Balthasar Burkhard

(Swiss, 1944–2010)

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Balthasar Burkhard

Alpen 06, 1993

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Balthasar Burkhard

Bernina, 2002

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Biography

Timeline

1944
Born on December 24th in Berne
1961 - 1964
Studies under Berne photographer Kurt Blum, Berne, Switzerland
1964
Awarded Federal Art Grant (followed by awards in 1972 and 1983), Switzerland
1965 - 1978
Close collaboration with Harald Szeemann, documenting major exhibitions and happenings internationally
1968
Begins collaboration with Berne architects Atelier 5, Berne, Switzerland
1975 - 1978
Lives in Chicago. Teaches at University of Illinois as Visiting Lecturer of Photography 1976/77, Chicago, USA
1979 - 1981
Resides in New York, New York, USA
1982
Returns to Switzerland, La Chaux-de-Fonds/Berne, Switzerland
1987
Invited as artist-in-residence by Meguro Museum of Art , Tokyo, Japan
1990 - 1992
Guest professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nîmes Nîmes, France

Exhibitions

2014
Balthasar Burkhard - in memoriam, Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg (solo)
2013
VUES DÉN HAUT, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
Flowers & Mushrooms, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
CONCRETE - Fotografie und Architektur, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2011 - 2012
Winterwelten, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland
Die Kunst der Entschleunigung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Von Horizonten - Set 8 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 - 2010
Balthasar Burkhard: Scent of Desire, Museum im Bellpark Kriens, Switzerland (solo)
Swiss Made, Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (group)
2009
The Best of Photography – g27, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Literature

2008
Balthasar Burkhard, Reconnaissances 1969-2007, Musées de la ville de Strasbourg
2005
balthasar burkhard photographer, Scalo Editions
2004
Omnia, exhibition catalogue Kunstmuseum Bern
2003
Exhibition catalogue Kirchner Museum Davos
2001
Balthasar Burkhard – Kunstmuseum Thun
Balthasar Burkhard – Helmhaus Zürich
1999
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, texte de Laurent Busine.
Laurent Busine, Balthasar Burkhard, l'écrivain public,
Balthasar Burkhard – Musée de Grenoble
"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