werdwies, kunst und bau, zurich, switzerland
  get up girl a sun is running the world (with urs fischer), 52nd venice biennale, venice
  air gets into everything even nothing, creative time, ritz carlton plaza, new york, us
   
  2006
  giorni felici, galleria civica di modena, modena, italy
  on butterfly wings, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  thank you silence, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  unday, galerie esther schipper, berlin, germany
  a waterlike still, ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische kunst, münster, germany
  my endless numbered days, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  zero built a nest in my navel, whitechapel gallery, london, uk
  
  2005
  clockwork for oracles, Isr-centro culturale svizzero di milano, milan, italy
  sunsetsunrise, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
   
  2004
  sail me on a silver sun, galleria raucci/santamaria, naples, italy
  long gone sole, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  long night short years, le consortium, dijon, france
  clockwork for oracle, australian centre for contemporary art, melbourne, australia
   
  2003
  théâtre national de bretagne, galerie art & essai, la criée centre d’art contemporain, rennes, france
  moonrise, galerie hauser & wirth & presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  our magic hour, museum of contemporary art, sydney, australia
  lessness, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  roundelay, centre pompidou, paris, france
   
  2002
  in alto arte sui ponteggi, centro culturale svizzero via politecnico, milan, italy
  our magic hour, centre for contemporary visual arts, brighton, uk
  coming up for air, württembergischer kunstverein stuttgart, stuttgart, germany
  1988, works on paper inc., los angeles, us
  lowland lullaby (with urs fischer), swiss institute, new york, us
  cigarettesandwich, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  the dancer and the dance, galerie krobath wimmer, vienna, italy
  no how on, kunsthalle wien, vienna, austria
  a horse with no name, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  on perspective, galleri faurschou, Copenhagen, denmark
   
  2001
  slow graffiti, galerie schipper & krome, berlin, germany
  fracpaca, marseille, france
  yesterdays dancer, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
  dreams and dramas, herzliya museum of contemporary art, herzliya, israel
  kiss tomorrow goodbye, palazzo delle esposizioni, rome, italy
  if there were anywhere but desert, galerie almine rech, paris, france
   
  2000
  so much water so close to home, p.s.1, new york, us
  love invents us, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  if there were anywhere but dessert, mont-blanc boutique, new york, us
  a doubleday and a pastime, galleria raucci/santamaria, naples, italy
  in the sweet years remaining, museum aarhus, aarhus, denmark
  hell, yes!, sadie coles hq, london, uk
   
  1999
  guided by voices, galerie für zeitgenössische kunst leipzig, leipzig, germany
  guided by voices, kunsthaus glarus, glarus, switzerland
  moonlighting, galerie hauser & wirth & presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  light of fallen stars, ves saint-laurent, new york, us
  in the sweet years remaining, schipper & krome, berlin, germany
   
  1998
  in the sweet years remaining, galerie joão graça, lisbon, portugal
  the evening passes like any other, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  so much water so close to home, galerie krobath wimmer, vienna, austria
   
  1997
  stillsmoking, galleria raucci/santamaria, naples, italy
  moonlight and aspirin, galleria bonomo, rome, italy
  tender places come from nothing, cato jans der raum, hamburg, germany
  where do we go from here?, le consortium, dijon, france
   
  1996
  dog days are over, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, zurich, switzerland
  ugo rondinone, le case d’arte, milan, italy
  heyday, centre d’art contemporain, geneva, switzerland
   
  1995
  meantime, galerie froment-putman, paris, france
  migrateurs, arc musée d’art moderne de la ville de paris, paris, france
  cry me a river, galerie walcheturm, zurich, switzerland
   
  1994
  galerie daniel buchholz, cologne, germany
  galerie six friedrich, munich, germany
   
  1993
  drawings, centre d’art contemporain de martigny, martigny, switzerland
  lightyears, galerie ballgasse, vienna, austria
   
  1992
  pastime, galerie walcheturm, zurich, switzerland
   
  1991
  far away trains passing by, galerie martina detterer, frankfurt, germany
  two stones in my pocket, galerie pinx, vienna, austria
  i’m a tree, galerie walcheturm, zurich, switzerland
   
  1989
  galerie pinx, vienna, austria
  
  1987
  raum für aktuelle schweizer kunst, luzern, switzerland
   
  1986
  sec 52, ricco bilger, zurich, switzerland
   
  1985
  ugo rondinone, galerie marlene frei, zurich, switzerland

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2021
  when the subversive stitches, le commun, bâtiment d’art contemporain, geneva, switzerland 
  triennial kortrijk: paradise, belgium 
  swiss skulptur since 1945, aargauer kunsthaus, aarau, switzerland 
  aftefact 21: wired for empathy, stuk, leuven, beligum 
  diversity/united, foundation for art and culture bonn and state treyakov gallery, moscow, russia
  40 jahre kunsthalle winterthur: die zukunft war schöner, kunsthalle winterthur, winterthur, switzerland
  eternal seasons: part II, lévy gorvy, hong kong
  gold and magic, arken museum of modern art, ishøj, denmark
  collaborative group show between taro nasu & esther schipper, taro nasu, tokyo, japan 
  between the earth and sky, kasmin gallery, new york, us
  horizons, lévy gorvy, paris, france
  stations, lustwarande, tilburg, the netherlands
  arts festival watou, belgium
  
