Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2021
[The Auroville Project], with Heidrun Holzfeind
Artes, Porto (Portugal)
as part of
What Happens To The World, Happens To Us, Ci.CLO, Bienal'21 Fotografia do Porto, May 14-June 27, 2021
curated by Virgílio Ferreira, ciclo-bienal.org
2020
The Near Future, Konsthåll Kåddis, Umeå, Sweden (with Ariane Müller)
2017
From Without And From Within (The Auroville Project)
Christoph Draeger and Heidrun Holzfeind
Tiroler Künsterschaft, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, Austria
2016
Tsunami Architecture, X and Beyond, Opening March 12, 2016 / with Heidrun Holzfeind
(in collaboration with the Copenhagen Architecture Festival CAFx)
2015
Destroyin' LA, Young Projects, Los Angeles, (June 5-Sep 19, 2015)
2014
Garage Sale, Y-Gallery, New York
Unforced Errors, Lokal 30, Warsaw (curated by Agnieszka Rayzacher )
Tsunami Architecture, Centre d'art contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains
(in collaboration with Heidrun Holzfeind, curated by Karine Tissot)
2013
Zero, Kunstzeughaus Rapperswil , (curated by Daniela Hardmeier)
Christof Social Club, kunstraum pro arte, Hallein, Austria. Curated by Christoph Draeger. In collaboration with the international summeracademy of fine arts, Salzburg/ check the Blog
Simsalabummm! Before you learn to fly, learn how to fall: international summeracademy, Salzburg
2012
Tsunami Architecture, Corner College, Zurich
Book presentation and exhibition, in collaboration with Heidrun Holzfeind
A drift, Kunsthalle Arbon, Switzerland (curated by Inge Abegglen)
Yvon Chabrowski and Christoph Draeger, RAUM № 7, Bern, Switzerland (curated by RAUM No)
To jump into the abyss, only to resurface: The Age of Collage" Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg (A)
Tsunami Architecture, in collaboration with Heidrun Holzfeind, OK Centrum for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria (curated by Martin Sturm and Genoveva Rueckert)
2011
Temporary Wall of Voodoo, West Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands (Nov 12- Dec 17, curated by Marie-José Sondeijker)
Black Zero, Performance with Aldo Tambellini and Henry Grimes, Thursday, Oct 20, 6:45 PM, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Christoph Draeger
Apocalipso Place-The Collaborations of Christoph Draeger and Reynold Reynolds, Lokal_30, Warsaw
Breaking The Wave, Y Gallery, 165 Orchard St, New York
2010
Debris, Para_SITE Gallery, Graz, Austria
Tales from the Underworld, Rodeo12, Geneva, Switzerland
Monumental, Y Gallery, New York, USA
Cow Maze, Frohe Aussicht, Samstagern ZH, Switzerland (curated by Martin Blum)
2009
Black Zero, with Aldo Tambellini + Group Center, Performa 09, Performance at White Box, New York
Bro_ken, Galerie Luciano Fascati, Chur, Switzerland
The End of Remake: Tropolicalia, CCA, Centre of Contemporary Art Ujazdowskie Castle, Warsaw, Poland *
El Fin, Y Gallery, Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2008
The End of The Remake, Roebling Hall, New York
Music is the healing force of the universe, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Oil Paintings, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
2007
HELENÉS, LivingRoom, Cologne, Germany http://www.degrussa.com
Black September, Monty, Antwerpen, Belgium www.monty.be
Le Radeau de la Macumba, Bonlieu, Annecy, France
Rough Air, Amberg&Marti, Zurich
2006
Old Works, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (w/ Sam Samore)
The future’s bright the future’s black, Out of Disaster Festival
Brotfabrik, Berlin (curated by Petra Schroeck)
2005
Munich, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles
The Brazil Project, Roebling Hall, New York (in collaboration w/Gary Breslin)
Constructio Infernalis, mullerdechiara gallery, Berlin
White Cube, Umea, Sweden
Focus_Christoph Draeger, BIM 11ieme Biennale de l'image en mouvement, Centre de l'Image contemporain, Geneva (curated by Andre Iten) *
2004
New Landscapes, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Damnation Road (with Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People), The Kitchen, New York
