ARTISTS

DAVID ARMSTRONG

MANUEL BAUER

Biography

1966 Born
1983 - 1987 Studies under photographer Thomas Cugini Switzerland
1987 - 1988 Assistant to Thomas Cugini. Reportage work in Egypt, England, and Norway
1988 Independent reportage work in India and Switzerland India / Switzerland
1989 Further professional training in San Francisco. Reportage work in USA and Switzerland USA / Switzerland
1990 Dalai Lama personally opens Bauer’s exhibition “Tibetische Kunst auf fremder Erde” at the Universität Zürich Zurich, Switzerland
1990 Founds Lookat Photo Agency together with colleagues. Switzerland
1996 Awarded Yann Geffroy Prize Italy
1996 Awarded 1st Prize, Pictures of the Year, Magazine Division Feature Picture Story USA
1998 Receives Swiss Press Photo “Kunst und Kultur” Switzerland
Continuing reportage work throughout Central Asia, Europe, North America since 1990

Exhibitions

2005 “Dalai Lama” Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2005 Basel Art Fair Scalo Galerie, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
2001 “Über die Grenze” Photoforum PasquArt, Biel (traveling exhibition)
2001 “Möge ich allen Lebewesen ein Wunschjuwel sein” Coalmine Fotogalerie, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
2000 “Mythos Tibet” Völkerkundemuseum, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1998 “Die Sinisierung Tibets” Traveling exhibition through Switzerland, Nepal, and India (solo)
1997 “Sand der Erleuchtung” Songtsen House, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1997 “Weltenblicke. Reportagefotografie und ihre Medien” Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1996 “Tala, mudra, rasa” Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1994 “Calcutta” Völkerkundemuseum, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

Publications

2005 photo book His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Journey for Peace, photographs by Manuel Bauer, text by Matthieu Ricard and Christian Schmidt, Scalo/Kontrast, Zurich, DVA, Munich.
2004 photo book Photosuisse, Lars Müller, Baden.
2002 photo book Khadi. Textile of India, Kontrast, Zurich.
2001 photo book Über die Grenze, Rotpunkt Verlag, Zurich.
1999 exhibition catalogue Orakel. Der Blick in die Zukunft, Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
1997 photo book Indien sehen, Lars Müller, Baden.
1997 exhibition catalogue Weltenblicke. Reportagefotografie und ihre Medien, Offizin, Zurich.
1995 photo book Tibet. Der lange Weg, Du, Zurich.

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ELLEN CANTOR

Biography

1983 Brandeis University, BA, High Honors in Painting, Magna Cum Laude Waltham, USA
1983 Louis P. Rabinowitz Art Award, Brandeis University Waltham, USA
1983 Saval-Sacher Grant, Brandeis University Waltham, USA
1991 Skowhegan School of Art Skowhegan, USA
1991 Fellowship recipient Skowhegan School of Art Skowhegan, USA
1998 - 1999 Delfina Studio Trust Studio Residency London, UK

Born in Detroit
Currently residing in London

Exhibitions

2005 “Bambi’s Beastly Buddies” Sketch, London, UK
2005 Basel Art Fair Scalo Galerie, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
2005 “2nd biennale vour videokunst, Contour” curated by Cis Bierwickx Mechelen, Belgium
2005 “Itchy Park II” Limehouse Townhall, London, UK
2005 “A journey to the 7 seas, a real time audio visual performance with Bughouse” Le Conforte Moderne, Poitiers, France
2004 “Itchy Park I” Limehouse Townhall, London, UK
2004 “Sneeze 80 x 80” curated by Peter Lloyd Lewis and Natasha Makowski Gazon Rouge, Athens, Greece
2004 “Videoscreenings” curated by Chris Dercon Munsterraum, Munich, Germany
2003 “Crazy Treasure Hunt: you don’t have to travel far for an adventure” Anne Faggionato, London, UK
2003 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2003 “Video Store” curated by John Thomson, Foxy Productions, Brooklyn, USA
2003 “Anemic Cinema” curated by Alexandre Pollazon, Sketch, London, UK
2002 “Video des Monats” Kunsthalle Wien Project Space, Vienna, Austria
2001 “Ellen Cantor” Marcus Ritter, New York, USA
2001 “Ellen Cantor” Parkhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
2000 “The Snow White Cycle” Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium
1999 “My Perversion is the Belief in True Love” Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland / Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
1997 Feigen, Inc. Chicago, IL
1997 Galerie Drantmann Brussels, Belgium
1996 arsFutura Galerie Zurich, Switzerland
1996 Cabinet Gallery London, England
1996 Thomas Nordanstad Gallery New York, NY
1996 Chicago Art Fair, Feigen, Inc. Chicago, IL
1996 Mab Library, AC Project Room New York, NY
1996 Popocultural, South London Gallery Traveling exhibition
1996 Basel Art Fair, Feigen, Inc. Basel, Switzerland
1996 Christian Schenkman, Simon Maurer & N. von Senger Zurich, Switzerland
1995 Oh Pain, Oh Life, HelmHaus Zurich, Switzerland
1995 TRE Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Coming to Power; 25 Years of Sexuality X-plicit Art by Women, David Zwirner New York, NY
1993 Songs of Retribution, Richard Anderson New York, NY

