Uwe Wittwer (Swiss, born )

Timeline

1954
Born in Zurich
1986
Grant from the canton of Zurich
1988
Award from city of Burgdorf
1989
Atelier London of Stiftung Binz 39 Zürich
1991
Louise Aeschlimann Grant from the Bernese Art Society
1991
Grant by the Canton Zurich
1992
Grant from the canton of Zurich
1994
Annual grant from the city of Zurich for the atelier at the Cité internationale des Arts Paris
1994
Federal Award for Independent Art
1994
Prize of the Bern Biennial by the Commission for Visual Arts, Canton Bern
1997
Award from the Stiftung für die grafische Kunst in der Schweiz
1998–2000
Teaching assignment at the University Witten-Herdecke
2000
Award from the International Triennale for graphic arts, Grenchen
2000
Prize of the International Print Triennial, Grenchen, Switzerland
2004
Grant from Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf near Berlin
2004
Studio Grant Schloss Wiepersdorf by the Bundeskulturstiftung Berlin
2007
London Studio Grant, Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr
Lives and works in Zurich

Exhibitions

2010
Exhibitionism - The Art of Display, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2010
Art+Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2010
Lullin & Ferrari Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2009
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London, UK
2009
Nolan Judin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2009
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
2008
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswill, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2008
Cohan & Leslie Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2008
Happy Days? Children in Swiss Art from the 18th Century until the Present Day, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2008
NOLEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2008
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2007–2008
Fade away and Radiate, Cohan and Leslie Gallery, New York, USA
2007
Hail and Snow, Haunch of Venison, Zurich (solo)
2006
Opening Exhibition, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin
2006
Pittura Fresca, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2006
Reprocessing Reality, PS1 MOMA New York, USA
2005
Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2005
Swimming at South China Beach, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich (solo)
2005
Ludwigforum Aachen (solo)
2005
Flower Myth – Van Gogh to Jeff Koons, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
2005
Kunstmuseum Solothurn (solo)
2005
Blumenmythos / Flower Myth, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel, Switzerland
2004
Musée des Beaux Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland (solo)
2004
Cement-Ghosts, with Christian Andersen, Andreas Dobler, Tina Hauser and Rockmaster K, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
2004
Galerie Anton Meier, Geneva
2004
Galerie Margit Haldemann Bern (with Regula Dettwiler), Switzerland (solo)
2004
Musée de la Ville du Locle (solo)
2003
Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden (solo)
2002
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich (solo)
2002
The image regained - L’immagine ritrovata, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
2002
Big is beautiful, Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Neuchâtel
2002
Galerie Natacha Knapp, Geneva (solo)
2002
In Between, Kunsthaus Langenthal
2002
Balsam, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
2002
Frozen Flowers, Galerie Margit Haldemann, Bern, Switzerland
2002
Neighbourhoods, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland (group)
2001
Die Kunst der Mobiliar, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2001
Das ferne Bild, Galerie Margrit Haldemann, Bern (solo)
2001
The Battle of San Romano – To the Stadium, Kunsthalle Winterthur (solo)
2000
Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden (solo)
2000
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel (solo)
2000
Relative Stille, Schedler Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2000
University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, USA (solo)
2000
Universität Witten, Germany (solo)
2000
15. Internationale Triennale für Originalgrafik, Grenchen, Switzerland
2000
Schafft Land!, Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Germany (group)
1999
Tauchgang, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel (with: Kocheisen + Hullmann, Alice Stepanek & Steven Maslin, Robert Suermondt, Alfred Wirz)
1999
Galerie Patrick Schedler, Zurich (solo)
1999
Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany (solo)
1999
Houldsworth Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
1998
Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1998
Galerie Margit Haldemann, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
1998
Die Scharfe der Unscharfe, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
1998
Swiss Contemporary Art, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea (group)
1997
Sammlung Bosshard, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland (group)
1997
Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Weisbaden (solo)
1997
Galerie Silvia Steiner, Biel, Switzerland (solo)
1997
Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Kunstverein Leverkusen, Germany (solo)
1996
Tatort London, Galerie Shubbe, Dusseldorf, Germany
1996
Edition Franz Mäder Galerie, Basel
1995
ART Frankfurt, Galerie Franz Mäder, Galerie Kornfeld, Zurich, Switzerland
1995
Landschaft Heute, Galerie Silvia Steiner, Biel (with Marc- Antoine Fehr and Albrecht Schnider), Switzerland (group)
1995
The Huberte Goote Gallery, Zug, Switzerland (solo)
1995
Galerie Margit Haldemann, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
1995
Centre PasquART, Biel, Switzerland (solo)
1994
Preisträger des Eidgenössischen Stipendiums, Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1994
Biennale Bern, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
1994
Galerie Kornfeld, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1994
Preisträger des eidgenössischen Stipendiums, Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Neuchätel, Switzerland (group)
1992
Galerie Margit Haldemann, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
1992
Uberschlag, Kulturfabrik Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany
1991
17. Berner Kunstausstellung, Kunsthalle Bern
1991
Galerie Rosenberg, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1986
Spectrum Zurich, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1985
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich

Literature

2009
Uwe Wittwer«Verwehung» Book about the 2009 Suite of 77 watercolours. Edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. 33 copies include an inkjet print. Published by Nolan Judin, Berlin
2008
Glückliche Tage? Kinder in der Schweizer Kunst vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess
2008
Uwe Wittwer, Verwehung, Nolan Judin Berlin (limited edition book)
2007
Uwe Wittwer and Sarah Kent, Hail and Snow, Haunch of Venison
2005
Christoph Vögele, Harald Kunde, Konrad Tobler, Adrian LeBlanc, Klaus Merz, Uwe Wittwer - Geblendet / Dazzled, Kehrer Verlag
2005
Markus Stegmann, Uwe Wittwer Monsun I-III, Édition Idéal, Zurich
2005
Ernst Beyeler, Christoph Vitali, Robert Kopp, Philippe Buttner, Ulf Kuster, Blumenmythos / Flower Myth - Vincent van Gogh to Jeff Koons, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen und Edition Minerva, Wolfratshausen
2002
Konrad Tobler, Musterbuch II, Galerie Fabian & Claude Walter, Basel and Zurich
2002
Marco Franciolli, L'Imagine ritrovata, Museo cantonale d'Arte, Lugano
2002
Marianne Burki und Katrin Steffen, In Between, Kunsthaus Langenthal
2001
Jochen Hesse, Kunst.Welt.Stadt.Zurich, Zurcher Gegenwartskunst bei ZKB Private Banking
2001
Franziska Martin, Die Kunstsammlung der Mobiliar, Bern
2000
Ronald Schenkel, Musterbuch, Galerie Fabian & Claude Walter, Basel
2000
M. Bockemuhl, Landschaften, Huberte Goote Gallery, Zug
2000
Gundula Caspary, Schafft Land!, Stadtmuseum Siegburg
1999
Uwe Wittwer, Relative Stille/Relatively Still, Édition Idéal, Zurich
1998
Marie-Louise Lienhard, Uwe Wittwer, Helmhaus, Zurich
1998
Fred Zaugg and Alexander Egger, Lokaltermin Atelier II, Bernische Kunstgesellschaft
1998
Annemarie Bucher, Why make prints, Pro Helvetia, Zurich
1998
Valentine Reymond, gravure, vous avez dit gravure?, Musée Jurassienne des Arts, Moutier
1998
Martin Kraft, Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst, Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Zurich und Lausanne, Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1998
Christoph Vögele, Die Schärfe der Unschärfe, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
1998
Hans Eggenberger et al., Verein für Originalgraphik 1948 - 1998, Verein für Originalgraphik, Zurich
1997
Harald Kunde, Uwe Wittwer - Am Fluss, Kunstverein Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
1996
Malcolm Quinn, Snuff. Tatort London, Galerie Christa Schübbe, Düsseldorf
1996
Michael Bockemühl, Uwe Wittwer, The Huberte Goote Gallery, Zug
1996
Hans Rudolf Reust, Uwe Wittwer. Ölmalerei und Aquarelle, Edition Franz Mäder, Basel
1996
Andreas Meier, Paul Tanner, Urs Richle, Uwe Wittwer. Druckgrafik 1982-1996, Edition Franz Mäder, Basel
1994
Peter Killer, Berner Biennale 1994, Kunsthaus Langenthal
1992
Susanne Bieri, Ueberschlag, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
1991
Ulrich Loock and Mariuccia Sprenger, Uwe Wittwer, Kunsthalle Bern
1987
Susanne Bieri, La Lupa e l'Orso, Magazzini Generali, Rom, Artist exchange Rome-Bern
1986
Martin Kraft, Spectrum Zurich, Mercer Union, Toronto
1986
Markus Landert, Hier und Jetzt, Hallen für neue Kunst, Will
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