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Urs Fischer Biography
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1973 |
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Born in Zurich, Switzerland
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1995 |
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Received grant from the Bundeamt für Kultur, Zurich
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1997 |
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Kiefer-Hablitzel grant
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1999 |
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Providentia Prize, YoungArt
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1999 |
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Received grant from the Bundeamt für Kultur, Zurich
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Lives and works in New York, USA
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Studied Photography at the Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich
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Visited de atelier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Artist in residence, Delfina Studios, London, UK
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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New Museum, New York (solo)
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2009
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Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (with Mark Handforth) Peter Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT (solo)
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2009
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The Modern Institute, Glasgow (solo)
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2009
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Palazzo Grassi, Venice The Rose Art Museum, Saints and Sinners, Waltham, MA
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2008
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Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Blurry Renoir Debussy, Zürich (solo)
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2008
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Kunstmuseum Luzern, Blasted Allegories. Works from the Ringier Collection, Luzern (group)
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2008
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Galeria Fortes Vilaça, God is Design, curated by Neville Wakefield, Sao Paulo (group)
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2008
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Shafrazi Gallery, Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns?, a show conceived by Urs Fischer and Gavin Brown, New York Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Sammlung / Collection, Zurich
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2007
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Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, The New Museum, New York
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2007
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Large, dark & empty, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo)
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2007
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Museion, Domestic Irony, Bolzano
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2007
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Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection, Sequence 1, Venice
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2007
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The Hamster Wheel, Tese della Novissima, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice
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2007
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Traum and Trauma. Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, MUMOK und Kunsthalle, Vienna
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2007
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The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, curated by Ugo Rondinone, Paris
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2007
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The Hamster Wheel, Festival Printemps De Septembre, Toulouse
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2007
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Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, N. Ionia, Athens
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2007
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Makers and Modelers, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
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2007
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Cockatoo Island, Kaldor Art Projects and the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Sydney (solo)
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2007
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Church San Stae, Venice, 52nd Venice Biennale (with Ugo Rondinone) (solo)
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2007
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Sadie Coles HQ, London (solo)
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2007
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Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (solo)
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2007
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Vanhaerents Art Collection, Disorder in the House, Brussels
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2006
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Big Bang, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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2006
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Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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2006
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Where are we going?, selection from the François Pinault Collection, The Palazzo Grassi, Venice
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2006
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Infinite Painting – Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo (Udine)
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2006
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Day for Night, Whitney Biennial 2006, New York
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2006
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Cinq milliards d’ années, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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2006
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The Studio, The Hugh Lane Museum, Dublin
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2006
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The Vincent 2006, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2006
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Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Paris 1919, Rotterdam (solo)
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2006
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Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo)
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2006
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blaffergallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Urs Fischer: Mary Poppins, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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The Modern Institute, Glasgow (solo)
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2006
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Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan (solo)
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2005
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Fig, Nut & Pear, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York (solo)
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2005
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Jet Set Lady, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan (solo)
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2005
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Camden Arts Center, London (solo)
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2005
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Flick Collection, Berlin (solo)
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2005
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Mr. Watson --- Come Here --- I Want to See You, Hydra Workshops, Hydra, Greece (solo)
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2005
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Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen (Amsterdam)
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2001
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Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Mastering the Complaint, Zurich (solo)
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1999
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Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Espressoqueen – Worries and other stuff you have to to think (solo)
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