  2020
  all in one, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  in situ: a changing installation, peter freeman, inc., new york, us
  on the razor’s edge, museo jumex, mexico city, mexico
  artists for new york, hauser & wirth new york, new york, us
  this morning, in the sweet torpor of the great forest, is like every morning in the world, country salts, bennwill, switzerland
  drawing 2020, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  all of the above (2011-2020), curated by john armleder, kanal - centre pompidou, brussels, belgium
  inner realm, massimo de carlo, v space
  mass ornament: pleasure, play and what lies beneath, curated by alison m. gingeras, south etna, montauk, us
  we gave a party for the gods and the gods all came, apalazzo gallery, online exhibition
  and suddenly it all blossoms, riga international biennial of contemporary art, riga, latvia
  habitat, morcote public art biennale, curated by daniele agostini, morcote, switzerland
  gastrhcom, curated by christoph doswald, paradeplatz, zurich, switzerland
  ps81e, esther schipper, berlin, germany
  resonances, fondation opale, lens, switzerland
  for a dreamer of houses, dallas museum of art, texas, us
  among the trees, hayward gallery, london, uk
  feel the soul?, virtual exhibition, willumsens museum, frederikssund, denmark
  black white & grey, the albertina museum, vienna, austria
  
  2019     
  if on a winter’s night a traveler, tel aviv museum of art, tel aviv, israel
  20 years, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
  ist das mode oder kann das weg!?, museum villa stuck, munich, germany
  making art public: 50 years of kaldor public art projects, art gallery of new south wales, sydney, australia
  mask, aargauer kunsthaus, aarau, switzerland
  aichi triennale 2019: taming y/our passion, aichi, japan
  face it! in monologue with the other, kunstmuseum, ravensburg, germany
  traces (mountain water air), curated by pat steir, lévy gorvy, new york, us
  fellbach triennial, alte kelter, fellbach, germany
  abstraction: aspects of contemporary art, the national museum of art, osaka, japan
  there i belong – hammershøi, curated by elmgreen & dragset, smk, the national gallery of denmark, copenhagen, denmark
  fly me to the moon, kunsthaus zurich, switzerland
  
  2018
  the world on paper – deutsche bank collection, palaispopulaire, berlin, germany
  knock knock, south london gallery, london, uk
  the marciano collection, marciano art foundation, los angeles, us
  still life, kunst haus wien, vienna, austria
  present tense: selections from the lenhardt collection, phoenix art museum, phoenix, us
  buddha’s life, path to the present, de nieuwe kerk, amsterdam, the netherlands
  20 years kunst raum riehen – the jubilee exhibition, kunst raum riehen, riehen, switzerland
  surrealism switzerland, aargauer kunsthaus, aarau, switzerland
  summer, curated by ugo rondinone, peter freeman, inc., new york, us
  poussières d`étoile, domaine des etangs, massignac, france
  sea of desire, fondation carmignac, poquerolles, france
  sculpture garden biennale, palexpo, geneva, switzerland
  smooth transitions, galerie eva presenhuber, zürich, switzerland
  the urban forest, palazzo belmonte riso, museum centre for modern and contemporary art of sicily, Palermo, italy
  another banana day for the dream-fish, palais de tokyo, paris, france
  people, jeffrey deitch, new york, us
  nudes, sadie coles hq, london, uk
  départ, galería solo, madrid, spain
  valentin carron, camille henrot, anish kapoor, alicja kwade, bertrand lavier, claude lévêque françois morellet, christodoulos panayiotou, gina pane, ugo rondinone, kamel mennour, paris, france
  another perfect day for bananafish, palais de tokyo, paris, france
  jay defeo: the ripple effect, le consortium, dijon, france
  a mind of winter, chesa planta, samedan, switzerland
  
  2017
  hyper real, national gallery of australia, canberra, australia
  art in the open: 50 years of public art in new york, city museum of new york, new york, us
  voyage d’hiver, palace of versailles, versailles, france
  eurovisions: contemporary art from the goldberg collection, national art school gallery, sydney, australia [traveled to: heide museum of modern art, bulleen, victoria, australia (2018); canberra museum and gallery, canberra, australia (2018)]
  the place to be, museo nazionale della arti del xxi secolo, rome, italy
  la balade pour la paix, an open-air museum, montreal museum of fine arts and mcgill university, montreal, canada
  unpacking: the marciano collection, marciano art foundation, los angeles, us
  glasstress, 57^th venice biennale, venice, italy
  the queen falls, galería omr, mexico city, mexico
  one and other, zabludowicz collection, london, uk
  phoenix rising: the valley collects, phoenix art museum, phoenix, us
  the transported man, eli and edythe broad art museum, east lansing, us
  back to mulholland drive, la panacée, montpellier, france
  versus rodin: bodies across space and time, art gallery of south australia, adelaide, australia
  
