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Biography |
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1944 |
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Born on December 24th in Berne |
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1961 - 1964 |
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Studies under Berne photographer Kurt Blum, Berne, Switzerland |
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1964 |
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Awarded Federal Art Grant (followed by awards in 1972 and 1983), Switzerland |
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1968 |
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Begins collaboration with Berne architects Atelier 5, Berne, Switzerland |
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1965 - 1978 |
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Close collaboration with Harald Szeemann, documenting major exhibitions and happenings internationally |
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1975 - 1978 |
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Lives in Chicago. Teaches at University of Illinois as Visiting Lecturer of Photography 1976/77, Chicago, USA |
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1979 - 1981 |
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Resides in New York, New York, USA |
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1982 |
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Returns to Switzerland, La Chaux-de-Fonds/Berne, Switzerland |
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1987 |
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Invited as artist-in-residence by Meguro Museum of Art , Tokyo, Japan |
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1990 - 1992 |
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Guest professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nîmes Nîmes, France |
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2000 |
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Travels to Namibia to produce photographs and video Namib 2000 Namibia |
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2002 |
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Travels to Rio Negro, Brazil |
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Currently lives and works in Berne, Switzerland |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Swiss Made, Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (group) |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Balthasar Burkhard: Reconnaissances 1969-2007, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (solo) |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Museum für moderne u. zeitgenössische Kunst, Strasbourg, France (solo) |
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2008 |
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Two Mountains: Balthasar Burkhard & Naoya Hatakeyama, MdM Mönchsberg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria |
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2007 |
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Spectacular City – NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2007 |
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Derniers Encodages, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium |
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2007 |
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Songlines, museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf (Suisse) (solo) |
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2007 |
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Unter den Sternen. Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel. Fotografie. Franz Gertsch. Schottische Aquarelle, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf |
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2007 |
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Präzision und Wahnsinn. Swiss Made 1, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Balthasar Burkhard. Japan 2005. Niele Toroni. Impronte di pennello no 50 a intervalli di 30 cm, Galerie Tschudi, Glarus |
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2007 |
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Balthasar Burkhard. Niele Toroni, Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny |
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2007 |
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animal! animal! Carte Blanche, l’Abbaye du Ronceray (Angers) |
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2007 |
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Tierisch. Wenn der Mensch auf "den Hund" kommt, Haus für Kunst Uri |
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2007 |
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Gustave Courbet, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris |
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2006 |
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Villa Jelmini – the complex of respect, Kunsthalle, Berne |
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2006 |
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Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum, Berne |
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2006 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich (solo) |
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2006 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, Kunstraum Medici, Soleure (solo) |
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2006 |
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Trafic d’influence, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, Suisse |
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2005 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (solo) |
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2005 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, Kunstraum Medici, Solothurn (solo) |
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2005 |
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Galerie Beyeler, Basel |
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2005 |
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Nützlich-süss-museal. Das fotografierte Tier, Museum Folkwang, Essen |
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2005 |
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Höhenluft. Der Berg in der Schweizer Kunst, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo |
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2004 |
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Vagues 2. Hommages et digressions, Musée de Malraux, Le Havre |
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2004 |
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Wolkenbilder, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
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2004 |
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'Balthasar Burkhard', Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2004 |
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Balthasar Burkhard. Omnia, Kunstmuseum, Berne (solo) |
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2004 |
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Sideshow in the Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich |
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2004 |
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Balthasar Burkhard. Héliogravures 1991-2003 et travaux photographiques, Mamco, Genève (solo) |
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2003 |
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'Standpunkt 1', Kirchner Museum, Davos |
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2003 |
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Rio Negro, House of Art, CZ-Ceské Budejovice (solo) |
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2003 |
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Rio Negro, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hambourg (solo) |
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2003 |
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The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2003 |
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Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (avec Not Vital) (solo) |
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2003 |
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'Neighbourhoods', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel |
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2002 |
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Kunstraum Medici, Solothurn (solo) |
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2002 |
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'Wallflowers', Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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Galerie Tschudi, Glarus (solo) |
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2002 |
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Galerie Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan (solo) |
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2001 |
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Helmhaus Zürich (solo) |
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2001 |
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'Balthasar Burkhard – Voyage', Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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Kunstmuseum Thun (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hambourg (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo) |
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2001 |
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Ciudad, présenté par USM, Centro Culturale Svizzero, Milan (solo) |
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2000 |
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'La Arquitectura sin Sombra', Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, Spain |
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2000 |
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Désert, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris |
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2000 |
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'Fernweh', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel |
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1999 |
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'Stadt', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel (solo) |
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1999 |
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Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo) |
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1999 |
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Musée de Grenoble (solo) |
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1999 |
