Gallery Artists

John Armleder

Portrait

Biography

Group Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions

BORN

1948
Geneva, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland and New York, NY, USA.

1966 - 1967
Studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, Switzerland.

1969
Foundation of the Groupe ECART with Patrick Lucchini and Claude Rychner, Geneva, Switzerland.

1973 - 1983
Foundation of the gallery ECART, Geneva, ECART Editions & Publications, Geneva, Switzerland.

1992 - 2000
Member of the Swiss Federal Comission for the Fine-Arts, Bern, Switzerland.

1994 - present
Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany and at the Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PERFORMANCES

2011
Ecart, „Chronolgie en cinq yours“, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland.

2007
“About Nothing: As usual“, John M Armleder & Christian Marclay, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
“Event and Exhibit (1967-2007)“, Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland.

2006
“Mostly Silent Music“, Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland.

2004
“About Nothing, Live!“, Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland.

2002
“Gasthoff“ (mit Klasse Armleder), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Bremen, Germany.*

1999
Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland.

CONFERENCES

2007
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
South London Gallery, London, UK.

2006
Sculpture Center, New York, NY, USA.

2005
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland.

2003
“The Swiss Art Scene Today“, ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
“Far for Peace, Fondtazione Ratti“, MAXXI, Rome, Italy.
“L’art sans les artistes“, Entretiens sur l’art, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France.
“Tabou I – Dieter Roth, dernier provocateur des Modernes“, Centre Dürenmatt, Biel, Switzerland.
“Minimalism and After“, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
“Art and Architecture in Discussion“, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland.*
“Sammlung DaimlerChrysler“, zkm, Karlsruhe, Germany.

2002
“Zukunftsvisionen“, Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Kunst nach Kunst“, Neues Museum am Weserberg, Bremen, Germany.
“Kunst auas der Schweiz...“, Pro Helvetia, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France,

2001
Künstlergespräch, Kunsttraum, Innsbruck, Austria.
“Welcome Party“, Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan.
L’artiste et son Musée“, Les Revues Parlées, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

1999
“RE“ NEW ART Workshop 2“, Casino Luxembourg.
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
“big talk“, (loop I), art exchange, Berlin, Germany.

AS CURATOR/CO-CURATOR in 2003-2013

„All of the Above“, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
“Yellow Pages“, Turm Galerie 333, Helmstedt, Germany; Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland.
“Never Mind Your Step + Yellow Pages + 20“, Palazzo Liestal, Switzerland.*
“None of the Above“ Swiss Center New York, NY, USA (2004).*
“Lovely Shanghai Music, kunstverein Hannover, Germany; Zendai Museum, Shanghai, China.*
“At the Home in the Universe“, Mongin Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.*
“Introvert, Extrovert, Makes no Difference“, Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint Paul de Vence, France.
„Ecal, a Success Story“, ELAC, Renens/Lausanne, Switzerland.

SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS

2011 Prix Meret Oppenheim
2007 Prix de la Leenaards, Lausanne
1995 Prix de la Ville de Genève
1979 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
1978 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
1977 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
1976 Kiefer Hablitzel Stipendium
1974 Kiefer Hablitzel Stipendium
1972 Kiefer Hablitzel Stipendium

Works