2003
Memories of Terror From a Safe Distance, Kunstmuseum, Solothurn *
Black September, Art Unlimited, Basel (Galerie Anne de Villepoix)
Tueur Né, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Black September, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York
2002
Beaufort 12, Expo 02, Arteplage, Neuchatel, Switzerland
The Last Rider, Kunsthalle Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
2001
If you lived here you would be dead now, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn
Crash, Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
Them or Us, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany (curated by Annette Röhr and Hermann Nöring)
2000
Inundacions, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona, Spain (curated by Chus Martinez)
Voyages, Galerie Urs Meile Luzern, Switzerland
Teenage Riot, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany*(curated by Heike Munder and Bernd Milla)
Tueur né/Natural Born Killer, Le Parvis, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Ibos-Tarbes, France *(curated by Sylvie Froux)
Action//Time//Vision, St. Gervais, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva (curated by André Iten)
Apocalypso Place/Fall Season, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (in collaboration w/ Reynold Reynolds, curated by Tobia Bezzola) *
Going All The Way, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland (curated by Martin Schwander)
1999
Apocalypso Place, LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York, New York (in collaboration w/ Reynold Reynolds)
CRASH, Foerderkoje, Galerie Urs Meile, Art Cologne, Germany
Lakehurst NJ, Zeppelinmuseum, Friedrichshafen, Germany *
Action//Time//Vision (Alternative TV), Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland *
Yellow and Red, Institute for Contemporary Art, Dunauvarnos, Ungarn, Germany
(in collaboration w/ Martin Frei and Thomas Thuemena)
Out of the Blue-Into the Black, Damasquine Gallery, Brussels
1998
New York-Serneus retour, Kulturhaus Rosengarten, Gruesch, Switzerland *
Make Believe, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (curated by Christoph Doswald)*
Puzzled, Statements, Galerie Urs Meile, Art 29, Basel, Switzerland*
OEL, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
NB, Kunsthalle, St.Gallen, Switzerland (and Biefer/Zgraggen, curated by Pierre André Lienard)*
1997
Nature Abhoars A Naked Singarity, P.S.1 Clocktower, New York (with Nin Brudermann, Paddy Jolley)
1996
How Far You Are, Passage Placette, Belluard Fribourg, Switzerland
It's the end of the world as we love it, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland (in collaboration w/ Martin Frei, curated by Harm Lux)
1994
M.U.S.E.U.M., Kunstmuseum Luzerne, Switzerland* (usa-united swiss artists,
curated by Martin Schwander) *
1993
Critical Distance, ADO Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (with OCI, curated by Luk Lambrecht)*,
Schleutelwerken, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Holland (with OCI)*
1991
SOLO, Etablissements d'en Face, Brussels, Belgium*
Group Exhibitions
2023
Hollywood Shuffle, curated by Kate Reidy
FMAC, Collection d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva (CH)
2022
Moon Gallery mission on ISS, The International Space Station 2022-2023
u.s.a. united swiss artists (Christoph Draeger and Martin A. Frei)
The Thing Is
The Thing.net exhibition, at Modelo Para Armar, Berlin
and panke.gallery, Berlin
Everyday Survival
Punishment of Luxury
u.s.a. united swiss artists (Christoph Draeger and Martin A. Frei)
Kunsthalle 8000, Wädenswil (CH), curated by Lori Hersberger
Der Erzähler (The Storyteller)
Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin
Konsthåll Kåddis
Supermarket Artfair, Stockholm, May 25-30, 2022
Mindbombs
Art in Conflict with Political Violence and Extremism
Kunsthalle Mannheim, curated by Sebastian Baden
Sep 10, 2021-Apr 24, 2022 (Beuys, ich führe...)
