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Biography
4.8.1965 |
Born in Zurich |
1986-1990 |
School of Visual Arts Luzern, Diploma |
1990 |
Ecole National Superieur des Arts Visuels de la Cambre, Brussels |
1991-95 |
Lives and works in Brussels |
1996/97 |
International Studio Program, P.S.1, Institute for Contemporary Art, New York |
1996-present |
Lives and works in New York |
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Solo Exhibitions (*with catalogue)
- 2003 Black September, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York
- 2002 Black September, Muller/DeChiara , Berlin
- Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
- Beaufort 12-Au bord du désastre, Expo 02, Neuchatel
- Kunsthalle Fri-Art, Fribourg
- 2001 Crash, Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
- Ode to a Sad Song (If you lived here you would be dead now), Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York
- Puzzled/Gameshow, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by Laura Heon)
- Them or Us, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck (curated by Annette Röhr and Hermann Nöring)
- 2000 Inundacions, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona (curated by Chus Martinez)
- Voyages, Galerie Urs Meile Luzern
- Teenage Riot, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg (curated by Heike Munders/Bernd Milla)
- Crash, Le Parvis, Centre d?Art contemporain leClerc, Pau (F) (curated by Sylvie Froux)
- Tueur né/Natural Born Killer, Le Parvis, Centre d¹Art contemporain, Ibos-Tarbes (F)
- Action//Time//Vision, St. Gervais, Centre pour l?image contemporaine, Geneva, (curated by André Iten)
- Apocalypso Place/Fall Season, Kunsthaus Zurich, (w/ Reynold Reynolds, curated by Tobia Bezzola)
- Going All The Way, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel (curated by Martin Schwander)
- 1999 Apocalypso Place, LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York (w/ Reynold Reynolds)
- CRASH, Foerderkoje, Galerie Urs Meile, Art Cologne
- Lakehurst NJ, Grenz-Raum, Zeppelinmuseum, Friedrichshafen
- Action//Time//Vision (Alternative TV), Orchard Gallery, Derry, Nordirland
- Yellow and Red, Institute for Contemporary Art, Dunauvarnos, Ungarn (w/ M.Frei, T.Thuemena)
- Out of the Blue-Into the Black, Damasquine Gallery, Brussels
- 1998 New York-Serneus retour, Kulturhaus Rosengarten, Gruesch* (CH)
- Make Believe, Stalke Gallery, Kopenhagen (and P.Traasdaal, S.Walder, curated by Ch. Doswald)*
- Puzzled, Statements, Galerie Urs Meile, Art 29, Basel*
- OEL, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern
- NB, Kunsthalle, St.Gallen (and Biefer/Zgraggen, curated by Pierre Andre Lienard)*
- Hotelbrand, Hotel, Zürich (curated by Olaf Breuning)
- 1997 Nature abhoars a naked singularity, Clocktower Gallery, New York (w/ Nina Bruderman, P. Jolley)
- 1996 How Far You Are, Passage Placette, Belluard Fribourg (curated by Michel Ritter, Kunsthalle FriArt)
- It?s the end of the world as we love it, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld (w/ M. Frei, curated by Harm Lux)
- 1995 The Apartement, Filiale Basel*, Basel (and Gianni Motti, A. Biancini, curated by Attitudes)
- 1994 M.U.S.E.U.M., Kunstmuseum Luzern* (w/ usa-united swiss artists, curated by Martin Schwander)
- 1993 Critical Distance, ADO Gallery, Antwerpen (w/ OCI, curated by Luk Lambrecht)*
- Schleutelwerken, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (w/ OCI)*
- 1991 SOLO, Etablissements d'en Face, Brussels*
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Selected Group Exhibitions (*with catalogue)
2003
- Constructed Realities: Contemporary Photography, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
- Mursollaici¸ Centre Culturel Suisse: Paris, curated by Michel Ritter, Paris, France
- Urban Diaries: Young Swiss Art, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
- Pantalla Suiza, Museo Nacional Centro de Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Transmediale.03 (play global!), International Media Art Festival, Berlin, Germany
2002
- Cine y Casi Cine, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
