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What is the dream that makes you dream?Group exhibition curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko and Stefanie Böttcher
Till 15 June at Kunsthalle Mainz
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Modell Neutralität
Group exhibition curated by Bassma El Adisey
Till 11 May at Argauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
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History, memory, identity and gender, migration, the connections between violence, religion and sexuality are fundamental themes in Marc Bauer’s work. A work that consists for a major part of black and white drawings, but extends to animation film, ceramics, oil painting and sculpture.
On the basis of intensive research, frequently in collaboration with specialists outside the field of visual art (scientists, musicians, philosophers, authors), Marc develops intimate works, sets of drawings, large-scale, space filling installations consisting of works on paper, wall drawings, animations, sounds.
Neither the research nor the selection of the images have any claim to completeness, general validity or methodical accuracy, but follow the subjective perspective of the artist. Marc assembles the collected materials into vivid narratives in which historical and fictional elements and events from different places and times can mix.
Marc Bauer (1975, Geneva) lives and works in Zurich. He studied at the Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Visuels Genève (now HEAD) and at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He is tenured lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
He has shown his works in numerous solo exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, notably at the Menil Drawing Institute (2023–2024) Berlinische Galerie (2020–2021), Istituto Svizzero, Milan (2020), Drawing Room, London (2019), Museum Folkwang, Essen (2014), Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (2013), Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2011), MAMCO, Geneva (2010).
And many group exhibitions, for example in the Congo Biennale (2022), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2021), Migros Museum, Zurich (2019), Kunsthaus Zurich (2019), Biennale of Sydney (2018), S.M.A.K., Ghent (2015), Albertina Museum, Vienna (2015), Liverpool Biennial (2014).
| 2025 | Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris. L'Avènement, Janvier 2025 |
| 2024 | Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. Wall Drawing Series: Marc Bauer |
| 2022 | Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich. The Default Brain Gilda Lavia Gallery, Rome. The Truce |
| 2021 | FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. L’Etat de la mer (Lame de fond, 2011-2020) Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp. Second Wind 2021 |
| 2020 | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin. The Blow-Up Regime, GASAG Kunstpreis 2020 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich. Project space Istituto Svizzero Milano. Mi piace Commenta Condividi, A Rhetorical Figure De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea. Mal-Être / Performance |
| 2019 | Drawing Room, London. Mal-Être / Performance |
| 2018 | Deweer Gallery, Otegem. Avondland |
| 2017 | Frieze Projects, London. Tracing Identities, Peckham 2017 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich. An unser Schicksal von Heute und Morgen |
| 2015 | Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich. EMPEROR ME FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, Marseille. Cinerama Deweer Gallery, Otegem. Static / Unfolding Time |
| 2014 | Museum Folkwang, Essen. Der Sammler, wall drawing FRAC Alsace, Sélestat. Cinerama Le Quartier, Quimper. In the Past, Only FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. Cinerama |
| 2013 | Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich. The Astronaut Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris. Le Collectionneur |
| 2012 | La Station, Nice. Pleins Pouvoirs, septembre Musée de Pully, with Sara Masüger, Lausanne. Le ravissement mais l’aube, déjà Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel. Nature as Territory Freymond-Guth, Zurich. Der Sammler |
| 2011 | Centre d’Art du Hangar à Bananes, Nantes. Le réel est inadmissible, d’ailleurs il n’existe pas Remap 3, Athens. History of Masculinity III: The Great expectation of M. H. Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. Todtstell-Reflexe |
| 2010 | Car Projects, Bologna. E la neve, e il trionfo MAMCO, Geneva. Premier conte sur le pouvoir |
| 2009 | Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. LAQUE |
| 2008 | Art statements, Art 39 Basel. Panorama Todtnauberg |
| 2007 | Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich. Gegen mein Gehirn attitudes, espace d’arts contemporains, Geneva. History of Masculinity, Epilogue Praz-Delavallade, Paris. History of Masculinity IV, Abendland |
| 2006 | o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern. Geschichte der Männlichkeit |
| 2005 | Nicolas Krupp gallery, Basel. Eine kleine Geschichte der Infamie Kunstmuseum Solothurn. Overthrowing the King in his Own Mind. With Shahryar Nashat and Alexia Walther |
| 2004 | Store Gallery London. Happier Healthier SMBA (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam). Tautology |
| 2001 | attitudes, Geneva. Archeology |
| 2000 | Art-Magazin, Zurich. Swiss Room |
| 2025 | Kunsthalle Mainz. What is the dream that makes you dream? Argauer Kunsthaus, Aarau. Modell Neutralität Museum zu Allerheiligen. Nichts als die Welt Cazul101 & BINZ39. The house, the paste, the weather (Part 1) |
| 2024 | Multiple locations in Engelberg, Switzerland. Backstage Engelberg FRAC - Alsace, Sélestat. Dialogues contemporains |
| 2023 | Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, DISAPPEAR HERE. Curated by Rolando Bassetti Kunsthalle Zurich, Monotypes. Curated by David Khalat and Valérie Hashimoto |
| 2022 | Congo Biennale, Kinshasa, Le Souffle des Ancêtres. Curated by Armelle Dakouo and Fahamu Pecou Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Curse of Smooth Operations. Invited by Anita Di Bianco Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, 30 Years Anniversary Exhibition Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, The Painting Show |