In Relation To Power
Politically Engaged Works from the Collection
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA,
Sep 09, 2021 – Feb 13, 2022 (Crash)
ACTOR and EXTRAS
Christoph Draeger, Christian Jankowski, Jesper Just, and Philipp Lachenmann
Wiensowski & Harbord Berlin, curated by Ingeborg Wiensowski
Nov 11, 2021 - Jan 30, 2022 (Helenés)
In conjunction with "Matt Dillon, Paintings and Drawings", curated by Harald Falckenberg
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2021
ECLIPSE
7th Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece / Sep 24 - Nov 23, 2021
curated by Omsk Social Club, Larry Ossei-Mensah and Poka-Yio
(Black September). Interview on YouTube
From The Graveside, Supermarket Artfair Performance program, Stockholm, 13-16 Oct, 2021
(in collaboration with Dorit Chrysler)
Über den Wolken. Anleitungen zum Abheben
Kartause Ittingen, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, May 9, 2021 – Sep 19, 2021
curated by Stefanie Hoch, feat. Mobile (2009/2021)
Porös, Sculp Lobe, Berlin, 15 August- 19 September 2021, curated by Hannes Brunner
What Happens To The World, Happens To Us, Ci.CLO, Bienal'21 Fotografia do Porto, May 14-June 27, 2021
curated by Virgílio Ferreira, ciclo-bienal.org, with Heidrun Holzfeind at Artes, Porto (Portugal)
Die Balkone 2, An exhibition in Prenzlauer Berg windows and balconies, Berlin, curated by Övül Ö. Durmusoglu & Joanna Warsza
2020
Wolkenkuckucksheim, OK-Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz (w/Heidrun Holzfeind)
Publikationen zur Schönheit, Kunstwege Pontresina (CH), June 27-October 15, 2020
curated by Benno Conrad, www.kunstwege-pontresina.ch
2019
NEWSBody, Bone festival, Slaughterhouse Bern (CH), 27 Nov-1 Dec (with Bianca Hisse)
curated by Sibylle Omlin and San Keller
REMAKE, Frac Normandie Rouen, curated by Véronique Souben
OSMOSCOSMOS, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, curated by Joerg Bader
https://www.centrephotogeneve.ch/en/
SUPERNATURAL, Fotofestiwal, ŁÓDŹ, Poland
http://fotofestiwal.com/2019/en/
2018
Proregress: Art in an Age of Historical Ambivalence, 12th Shanghai Biennale
curated by Cuauhtemoc Medina
http://www.shanghaibiennale.org/en/
Seven Questions for Asia, Kuandu Biennale 2018, Taipeh, Taiwan
curated by Hong John Lin
Proregress: Art in an Age of Historical Ambivalence, 12th Shanghai Biennale
curated by Cuauhtemoc Medina
Catastrophe and the Power of Art, Mori Museum, Tokyo
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/index.html
Entfesselte Natur. Das Bild der Katastrophe seit 1600, Kunsthalle Hamburg
https://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/entfesselte-natur
Rencontres d'Arles 2018, Festival de la photo, Arles, France
https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/228/christoph-draeg...
Wild, Schlossmediale 2018, Schloss Werdenberg (CH)
curated by Mirella Weingarten
2017
RE-IMAGING UTOPIA (The Auroville Project), Tiroler Künsterschaft, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, Austria
Burning Then, Médiathèque du FMAC-Bâtiment d’art contemporain de Genève (BAC), http://ssoabs.ch, curated by Bénédicte le Pimpec & Isaline Vuille
Say Again?, Médiathèque du FMAC-Bâtiment d’art contemporain de Genève (BAC), curated by Bénédicte le Pimpec & Isaline Vuille
Death Drive, Y Gallery, New York
ARCHIV - 80 JAHRE BÜNDNER KUNST, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur
2016
Punk-its traces in contemporary art, MACBA, Barcelona (curated by David G. Torres) *
MACBA Radio interview with Anna Ramos: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/christoph-draeger-/capsula
dall`altra parte, mit zeitgenössischer Kunst auf den San Gottardo, Haus der Kunst Uri, Altdorf (CH), curated by Barbara Zürcher
A Sense of History, Nordsternturm Videoart Center, Gelsenkirchen, curated by Marius Babias and Kathrin Becker/ NBK-Neuer Berliner Kunstverein shows selected video works from its Video-Forum collection, http://www.nordsternturm.de/videokunstzentrum_ausstellung.php
Basquiat, Dubuffet, Soulages, Draeger…Une collection privée, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, www.fondation-hermitage.ch *
TELE-Gen. The Language of Television as Reflected in Art 1964–2015, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (curated by Prof. Dieter Daniels and Prof. Stephan Berg) *
Flashback & Guests, 15th anniversary exhibition at Stalke Galleri, Kirke Såby, Denmark
DEATH CAN DANCE – NATURE MORTE, RAE – SPACE FOR CONTEMORARY ART (Curated by Lori Hersberger with Marcus Sendlinger), http://www.realartestate.de/ http://death-can-dance.tumblr.com/
DESTIEMPO, Sala Gasco Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile (curated by Yael Rosenblut)
2015
Punk-its traces in contemporary art, CA2M Madrid Contemporary Art Center, Madrid, Spain (curated by David G. Torres) *
