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Seiler

Kerim Seiler

Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue

April 6 - May 25, 2018

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2012 SEILE cover

Kerim Seiler
Kerim in the Sky with Seiler
Nieves, Zurich 2010
English
3 volumes in jacket,
each 96 pp., ill.

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Biography EnglishBiography German

 

1974

Born in Bern, CH

Lives and works in Zurich, CH and Berlin, DE

 

 

Education

2007/11 
Master of Advanced Sciences in Architecture CAAD, ETH Zurich, CH

1997-02
Freie Kunst, diploma with B. J. Blume, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE

1993-95
Média Mixtes, Ecole Superieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva, CH

1991/92 
Vorkurs, Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich, CH

 

 


Solo exhibitions 

2023
Rn, Grieder Contemporary, Kusnacht/ Zurich, CH

2018
Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, Grieder Contemporary, Kusnacht/ Zurich, CH

2017
Ceci n’est pas un Onion (Performance Sockel), Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH

2016
Relay (Situationist Space Program), Opening festivities of the Gotthard basis tunnels (GBT), Rynächt und Pollegio, CH

2015
SOMMES. SOME. SUM., NR Projects, Berlin, DE
Performance: "Space is my Canvas". In the context of SOS DADA - The world is a Mess, Salon Suisse @ Palazzo Trevisan / Campo di Sant'Agnese, Venice, IT 

2014
Relay (Situationst Space Program), abc, Berlin, DE
spouligenion, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

2013
Collateral Neighbors, Salon Neucologne, Berlin, DE

2012
Freak Magnet, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg, DE
Floccinaucinihilipilification, Grieder Contemporary Projects, Berlin, DE
Omnitlotl, Walcheturm, Zurich, CH (cat.)

2011
Relay (Situationst Space Program), Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, ZA
Architektur im Würgegriff der Kunst, Wäscherei Kunstverein, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Mamabar, Dakini’s Bar und Kaffee, Zurich, CH

2010
The Situationist Space Program, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bukarest, RO
Nomadic structures, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
Maintenant, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht/Zurich, CH (cat.)

2009
Pneuma, somnambul, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, FR
Effetto Barnum, La Rada, Locarno, CH
Spiel des Lebens, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
Babel – Situationist Space Program, Babel, Bellinzona, CH

2008 
Cravan, (in collaboration with Caroline Pachoud and Adrian Notz), Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH (cat.)

2007 
MgBeth, (in collaboration with ETH Zurich), Migros Hochhaus, Zurich, CH
Irisinn's Souvenir, Galerie Ruzicska / Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
Tetrascope, (in collaboration with ETH Zurich) ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich, CH
Spume / Holotypes, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2006 
KeVin Seiler, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
Clones International – Stop 2: Europe, message salon, Zurich, CH
Creature Comfort, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA

2005 
Heliopolis, Ruzicska / Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
In cold blood – After Truman Capote, Gessnerallee, Zurich, CH
Clones International – Stop 1,2 & 3, Cape Town, ZA, Lüneburg, DE, New York City, US

2004 
Planetengetriebe, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
Stroke, Zimmerfrei, Lugano, CH
Im Lampenfieber, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH

2003 
Episode, Center, Berlin, DE
Grosse Brut / Paravent, Harburger Kunstverein, Harburg, DE

2002 
Hall of Fame, (in collaboration with Tjorg Douglas Beer), artGenda, Alte Börse, Hamburg, DE
Arthurs Träne, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE
Lattenwald, Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich, CH

2001 
Rampensau, Theater an der Winkelwiese, Zurich, CH

2000 
Schlaf, Ausstellungsraum Taubenstrasse, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
Hypnose I, etc., Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH
Seelenzentrifuge, Horten out bei Bochynek, Düsseldorf, DE
Petit Déjeuner / Frühstück, PAC & message salon, Fribourg, DE (cat.)
Manfred, Museum PasquART, Biel, CH

1999 
Made in Egypt, Cairo-Berlin Gallery, Kairo, EG
Projekt Durchbruch, (in collaboration with Nic Hess), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH (cat.)