| 2021 | Guggenheim Bilbao, Los locos años veinte. Curated by Petra Joos and Cathérine Hug Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Réserve du Patron Musée Jenisch, XXL Le dessin contemporain en grand |
| 2020 | Kunsthaus Zurich, Schall und Rauch, Die wilden Zwanziger. Curated by Cathérine Hug |
| 2019 | Migros Museum, Zurich, United by AIDS-An about Loss, Remembrance, Activism and Art
in Response to HIV/AIDS. Curated by Raphael Gygax Kunsthaus Zurich, Fly me to the Moon. Curated by Cathérine Hug The Athens Conservatory, Athens. Anatomy of Political Melancholy. Curated by Katerina Gregos L’art dans les chapelles, La chapelle Sainte Tréphine. Pontivy, France. Curated by Eric Suchère |
| 2018 | Wilhelm Hack museum, Ludwigshafen. Autofiktionen - Zeichnung der Gegenwart Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich. Group show 21st Biennale of Sydney, Sydney. SUPERPOSITION: Art of Equilibrium and Engagement. Curated by Mami Kataoka |
| 2017 | Drawing Center, Diepenheim. I who made mistakes on the eternal typewriter The Drawing Room, London. Drawing Biennial 2017 Centre Pompidou, Paris. 10 Years Guerlain Drawing Prize Helmhaus, Zurich. Ewige Gegenwart, Zeitgenössische Kunst Aus Der Graphischen Sammlung ETH Zürich Aargauer Kunsthaus. Cinéma mon amour |
| 2016 | Migros Museum, Zurich. Museum Revisited 1996–2016 Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain (BAC), Geneva. Nous pourrions danser ensemble Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. Retour au meilleur des mondes Rencontres d’Arles, Il y a de l’autre. Curated by Agnès Geoffray and Julie Jones KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg. Donations - Florence & Daniel Guerlain. Curated by Jonas Storsve Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. A quoi tient la beauté des étreintes |
| 2015 | S.M.A.K., Ghent. The Bottom Line. Curated by Martin Germann and Philippe Van Cauteren Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn. Donation Florence & Daniel Guerlain Deweer Gallery, Otegem, The Drawing Room II Kunsthaus Zurich. Europa, die Zukunft der Geschichte. Curated by Cathérine Hug Albertina Museum, Vienna. Drawing Now: 2015. Curated by Elsy Lahner Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich. Borrowed Alibis The Drawing Room, London. Drawing Biennial 2015 Kunstverein Konstanz. Meeting Point. Curated by Axel Lapp Kunsthaus Zurich. Meisterzeichnungen, 100 Jahre Grafische Sammlung Kunstverein Speyer. Hans-Purrmann-Preis 2015 |
| 2014 | Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau. Docking Station Liverpool Biennial. A Needle Walks into a Haystack. Curated by Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich. Le Salon Particulier Migros Museum, Zurich. Sacré 101 - An Exhibition Based on the Rite of Spring. Curated by Raphael Gygax Centre Pompidou, Paris. Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain. Curated by Jonas Storsve |
| 2013 | Parcours Art Basel, The Architect, Curated by Florence Derieux Les Abattoirs, Toulouse. Les Pléiades - 30 ans des FRAC |
| 2012 | Villa Bernasconi, Geneva. The Beirut Experience II Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna. Reality Manifestos, or Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Curated by Dimitrina Sevova |
| 2011 | Beirut Art Center (BAC), The Beirut Experience. Curated by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser Freymond-Guth gallery, Zurich. The Secret Garden Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau. Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010) Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich. RAL 7021, eine magnifique Reportage! Curated by Marcel van Eeden Centre Pompidou, Paris. Acquisitions récentes, cabinet d’art graphique Kunstmuseum St.Gallen. Back to the Future Kunstmuseums Solothurn. In erster Linie Museum Ostwall, Dortmund. Bild für Bild |
| 2010 | SAL, Basel. Where cuckoos nest in autumn, with Armen Eloyan and Sara Masüger Musée Rath, Geneva. Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010) Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. Célébration Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern. Made in China |
| 2009 | Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris. Documents CAC Vilnius. Shifting Identities |
| 2008 | XV. Rohkunstbau, Potsdam. THREE COLORS - RED Kunsthaus Zurich. Shifting Identities Bielefelder Kunstverein. Gegen den Strich Kunsthaus Zurich. Intro |
| 2007 | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Gegen Den Strich FRAC Alsace, Selestat. Drôles de je MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia. Body as spectacle |
| 2006 | Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián. Glaskultur |
| 2005 | MAC, Santiago de Chile. Buenos Días Santiago - an exhibition as expedition Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow Messe Basel, Swiss Awards |
| 2004 | ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art), Melbourne. A Molecular History of Everything* Store Galery, London. Summer Pursuits Messe Base, Swiss Awards Helmhaus, Zurich. Fürchte Dich |
| 2003 | Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, Berlin. Lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too Kunsthalle, Zurich. 20 Jahre Binz Stiftung Cohan Leslie & Brown Gallery, New York. Little triggers Galerie Zürcher, Paris, Archéologies |
Marc Bauer is the laureate of the Prix Meret Oppenheim / the Swiss Grand Award for Art 2020. He is the winner of the GASAG Kunstpreis in 2020, was awarded the Prix culturel Manor, Geneva in 2009, and the Swiss Art Award in 2001, 2005 and 2006.
Marc Bauer was fellow at Istituto Svizzero in 2005–2006, received the Landis & Gyr Stiftung studio stipendium London, 2017 and in 2006 GegenwART_ Museum Bern, Ai Weiwei Beijing Studio residency.
Marc is represented by Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich, Gilda Lavia in Rome and Keteleer Gallery in Antwerp
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Architecture, Universität, Architektur, university, Prix Meret Oppenheim, Schweizer Grand Prix Kunst, Grand Prix Suisse d’Art
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artist Marc Bauer's biography at Galerie Peter Kilchmann