  2016
  artist films at kino international, organized by haubrok foundation, kino international, berlin, germany
  the infinite mix: sound and image in contemporary video, hayward gallery, london, uk
  neriri kiruru harara, media city seoul, seoul, korea
  representing rainbows, gerald peters gallery, new york , us
  the collection stripped bare by its artists, even, maison dela vache qui rit/musée des beaux arts de dole, dole, france
  solo walks, bündnder kunstmuseum chur, chur, switzerland
  sculpture in the city, public installation, london, uk
  mount analogue, darrow contemporary, aspen, us
  summer school, the flag art foundation, new york, us
  human scale, national gallery of canada, ottawa, canada
  on the immense and the numberless, david risley gallery, copenhagen, denmark
  takashi murakami’s superflat collection from shohaku and rosanjin to anselm kiefer, yokohama museum of art, yokohama, japan
  man in the mirror, vanhaerents art collection, brussels, belgium
  collection gallery & friends (20 years), galerie mirko mayer/m-projects, cologne, germany
  you go to my head, galerie daniel templon, brussles, belgium
  parlons-en, musée départemental d'art contemporain de rochechouart, rochechouart, france
  austellung 3: tanz es, ursula blickle stiftung, kraichtal-unteröwisheim, kraichtal, germany
  split: spiegel. licht. reflexion, schauwerk sindelfingen, sindelfingen, germany
  
  2015
  about trees, zentrum paul klee, bern, switzerland
  greater new york, moma ps1, long island city, new york, us
  museum of stones, noguchi museum, long island city, new york, us
  une brève histoire de l’avenir, musée du louvre, paris, france
  lustwarande 5, tilburg, the netherlands
  hôtel dunkerque, frac nord-pas-de-calais, dunkerque, france
  hello walls, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  sprayed - works from 1929 to 2015, gagosian gallery, london, uk
  genre humaine, palais jacques coeur, bourges, france
  terrapolis, ecole francaise d’athenes, athens, greece
  artists commissioning contemporary architecture, bielefelder kunstverein, bielefeld, germany
  summertime... and the living is easy, geukens & de vil, knokke-heist, belgium
  pequod, 11 columbia, monaco
  drawings from the ringier collection chapter 1, villa flora winterthur, sammlung hahnloser, winterthur, switzerland
  artzuid 2015, foundation artzuid, amsterdam, the netherlands
  biennale di venezia - 56th international art exhibition, la biennale di venezia settore arte, venice, italy
  ... y el tiempo se hizo, centro de artes visuales helga de alvear, cáceres, spain
  work hard: selections by valentin carron, swiss institute contemporary art, new york, us
  von angesicht zu angesicht, kunstmuseum luzern, luzern, switzerland
  venusfalle, schauwerk-sindelfingen, sindelfingen, germany
  michael ringier collection, art genève, geneva, switzerland
  works on paper, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  golden days and silver nights, seven artists from the john kaldor family collection, art gallery of new south wales, sydney, australia
  geisterwesen, kunstmuseum luzern, luzern, switzerland 
   
  2014
  spaced out: migration to the interior, red bull studios, new york, us
  cast from life, skarstedt gallery, new york, us
  bash: an exhibition in two parts, maxart woodstock byrdcliffe guild, new york, us
  das optische nbewusste, alte fabrik, rapperswil, switzerland 
  by destiny, arario museum, jeju, korea
  somos libres ii, pinacoteca giovanni e marella agnelli, turin, italy
  existenzielle bildwelten, museum weserburg, bremen, germany
  die krawatte. männer macht mode., schweizer nationalmuseum, zurich, switzerland 
  la disparition des lucioles, collection lambert, avignon, france
  fountains of the deep: visions of noah and the flood, 462 west broadway, new york, us
  lifelike, phoenix museum of art, phoenix, us
  you imagine what you desire, 19^th biennale of sydney, sydney, australia
  the human factor: the figure in contemporary sculpture, hayward gallery, london, uk
  between heaven and hell, elevation1049, gstaad, switzerland 
  man in the mirror, vanhaerentsartcollection, brussels, belgium
   
  2013
  science of dreams, arsenal, montreal, canada
  secret codes, galeria luisa strina, sao paulo, brazil
  somos libres, mate, lima, peru
  lifelike, blanton museum of art, university of texas and austin, austin, us
  lightness of being, public art fund, city hall park, new york, us
  es kommt noch besser. das ende des 20. jahrhunderts., hamburger bahnhof, berlin, germany
  nasher xchange, nasher sculpture center, dallas, us
  fourth plinth commission shortlist exhibition, london, uk
  expo 1: new york, moma/ps1, new york, us
  something about a tree, flag art foundation, new york, us
  rhythm in it. vom rhythmus in der gegenwartskunst, aargauer kunsthaus, aarau, switzerland 
  lass dich von der natur anwehen. landschaftzeichnungen in der romantik und gegenwart, kunsthalle bremen, bremen, germany
  dynamo, galeries nationales du grand palais, paris, france
  una posibilidad de escape, eacc espai d’art contemporani de castello, castello, spain
  el arte del presente, centrocentro cibeles de cultra y ciudadania, madrid, spain
  the weak sex-how art pictures the new male, kunst museum bern, bern, switzerland
  soncino, artisti americani e non, vii biennale di soncino a marco, italy
  lifelike, mcasd, museum of contemporary art san diego, san diego, us
  the time is now, john berggruen gallery, san francisco, us
  window to the world, fondation de l’hermitage, lausanne, switzerland
  sculpture trail, marseille provence 2013, aix-en-provence, france
   