1998 
Ohne Titel, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH

1997 
Kein Titel, Akryl auf Pavatex, message salon, Zurich, CH (cat.)


 

Group exhibitions

2022
Winter Show, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin, DE
Collecting: Revisited, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, CH

2020
Made in Zürich, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH

2019
Welt am Draht, 25th International fair for contemporary art, Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zürich, CH

2017
Gasträume, Paradeplatz, Zurich, CH
Mit Dank und Knicks, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, CH
Center of the World, Galerie Ebensperger, Salzburg, AT
Mosespa, Motel Campo, Genève, CH
Ewige Gegenwart, Helmhaus Zurich, CH

2016
Works from the collection, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, DE

Obsession Dada, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH

2015
Sculptumes & Costures, Art en Plein Air, Parc Mon-Repos, Lausanne, CH
Signalwege, Stadtraum Würzburg, DE

2012
St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, CH
Shine on you Crazy Diamond, Ex-Ernst & Young, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Dancing Fundaments – The Aestethic of Inconvenience, Irbis-12°, Samedan, CH
Kult Zürich Aussersihl, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)

2011
Start.Reloaded, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
Kult Zürich Aussersihl, Malzfabrik, Berlin, DE
Rewriting Worlds – DADA Moscow, 4. Moscow Biennale, Moscow, RU (cat.)
Kunstbegriffe, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg, DE
Friends and Lovers in Underground, Willy Brandt Strasse, Hamburg, DE
Wall Floor Piece, Galerie von Bartha, Basel, CH
Art en plein Air, Môtiers, CH (cat.)
Videoex, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH

2010
ArtBoom, Public Space, Krakow, PL
Les Urbaines, Public Space, Lausanne, CH
Under Pressure, Lodz Design Centre, Lodz, PL (cat.)
Schritte ins Verborgene, kartause Ittingen, Ittingen, CH (cat.)
AZB Forever, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Blickwechsel, Public Space, Siegen, DE (cat.)

2009
Oliver Ross & Kerim Seiler stellen aus, message salon, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Wir verbessern Ihre Arbeit, Instituto Divorciado at Galerie Sandra Brügel, Berlin, DE (cat.)
Narcotica, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Basel, CH
Lichterlöschen, WestSide, Bern, CH
Utopics, Bienne, CH (cat.)

2008
Sammlungsschätze, Stiftung Liner, Appenzell, CH
Sculpture Trail, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht/Zurich, CH (cat.)
MgBeth (Revisited), Art Unlimited, Basel, CH (cat.)
Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Diskurs im Grünen, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, DE

2007
The Situationist International: 1957-1972, Museum Tinguely, Basel, CH (cat.)
Triennale de l'Estampe, Museé des Beaux Arts, Le Locle, CH (cat.)
Odds and Ends, Galerie Ruzicska/Weiss, Düsseldorf, DE
Art en plain Air, Môtiers, CH (cat.)
Selected work 2005–2007, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA
Paper Tigers: Transgression / Excess, Space Other, Boston, USA
För Hitz ond Brand, Fünfeckpalast, Trogen, CH (cat.)

2006
Contra Golpe, Instituto Divorciados, Berlin, DE
Proces, Nationalgalerie, Prag, CZ
Visioni del Paradiso, Istituto Svizzero, Rom, IT (cat.)
Schweizerische Druckgrafik 1980 – 2005, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE (cat.)

2005 
Rosa 9, Kunstverein, Freiburg i. Breisgau, DE
Re-Escape, Stadtraum, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
Celebration, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE
This is not an easy way down, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, ZA

2004 
L'Air de Temps, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
L'Occasion Rêvée, Triangle / Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH (cat.)

2003 
Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell, CH (cat.)
Feine Ware (I-III), Harburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, DE (cat.)
Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Handlungsräume, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, DE (cat.)

2002 
Grand Opening, ausstellungsraum25, Zurich, CH

2001 
Wald & Explosionen, (in collaboration with Nic Hess), Helmhaus, Zurich, CH (cat.)
Pflumm Seiler Stucki, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH (cat.)

2000 
Friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH  (cat.)
Dada Revivals, Kunsthaus, Zurich, CH

1999 
Friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH  (cat.)
Dogdays are over, Centre Suisse Culturel, Paris, FR

1998 
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, CH / Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt am Main, DE  (cat.)