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Biennale di Venezia 'dAPERTutto', Venice |
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1999 |
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New Natural History Exhibition, National Muséum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford |
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1999 |
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Animal, Musée Bourdelle, Paris |
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1999 |
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Le siècle du corps: Photographie 1900-2000, Culturgest, Lisbonne |
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1999 |
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'Balthasar Burkhard', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium |
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1999 |
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi (solo) |
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1999 |
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Ciudad, Mamco, Genève (solo) |
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1999 |
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Ciuddad, Kino im Kunstmuseum, Bern (solo) |
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1999 |
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1. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, by USM, Hambourg (solo) |
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1998 |
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Ville, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo) |
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1998 |
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Kunsträume Zermatt (solo) |
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1998 |
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'Dijon/le Consortium, coll, tout contre l’art contemporain', Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1998 |
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Neue Werke, Galerie Rigassi, Berne (solo) |
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1998 |
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(les Halles) espace d'art contemporain, Porrentruy (solo) |
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1998 |
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À l'arrêt, La mobilière, Berne (solo) |
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1998 |
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Neue Werke, Galerie Rigassi, Berne (solo) |
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1998 |
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Patrick de Brock Galerie, Knokke (solo) |
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1997 |
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Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo) |
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1997 |
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Eloge de l'ombre, Musée Rath, Genève (solo) |
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1997 |
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On your mark!, Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo) |
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1996 |
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Museum Baviera, Zürich (avec Thomas Kovachevich) (solo) |
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1996 |
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La Box, Bourges (solo) |
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1996 |
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'Comme un Oiseau', Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France |
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1996 |
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Héliogravures, Kunstraum Kabinett, Berne (solo) |
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1995 |
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Grand-Hornu, Hornu (solo) |
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1994 |
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Kunsthaus Zoug, Zoug |
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1993 |
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Galerie Catherine Maurer, Berne (solo) |
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1993 |
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (solo) |
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1993 |
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (avec Franz West) (solo) |
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1991 |
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (solo) |
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1990 |
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Hôtel Rivet, Nîmes (solo) |
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1989 |
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Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall (solo) |
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1989 |
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Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon (solo) |
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1989 |
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Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Bâle (solo) |
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1989 |
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Musée Rath, Genève (Prix BCG) (solo) |
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1988 |
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Kunsthalle, Berne |
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1987 |
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Galerie E. & 0. Friedrich, Berne (solo) |
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1987 |
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Espace FRAC, Dijon (solo) |
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1985 |
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Volksbad, Verein Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall |
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1984 |
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Balthasar Burkhard - Niele Toroni, Musée Rath, Genève (solo) |
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1984 |
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Le coin du miroir, Dijon (solo) |
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1983 |
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Fotowerke, Kunsthalle, Bâle (solo) |
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1982 |
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Der Arm, Galerie Toni Gerber, Berne (solo) |
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1980 |
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Portraits, Centre d’art contemporain, Genève (solo) |
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1979 |
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A Portfolio, Swiss Center Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1977 |
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Photocanvases, Zolla Liebermann Gallery, Chicago (solo) |
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Literature |
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2005 |
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balthasar burkhard photographer, Scalo Editions |
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2004 |
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Omnia, exhibition catalogue Kunstmuseum Bern |
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2003 |
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Exhibition catalogue Kirchner Museum Davos |
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2001 |
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Balthasar Burkhard – Kunstmuseum Thun |
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2001 |
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Balthasar Burkhard – Helmhaus Zürich |
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1999 |
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, texte de Laurent Busine. |
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1999 |
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Laurent Busine, Balthasar Burkhard, l'écrivain public, |
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1999 |
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Balthasar Burkhard – Musée de Grenoble |
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1997 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, A l'arrêt, texte de Rainer M. Mason, Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève |
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1997 |
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"Click!", a dit l'appareil de photo. Editions Lars Müller, Baden, texte de Markus Jakob
Balthasar Burkhard, Eloge de l’ombre, Editions Lars Müller, Baden, Musée Rath, Genève |
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1994 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, contribution de Matthias Haldemann, Kunsthaus, Zoug |
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1994 |
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Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Editions Lars Müller, Baden |
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1993 |
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Balthasar Burkhard - Laurent Busine, Editions Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles |
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1991 |
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Hélix Aspersa, Imschoot Ed., Gent |
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1988 |
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Balthasar Burkhard - Kunsthalle de Berne, contributions de Ulrich Loock et René Denizot; Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall, Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, Kunsthalle, Berne |
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1987 |
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Balthasar Burkhard, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo |
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1986 |
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Atelier 5: 26 ausgewählte Werke, fotografiert von Balthasar Burkhard, Ammann Verlag, Zürich |
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1984 |
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Balthasar Burkhard - Niele Toroni, contributions de Balthasar Burkhard, Niele Toroni et Hendel Teicher, Musée Rath, Genève |
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1983 |
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Exposition Balthasar Burkhard, contributions de Rémy Zaugg et Jean-Christophe Ammann, Kunsthalle, Bâle |
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