  2012
  lifelike, new orleans museum of art, new orleans, us
  the spirit level, curated by ugo rondinone, gladstone gallery, new york, us
  parallelwelt zirkus, kunsthalle wien, vienna, austria
  faces,onassis cultural centre, athens, greece
  topsyturvy–celebrating another world, de appel arts centre, amsterdam, the netherlands
  window to the world, museo d'arte, lugano and fondation de l’hermitage, lausanne, switzerland
  klaer, uglee, callamari, ramiken crucible, new york, us
  from triple x to birdsong (in search of the schizophrenic quotient), kayne griffin corcoran, santa monica, us
  post tenebras lux, nicola von senger, zurich, switzerland
  warming up the house, museum bärengasse, zurich, switzerland
  body language, centre culturel suisse, paris, france
  at the speed of stone, marianne boesky gallery, new york, us
  painting now, galerie eva presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  lifelike, walker art centre, minneapolis, us
  big mind sky, open concept gallery, grand rapids, us
   
  2011
  the deer, le consortium, dijon, france
  dream the world awake, fashion museum antwerp, antwerp, belgium
  our magic hour - how much of the world can we know?, yokohama triennale, yokohama, japan
  rollenbilder – rollenspiele, museum der moderne, salzburg, austria
  historias de a. obras de la coleccion jumex, museo amparo, puebla, mexico
  el grito, musac, museo de arte contemporáneo de castilla, léon, spain
  everything must go, casey kaplan, new york, us
  welttheater (sammlung migros museum für gegenwartskunst), kunstmuseum lichtenstein, vaduz, liechtenstein
  on track, domaine de chamarande, chamarande, france
  sculpturale - the world around, artzuid 2011, amsterdam international sculpture route, amsterdam
  john kaldor family collection, art gallery of new south wales, sydney
  chefs d'oeuvre, rodin et les ambassadeurs, musée rodin, paris, france
  sympathy for the devil, vanhaerents art collection, brussels durchsichtige dinge, kunstverein freiburg, freiburg, germany
  aether. nouveau festival du centre pompidou, espace 315, centre pompidou, paris, france
  black swan, regen projects, los angeles, us
  unscharf. nach gerhard richter, hamburger kunsthalle, hubertus-wald-forum, hamburg, germany
  a strange affinity to the beautiful and the dreadful, hendershot gallery, new york, us
   
  2010
  die nase des michelangelo, galerie peter kilchmann, zurich, switzerland
  electro geo, frac limousin, limoges, france
  size does matter, flag art foundation, new york, us
  the new décor, the garage center for contemporary culture, moscow, russia
  fashionable art - die mode in der kunst, kunst raum riehen, riehen, switzerland
  hareng saur: ensor and contemporary art, s.m.a.k./museum of fine arts, gent, belgium
  where do we go from here?, contemporary arts center, cincinnati /la colección jumex, miami, us
  bilder über bilder. diskursive malerei von albers bis zobernig, mumok, vienna, daimler kunst sammlung, austria
  the 2nd biennale of the art of painting: beyond the sublime, museum dhondt-dhaenens, deurle, belgium
  sphère 2009, galleria continua, le moulin, boissy-le-châtel, france
  the new décor, hayward gallery, london, uk
  swiss drawing (1990-2010), musée rath, geneva, switzerland
  reference and affinity, kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  hope! l’espoir, de giacometti à murakami, palais des arts et du festival, dinard, france
  ultramegalore, modemuseum hasselt, hasselt, belgium
  istanbul museum of modern art, istanbul, turkey
   
  2009
  where do we go from here?, bass museum of miami/la colección jumex, miami, us
  voyage sentimental. attraction, fonds régional d’art contemporain poitou-charentes, angoulême, france
  zwischenzonen, la colección jumex/mumok, vienna, austria
  black hole, centro cultural de andratx, mallorca, spain
  silence, kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  chromamix 2, musée d’art moderne et contemporain, strasbourg bleibtreu galerie, berlin, germany
  wall rockets: contemporary artists and ed ruscha, the flag art foundation, new york, us
  magritte et la lumière, almine rech gallery, brussels, belgium
  "nous tournons dans la nuit…", musée départemental d'art contemporain de rochechouart, rochechouart, france
  stardust, fundament foundation, tilburg, parc de oude warande, the netherlands
  n’importe quoi, musée d’art contemporain de lyon, lyon, france
  fabula tempora, auswahl 9, kunstmuseum mülheim, mühlheim, germany
  saints and sinners, the rose art museum, brandeis university, waltham, us
  timecode, dundee contemporary arts, dundee, scotland
   
  2008
  the practice of everyday life, fundacion/coleccion jumex, museo nacional de arte (munal), mexico-city, mexio
  ’ich kann mir nicht jeden tag ein ohr abschneiden’ dekonstruktion des künstlermythos, hamburger bahnhof, berlin, germany
  moonrise. east., st. moritz art masters, st. moritz, switzerland
  intimacy, curated by anne pasternak, the fireplace project, east hampton, us
  unknown pleasures, aspen art museum, aspen, us
  painting now and forever, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  second nature, parc heintz, luxembourg
  histoires de point d’ironie, galerie du jour, paris, france
  won’t grow up, cheim and read, new york, us
  landscape, galerie thaddaeus ropac, paris, france
  ausstellung sammlung 1978-2008, migros museum für gegenwartskunst zurich, switzerland
  blasted allegories. werke aus der sammlung ringier, kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  second_nature, centre artistique et culturel, chamarande, france
  private passion. public visions, marco, museo de arte contemporanéa de vigo, vigo, spain
  second_nature, parc heintz, dexia bil, luxembourg
  depletion. works from the doron sebbag art collection, tel aviv museum of art, tel aviv, israel
  martian museum of terrestrial art, barbican art gallery, london, uk
  laughing in a foreign language, the hayward gallery, london, uk
  schweiz über alles, jumex collection, mexico city, mexico
   
