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CV — Olivia Wiederkehr

CV

EDUCATION
2014 MAF Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK
2004 Federal Diploma, Art and Media Art, FHNW, Basel
2000-2002 Studies of Sculpture / Contemporary Art  KHB Berlin Weissensee
1998-2000 Intermediate diploma, Department of Stage Design, KHB Berlin
1997 Apprenticeship diploma as decoration designer, Zurich

PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 Travel grant (Greece), Aargauer Kuratorium
2004 StArt Art Promotion Prize, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Basel

NOMINATIONS
2016 Work Scholarship of the City of Zurich

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
2017 Y-RESIDENCY, Athens (GR), 1 month
2020 YellowBrick Collaboration Space Athens (GR), 1 month

PURCHASES
2020 ART COLLECTION CITY OF ZURICH
2021 ART COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF BRUGG

PUBLICATIONS
2015 Catalogue for the group exhibition „Auf in den Süden“
Publisher: City of Zug, Department of Culture, Jaqueline Falk
2020 Publication „20 Years of the Performance Series Neu Oerlikon
Amsel Publishing House, Zurich

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2021 MY HOME IS MY CASTLE – Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau
SPAZETT – Zimmermann House, Brugg
2020 COME AWAY! Art Pavilion PTTH:// Lucerne
2019 REGIONALE 20 – Kunsthaus Palazzo, Liestal
2018 ALL FASSADE – Art Halls Toggenburg
GÜNTHER – Tommasini, Lenzburg
2017 CHAMBER OF FINE ARTS – Kanonaegassbar, Zurich
STANZE – Villa Renata, Basel
2016 SCH! – Exhibition space Klingental, Basel
WERKBEITRÄGE of the City of Zurich – Helmhaus, Zurich
2015 LEBENSLÜGEN – FabriCulture, H genheim (F)
PERFORMATIVE AKTE – O.T. Space for Contemporary Art, Lucerne
AUF IN DEN SUEDEN – old cantonal hospital, Zug
CENTRE PARTING – Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
2014 MASTER FINE ARTS – DIPLOMAUSSTELLUNG Shedhalle, Zurich
2013 REGIONALE 13 – FabriCulture, H genheim (F)
2012 GALLERY AT THE FLOWERMARKET, Shanghai (CHN)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 HOW TO GENERATE WISDOM – Kunstraum Aarau
2020 YES!YES!YES!NO!NO! – Kunsthalle Wil, SG
2019 THE (UNDER)DIVISION OF THINGS I – AXA Superblock, Winterthur
VULNERABLE TENSIONS – Temporäre Dorfkirche Winterthur-Veltheim
2016 AS OB – Kiosk Tabak, Zurich
2015 SHELTERING SHARED SPACES AND MOMENTS IN FRICTION – Tart  Zurich
2014 GANZ UNVERHOFFT HEUTE MORGEN – kunstraum utengasse-sechzig, Basel
2014 SPACIAL PRACTICE IN DAILY USE – Kiosk Tabak, Zurich

PERFORMANCES (SELECTION)
2021 YES!YES!YES!NO!NO! – Ural Biennial, Ekaterinburg (RU)
2020 YES!YES!YES!NO!NO! – YellowBrick, Athens
2019 VOLUMES OF NOISE AND SILENCE –  Walcheturm, Zurich
PINK.PONK.SLOW. BlauBlauFestival, Zurich
2018 PINK.PONK.SLOW. Stereoscope Performance Festival, Zurich
PFAUENAUGE – with b-for music, Lungenfisch, Zurich
2017 FLEISCH WERDEN – Dolder Waldhuus, Zurich
HALBLICHT – Stereoskop Performance Festival, Zurich
LEGS – Performance Relay, Giswil
HOW TO GENERATE WISDOM PART I – Y-Residency, Athens (GR)
2016 HIDING WINGS – Exhibition space Klingental, Basel
CLAPPING – Sihlquai 55, visarte, Zurich
FLEISCH WERDEN – Tart Gallery, Zurich
FAHNEN HISSEN – Performance Festival Lenzburg
THE GOLDEN PEPERONI OF HOLLIGEN – transform, Bern
L’ANNIVERSAIRE d’ART – Galerie Palais, Neuchatel
2015 3X100METER – Performance Series Neu Oerlikon
GRENZSPAZIERGÄNGE – O.T. Space for Contemporary Art, Lucerne
BORDERS, OAKS, LINES – O.T. Space for Contemporary Art, Lucerne
SPACIAL PRACTICE NR.2 REMIXED – Aubette, Strassbourg (F),
2014 SPACIAL PRACTICE OF DAILY USE – Performance Festival Isarsprudel, Munich (D)
SPACIAL PRACTICE OF DAILY USE – Act Day Zurich
2013 SPACIAL PRACTICE OF DAILY USE – Emma Museum, Helsinki (FIN)
SPACIAL PRACTICE OF DAILY USE – Galerie Dimanche Rouge, Paris (F)
LE JEUX EST FAIT- L’ESPACE PERDU – Perla Mode, Zurich
2012 LE JEUX EST FAIT – L’ESPACE PERDU – Kunsthallen Toggenburg
SINGING WITHOUT SOUND – Shanghai, China (CHN)
2011 THE WHITE CUBE – Kunstraum Lessingstrasse, Zurich
2010 DIE EINGELADENEN ENTLADEN – Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
2009 STUNT No.1 – Cargobar, Basel
STUNT No.5 – LEERTASTE – Kunstverein Freiburg (D)
2008 STUNT No.2 // STUNT No.3 – Kunstraum Riehen
2007 STUNT – Kunsthalle Basel

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2014 -2020 Board member of Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2019 PERFORMATIVE STRATEGIES OF FRAGILE SPACE, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2018 LEGS PERFORMANCE RELAY – with Maricruz Penaloza, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2013-2015 PANCH – Performance Art Network Switzerland, collaboration and co-founder
2009-2010 JARDIN ROUGE – Platform for Performance Art, Curation/Organisation, Zurich