La guerra che verrà non è la prima - The war which is coming is not the first one, The Mart, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento e Rovereto, (Oct 3, 2014 - Sep 20, 2015, curated by Saretto Cincinelli and Gabi Scardi) *
Monster, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg*
Facts &Fiction, Katastrophenbilder und Zukunftsszenarien, Lenbachhaus Munich (curated by Elisabeth Griers)
Constructed Histories, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, curated by William Morrow
Ostrale '015, Dresden
The BANK Show, Vive le Capital, Bank, Shanghai, China (curated by Wang Xin, Christoph Draeger, MABSOCIETY)
After Landscape. Copied Cities, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona Contemporary Art Center (curated by Marti Peran)
HERE AND NOW! SWISS ART OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS OF THE COLLECTION KUNST HEUTE, Kunstmuseum Bern (curated by Sarah Merten)*
2014
Round About, Kunstplattform akku, Emmenbrücke /CH (curated by Natalia Huser und Bruno Z‘Graggen)
Waterscapes, Gumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (curated by Hyewon Lee) *
Monument to Cold War Victory, Cooper Union, New York (curated by Stamatina Gregory and Yevgeniy Fiks)
El Teatro Del Mundo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (curated by Andrea Torreblanca) *
Made by Brasilians, Creative Invasion, Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil (curated by Marc Pottier and Pascal Pique)
Über Unterwelten, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Industriekultur, Dortmund
Tradition-Reversal, Collection of Thessaloniki Museum of Contemporary Art, at the Collegium Artisticum, 30th International Festival of Sarajevo, Bosnia (curated by Katerina Koskina and Yannis Bolis)
2013
Tradition-Reversal, 4th Biennale of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art (Curated by Katerina Koskina, SMCA President, Yannis Bolis)
Métamorphose(s) 1883-2013, Centre d'Art Walter Benjamin, Perpignan (during "Entropia 1, 69 jours pour l'art contemporain")
Tsunami Architecture/Maldives Chapter at Portable Nation, Venice Biennial, Pavilion of the Maldives, Fondazione Gervasuti, curated by Maren Richter and Chamber of Public Secrets *
Die Zweite Dekade, KUNSTHALLE ARBON
Werkschau 2013, F+F Schule für Kunst und Design, Zürich
Vision versus Confrontation, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort NL (curated by Alied Ottevanger)
I Have a Dream, CCA Centre of Contemporary Art at SMCA,Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art , Greece ( curated by Lokal_30, Warsaw)
Artists for Tichy, GASK – the Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (curated by Zemedek Felix and TichyOcean Foundation) *
H2O, Galerie Rigassi, Bern CH
DIEP, Festival de l'art contemporain, Dieppe (F), curated by Alice Schÿler Mallet et Philippe Terrier-Hermann *
Bird's-Eye View, a collection of major contemporary works from the Andrew and Christine Hall Collection, Westport Arts Center, Westport CT
2012
Apokalypse und Utopie, Galerie Pankow, Berlin (curated by Olaf Stüber)
Based on a true story, (Basado en una historia real), Salvador Allende Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile (curated by Yael Rosenblut) *
HOODOO ETERNITY, Aeroplastics, Brussels
Just what is it about the end of the world that makes it so appealing? V Art Center, M50, Shanghai, China (curated by Mathieu Borysevicz)
History is mine ! Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, (curated by Paul Ardenne) Les abattoirs musée d'art contemporain et le Lieu Commun, Toulouse *
The Praise of Folly, at the Foundation Chirivella Soriano, Valencia, Spain (curated by Juan-Ramón Barbancho) *
I Have a Dream, MWW Contemporary Museum in Wroclaw, Poland ( curated by Lokal_30, Warsaw)
Middle East Europe, SPACE, Bratislava, Slovakia ( curated by Tamara Moyzes and Juraj Čarný )
Struggle(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels
Death Can Dance - 100 Artists, Images, Symbols & Signs. A Collection. Townhouse, Zurich (Curated by Lori Hersberger) death-can-dance.tumblr.com/
Middle East Europe, DOX Gallery, Prague, CZ (curated by Tamara Moyzes and Zuzana Stefkova)
DEAD_LINES, Von der Heydt Kunsthalle, Wuppertal, curated by Oliver Zybok) *
2011
Unheimlich Vertraut: Bilder/ Medien/ Terror, C/O Berlin, Berlin ( curated by Felix Hoffmann)*
Kunst op DE BASIS, Centrum Beeldene Kunst Utrecht, Vliegbasis Soesterberg/ location: commandobunker 600 (former American airforce base in Soesterberg), curated by with Huib Haye and Joke Ballintijn
Platznot – Platzwechsel. Die Sammlung in Bewegung, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur (curated by Katharina Ammann)