  2007
  the third mind, curated by ugo rondinone, palais de tokyo, paris, france
  olpc-one laptop per child, luminaire lab, miami, us
  top of central switzerland, kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  xxs, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
  sculpture garden, galerie almine rech, brussels, belgium
  jubilee exhibition, house eva presenhuber, vnà, switzerland
  unmonumental: the art object in the 21^st century, the new museum, new york, us
  publiek, stichting centrum beeldende kunst, rotterdam, the netherlands
  the hamster wheel, festival printemps de septembre, toulouse, france
  summer show, james cohan gallery, new york, us
  the hamster wheel, tese della novissima, arsenale di venezia, venice, italy
  zu gironcoli, eine hommage, gironcoli museum, st. johann b. herberstein, austria
  disorder in the house, vanhaerents art collection, brussels, belgium
  präzision und wahnsinn,kunstmuseum wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, germany
  une question de génération, musée d'art contemporain de lyon, france
  our magic hour, arario gallery, cheonan, korea
   
  2006
  une question de génération, musée d'art contemporain de lyon, lyon, france
  don juan alias don giovanni oder „zwei plus zwei sind vier“ oder „lust ist der einzige schwindel, dem ich dauer wünsche.“, magazin4 bregenzer kunstverein, bregenz, austria
  contos dixitais, cgac centro galego de arte contemporànea, santiago de compostela, spain
  newcastle gateshead winter festival, nva organisation, glasgow, scotland
  street: behind the cliché, witte de with – center for contemporary art, rotterdam, the netherlands
  lifestyle – from subculture to high fashion, kunstmuseum st. gallen, switzerland
  icônes, espace louis vuitton, paris, france
  nach schiele, österreichische galerie belvedere, vienna, austria
  super vision, institute of contemporary art, boston, us
  black/white & chewing gum, krobath wimmer, vienna, austria
  la force de l’art, grand palais 2006, grand palais, paris, france
  don juan alias don giovanni oder „zwei plus zwei sind vier“ oder „lust ist der einzige schwindel, dem ich dauer wünsche.“, ursula blickle stiftung, kraichtal-unteröwisheim, germany
  don juan alias don giovanni oder „zwei plus zwei sind vier“ oder „lust ist der einzige schwindel, dem ich dauer wünsche.“, kunsthalle wien, vienna, austria
  egomania, galleria civica, modena, italy
  the scarecrow, averoff museum, athens, greece
  inner go go, vamiali, athens, greece
  gay chic – von der subkultur zum mainstream, museum für gestaltung, zurich, switzerland
  handsome, galerie analix forever, geneva, switzerland
  winterausstellung, esther schipper, berlin, germany
   
  2005
  contemporary swiss art, chiba city museum of art, chiba, japan
  looking at words – the formal presence of text in modern and contemporary works on paper, andrea rosen gallery, new york, us
  ambiance, kunstsammlung im ständehaus, düsseldorf, germany
  chambres à part, hotel sezz, paris, france
  fragile, galerie analix forever, geneva, switzerland
  private view – collection pierre huber, musée cantonal des beaux-arts, lausanne, switzerland
  2^nd prague biennale, prague, czech republic
  swiss video, bunkier sztuki, cracow, poland
  das neue ii, atelier augarten, vienna, austria
  coleccion helga de alvear, museo extremeno e iberoamericano, badajoz, spain
  swiss made (the art of falling apart) collection hauser & wirth, cobra museum of modern art, amsterdam, the netherlands
  universal experience: art, life and the tourist’s eye, museum of contemporary art, chicago, us
  universal experience: art, life and the tourist’s eye, hayward gallery, london, uk
  der traum vom ich. der traum von der welt, fotomuseum winterthur, winterthur, switzerland
  zur vorstellung des terrors: die raf, kunst-werke, berlin, germany
   
  2004
  the realm of the senses, james cohan gallery, new york, us
  la piste noire, galerie loevenbruck, paris museum löffler, kosice, slovakia
  carnegie international, carnegie museum of art, pittsburgh, us
  works and days, louisiana museum of modern art, humlebaek, denmark
  schöner wohnen, centre for contemporary art, waregem, belgium
  nothing has changed, gruppe österreichische guggenheim, vienna, austria
  lustwarande 04, fundament, tilburg, the netherlands
  hard light, p.s.1, new york, us
  la grande parade. portrait de l’artiste en clown, musée des beaux-arts du canada, ottawa, canada
  i am the walrus, cheim & read, new york, us
  ugo rondinone / les krims, sprengel museum hannover, hannover, germany
  lasko – wallpainting en suisse, centre d’art de neuchâtel, neuchâtel, switzerland
  genesis sculpture, curated by stéphanie moisdon trembley, domaine pommery, reims, france
  eden, biblioteca luis angel arango, bogota, colombia
  sculptures show, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  la grande parade. portrait de l’artiste en clown, grand palais, paris, france
   