- GewaltBilder-Zur Aesthetik der Gewalt (Violent Images?Aesthetics of Violence), Museum Belrive, Zurich
- NightVision, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL (curated by Joy Garnett)
- Superlounge, GAle GAtes, New York (March 27, curated by Andrea Salerno and Mari Spirito)
- Big Social Game, 2nd Big Torino Biennial, Torino (April 19, curated by Michelangelo Pistoletto)
- Kunstverein Ulm, (Aug/Sept, curated by Brigitte Haussmann)
2001
- Highlights from the Permananent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Wald und Explosion, Helmhaus Zurich (curated by Simon Maurer)
- Apocalypso Place & Schizo, Impakt Festival, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
- Artlounge ? Projects #1: ?(White) Cubes,? Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg
- Anxiety Disorder, Voges & Deisen, Frankfurt (curated by Irina Popiashvili)
- Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lakewood, Florida (curated by Michael Rush/Dominique Nahas)
- Lite, Roebling Hall, New York (curated by Christoph Draeger and Adriana Arenas)
- Unter Wasser, Museum Belrive Zurich (w/ Martin Frei)
- Play is the Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (curated by Franz Motz)*
- Who Killed Bambi, K&S Galerie, Kunstraum des ZKM, Berlin (curated by Miriam Bers)
- The Body of Art, Bienal de Valencia, Spain (curated by Achile Bonita Oliva)
- Endtroducing, Villa Arson, Nice (F) (curated by Laurence Gateau)*
- The Entropic Garden, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (curated by Joel Beck and Christian Viveros-Fauné)
- Another Day on Planet Earth, Dechiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
2000
- Dystopia and Identity in the Age of Global Communication, Tribes Gallery, New York
- International Video Program, 7th Bienal de La Havana, Cuba (curated by Euridice Arratia)
- No Vacancies, Barbara Thumm Gallery, Berlin (curated by Angelika Richter)
- Grauer Star, Kunstmuseum Chur*
- Four From Brooklyn, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapid, Iowa (curated by Joel Beck & Christian Viveros-Fauné)
- Domiciles, Centre d?Art Tanlay, Perrigny (F), (curated by Jaques Py)*
- Katastrophen und Desaster, Folkwang Museum Essen (D) (curated by Gerhard Finckh)*
- Quiet, 359 Broadway, New York (curated by Leo Koenig)
1999
- The Video Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich (curated by Tobia Bezzola)
- Out of Order, Roebling Hall, New York (curated by Joel Beck & Christian Viveros-Fauné)
- Amnesic Cinemas, Galerie du Bellay, Rouen (F) (curated by Phillipe Terrier Hermann)*
- Autour de R2/12, Attitudes, Geneva (CH)
- Cinema, Cinema - the Cinematic Experience, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
- (curated by Marente Bloemheuvel & Jaap Guldemond)*
- Playtime, Magasin, Grenoble (F)*
- Ailleurs 4, Attitudes @ ACC Galerie, Weimar (D)
1998
- Dystopia/Babel, Roebling Hall, New York (curated by Joel Beck & Christian Viveros-Fauné)
- Reservate der Sehnsucht/Zones of Desire, Unionbrauerei, Dortmund (curated by Hardware)*
- De tres courts espace de temps, Biennale de l?image, CNP, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris*
- VideoVision 2, El Haganar, Cairo (curated by Silvie Defraoui)
- Young Art, Mamco, Musée d?art contemporain, Genf (curated by Lionel Bovier)
1997
- Speed, 2nd Biennal, Kwangju, Korea (w/ Martin Frei, curated by Harald Szeemann)*
- Kiosk, Downtown Art Festival, New York (curated by Karin Frei)
- P.S.1 International Studio Show, Clocktower Gallery, New York*
- Disaster and Recovery, the Swiss Institute, New York
1996
- Le meridien de Verviers, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Verviers (B)
- Young Art, Kunsthalle, Bern*
- Picture this, Dennis Anderson Gallery, Antwerp
- Bounds of Boundlessness, NGBK, Berlin*
1995
- Vision-Illusion-Reality, Kunsthaus Zurich (w/ Martin Frei, curated by Harald Szeemann)*
- Jedes Haus ein Kunsthaus, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich (w/ Martin Frei, curated by Martin Heller)
- Etalage, Comtoir, Brussels*