Rollenbilder-Rollenspiele, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (curated by Toni Stooss, Veit Zeigelmaier and Esther Ruelfs)*
OPEN FRAME, CRAC, le centre régional d’art contemporain, Sète, France (in collaboration with Centre de la photographie Genève, curated by Joerg Bader)
New Narrative, Taipeh Digital Arts Center, Taiwan (curated by Ada Kai-Ting Yang)*
Remakes: Jan Kopp, Brice Dellsperger, Olivier Bardin, Christoph Draeger , Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Culture, Córdoba, Spain (curated by Juan-Ramón Barbancho)*
(RE)CONSTRUCTED, Kunsthaus Glarus (curated by Sabine Rusterholz)
Alive She Cried, Galerie Zink, Berlin (curated by Reynold Reynolds)
Dear Thick and Thin, ME Contemporary Copenhagen, (curated by Arfus Greenwood)
Überblendungen. Das Zukünftige rekonstruieren, Shedhalle Zurich, Switzerland (curated by Anke Hoffmann and Yvonne Volkart)
2010
Verbotene Liebe: Kunst im Sog von Fernsehen, Kunstverein Medienturm / Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria (curated by Sandro Droschl)*
Lush Life, Chapter 3: First bird (A few Butterflies), Invisible Exports, New York (curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud )
This Modern World?, twelve billboards in public space, Shanghai (curated by Mathieu Borysevicz)
manMade, Holster Projects, London
TELLING STORIES, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien (curated by Cathy Larqué)
Documentary Fortnight, MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York: The End of the Remake Trilogy: Hippie Movie +two shorts MoMA
The Way Things Are, Video Abierto, Murcia, Spain (curated by Berta Sichel)
That's All, Folks! Stadshallen, Bruges, Belgium ( curated by Jerome Jacobs and Michel Dewilde)
2009
Darkside II, Fotomuseum Winterthur (curated by Urs Stahel)*
The Threshold of the Noosphere, Tina B. Festival, Prague (curated by Blanca De La Torre Garcia)
Theatre of More, White Box, New York (curated by Juan Puntes)
Bilderschlachten - 2000 Jahre Nachrichten aus dem Krieg, EMAF European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany (curated by Hermann Noering)
Image Search, P.P.O.W, New York, NY(curated by Jamie Sterns)
Chelsea visits Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, part of the 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba (curated by Alberto Magnan and Dara Metz)
Any similarity to actual events or characters is purely coincidental, Photo London (curated by the MFA curating program at Goldsmiths)
Belvedere, Galerie Luciano Fascati, Chur
Re-playing Pictures, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle, Switzerland (curated by Laurence Schmidlin)
2008
Remakes, Gijon, Spain (curated by Juan-Ramón Barbancho)
Interstitional Zones. Historical Events, Media Representation and Figures of Dis/appearance, Argos Centre, Brussels (curated by Paul Willemsen), www.argosarts.org
Double Vue, ArtCHENE 2008, 3ème Biennale d'art en ville, Chêne-Bourg/ Geneva (curated by Josiane Guilloud-Cavat) www.artchene.ch
Conceptual Art from California, NBK-Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (curated by Kathrin Becker)
Brandstiftung, K3, Zürich (curated by Markus Weiss)
UnStern, Sinistro, Desastro, ACC Galerie, Weimar (curated by Frank Motz)
Tonight forget about your cars and houses, Union Gallery, Londonwww.union-gallery.com
Strom des Vergessens, Aktienkeller, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz (curated by Martin Sturm) http://www.ok-centrum.at/
Leinzell Open. Again, Silvia und Helmut Wickleder Stiftung, Schloss Leinzell
Lucifer’s Greatest Artwork, FRED, Leipzig (curated by Rachael Lawe) www.fred-london.com
Katastrophenalarm, NGBK, Berlin www.ngbk.de
Tlatelolco and the localized negotiation of future imaginaries, New Museum, New York (organized by Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City/ Jorge Munguía and Tobias Ostrander, guest curators) Museum as Hub space
YÄQ, La Planta, Guadalajara, Mexico (curated by Michel Blancsubé) http://www.laplanta.org/ (online review)
2007
The Landscape of War, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (curated by Anne Birle Veh and Cathy Kimball) www.sjica.org
Culture hors sol, 12e Biennale de l'image en mouvement, BAC, Båtiment d'art contemporain, Geneva www.centreimage.ch (curated by André Iten)
Red Badge of Courage, The National Newark Building, Newark, New Jersey (curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud)
Crash. Pause. Rewind. Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, USA (curated by Eric Frederickson) missoulaartmuseum.org
Reality Crossings, 2. Fotofestival Mannheim/Ludwigshafen/Heidelberg, Kunsthalle Heidelberg / Halle_02, Mannheim (curated by Christoph Tannert) http://www.fotofestival-ma-lu-hd.de