Publications

2004 Frieze Ellen Cantor and Joseph Grigley, FA Projects, London, by Andrew Gellatly.
2003 The Art Newspaper It’s a Barbie World: Artist Interview, by Louisa Buck.
2003 Art Review Ellen Cantor, by Charlotte Edwards.
2003 Contemporary Magazine Ellen Cantor: Crazy Treasure Hunt, by Catherine Grant.
2003 Artforum.com Critics Picks: Exhibition Review, by Emily Pethick.
2003 Vertigo Interview with Ellen Cantor, by Gerald Matt, Kunsthalle Wien / Triton Verlag, Vienna.
1998 exhibition catalogue My Perversion is the Belief in True Love, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna / Scalo Verlag, Zurich.

BILL HENSON

DANIELA KEISER

JEAN ODERMATT

WALTER PFEIFFER

ANNELIES STRBA

Biography

1947 Born in Zug
1971 - 1973 Federal awards for art
1984 - 1985 Journey to Poland and Silesia
1991 Studio at El Cabrito, La Gomera, Canaria
1994 - 1995 Journey to Japan
1995 Journey to Eastwood and Haworth (GB)
1996 Studio/award Landy & Gyr, London
1996 Journey to England and Scotland
1997 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (award and studio)
1998 - 1999 Travels to New York and England

Lives in Richterswil and Melide

Exhibitions

2005 Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (cat.)
2005 „la,actualidadrevisada„, la trabacalera, San Sebastian
2004 Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, Holland (solo)
2004 Galerie Almine Rech, Paris (solo)
2003 Helmhaus, Zurich (solo)
2003 “Landscapes” (with Christian Andersen), Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich
2002 “Claude Monet...bis zum digitalen Impressionismus“ (curator Dr. Markus Brüderlin), Fondation Beyeler, Basel – Riehen
2002 Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin (solo)
2002 Galerie Nadine Gandy, Prague (solo)
2001 Museum for Art, Zug (CH) (solo)
2001 'Shades of Time', National Center for Photography, Paris (solo)
2001 Center for contemporary images, Geneva (solo)
2001 Herzlijana Museum of Art, Herzlijana, Israel
2000 Scalo Publishers, Armory Show, New York
2000 Scalo Publishers, New York (solo)
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo)
1999 The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1998 - 1999 Photographer’s Gallery, London (solo)
1998 School of Visual Arts, Milwaukee (Solo)
1997 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (solo)
1996 Kunstverein Düsseldorf (solo)
1996 “The Eye of the Beholder”, The Swiss Institute, New York
1995 “Die Sammlung Schweizer Fotografie“, Galleria Gottardo Lugano
1995 Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (solo)
1994 „WARE IRI WARE NI IRU“,Galerie Meile, Luzern (solo)
1994 “Another Continent”, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1993 Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles
1993 Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen (solo)
1992 Bananenhalle El Cabrito La Gomera, Canaries (solo)
1992 Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin (solo)
1992 Museum für Kunst & Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund
1991 Centre d’Art Contemporain, Martigny (solo)
1991 Friedrichshof, Zurndorf bei Wien (solo)
1990 “Aschewiese”, Kunsthalle Zürich (solo)

