Caro Niederer
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Caro Niederer works in a variety of media. Her work encompasses techniques such as painting, photography, video as well as silk tapestries. Niederer is, along with Pipilotti Rist
and Sylvie Fleury
, one of the most popular contemporary female Swiss artists. Human day-to-day situations from her private life and her immediate environment are the source for most of Niederer's works. These personal snapshots are then re-worked in paintings or form the template for huge hand knotted silk carpets, which the artist gets produced in China. The transformation of an image through its replication in another media is a core theme of Niederer's work. In a ongoing photo series called Interieurs Niederer photographs her sold works in situ in their new owners' homes and offices. Recent major museums exhibitions include CAC Malaga (2006), Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (2006), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2005), Ikon Gallery Birmingham (2005) and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2004). Caro Niederer lives and works in Zürich
Pipilotti Rist
Elisabeth Charlotte "Pipilotti" Rist , is a visual artist who works with video, film, and moving images which are often displayed as projections.-Life and career:...
and Sylvie Fleury
Sylvie Fleury
Sylvie Fleury is a Swiss contemporary pop artist employing sculpture, mixed media. Her work addresses the issues of shopping, and the paradigm of the new age. Born 1961, Geneva...
, one of the most popular contemporary female Swiss artists. Human day-to-day situations from her private life and her immediate environment are the source for most of Niederer's works. These personal snapshots are then re-worked in paintings or form the template for huge hand knotted silk carpets, which the artist gets produced in China. The transformation of an image through its replication in another media is a core theme of Niederer's work. In a ongoing photo series called Interieurs Niederer photographs her sold works in situ in their new owners' homes and offices. Recent major museums exhibitions include CAC Malaga (2006), Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (2006), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2005), Ikon Gallery Birmingham (2005) and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2004). Caro Niederer lives and works in Zürich
Solo exhibitions
- 2008: Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/CH
- 2007: Hauser & Wirth, 'Alba’s Birthday', LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
UK - 2006: CAC Malaga, 'Souvenir and Conversations', MalagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
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- Haus Lange, 'Leben mit Kunst', KrefeldKrefeldKrefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...
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- 2005: The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin Ireland
- Ikon Gallery, 'Living with Art', Birmingham United Kingdom
- Hauser & Wirth, 'Conversations about Works', Zurich CH
- 2004: Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 'Leben mit Kunst', St. Gall/CH
- 2003: Le Case d’Arte, 'Memoria e Valore', Milan/IT
- 2001: Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Interieurs – Leben mit Kunst', Zurich/CH
- 1997: Galerie Agathe Nisple, 'Wie entsteht das Wertvolle', St. Gall/CH
- 1995: Galerie Francesca Pia, 'Sammlung und Sortiment', Berne/CH
- Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 'Öffentliche und Private Bilder', Friedrichshafen/DE
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Öffentliche und Private Bilder', Zurich/CH
- 1994: Ausstellungsraum Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, 'Abbilder', Stuttgart/DE
- 1993: Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gall/CH
- 1992: Säntis Bergstation, 'Säntis', Schwaegalp/CH
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Abbilder', Zurich/CH
- 1990: Kunsthaus Öerlikon, 'Souvenirs', Zurich/CH
- Cairo Atelier, Cairo/EG
Group Exhibitions
- 2006: Galerie Patrick SeguinGalerie Patrick SeguinFounded in 1989, the Galerie Patrick Seguin is located in Paris's La Bastille district.The gallery distributes the work of designers and architects Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Jean Royère, and is often called on to contribute to exhibitions in such museums as...
, 'Galerie Patrick Seguin invites HAUSER & WIRTH', Paris/FR
- Shanghai Biennale, 'Hyperdesign', Shanghai/CN
- 2005: Gallery Hyundai, 'Painting the Edge', Seoul/KR
- 2004: Kunsthalle St. Gallen, 'Kunst für die Kunst', St. Gall/CH
- Zeughaus Teufen, 'Appenzeller Frauenaufzug', Teufen/CH
- Le Case d’Arte, 'Citazioni', Milan/IT
- 2003: Kunsthalle St. Gallen, 'Heimspiel', St. Gall/CH
- Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, '20th Anniversary Show', Cologne/DE
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 4', Zurich/CH
- 2002: Zeughaus Teufen, 'Heimspiel', Teufen/CH
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 3', Zurich/CH
- Cultureel Centrum De Romaanse Poort, 'Interior/Exterior' (with A. Goldsworthy), Leuven/BE
- 2001: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 'WertWechsel', Cologne/DE
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 2', Zurich/CH
- 2000: Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, 'Landscape', Berlin/DE
- Kunsthalle Kornwestheim, 'Kontext', Kornwestheim/DE
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Photo- and Videobased Works', Zurich/CH
- 1999: Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Bunte Hintergründe und klassische Porträts' (with Bruno Müller-Meyer), Zurich/CH
- Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Zeichnungen-Drawings', Zurich/CH
- 1998: Milch, 'Wish you were here' (with Andreas Rüthi und Bruno Müller-Meyer), London/UK
- Kunstverein St. Gallen, 'Salon', St. Gall/CH
- Kunstmarkt Dresden, 'Geschlossene Gesellschaft', Dresden/DE
- Galerie Berlintokio, 'Non-Painters-Painting', Berlin/DE
- 1997: SüdwestLB Forum, 'SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1997', Stuttgart/DE
- Kunsthalle Wien, 'Alpenblick, die zeitgenössische Kunst und das Alpine', Vienna/AT
- Museum BelleriveMuseum of Design ZürichThe Museum of Design, Zurich is a museum for industrial design, visual communication, architecture, and craft in Zurich, Switzerland.- Overview :...
, 'Objets du désir', Zurich/CH - Alte Konsumbäckerei, 'Kunst & Kiosk' (with Véronique Zusseau), Solothurn/CH
- Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, 'Geschlossene Gesellschaft', Zurich/CH
- 1996: Kunstverein München, 'Doppelbindung/Linke Masche', Munich/DE
- Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 'Auszug', Friedrichshafen/DE
- Museum für GestaltungMuseum of Design ZürichThe Museum of Design, Zurich is a museum for industrial design, visual communication, architecture, and craft in Zurich, Switzerland.- Overview :...
, '!Hello world?', Zurich/CH- 1995: SüdwestLB Forum, 'SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1995', Stuttgart/DE
- Helmhaus, 'Inventar 95/96', Zurich/CH
- Helmhaus, 'Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1995', Zurich/CH
- 1994: Shedhallle, 'Merry-go-round', Zurich/CH
- Messe Basel, 'Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium 1994', Basel/CH
- Helmhaus, 'Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1994', Zurich/CH
- 1993: Galerie Barbara Weiss, 'Informationsdienst c/o', Berlin/DE [travelled to Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels/BE;
- Goethe House, New York NY; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz/AT; Sous-sol, Geneva/CH]
- Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich/DE
- 'Serial – Ein limitierter Laden von Michelle Nicol', Zurich/CH
- 1992: Bilderraum, 'Blumen', Zurich/CH
- 1991: Galerie Ziegler Mandat, 'Self-Portrait', Zurich/CH
- Galerie Ziegler Mandat, '5 Continents', Zurich/CH
- 1989: Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich/CH
- 1988: Stiftung Merian, Muba 88, 'Junge Schweizer KünstlerInnen', Basel/CH
Awards and grants
- 2004: Manor Kunstpreis
- 2000: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1997: IBK Förderpreis 1997
- 1996: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1995: Werkstipendium der Stadt Zurich
- 1992: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1990: Pro Helvetia Stipendium und Atelier in Schabramant, Cairo/EG