MANUAL cc Instructions for beginners and advanced players, Kronika Gallery, Bytom, Poland www.kronika.org.pl
Môtiers 2007-Art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland (organized by Pierre-André Delachaux) www.artmotiers.ch
Fluchtwege und Sackgassen/Exits and Dead Ends, Festival der Regionen, Oberösterreich (curated by Martin Fritz)*> www.fdr.at
Une question de génération, MAC, musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (F) (curated by Michel Ritter)> MY GENERATION
Petroliania, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow Biennial (curated by Elena Sorokina)* OEL 2nd.moscowbiennale
Reality For TV, Transmediale, Berlin
Final Cut - Medienkunst und Kino, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck (curated by Hermann Noering) www.emaf.de
Last News, Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej / The Centre of Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdansk, Poland (curated by exgirls)* http://www.laznia.pl
Theatrum Mundi, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Space Control, ASSAB One, Milano, Italy (curated by Magnus Müller) www.assab-one.org
The Landscape of War, 142Throckmorton Theatre, San Francisco (curated by Anne Birle Veh)
2006
Chocolates, Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City (curated by Jose Springer)
Absolumental, Abattoir, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Toulouse (curated by Pascal Pique)
Collection FracPaca, Collège Niki de Saint Phalle à Sophia Antipolis
Simulationsspiele, Edith Russ Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (curated by Sabine Himmelsbach)
Political Realities, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (curated by Johan Holten)
Photo Trafic, Centre d'Art Contemporaine, Genf (curated by Joerg Bader)
Bad News, Galeria Kronika, Bytom (curated by exgirls: Magdalena Ujma & Joanna Zielinska)
The Culture of Fear, ACC Galerie, Leibzig (curated by Frank Motz)
Reprocessing Reality, P.S.1/MOMA, New York (curated by Claudia Spinelli) *
Un nuevo y bravo mundo, Alcala 31, Madrid (curated by El Perro) *
2005
Crash. Pause. Rewind. Western Bridge, Seattle (curated by Eric Fredericksen)
Screening War, ZKM Media Lounge, Karlsruhe, Curator: Thomas Thiel
Spielräume, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg (curated by Cornelia Brüninghaus-Knubel)*
After the Fact, 1st Berlin Photography Festival, Gropius Bau, Berlin (curated by Jan-Erik Lundstroem)*
BROOKLinVIDEO, FUTURA, Prague (curated by Alberto di Stefano)
Documentary NOW!, TENT. Centre for Visual Arts, Rotterdam*
Reprocessing Reality, Chateau de Nyon (curated by Claudia Spinelli)*
Greater New York, P.S 1/MOMA, New York (curated by Klaus Biesenbach)*
Now's the time, Medienturm + Kunsthalle Graz (curated by Sandro Droschl)
RAF, Kunstwerke KW, Berlin and Neue Galerie, Graz (curated by Klaus Biesenbach)*
2004
In extremis, Abattoir, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Toulouse - Printemps de Toulouse*
(curated by Pascal Pique and Jean Marie Bustamante)
Crude Oil Paintings, White Columns, New York, New York (curated by Elena Sorokina)*
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, New York (curated by Charlotta Kotic)*Channel Zero, The Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam (curated by Katarina Gregos)
Terrorvision, Exit Art, New York
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud)*
2003
Categories Post-Verité, Centro Parragà, Murcia, Spain*
Remakes, capc-Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France (curated by Thierry Davila)
Nothing Special, the FACT Centre, Liverpool, England
Urban Diaries, Alcala 31 Contemporary Art Center, Madrid, Spain (curated by Sabine Saschl and Martin Schwander)*
Constructed Realities, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida (curated by Sue Scott)
Disaster Areas, The Glass House, Amsterdam, Holland (curated by Ulay)
The Reconstruction Biennial, Exit Art, New York, New York
Mursolaici, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France (curated by Michael Ritter)
2002
Intimate, Paco des Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil*
Artists' Games, Public's Games, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany (curated by Brigitte Haussmann)
GewaltBilder - Zur Aesthetik der Gewalt (Violent images - Aesthetics of violence),
Museum Belrive, Zurich, Switzerland (curated by Peter Stohler)
GewaltBilder - Zur Aesthetik der Gewalt, Museums Quartier, Fischer-Von-Erlach Trakt, Vienna*
Superlounge, Gale Gates, New York (curated by Andrea Salerno and Mari Spirito)
Big Social Game, 2nd Torino Biennial, Torino, Italy (curated by Michelangelo Pistoletto)*
Independent, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
Self/ In Material Conscience, Fondation Sandretto, Torino (curated by Eric Magnion)