  2003
  le monde selon françois dubois, musée cantonal des beaux-arts, lausanne, switzerland
  sculpture, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  7e biennale d’art contemporain de lyon, lyon, france
  stiftung binz 39, zurich, switzerland
  kunstpanorama, lucerne, switzerland
  love, magazine4 vorarlberger kunstverein, bregenzer kunstverein, bregenz, austria
  lee 3 tau ceti central armory show, villa arson, nice, france
  the daimlerchrysler collection, museum für neue kunst/zkm, karlsruhe, germany
  tapas e video: videos by bdv, moph cafe, tokyo, japan
  story faces, galerie mirko mayer, cologne, germany
  carosseries, automobiles, art, architectures, la galerie du petit château, sceaux, france
  not neutral: contemporary swiss photography, grey art gallery, new york, us
  coollustre, curated by eric troncy, collection lambert, avignon, france
  psychodrome 04, fundació joan miró, barcelona, spain
  urban diaries. young artists from switzerland, alcala 31, madrid, spain
  breathing the water, galerie hauser & wirth & presenhuber, zurich, switzerland
  durchzug/draft, kunsthalle zürich, zurich, switzerland
   
  2002
  loop: back to the beginning, contemporary arts center, cincinnati, us
  art publishers zurich, new museum of contemporary art, new york, us
  bienvenue willkommen welcome@altkirch, crac alsace, altkirch, france
  jour de cirque, grimaldi forum, monaco
  drawing now: eight propositions, the museum of modern art, new york, us
  off the grid. works on paper, lehmann maupin gallery, new york, us
  drawing now: eight propositions, museum of modern art queens, long island city, us
  je t’aime...moi non plus, halle au poisson, perpignan, france
  i don’t live here anymore, städtische galerie, villingen schwenningen, germany
  de gustibus. collezione privata italiana, palazzo delle papesse centro d’arte contemporanea, siena, italy
  je t’aime moi non plus, museum het domein, sittard, the netherlands
  campy, vampy, tacky, la criée, centre d’art contemporain, rennes, france
  i don’t live here anymore, hallescher kunstverein, halle, germany
  zeitgenössische fotokunst aus der schweiz, neuer berliner kunstverein, berlin, germany
  self/in material conscience, fondation sandretto (guarene), turin, italy
  the house of fiction, sammlung hauser & wirth, st. gallen, switzerland
  ahead of the 21^st century. the pisces collection, fürstenberg sammlungen, donaueschingen, germany
  liverpool biennale, liverpool, uk
  on perspective, galleri faurschou, copenhagen, denmark
   
  2001
  galerie krobath wimmer, vienna, austria
  tenth anniversary exhibition, matthew marks gallery, new york, us
  fantastique, printemps de septembre, toulouse, france
  loop – alles auf anfang, kunsthalle der hypokulturstiftung, munich, germany
  mouvements immobiles, musée d’art moderne, buenos aires, argentina
  salons de musique, musée d’art moderne et contemporain de strasbourg, strasbourg, france
  surface lisse, musée de la photographie, mougins, france
  dai, dai, dai, where do we go from here?, netherlands institut voor mediakunst, amsterdam, the netherlands
  wechselstrom, lokremise st. gallen, sammlung hauser und wirth, switzerland
  fingerspitzengefühl – der menschliche körper in der gegenwartskunst, galerie der stadt sindelfingen, sindelfingen, germany
  the irish museum of modern art, dublin, ireland
  gestes, musée des beaux-arts de montréal, montréal, canada
  sammlung daimlerchrysler. neuerwerbungen/new acquisitions, daimler chrysler contemporary, berlin, germany
  let’s entertain, miami art museum, miami, us
  let’s entertain, kunstmuseum wolfsburg, wolfsburg, germany
   
  2000
  let’s entertain, musée national d’art moderne, centre georges pompidou, paris, france
  landschaftsräume, neues kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  life after the squirrel, location one, new york, us
  face  à face,  kunstpanorama, lucerne, switzerland
  heart, centro d’arte contemporanea ticino, bellinzona, switzerland
  come in and find out, curated by klara wallner, podewil, berlin, germany
  let’s entertain, portland art museum, portland, us
  le jeu des 7 familles, musée d’art moderne et contemporain, mamco, geneva, switzerland
  ultramarine. une mise en scène du réel: artiste/acteur, villa arson, nice, france
  premio michetti curated by gianni romano, fondazione michetti, francavilla al mare, italy
  volume: bed of sound, p.s.1, new york, us
  platforma, sommer contemporary art, tel aviv, israel
  présumé innocent, curated by stéphanie moisdon trembley, musée d’art contemporain de bordeaux, bordeaux, france
  over the edges, stedelijk museum voor actuele kunst, ghent, belgium
  video positive 2000 – the other side of zero, bluecoat chambers, liverpool, uk
  let’s entertain, walker art center, minneapolis, us
  mécaniste, kiad, canterbury, uk
  under the same sky, kiasma, helsinki, finland
  living in the real world, curated by hilde teerlinck, museum dhondt-dhaenens, deurle, belgium
  close up, kunstverein baselland, freiburg, germany
  ich ist etwas anderes, kunstsammlung nordrhein-westfalen, düsseldorf, germany
  nb: new york / berlin - die ateliers der eidgenossenschaft 1998/99, kunsthalle palazzo liestal, liestal, switzerland
   
