Lori Hersberger (Swiss, born )

Timeline

1964
Born in Basel, Switzerland
1990
Prize Kunst-Stadt Basel, Switzerland
1994
Cité des Arts Paris, Dep. Art, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
1996
Artist Grant, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
1996
Artprize (Alexander-Clavel-Foundation), Riehen, Switzerland
1999–2000
Swiss Art Award
2001
Manor-Artprize Base, Switzerland
2007
Stiftung Landis & Gyr, Zug, Werksemester / Residency, London, UK
2009
P.A.I.R. Peach Artists in Residence, Wollerau, Switzerland
Studied Sculpture and Video-Art in Basel, Schule für Gestaltung SfG/HSfG
Lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland

Exhibitions

2013
Lori Hersberger: Mystery Poster, Laleh June Galerie Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2013
We Are Young, Laleh June Galerie Basel, Switzerland
2012
Alptraum - Nightmare, Goethe Institute, Johannesburg; Green Papaya Projects, Metro Manila, Quezon City (RP) Death Can Dance, Annex M., Zürich
2012
Instant Karma, Laleh June Galerie, Basel (solo)
2012
Dystopia Stalker, SCQ Galeria, Santiago de Compostela The Essential Collection, Zürich (solo)
2012
Gold, Museum Schloss Belvedere, Wien (cat.)
2011
Geist 2, A.C. Kupper Modern, Zürich (solo)
2011
Drei Zähne!, Apt. Draschan, Vienna
2011
Merz World, Cabaret Voltaire Zürich
2011
Parkfair, Parkdeck Stadion Center, Vienna
2011
Blaubart - Barock, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
2011
Skulptur i Pilane, Pilane Heritage Foundation, Sweden
2011
Ping Pong, Ausstellungsraum M54, Basel
2011
Alptraum - Nightmare, Blank Projects, Cape Town, The Company, Los Angeles, Cell Projects, London, Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V., Berlin
2010
Heroic Nihilism, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (solo)
2010
Alptraum - Nightmare, The Transformer, Washington DC cur. by P. Huber / U. Lindner, Galerie Ebensperger, Berlin
2010
Weather Reports, Lori Hersberger / Martin Oppel, Grandes Galeries de l'Aître Saint-Maclou, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
2010
Referenz und Neigung, Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts, Kunstmuseum Luzern/ Museum of Art Lucerne Chop Shop, Autocenter, Berlin
2009
The Hidden Land, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
2009
Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too, Substitut Berlin
2009
Blaue Stunde - Bilder zwischen Tag und Nacht Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
2009
Sammlung XXL , Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg
2009
Flashback, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich
2009
Geist, Grieder Contemporary Projects, Berlin
2008
Neon, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney
2008
Irrlichter - Wirkliches und Unwirkliches in der Kunst, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
2008
Variation 1, Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
2008
Veni Vidi Vicious, Galerie Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel
2008
Paperweight, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
2008
Lori Hersberger – Phantom Studies, MAC Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon (solo)
2008
Phantom Studien, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin (solo)
2007
Zombie Voyager Nr 1, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (solo)
2007
Smooth Transition, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zürich (solo)
2007
Beautiful Occupation, Dum Umeni Ceské Budejovice / House of Art, Budweis (solo)
2007
Brave Lonesome Cowboy, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
2007
Une question de generation, MAC Musée d’art Contemporain Lyon
2007
Cosmic Dreams, Kunsthalle Centro Cultural Andratx
2007
Brave Lonesome Cowboy – Der Mythos des Westerns in der Gegenwartskunst, Villa
2007
Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar
2007
Burning Rubber, Saint-Mary’s University Art Gallery Halifax
2007
Môtiers 07, Art en plein air, Val-de-Travers
2007
Who Are You?, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zürich
2007
Who Are You?, Galerie Lange & Pult, Zürich
2007
Accélération, Kunstart, Karting Sérrières / CAN Neuchâtel
2007
Sublime - Experiences and perceptions in contemporary sculpture, Pilar Parra & Romero Galeria, Madrid
2007
Art_clips .ch.at.de, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
2007
Fire Walk With Me, Galerie Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel
2007
Abstrakt, Ausstellungsraum 25, Zürich
2006
Hot Summer..in Autumn, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
2006
Art_clips .ch.at.de, Kunstraum Innsbruck
2006
Eldorado, Galerie Une, Neuchâtel
2006
Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin
2006
Art_clips .ch.performativ, Videkunst.ch, Galerie Henze und Ketter, Wittrach
2006
Be All Eyes, Galerie Tony Wuethrich, Basel
2006
Insideout, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin (solo)
2005
Behind A Window, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg (solo)
2005
The World, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (solo)
2005
Wolfsberg Executive Development Centre, Ermatingen (solo)
2005
Milky Way, Staircase, Montblanc International, Hamburg (solo)
2005
Galerie Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel (solo)
2005
Galerie Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf (solo)
2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst Karlsruhe
2005
A Kind of Magic, Kunstmuseum Luzern / Museum of Art Lucerne
2005
Space Invaders, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
2005
Swiss Made (The Art of Falling Apart), Cobra Museum Amsterdam, Collection Hauser & Wirth
2005
L’art contemporain dans la collection Julius Baer, Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva
2005
L’art contemporain dans la collection Julius Baer, Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva
2005
Passion Beyond Reason, WallstreetOne, Berlin
2005
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
2004
Dream Extensions, SMAK Stedelijk Museum of Contemporary Art, Gent
2004
20 Years, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2004
Lasko, CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel
2004
Russian Roulette, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (solo)
2004
Stay, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (solo)
2004
Behind the Nylon Curtain, Galerie Crone, Berlin (solo)
2004
Raumwechsel I, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg
2004
Galerie Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2004
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
2004
Galerie Tony Wüthrich, Basel
2003
Spin my Wheel, Kunsthaus Zürich (solo)
2003
Snowblind, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (solo)
2003
Take Me Where You Want, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (solo)
2003
2, Galerie Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel (solo)
2003
Go Johnny, Go! The Electric Guitar – Art & Myth, Kunsthalle Wien
2003
Perpetual Bliss, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2003
Paint, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
2003
New Abstract Painting–Painting Abstract Now, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
2003
Skulptur 03, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2003
G 2003, Mostra Internazionale d’Arte All’ Aperto, Vira Gambarogno
2003
Urban Diaries - Young Swiss Art, Alcala 31, Consejerìa de las Artes, Madrid
2003
Mursollaici, CCS Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
2002
Imagination, Galway Arts Center, Galway
2002
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair/ ART 33
2002
How Can You Kill Me? (I’m Already Dead), SI Swiss Institute -Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
2002
Living Daylight Agent, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (solo)
2002
Made in Hong Kong, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (solo)
2002
Urban Biology, Mezzanin, Wien (solo)
2002
Cold Fusion, Griedervonputtkamer, Berlin (solo)
2002
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (solo)
2002
The Young And The Hung, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2002
Imagination-Romantik, House of Art, Brno
2001
Day-Glo Blues Conspiracy, MGK Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (solo)
2001
Cold Fusion, Sint-Lukasstichting Hoogeschool, Bruxelles (solo)
2001
Burnout, Chelsea DAF/ Swiss Institute - Contemporary art, New York (solo)
2000
Ghost Negotiation Supports, CAN Centre d'art, Neuchâtel (solo)
2000
Action Time Vision, Mezzanin, Wien (solo)
2000
Galerie Lindig, Nürnberg (solo)
1999
Lori Hersberger - Bohemian Rhapsody Nr 9, Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich (solo)
1999
Django / Bohemian Rhapsody Nr 9, CAN Centre d`art, Neuchâtel (solo)
1998
Coming Home, Cato Jans - Der Raum, Hamburg (solo)
1997
Silver Room, Kleines Helmhaus, Zürich (solo)
1995
Balloon Frame, Kunsthalle Basel (solo)