Game Show, MassMoca, Massachussets Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, USA
2001
Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Wald/Explosionen, Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland (curated by Simon Maurer)*
Brooklyn!, PBICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida
Impakt Festival, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Holland*
Play is the Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
The Body of Art, Bienal de Valencia, Spain (curated by A. Bonita Oliva)*
Endtroducing, Villa Arson, Nice, France*
2000
International Videoprogam, 7th Biennal, Havana, Cuba
No Vacancies, Barbara Thumm Gallery, Berlin, Germany (curated by Angelika Richter)
Grauer Star, Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland*
Domiciles, Centre d'Art Tanlay, Perrigny, France, (curated by Jaques Py)*
Katastrophen und Desaster, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany (curated by Gerhard Finckh)*
1999
Video aus der Sammlung, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (curated by Tobia Bezzola)
Cinema, Cinema - the Cinematic Experience, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven,
Playtime, Magasin, Grenoble, France*
Ailleurs 4, Attitudes @ ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
1998
Reservate der Sehnsucht/Zones of Desire, Unionbrauerei, Dortmund,
Biennale de l'image: De tres courts espace de temps, Centre nationale de la photo, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France*
1997
Speed, 2nd Biennal, Kwangju, Korea* (curated by Harald Szeemann)
VideoVision 2, El Haganar, Cairo, Egypt (curated by Silvie Defraoui)
Young Art, Mamco, musée d'Art contemporain, Genf, Switzerland (curated by Lionel Bovier)
P.S.1 International Studio Program Show, Clocktower Gallery, New York*
Disaster and Recovery, The Swiss Institute , New York, New York
1996
Young Art, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
Bounds of Boundlessness, NGBK, Berlin, Germany*
1995
Vision-Illusion-Reality, Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland (curated by Harald Szeemann)
Jedes Haus ein Kunsthaus, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland (curated by Martin Heller)
1994
Prospectus, Laeken-Brussels, Belgium,(curated by Phillipe Braem)*
Photographies, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Musée d'Art et Histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland*
1993
Members Only, Charles Poy Gallery, Barcelona, Spain*
1992
In the Cold, Kunsthalle Lucerne, Switzerland*(curated by Stefan Banz)
Publications /Monographs
COMME CI, COMME CA [The Auroville Project], w/ Heidrun Holzfeind, 40 pages color, Kodoji Press, Baden, Sept 2017
LIVE/DEAD, Onestar Press Paris, 2014
Tsunami Architecture, in collaboration with Heidrun Holzfeind, 2012
Texts by Marti Peran, Genoveva Ruckert and Martin Sturm, OK Books, published by Folio Press, Vienna/ Bolzano
Temporary Wall of Voodoo, West gallery for contemporary art, The Hague NL, 2011, text by Sebastian Chichocki/ West Press, The Hague
The End of the Remake Trilogy, Centre of Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 2009; text by José Springer/ Kodoji Press, Baden
Memories of terror from a safe distance, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, 2003; Texts by Christoph Tannert and Katharina Ammann/ Revolver Press, Frankfurt
Toutou, Tueur né/ Apocalypso Place, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Centre d’art contemporain Ibos-Tarbes and Kunsthaus Zürich; texts by Sylvie Froux, Bernd Milla and Heike Munder/ Revolver Press, Frankfurt
Disaster Zone, Orchard Gallery, Derry/ Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen/ Kulturhaus Rosengarten, Grüsch, 1999; texts by Daniel Binswanger, Patraig Timonee, Dirk Blühbaum/ TransPress New York
NB, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, 1998; text by Pierre-Andre Lienhard, published by BAK, Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern
M.U.S.E.U.M., 1994
Catalogue Kunstmuseum Luzern (with ©usa-united swiss artists); Text by Hanspeter Wittwer
Critical Distance - OCI and Christoph Draeger; text by Martin Frei, ADO Gallery Antwerp, 1993
SOLO; published by Etablissements d'en Face, Brussels, 1991
Selected Video Screenings
2022
50 Jahre Utopie
Florian Wüst shows films by Heidrun Holzfeind and Christoph Draeger
Do, 8 Sep, 2022, 07:00pm
2009
Schizo (redux), Metropolis Cinema (www.metropoliskino.de) , Hamburg
17.12.2009, 20h- 01h, kuratiert von cameracartell (www.cameracartell.com)
Hippie Movie, opening movie of BIM, Biennale de l'Image en Movement, Centre de l'image contemporain St. Gervais, Geneva, Sep 4th, 7pm
Last Chance, Las Vegas, Sep 4th, 7-9 pm (curated by Alise Upsitis)
Gogbot Festival, Enschede, NL 10-13 Sep