  1999
  eurovision, saatchi gallery, london, uk
  l’autre sommeil, musée d’art moderne de la ville de paris, paris, france
  sans réserve 1, musée d’art moderne et contemporain de strasbourg, france
  the passion and the wave, curated by paolo Colombo, 6^th international istanbul biennial, istanbul, turkey
  missing link, cur. by christoph doswald, kunstmuseum bern, bern, switzerland
  d a ch, galerie krinzinger im benger park, bregenz, austria
  trans-sphère, curated by philippe régnier, frac poitou-charentes, angoulême, france
  spillerom, lofoten arts festival, svolvaer, norway
  le repubbliche dell’arte, palazzo delle papesse, siena, italy
  trouble spot. painting, museum van hedendaagse kunst, antwerp, belgium
  signs of life, 1^st melbourne international biennial, melbourne, australia
  rosa für jungs/hellblau für mädchen, ngbk, berlin, germany
  xn99, espace des arts, chalon-sur-saône, france
   
  1998
  berlin biennale, berlin, germany
  dog days are over, curated by nicolas trembley, centre culturel suisse, paris, france
  time after time, emily tsingou gallery, london, uk
  auf der spur – kunst der 90er jahre im spiegel von schweizer sammlungen, kunsthalle zürich, zurich, switzerland
  weather everything, curated by eric troncy, galerie für zeitgenössische kunst leipzig, leipzig, germany
  collezione privata italiana 1^st berlin biennial, curated by nancy spector, klaus biesenbach, hans-ulrich obrist, berlin, germany
  libera mente, palazzo del capitano, cesena, italy
  matthew marks gallery, new york, us (with joseph grigely and millie wilson)
  holderbank kunstausstellung, holderbank, switzerland
  from the corner of the eye, stedelijk museum, amsterdam, the netherlands
  the house of fiction, sammlung hauser & wirth, st. gallen, switzerland
  nonchalance revisted. junge schweizer kunst, curated by christoph doswald, akademie der künste, berlin, germany
  grenzenlos, art club berlin as guest in the mies van der rohe pavilion, barcelona, spain
  4. internationale foto-triennale, villa merkel, esslingen, germany
  freie sicht aufs mittelmeer, schirn kunsthalle, frankfurt, germany
  freie sicht aufs mittelmeer, kunsthaus zürich, zurich, switzerland
  don’t look now, galerie walcheturm, zurich, switzerland
  homo zappiens zappiens, galerie art & essai, rennes, france
  aids worlds, centre d’art contemporain, geneva, switzerland
  altered states, festival a/d werf, utrecht, the netherlands
  foto relations, dum umeni mesta brna (kunsthaus brünn), brno, czech republic
   
  1997
  hip, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, zurich, switzerland
  rear window, galerie almine rech, paris, france
  fort! da! cooperations, villa merkel, esslingen, germany
  disaster and recovery: artists interpret the work of the international committee of the red cross, the swiss institute, new york, us
  why don’t we do it in the road, cato jans, der raum, hamburg, germany
  diskland snowscape, curated by harm lux, shed im eisenwerk, frauenfeld, switzerland
  gestes, musée des beaux-arts de montréal, montréal, canada
  504, hochschule für bildende künste, ausstellungsprojekt der klasse armleder braunschweig, germany
  festival atlantico, lisbon, portugal
  galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, rome, italy (with jessica diamond)
  transit, centro d’arte contemporanea ticino, bellinzona, switzerland
  bonjour, bon echo, centre d’art contemporain, fribourg, switzerland
  landschaft heute, tal museum, engelberg, switzerland
  ruhm und ehre, galerie der stadt schwaz im palais enzenberg, schwaz, austria
  landschaftsräume, neues kunstmuseum luzern, lucerne, switzerland
  dramatically different, curated by eric troncy, le magasin, centre national d’art contemporain, grenoble, france
  nonchalance, curated by christoph doswald, centre pasquart, biel, switzerland
   
  1996
  where do we go from here?, biennale são paulo, brazil
  files, bunker 4^th floor, berlin, germany
  youngart zürich, curated by lionel bovier, alte kunsthalle zürich, zurich, switzerland
  non! pas comme ca!, centre d’art neuchâtel, neuchâtel, switzerland
  conversation pieces ii, ica, philadelphia, us
  the agression of beauty, galerie arndt & partner, berlin, germany
  macht der verführung, interims kunsthalle, berlin, germany
  cabines de bain, attitude, fribourg, switzerland
  radikale bilder, 2. österreich.triennale zur fotografie, neue galerie und künstlerhaus, graz, austria
  radikale bilder, kunsthalle szombathely, hungary
  modèles corrigés, collège marcel duchamp, châteauroux, france
  die galerie. geschichte der wewerka galerie berlin, kunsthalle, berlin, germany
  landschaft. mit dem blick der 90er jahre, haus am waldsee, berlin, germany
   