LARRY SULTAN

HANNAH VILLIGER

Biography

1951 Born
1967 - 1970 Receives degree in commerce from Cantonal school in Zug Zug, Switzerland
1971 - 1974 Studies at the Schools of Applied Arts Zurich and Lucerne (under Anton Egloff) Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland
1974 Receives Federal Art Grant Switzerland
1974 Receives grant from Istituto Svizzero for residency in Rome Remains in Italy until 1977
1979 Travels through USA USA
1981 - 1982 Travels around the world with partner Susan Wyss followed by extended stays in Australia and Los Angeles
1986 Receives grant to live and work in Paris Paris, France
1988 Meets Joe Kébé whom she marries in 1995 Paris, France
1991 Birth of son Yann Abdulaye Paris, France
1997 Dies of heart failure after longterm affliction from tuberculosis (1980) Switzerland

Exhibitions

2005 “W.O.W. The Work of the Work” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
2005 “Ergriffenheit – Werke aus der Sammlung von Hodler bis Henning” Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
2005 “Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der Welt” Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2003 “Looking In – Looking Out. Positionen zeitgenössischer Fotografie” Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
2003 “El yo como otro. Hannah Villiger” Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Spain
2001 “Hannah Villiger” Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1999 “Missing Link: Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie” Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
1998 “Die Schärfe der Unschärfe: Aspekte zeitgenössischer Schweizer Kunst” Kunstmuseum, Solothurn, Switzerland
1997 “Unbeschreiblich Weiblich: Bilder von Frauen und Frauenbilder von 1800 bis heute” Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1995 “Hannah Villiger” Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo)
1991 “Zwei” Kunsthaus, Zug, Switzerland (solo)
1990 “Recent Photographs” Zabriskie Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1990 “Wichtige Bilder. Fotografie in der Schweiz” Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
1989 “Skulptural 1988/89” Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1988 “Hannah Villiger” Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland (solo)
1987 “Hannah Villiger” Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1986 “Photographs” Zabriskie Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1986 “Hannah Villiger” Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France (solo)
1986 “Auf dem Rücken des Tigers” Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
1985 “Hannah Villiger” Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (solo)

Publications

2001 catalogue raisonné Hannah Villiger, Jolanda Bucher and Eric Hattan, Scalo Verlag, Zurich.
1999 photo book Missing Link: Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie, Stemmle, Thalwil.
1997 photo book Nicht nur Körper, Lars Müller, Baden.
1997 exhibition catalogue Die Schärfe der Unschärfe: Aspekte zeitgenössischer Schweizer Kunst, Kunstmuseum, Solothurn.
1996 exhibition catalogue Im Kunstlicht: Photographie im 20.Jahrhundert, Kunsthaus, Zurich.
1994 exhibition catalogue Körper – Fragment – Wirklichkeit. Beispiele aus der Schweizer Kunst des 20.Jahrhunderts, Kunstmuseum, Solothurn.
1992 photo book Skulpturen Fragemente: Internationale Fotoarbeiten der 90erJahre, Parkett/Scalo, Zurich.
1991 exhibition catalogue Zwei, Kunsthaus Zug.
1989 exhibition catalogue Skulptural 1988/89, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich.
1985 exhibition catalogue Neid, Kunsthalle, Zurich.

XIAO HUI WANG

Biography

1957 Born
1978 - 1986 Studied architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, China
1986 - 1987 German scholarship for advanced studies (Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft) in Germany
1987 - 1991 Doctoral thesis at the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
1988 - 1991 Lecturer at the Fachhochschule München, Munich, Germany
1990 - 1992 Advanced studies in film at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen München
1994 The Broken Moon (script, direction), black and white 35 mm film, Germany
1994 Highest award from the Filmkuratorium of Germany for The Broken Moon, Germany
1997 Award for Excellence, Kodak Photography Prize, China


2002 Shanghai Book Award and Bingxin Award (National Litureature Award) for My Visual Diary – 15 Years in Germany
Professor for art photography at Tongji University, Shanghai, China since 2001