2008
Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto (Curated by Séamus Kealy) http://www.blackwoodgallery.ca/Exhibitions.html
2007
Experimenta, London Film Festival, British Film Institute
OK. Video Militia, 3rd OK International Video Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia
Transmediale, Berlin
2006
FICCO 2006, Mexico City
Contemporary Arts Centre, Videozone, Tel Aviv
Montevideo, Amsterdam
2005
Project het Langhuis en De Stad Als Theater, Zwolle
Biennale de l’image contemporain, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, St. Gervais, Geneva
Galeri Nasional, "OK videoFestival", Jakarta, IndonesiaTrampoline
Transmediale, Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany
Transat Vidéo, FRAC Caen, France
Bartos Theatre, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, curated by John Gianvito
Volts&Visions, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
Attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland
Impact Festival, Utrecht, Holland
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
Swiss Video, Museum of contemporary art, Vilnius
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Argos Festival, Brussels
Capacete, Rio de Janeiro
2003
5ème edition, Le-Maillon, Théàtre de Strasbourg, France, La Nuite Art Vidéo
The Last News, Impact Festival, Utrecht, Holland
MAD 03 Festival, Madrid
2002
ATA, Other Cinema, San Francisco, California
Bilbao Film Festival, Spain, State of the EmergencyMuseum Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Cine y Casi Cine (curated by Berta Sichel)
Hardware Medien Kunstverein Dortmund, Germany, Blind Dates
Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Oberhausen Filmfestival, Germany, State of Emergency (curated by Florian Wüst)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, New York, New York
2001
The Lux Centre, London, England, Pandaemonium, Biennial of Moving Images
2000
Forum Itinerant, Strasbourg, France
Tramvideo, Lyon, France
Popifilm, Rotterdam Vera, Groningen, Holland
De Balie, Amsterdam, Holland
1999
Documentary Film Festival, Duisburg, Germany
VIPER, International Video und Film Festival, Luzern, Switzerland
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, New York
Le Club du Capitain Pip, Centre d’Art Contemporain Espace Jules Verne, Bretigny sur Orge, France
Centre d’image Contemporain St. Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
Tramvideo, Lyon, France
1998
Kino Loge, Winterthur, Belgium*
The Videoroom Festival, Ocularis, New York, New York
Lost & Found, De Waag, Amsterdam, Holland
Education
1990-1991 Ecole Nat. Superieur des Arts Visuels de la Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
1986-1990 School of Visual Arts Luzerne, Switzerland
Selected Public Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Frac PACA, Marseille
Kadiz Foundation, France
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Orlando Museum of Art
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Buendner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
City of Chur, Switzerland
St. Gervais, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée d’Art et Histoire, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum, Bern
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Communauté francaise, Brussels, Belgium
Selected Private Collections
West Collection at SEI Investments, Oaks, Pennsylvania
Collection of Robert Chaney, Houston
Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
Collection of Baloise Insurances, Basel, Switzerland
Collection of Winterthur Insurances, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection Ringier, Zurich, Switzerland
Grants and Residencies
2015 Residency in New Delhi, India (Pro Helvetia)
2013 Grant of the Kanton Zürich
2008 Residency in Cairo, Egypt (Pro Helvetia)
2008 Grant of the Kanton Zürich
2007 Residency at CCA, Contemporary Art Center, Ujazdowski castle, Warsaw
2006 Residency at Springhill Institute, Birmingham (UK)
2006 Residency of the Landis&Gyr Foundation in London
2005 Grant of the Kanton Zürich
2004 Grant of the City of Zurich
2004 Bessie Award of the New York Performance Arts Association
(Best set-design for 'Damnation Road' at The Kitchen, NYC)
2003 Grant Steo Foundation, Küssnacht
2002 Residency at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2002 Residency at Faxinal des Artes, Parana, Brazil
1997 Promotion Grant of the Graubünden Government
1996 P.S.1, Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York,
1996 International Studio Program, Studio of Switzerland
1995 Kiefer-Hablitzel Award
1994 Swiss National Art Award
1994 Kiefer-Hablitzel Award
1994 Award of the Club 51, musée d’Art moderne, Lüttich 1990
1991 Grant of the Landis&Gyr Foundation /Landis&Gyr Stipendium