biography of Roman SIGNER (1938)

Personal data

Birth : 1938 - Appenzell AI, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland

Address

Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland

Representatives

Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

Education

1969 – 1971 : Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Luzern – Rössligasse 12 – Luzern LU, Switzerland
1971 – 1972 : Academy of Fine Arts – ul. Wronskiego 1a – Warsaw, Poland

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Performing Art : Performance

Subject

space/environment
nature

Works

Chemise et Ballon
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2008

Hauser & Wirth Gallery – London, United Kingdom
01/25/2008 – 03/15/2008

2003

Sammlung Hauser und Wirth – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
05/11/2003 – 10/12/2003

2002

Margo Leavin Gallery – Hollywood CA, United States
03/23/2002 – 04/20/2002

2001

Roman Signer
Camden Arts Centre – London, United Kingdom
11/30/2001 – 02/03/2002

Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/11/2001 – 07/28/2001

1997

Roman Signer : Works
Moore College of Art and Design – Philadelphia PA, United States
1997

1991

Roman Signer : Sculpture
Kunstverein Katharinen – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Parkett Editions – 2nd floor 155 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Barbara Weiss – Zimmerstrasse 88-89 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Art : Concept – 16 Rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France

2000

Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Parkett Editions – 2nd floor 155 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Parkett Verlag Gallery – Quellenstrasse 27 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Raum Aktueller Kunst – Eschenbachgasse 11 – Vienna, Austria

Festivals

2001

Belluard Bollwerk International
Belluard Bollwerk International – Fribourg FR, Switzerland
07/06/2001 – 07/08/2001

Group exhibitions

2007

Palais de Tokyo redux I
Château de Tokyo – Vassivière, France
09/03/2007 – 10/28/2007

2004

De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004

Climats, cyclothymie des paysages
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
07/10/2004 – 10/10/2004

Whitstable Biennale
London, United Kingdom
06/19/2004 – 07/09/2004

Brainstorming, topographie de la morale
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
03/20/2004 – 06/27/2004

2003

Photo-sculpture (2) Gestes, poses, attitudes¿
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
10/31/2003 – 01/17/2004

Formes d’origines
Galeries Poirel – Nancy, France
05/15/2003 – 06/28/2003

2001

Moving Pictures – 5th International Foto Triennale
Villa Merkel – Esslingen, Germany
07/01/2001 – 09/23/2001

Dévoler – Vivent les FRAC (suite)
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
06/22/2001 – 11/18/2001

1999

Les Coups
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne – Dijon, France
11/20/1999 – 12/30/1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

1998

Unfinished History
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
10/18/1998 – 01/10/1999

1996

Wunschmaschine Welterfindung
Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz – Vienna, Austria
1996

1995

Shift
De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995

1994

Heart of Darkness
Kröller-Müller – Otterlo, Netherlands
1994

1992

Voorwerk 3
Witte de With – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1992

1991

A Swiss Dialectic
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1991

1987

Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987

1976

37° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1976

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Exhibition catalogues

2001

Moving Pictures – 5th International Photo Triennal Esslingen
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag – Senefelderstrasse 12 – Ostfildern, Germany
2001
ISBN : 377571037X

Periodicals

2002

SMITH Dan – Roman Signer
in: Art Monthly n° 253 p. 39
London, United Kingdom
02/2002

2001

SPIEGLER Marc – Roman Signer Hauser & Wirth
in: ARTnews p. 179
New York NY, United States
10/2001

Legals