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1945 born in Zurich, CH

 

 

Solo exhibitions (selected)

2016
Possible Beings 1973 - 2016, Galerie Judin, Berlin, DE

2015
Focus Dieter Meier, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, FR
Acrobatics 1977-2015, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

2013
Dieter Meier and the Yello Years, The Watermill Center, Watermill/NY, US
In Conversation, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
A Sunday in the Mountains, Swiss Institute, New York, US

2012
Works 1969 – 2011 and the Yello Years, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
Kunsthaus Zürich 1976, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich CH

2011
Works 1969 - 2011and the Yello Years, Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, DE

2010
En Passant 1969-2010, Grieder Contemporary Projects, Berlin, DE

2009
Jamileh Weber Galerie, Zurich, CH

2007
Les Maîtres du rien, Museum Tinguely, Basel, CH

2006
Kirsten Roschlaub Gallery, Hamburg, DE

2005 
Save 86%, Galerie Baviera, Zurich, CH
As time goes by, Galerie Baviera, Zurich, CH

2002
Public Affairs, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, CH

2001
Galerie Wohnkultur 66, Hamburg, DE

1999
In the Picture, Galerie Baviera, Zurich, CH

1998
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH

1985 
The slow shark, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
Music Videos: The Industry and its Fringes, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US

1982 
Der falsche Magier, Galerie Baviera, Zurich, CH

1980 
22 Artistas Suiços, Galerie Nacional de Arte Moderna, Lisbon, PT
Ruinen, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, DE
7. Schweizer Plastikausstellung, Biel, CH
Saus&Braus, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, CH

1977
Dieter Meier - Werke 1974-1976 , Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH
Artistes Zurichois, Musée Rath, Geneva, CH

1972
Documenta 5, Kassel, DE

1971 
The Swiss Avantgarde, New York Cultural Center, New York, US

1970
Visualisierte Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH

 



Group exhibitions (selected)

2020 
5 Artists 5 Walls, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
The Morning Line`s Yello, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, DE

2018
Streetwise, Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, DE

2017
Action!, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, CH
Duet with Artist. Participation as Artistic Principle, Unteres Belvedere, Wien, AT

2016
Manifesta 11: The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Zürich, CH

2015
Selbstjustiz durch Fehleinkäufe, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, DE

2014 
Performing the city / Le Mouvement, Biel/Bienne, Schweiz
Bash – an exhibition in 2 parts, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, US

2012 
As time goes by / Yello videos, Image Vevey, CH

2011 
Rollenbilder. Rollenspiele, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, AT

2002 
Public Affairs, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH

1998 
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zurich, CH

1985 
The slow shark, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, CH
Music Videos: The Industry and Its Fringes, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US

1980 
22 Artistas Suiços, Galerie Nacional de Arte Moderna, Lissabon, PT
Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, DE
7. Schweizer Plastikausstellung, Biel, CH

1977 
Artistes Zurichois, Musée Rath, Genf, CH

1972 
Documenta 5, Kassel, DE

1971 
The Swiss Avantgarde, New York Cultural Center, USA

1970 
Visualisierte Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH

 



Experimental films and perfomances (selected)

1969-71
Conceptual pieces in the streets of Zurich, Munich and New York

since 67
Short films and video tapes; shown on several festivals, including:
Art Film Festival I.C.A.,London 1969 
23rd Festival d’Avignon 1969 
Aktionsraum 1, Munich 1969
Quinzaine des réalisateurs, Cannes 1970 
Short Film Festival Oberhausen 1970
Tokio Film Festival, Tokio 1971 
Film Festival Cultural Program of the Olympic Games, Munich 1972 
Experimenta 5 (Competition), Knokke 1974 
Cinema sperimentale europeo, Genova 1979

 



Feature films 

2001
Lightmaker (with Zbigniew Zamachowski, Rod Steiger, Cornelia Grolimund, Dieter Meier, Johnny 
Melville; Switzerland/Poland. Script and Direction.(Premiere at the Biennale Berlin 2001)

1981
Jetzt und Alles (Take it all),with Richy Müller and Jean-Pierre Kalfon; Germany 1981. 
Script and Direction. (Film Festivals Taormina 1982, Manila 1982) 

 



Books, catalogues and essays (selected)

2013
Dieter Meier – Conceptual Artist, Yello Music, Pioneer of MTV Videos. Selected Works 1969-2013, The Watermill Center, New York.
Dieter Meier – In Conversation, Kunsthaus Aarau, Verlag für neue Kunst, Nuremberg.

2011
Dieter Meier. Works 1968 – 2011 and the Yello Years, Walther König, Cologne.

2007
Dieter Meier, La conquête de l’inutile, Benteli Verlag, Bern.

2006
Hermes Baby, Geschichten und Essays, Ammann-Verlag, Zurich.

1994
Blick in die Welt - (NZZ Folio columns / Türler Medienpreis).

1983
Ursula Fürst & Dieter Meier "Windjo" - Limmat-Verlag, Zurich.

1979
Dieter Meier, Peter Baviera - Drei Daten, Galerie Baviera, Zurich.

1977
Dieter Meier - Werke 1974-1976, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich.

1976
Dieter Meier- Werke 1969-1974, Edition H.R.Lutz, Zurich.

 



Columnist for: 

Magma, Zurich,1985/86 
Tempo, Hamburg,1989-91 
NZZ Folio, Zurich,1993/94 
Deutsche Magazin, 2005/2006