- Think Apocalypse, Galerie Observatoire, Brussels (curated by Phillipe Terrier Hermann)
1994
- Prospectus, Laeken-Brussels (B) (curated by Phillipe Braem)*
- Photographies, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
- Musée d'Art et Histoire, Neuchâtel (CH)*
- Variations sur le charme discret de la Bourgoisie, London (curated by Veronique Terrier)
1993
- Members Only, Carles Poy Gallery, Barcelona*
1992
- In the Cold, Kunsthalle Luzern (curated by Stefan Banz)*
*with catalogue
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Selected Video Screenings
- 2001 Pandaemonium, Biennial of Moving Images, The Lux Centre, London
- 2000 Forum Itinerant, Strasbourg
- Tramvideo, Lyon
- Popifilm, Rotterdam Vera, Groningen
- De Balie, Amsterdam
- 1999 Documentary Film Festival, Duisburg
- VIPER, International Video und Film Festival Luzer
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
- New York Underground Film Festival, New York
- Le Club du Capitain Pip, Centre d¹Art Contemporain Espace Jules Verne, Bretigny sur Orge Centre d?image Contemporain St. Gervais, Geneva
- Tramvideo, Lyon
- 1998 Kino Loge, Winterthur*
- The Videoroom Festival, Ocularis, New York
- Lost & Found, De Waag, Amsterdam
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Grants
2002 |
Residency at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito/San Francisco, CA |
1999 |
Promotion Grant of the Graubünden Government /Förderpreis der Bündner Regierung |
1996 |
P.S.1 International Studio Program Grant, New York |
1995 |
Kiefer-Hablitzel Award / Stipendium |
1994 |
Swiss National Art Award / Eidgenössischer Preis für Freie Kunst
Kiefer-Hablitzel Award / Stipendium
Award of the club 51, musée d?Art moderne, Lüttich / Bourse du club 51
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1990 |
Award of the Landis&Gyr Foundation / Landis&Gyr Stipendium |
1991-2001 |
Grants of the Art Council of Graubünden / Werkbeiträge der Kulturförderungskommission |
1995-2001 |
Div. Grants by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Art Council |
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Collections
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Washington Museum of Arts, Seattle
- West Collection at SEI Investments, Oaks, Pennsylvania
- Kunsthaus Zurich
- Buendner Kunstmuseum, Chur
- Kunstmuseum Luzern, City of Chur
- St. Gervais, Centre pour l?image contemporaine, St. Gervais, Geneva
- musée d?Art et histoire, Neuchatel
- Kunst Heute Foundation, Bern
- Communauté francaise, Brussels
- Collection of Baloise Insurances, Basel
- Collection of Winterthur Insurances, Zurich
- Collection Ringier, Zurich
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Selected Bibliography
- Luk Lambrecht, "Solo - Etablissement d'en face, Brussels," DeMorgen, 9/1991
- Martin Frei, "Catastrophy," catalogue "OCI and Christoph Draeger," ADO Gallery, Antwerp, 1993
- Jean-Paul Jaquet, "voyages apocalyptiques," Etant donné, Brussels, 5/1993
- Lino Polegato, "construire la destruction," Flux News, Liege, 9/1993
- Margaret Jardas, "4 junge Schweizer-Filiale Basel," Basler Zeitung, 3/1995
- Thomas Seelig, "Christoph Draeger," Pakt-Zeitschrift für zeitgenösisce Kunst, 1/1996
- Paolo Bianci, "Apokalyptische Reisen," Kunstforum 137, 6/ 1997
- Christoph Doswald, Interview, Facts 12/1997
- Pierre-Andre Lienhard, "Hat der Weltuntergang schon stattgefunden?", catalogue ?NB,? 12/1998
- Edith Arnold, "Immer modischer", Interview, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 3/1998
- Maria Vogel, "Aestetisch untadelig vorgefuehrte Katastrophen," Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 4/1998
- Cecile Bourne, "Feel Lucky, Punk??!", catalogue Biennale de l'image, Paris, 1998
- Pascal Beausse, "Zoe Beloff/Christoph Draeger - After-images," Art Press 235, 5/1998
- Gerhard Mack, "Heulende Sirenen im Telekolegg", NB-Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Tagblatt, 2/1998
- Samuel Herzog, "Schaschlik aus Half Brain und Dirty Harry," videoforum ART 29, Basler Zeitung, 6/1998
- Christoph Doswald, "Make Believe: Artistic Self-Assertion in the Age of Autopoetic