  1995
  snow job, curated by lionel bovier & christophe cherix, forde, geneva, switzerland
  the pleasure of merely circulating, memory/cage edition, zurich, switzerland
  livres d’artistes, centre d’art contemporain, geneva, switzerland
  landschaft mit dem blick der 90er jahre, mitterheinmuseum, koblenz, germany
  salon-ausstellung. 5 jahre kunsthalle palazzo, kunsthalle palazzo, liestal, switzerland
  landschaft der 90er jahre, museum schlossburg a.d. saale, berlin, germany
  landschaft der 90er jahre, haus am waldsee, berlin, germany
  fields, curated by harm lux, zypressenstrasse 71, zurich, switzerland
  kunsthalle, bremen, kunstpreis der böttcherstrasse, bremen, germany
  entrée en matière, curated by lionel bovier, ecole cantonale d’art de lausanne, switzerland
  oh pain! oh life!, helmhaus, zurich, switzerland
  private welten, galerie peter kilchmann, zurich, switzerland
   
  1994
  papierarbeiten & einige skulpturen, galerie six friedrich, munich, germany
  kunsthalle palazzo, liestal, switzerland (with a. schnider, f. valloton)
  passing through, curated by ugo rondinone, galerie walcheturm, zurich, switzerland
  lokalni cas. dunajski material vogledalu nelagodja (lokalzeit. wiener material im spiegel des unbehagens.), moderna galerija ljubljana, ljubljana, slovenia
  lokalzeit – wiener material im spiegel des unbehagens, curated by peter weibel, raum strohal, vienna, austria
  endstation sehnsucht, curated by bice curiger, kunsthaus, zurich, switzerland
  oh boy, it’s a girl!, kunstverein münchen, munich, germany
  oh boy, it’s a girl!, messepalast wien, vienna, austria
  100 umkleidekabinen, curated by paolo bianchi steirischer herbst, graz, austria
  suspension, fotohof salzburg, salzburg, austria
  suspension, fotoforum, innsbruck, austria
  eine galerie stellt sich vor: galerie walcheturm, zürich, galerie im taxispalais, innsbruck, austria
  ein artig kommen und gehen, hauptbahnhof zürich, zurich, switzerland

Selected Projects

• 2021
  stone figure, rennes metropole, ville de rennes, france 
  the love + the lust, saint-germain-des-prés, paris, france 
  
  2020
  snow moon, paradeplatz, zuirch, switzerland
  
  2019
  medellín mountain, commissioned by fundación sofía pérez de soto, medellín, colombia
  we are poems, beaux-arts de paris, paris, france
  
  2015                  
  ici, le grand parc miribel jonage, lyon, france
  art basel, münsterplatz, basel, switzerland
  
  2014                  
  die vier jahreszeiten, kunst am bau, baden, austria
  le sage, art & tram, tramway tcob, geneva-onex, switzerland
  
  2011                  
  we are poems, lvmh, palais an der oper, munich, germany
  
  2005                  
  hier, kunst und bau, wohnsiedlung werdwies, zurich-altstetten, switzerland
  new residence of the swiss embassy, washington d.c., us
  
  2004                  
  worldwide, showcases, louis vuitton
  lvmh, headquarter avenue montaigne, paris, france
  fitting rooms, dior homme, new york, us
  
  2002                  
  cry me a river, semapa et galerie almine rech, paris, france
  
  2001                  
  fa projects, london, uk
  
  2000                  
  mont blanc art opening, new york, us
  
  1998                  
  epa schaufenster, lucerne, switzerland

Selected Awards

• 2018
  honoree award, hirschhorn museum and sculpture garden gala
  
  2015
  honoree award, bomb benefit gala
  
  1998/99               
  werkjahr p.s. 1 contemporary art center, new york, bundesamt für kultur, bern
  
  1998                 
  schweizer plakat des jahres 1998: ‘eidgenössische preise für freie kunst 1998’
  
  1997/98
  werkjahr new york der stadt zürich
  
  1995                 
  eidgenössischer preis für freie kunst
  
  1994                 
  eidgenössischer preis für freie kunst
  
  1993                 
  kiefer – hablitzel stipendium
  
  1991                 
  eidgenössischer preis für freie kunst
  kiefer – hablitzel stipendium
  kantonales werkjahr

Selected Public and Private Collections

• bank sarasin, basel, switzerland
  bank julius baer & co. ag, zurich, switzerland
  bass museum, miami, us
  budesamt für kultur, bern, switzerland
  burger collection, hong kong
  centre georges pompidou, paris, france
  dallas museum of art, dallas, us
  des moines art center, des moines, us
  deutsche bank, frankfurt-am-main, germany
  evn sammlung, vienna, austria
  fondo cotti, lugano, switzerland
  frac nord, pas de calais, france
  frac languedoc-rousillon, montpellier, france
  frac poitou-charentes, angoulême, france
  galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, rome, italy
  graphische sammlung der eth, zurich, switzerland
  ica, boston, us
  migros museum, museum für gegenwartskunst, zurich, switzerland
  musée d’art contemporain, strasbourg, france
  museum of modern art, new york, us
  new museum, new york, us
  pinault collection, venice italy
  saatchi gallery, london, uk
  sammlung hauser und wirth, st. gallen, switzerland
  san francisco museum of modern art, san francisco, us
  schweiz, ruckversicherungsgeseltschaft, zurich, switzerland
  walker art center, minneapolis, us