biography of Christoph BÜCHEL (1966)

Personal data


Birth : 1966 - Basel BS, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland

Address

Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Education

1986 – 1989 : Schule für Gestaltung – Basel BS, Switzerland
1989 – 1990 : Cooper Union Art School – 7e 7th street – New York NY, United States
1992 – 1997 : Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 – 2001 : P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center National Studio Program – 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue – Long Island NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage

Subject

space/environment

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

Susanna Kulli – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
2002 – 03/02/2002

Christoph Büchel
O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst – Linz, Austria
05/29/2002 – 07/14/2002

Kunstraum – Munich, Germany
01/26/2002 – 03/07/2002

2001

Maccarone Inc – New York NY, United States
11/2001 – 12/2001

2000

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
2000

Galerie Walcheturm – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2000

Centre d’Art Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2000

1999

Verein Kunsthalle – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
06/1999 – 08/1999

1998

Home Channel
Kunsthalle – Basel BS, Switzerland
11/1998 – 01/1999

Galerie Skopia Art Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
09/1998 – 11/1998

TBA Exhibition Space – Chicago IL, United States
05/1998 – 05/1998

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Hauser & Wirth Gallery – 196A Piccadilly – London, United Kingdom

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 : Maccarone Inc Gallery – 45 Canal Street – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Susanna Kulli – Davidstrasse 40 – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Maccarone Inc Gallery – 45 Canal Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Maccarone Inc Gallery – 45 Canal Street – New York NY, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Susanna Kulli – Davidstrasse 40 – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Susanna Kulli – Davidstrasse 40 – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland


Group exhibitions

2007

Une question de génération
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
02/16/2007 – 04/29/2007

2003

Hidden in a Daylight
Galeria Foksal – Warsaw, Poland
07/17/2003 – 07/27/2003

2002

Christoph Büchel & Gianni Motti
Kunstmuseum – Thun BE, Switzerland
2002 – 04/01/2002

Pass me the Butterfly
D.U.M.B.O Arts Center – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
07/25/2002 – 09/15/2002

2001

Aller Anfang ist Merz – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute
Sprengel Museum – Hanover, Germany
2001

2000

Power Sources
Fri-Art – Fribourg FR, Switzerland
2000

CH 2000
Galerie Barbara Thumm – Berlin, Germany
2000

1999

Wien – leider nicht
Kunsthalle Exnergasse – Vienna, Austria
1999

Blank
Swiss Institute – New York NY, United States
1999

1998

Lookout Inn
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen – Saint Gallen SG, Switzerland
1998

High Fidelity
Museum zu Allerheiligen – Schaffhouse SH, Switzerland
1998

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2003

Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113


Periodicals

2002

Christoph Büchel, Gianni Motti im Kunstmuseum
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 3 p. 53
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
03/2002

Legals