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Allgemein — Olivia Wiederkehr

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Olivia Wiederkehr works in the fields of performance, installation and sculpture. With consistency and a love of experimentation, she is always finding new ways to translate existential questions into forms that can be experienced by the senses. In doing so, she constantly challenges herself and exposes herself to risks – and so does the audience. The artist, who studied scenography in Berlin and fine arts in Basel and Zurich, also transfers this dynamic into her complex, installative settings. The site-specific space or the place assigned to a work are fundamental parameters that Wiederkehr questions or stages under the sign of …

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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 …

Olivia Wiederkehrs Schutzhüllen – von Naomi Gregoris

«Regionale»-Portrait #5 Die Schutzhüllen der Olivia Wiederkehr 24.12.2015, 11:36 Uhr Olivia Wiederkehr zeigt an der Regionale starke Kunst – im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes: Sie verwendet Material, das sonst Kampfjets in Schach hält. Von Naomi Gregoris Halten die Bänder das Boot oder hält das Boot die Bänder? Olivia Wiederkehr stellt in der FABRIKculture aus. (Bild: ALEXANDER PREOBRAJENSKI) «Warten. Glauben. Hoffen.» steht in der Beschreibung zum auffälligsten Regionale-Werk, das die FABRIKculture in Hégenheim momentan ausstellt: Ein rotes Boot, zur Seite gekippt, gehalten von einer Anzahl kräftiger weisser Bänder. Man staunt. Und sofort kommen die Fragen: Geben die Bänder dem Boot Halt oder …