Public Collections

Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Museum für Gegenwartskunst - Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Literature

Kunsthaus Zürich / Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe (Hrsg.): Lori Hersberger, Bd.I,
Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe (Hrsg.): Lori Hersberger, Bd.II, Video; 2004 (tbp)
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel (Hrsg.): Lori Hersberger-New Roots & Paintings; Schwabe Verlag Basel, 2001 [ ISBN 3-7965-1725-0]
Städtisches Museum Zwickau (Hrsg.): Lori Hersberger, Max-Pechstein-Förderpreis der Stadt Jena, 1997
Dream Extensions , SMAK Stedelijk Museum of Contemporary Art; Gent,
Go Johnny, Go! , Kunsthalle Wien; Exhibition catalogue; Steidl Verlag Stuttgart, 2003
Extra , Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art; Exhibition cat., 2003 [ISBN 1-884692-07-09],
New Abstract Painting - Painting Abstract Now. Kunstverein Museum Schloss Morsbroich; Exhibition cat.; Leverkusen, 2003
Die Pracht erwacht. Beobach­tungen zur Malerei, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen; Exhibition cat.; Schwabe Verlag Basel, 2001 [ISBN 3-7965-1741-2],
Imagination-Romantik, Botho-Graef Kunstpreis der Stadt Jena; Exhibition cat., 2001
Transfert, Art in public space, 10. Eidgenössische Skulpturenausstellung, Biel-Bienne;
LVIII Biennale di Venezia , Exhibition catalogue; 48. Biennale of Venice, 1999
Kunsthaus Zürich/Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt: Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Exh. cat. , Scalo Verlag Zürich, 1998 [ ISBN 3-931141-98-5]
Kleines Helmhaus 1996-98 , Exhibition cat. , Helmhaus Zürich, 1998 [ISBN 3-906369-41-X]