Exhibitions

2005 Art Fair Basel Scalo Galerie, Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
2004 “The Eros of Flowers” Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2004 “Between Two Worlds” Club Na Brestskoy / House of Photography, Fotobiennale, Moscow, Russia
2003 “The Eros of Flowers” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)
2002 “Red Child Series” Shanghai Huang Pu Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)
2002 “The Soul of Flowers” Millennium Exhibition Center, Beijing, China (solo)
2002 “A Blaze of Colours” Taiwan International Arts Center (TIVAC), Taipeh, Taiwan (solo)
1993 “China Avantgarde” Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
1992 “Xiao Hui Wang Photography” AGFA Center Munich, Germany (solo)

Publications

2004 monograph Erotic Flowers. The Photographs of Xiao Hui Wang, Prestel Publishing, Munich.
2003 exhibition catalogue Conceptualising Photography – The Eros of Flowers, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai.
2002 photo book Conceptualising Photography – Shades of Existences, Art Edition, Shanghai.
2001 photo book My Visual Diary – 15 Years in Germany, Shanghai.
2001 monograph Close to the Eyes – The Portraits of Xiao Hui Wang, Prestel Publishing, Munich.
2001 photo book Conceptualising Photography – Beyond Being, Shanghai.
2000 non-fiction Töchter des halben Himmels – Sieben Frauen aus China, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt.
1998 photo book Nude Photography: Masterpieces from the past 150 years, 60 selected photographs, Prestel Publishing, Munich.
1993 exhibition catalogue China Avant-garde, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

XING DANWEN

Biography

1982–1986 Studies painting at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts Xi'an, China
1988–1992 Receives BFA Fine Art (Painting) from the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China
1998–2000 Receives MFA Photo and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts New York, USA
1998–2000 Awarded Chairman's Grant from School of Visual Arts New York, USA
1998–2001 Awarded Grant & Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council New York, USA
2003 Receives Best Publishing Project Award from Les Rencontres d’Arles Festival Arles, France

Solo Exhibitions

2004 “disCONNEXION” Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2004 “Urban Fiction” Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France
2004 “dis + dup” Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002 "disLOCATION" 2nd PingYao International Photo Festival, Shanxi, China
2002 "China Avant-garde" LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1994 "With Chinese Eyes" Gallery Grauwert, Hamburg, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2005 “Traces and Omens” 12th Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
2005 “Re-VIEWING the CITY” 1st Guangzhou Interbational Photo Biennale at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2005 “Between Past and Future – New Photography and Video from China” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2005 “Body Temperature” Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark; and the Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
2005 “Unspeakable Happiness” Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 “Die Chinesen” Museum Het Kruithuis, The Netherlands
2004 “Je t’envisage: La disparition du portrait” (Making Faces: The Death of the Portrait) Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004 “Between Past and Future – New Photography and Video from China” International Center for Photography & Asian Society, New York; and the Smart Museum of Art & Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2004 "Die Chinesen – Contemporary Photography and Video in China" Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
2003 “Alors, la Chine?” Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2003 “The American Effects” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

Publications

2005 Chinese Art “Develop the reality of China: On Xing Danwen’s Artistic Practice”, Gu Zheng, Beijing.
2005 Le Monde “Objectifs Chinois”, by Michele Champenois, Paris.
2004 Art in America “Young Beijing”, by Jonathan Napack, New York.
2004 Le Monde “Galeries – Regard de Chine”, by Genevieve Breerette, Paris.
2004 New York Times “Like a Bird in Flight: Capturing Today’s Chinese Culture in Transition”, by Holland Cotter, New York.
2004 Nouveaux Regards Photographie “Xing Danwen: Urban Fiction / France Duplication /disCONNEXION”, by Christian Orsatelli, Paris.
2004 exhibition catalogue ‘Interview’ Between Past and Future – New Photography and Video from China, by Lisa Corrin Smart Museum of Art / University of Chicago / ICP / Steidl Publishers.
2004 exhibition catalogue “disCONNEXION”, Biennale of Sydney EMOTION & REASON, by Shinyi Yang, Sydney.
2004 Chinese Art “Insulation – the Wonder of Electronical Garbage and the Composition of Xing Danwen”, by Shinyi Yang, Beijing.
2003 Art in America "Report from China", by Richard Vine, New York.

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