Biography

1965
Born in Zurich
Lives and works in Zurich  

Education 

2006
Master of Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London 


1981
Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich 

Grants / Awards

1997
Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Zug 

1996
Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung, Zurich              
Erziehungsdirektion des Kantons Zurich   

Biennales 

2016
Not New Now, Marrakech Biennale 6, Marrakech

2015
Memory and Dream, 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Spectral Paintings, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich The Drift, Opera Gallery, Geneva

2022 Between the Shadows, Opera Gallery, Singapore
Paintings of Disruption II, Gallery Bisunjae, Seoul Out of the Dark, Opera Gallery, Paris

2021
Anatomy of the Mind, Opera Gallery, London

2020
Fractured, Opera Gallery, Geneva
A Moment of Reflection, Opera Gallery, online

2019
Paintings of Disruption, Opera Gallery, Seoul
Introspection, Opera Gallery, New York

2018
Human Perspectives, Opera Gallery, Zurich
The Dark Corner of the Human Mind, Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
The Painter’s Room, Opera Gallery, Paris

2017
Fragmented Figures, schultz contemporary, Berlin
Fragmented Identity, Opera Gallery, Monaco

2016
Random Noise, Fabian & Claude Walter, Zurich
Suspended Reality, Opera Gallery, New York
Between Here and There, Opera Gallery, London

2015
Breakfast with Velázquez, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin
Just Another Day in Paradise, Brotkunsthalle, Wien
Sequences, Opera Gallery, Geneva
Figures & Interiors, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen

2014
Distorted Moments,Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
The Forgotten Palace, Budapest Art Factory, Budapest
Under my Skin, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
Between the Fragments, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York

2013
Disolution & Resolution, Kunstraum Osper, Cologne
Empire Inc., Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock

2012
Interior/Exterior,Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin
The Sounds of Silence and Distortion, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Shifting Landscapes, Kunsthalle Dresden, Dresden
Disturbia, Michael Schultz Gallery, Seoul
Developing Landscapes, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju

2011
Dissonance & Contemplation, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Freeze Frame, Michael Schultz Gallery, Seoul
Interiors,Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, ZurichMonaco

2010 The Human Nature Project, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin
Distorted Fragments, Art + Art Gallery, Moscow

2008
Shortcuts, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
A Day at the Shore, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles 
Insomnia, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon

2006
Fusion Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
Moon Safari, Chelsea College, University of the Arts, London

2005
American Paintings, Kashya Hildebrand, New York

2004
Blur Motion Abstracts, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles

2002
White Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023     Loving Picasso, Opera Gallery, Madrid Pose, Centro de Artes Contemporanea de Coimbra, Coimbra

2022
Frame of Mind, VCRB Gallery, Antwerp

2021
Flux & Metamorphosis, Centro de Artes Contemporanea de Coimbra, Coimbra MISA, Van Ham Kunst Halle, Wesseling
Zwischenzeit, Kunstwerk Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nussbaum

2020
The Monaco Masters Show, Opera Gallery, Monaco

2019
The Monaco Masters Show, Opera Gallery, Monaco

2018
Abstracting the Real, Opera Gallery, Geneva
Masters Unveiled, Opera Gallery, Zurich
Painted Images, Sanatorium, Istanbul
The Monaco Masters Show, Opera Gallery, Monaco
Portrait, Opera Gallery, New York

2018
Painting, Leahn Gallery, Daegu
Autumn Leaves, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin
Transit, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin
The Monaco Masters Show, Opera Gallery, Monaco

2016
Under One Sky, Dianxi Science & Technology Normal
University, Lincang
Creative Frenzy, schultz contemporary, Berlin
Monochormaniac, Opery Gallery, New York City NY
Thirty Year Anniversary, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie Zurich
addicted to painting, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin
Something, Berry Campbell, New York

2015
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection,
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
Dancer in the Dark, schultz contemporary

2014
Wunderkammer, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
The Weekly Show, schultz contemporary, Berlin
In|Outsource, Amnua Museum, Nanjing
Wild Heart: Art Exhibition of German Neo Expressionism
Since the 1960s
, China Art Museum, Shanghai

2013
Obscure, Galerie Fabian & Claude Walter, Villa Renata, Basel
salondergegenwart, Hamburg
Bosporus Brake, BAP Galleri, Istanbul
o. T., World Art Museum, Beijing
Infinity - Neoexpressionism / Contemporary Art, Zhan Zhou
International Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Beijing

2012
Beyond Bling, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Abgrund und Pathos, schultz contemporary, Berlin
Beyond the Paramount, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin

2011
10-20-10, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Surface, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York

2010
Silly Gooses Live in The Dark, UF 6 Projects/ Berlin
The Big World, Fabian + Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich

2009
Nursery Rhymes, Flowers East, London
The Beautiful Painting Show, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich 
The Lure and The Seducer, Christoffer Egelund Gallery, Copenhagen
White Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles

2008
Future50, PSL Project Space, Leeds
Kapellmeister Pulls A Doozy,Seven Seven, London
Unnatural Habitats, Flowers East, London

2007
Kindheit,Museum Rohnerhaus, Lauterach
Anticipation, One One One, Flora Fairbairn Projects, London
Dorian Gray Projects, John Jones Project Space, London

2005
Summer Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles

Projects

2008
Future50 PSL Project Space, Leeds, curated by
Ceri Hand and Liz Aston

2007
Dorian Gray Project, John Jones Project Space, London
Anticipation, One One One, Flora Fairbairn Projects London
curated by Flora Fairbairn, Kay Saatchi and Catriona Warren