- Simulation,? catalogue for Make Believe, Stalke Gallery, Kopenhagen, 1998
- Gerhard Mack, "Seine Kunst ist eine einzige Katastrophe," CASH, 8/1998
- Gisela Kuoni, Christoph Draeger/Martin Frei bei Luciano Fascati, Kunstbulletin, 9/1998
- Gisela Kuoni, Leben auf dem Vulkan, Buendner Zeitung, 8/1998
- Peter Masüger, ?Katastrophen und Klischees,? Buendner Tagblatt 9/1998
- Werkgespraech mit Dorothea Strauss, catalogue Galerie Luciano Fascati, Chur 10/1998
- Gisela Kuoni, ?Die Katastrophe als Kunstwerk,? Buendner Zeitung, 9/1998
- Gisela Kuoni, "Von Katastrophen im Prättigau," Buendner Zeitung 10/1998
- Peter Masüger, ?NY-Serneus-retour,? Buendner Tagblatt 11/1998
- Christoph Doswald, ?Apocalypse, Now??, Katalog ?Cinema, Cinema,? Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven 2/1999
- Bernhard Marcelis, ?Christoph Draeger/Galerie Damasquine,? Artpress 246, 5/1999
- Beatrice Ruf, ?Christoph Draeger,? in ?Art At Ringier 1995-1998,? catalogue, 1999
- Marius Leutenegger, ?Christoph Draeger: Un Ga Nai-Bad Luck,? Feature in Hangar 21, June 99
- ?Action/Time/Vision,? The Guardian, 7/1999
- Patraig Timonee, ?Christoph Draeger/The Orchard Gallery,? Art Monthly, 9/1999
- Daniel Binswanger, Zur Lokalisierung der Endzeit, Kat. "Disaster Zone", 9/1999
- Patraig Timonee, Good Old Douglas Bader, Bad Old Andreas Baader, Kat. "Disaster Zone", 9/1999
- Dr. Dirk Bluebaum, Die Sicherheit des Risikos, Kat. "Disaster Zone", 9/1999
- Beat Stutzer, ?Die Aura des Todes als Bildthema,? Die Südostschweiz, 9/1999
- Johannes Hedinger, Horrorskop, Saiten, St. Gallen, 11/1999
- ?Christoph Draeger, Apocalypso Place,? Contemporary Visual Arts #26, London, 12/1999
- Joyce Korotkin, ?Christoph Draeger & Reynold Reynolds @ Liebman Magnan Gallery,? NY Arts, 1/2000
- Kim Levin, ?Christoph Draeger,? ShortList, Village Voice, New York 18.Jan., 2000
- Phil Johnson, ?Christoph Draeger & Reynold Reynolds,? Art Guide, New York Times, Jan. 14, 2000
- Frank de Neeve, Zwitserse ramptoeristen in Japan, de Filmkrant (NL), 2/2000
- Sabine Russ, ?Spiel mit dem Ernst,? Katalog Katastrophen & Desaster, Folkwang Museum Essen, 2/2000
- Jaqueline Frank, ?Unglückspuzzle,? Basler Zeitung, Basel, 2/2000
- Phillip Kaiser, ?Going All the Way,? EIKON, Vienna, 5/2000
- Rainer Ganahl, ?Apocalypso Place,? Zing Magazine, New York, 6/2000
- Chus Martinez, ?Un Ga Nai-Bad Luck-Mal Suerte,? TRANS 7, 5/2000
- ?Voyages Apocalyptiques?, Feature in List Magazine #1, New York, 6/2000
- Heather Stephens, "The Power of Nature," Feature on www.studio-visit.com, Sept., 2000
- Barbara Basting, ?Katastrophenlust, latenter Zynismus,? Tagesanzeiger Zurich, 13.9.2000
- Ludmilla Vachtova, ?Optische Attacken auf die Klassiker,? Weltwoche, 9/2000
- ?Draeger et Reynolds font des rêves d?apocalypse,? La Liberté, 23.9.00
- David Signer, ?Trashkunst gegen die Einsamkeit,? Magazin, 23.9.00
- Nina Gülicher, "Vom Pendeln in den (Film- und Spiel-) Realitäten," blitzrevue.de, 9/2000
- André Iten, ?Fascination morbide??, L?HEBDO, 5.10.00
- Marie-Louise Nigg, ?Sintflut mit Groove und Funfaktor,? Zürichsee Zeitung, 7.10.00
- Dunja Stacovitz , ?The Vanity of Bonfires,? Feature in Style Magazine, Berlin, Nov/Dec 2000
- Claudius Seidl, ?Nach dem Weltuntergang,? Feature in Süddeutsche Zeitung-Magazin, 30.3.01
- Christoph Doswald, ?Kritische Reflexionen über Medien und Katastrophen,? Bilanz/Art Guide, 2001
- Jerry Saltz, ?Screen Savers/LITE,? Village Voice, 7/2001
- Kim Levin, ?Only the Best-Fall Arts Preview,? Village Voice, 9/2001
- Gary Schwan, ?Museum Head: Video must go on,? Palm Beach Post 12/9/01
- Holland Cotter, ?When reality overtakes art,? New York Times, 9/2001
- Martin Suter, ?Von der Wirklichkeit überholt,? Sonntagszeitung, 9/2001
- Sarah Bayliss, ?New York artists recover and regroup,? Boston Globe, 7/10/2001
- Lars Movin, ?Disaster World,? Information (Denmark), 23.10.01
- Stefan Lüddemann, ?Statt der Pfeile treffen Flugzeuge den heiligen San Sebastian,?
- Osnabrücker Zeitung, 26.11.2001
- Monica Sanchez Argiles, ?Christoph Draeger. Declive y Renacimiento,? Lapiz, 178, 12/2001
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