1997 
Diskland / Snowscape, (in collaboration with David Renggli), Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH

 

Prizes and Grants

2011
Studio grant, Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr, Berlin, DE

2005 
Sponsorship award, Stiftung für die graphische Kunst in der Schweiz
Werkbeitrag, Zurich canton
Studio grant, Künstlerstätte Elbschloss Bleckede, DE

2004 
Studio grant, Pro Helvetia, Kapstadt, ZA
Studio grant, Astérides, Marseille, FR

2003 
Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung (cat.)

2002 
Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung (cat.)

2001 
Werkbeitrag, City of Zurich
Werkbeitrag, Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung  (cat.)
Eidgenössischer Preis für Freie Kunst  (cat.)

2000 
Studio grant, Stiftung Binz 39 (cat.)

1999 
Studio grant, City of Zurich, CH in Cairo, EG

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Frühling (Spring )</em>, 2015<br />Wood, lacquer<br />80 x 260 x 75 cm

Kerim Seiler
Frühling (Spring), 2015
Wood, lacquer
80 x 260 x 75 cm

SEILE53014

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Indifferent</em> , 2015<br />Neon<br />Ed. 2/3<br />60 x 240 cm

Kerim Seiler
Indifferent, 2015
Neon
Ed. 2/3
60 x 240 cm

SEILE53015

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Kerim Seiler,<em>New Babylon</em>, 2015<br />Concrete, steel, acrylic glass, wood<br />Ca. 650 x 210 x 190 cm

Kerim Seiler
New Babylon, 2015
Concrete, steel, acrylic glass, wood
Ca. 650 x 210 x 190 cm

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Kerim Seiler,<em>gelf, rôt unde blâ</em> (= Middle High German <em>Yellow, Red, Blue</em> ), 2015<br />larch wood, pigments

Kerim Seiler
gelf, rôt unde blâ (= Middle High German Yellow, Red, Blue ), 2015
larch wood, pigments

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Birdhouse II </em>, 2014<br />Wood, acrylic lacquer, iron, aluminium<br />240 x 120 x 60 cm

Kerim Seiler
Birdhouse II, 2014
Wood, acrylic lacquer, iron, aluminium
240 x 120 x 60 cm

SEILE28617

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2014 SEILER GC 1

Kerim Seiler

spouligenion

April 5 – May 31, 2014

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Working Space</em> , 2013<br />Neon, argon, glass, cable, transformer<br />290 x 470 cm

Kerim Seiler
Working Space, 2013
Neon, argon, glass, cable, transformer
290 x 470 cm

SEILE11545

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Relay (St. Moritz)</em>, 2012<br />Iron, wood, aluminium, polycarbonate, neon, acrylic lacquer<br />600 x 600 x 800 cm

Kerim Seiler
Relay (St. Moritz), 2012
Iron, wood, aluminium, polycarbonate, neon, acrylic lacquer
600 x 600 x 800 cm

SEILE36155

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Ego Sum</em>, 2012<br />Neon, steel, cable, transformer<br />Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP<br />203 x 219 x 11 cm

Kerim Seiler
Ego Sum, 2012
Neon, steel, cable, transformer
Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP
203 x 219 x 11 cm

SEILE11248

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Rod (Gold)</em>, 2012<br />Wood, glass, luminophore: argon, cable, transformer<br />Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP<br />231 x ø 5 cm

Kerim Seiler
Rod (Gold), 2012
Wood, glass, luminophore: argon, cable, transformer
Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP
231 x ø 5 cm

SEILE11598

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SEILER 2012 Berlin GCP 1

Kerim Seiler

Floccinaucinihilipilification

April 28 – July 7, 2012

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Tyger, tyger</em> , 2011<br />Larch wood, chrome steel, lacquer<br />Installation: Novartis Campus, Basel (CH)

Kerim Seiler
Tyger, tyger, 2011
Larch wood, chrome steel, lacquer
Installation: Novartis Campus, Basel (CH)

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SEILE 2010 Kuesnacht GC 1

Kerim Seiler

Maintenant

February 5 – April 16, 2010

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Effetto Barnum</em>, 2009<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes, wood, acrylic glass, neon tubes, cable<br />Dimensions variable

Kerim Seiler
Effetto Barnum, 2009
Fabric, ventilation tubes, wood, acrylic glass, neon tubes, cable
Dimensions variable

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Kerim Seiler,<em>Alice</em> , 2008<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes<br />800 x 1250 x 600 cm

Kerim Seiler
Alice, 2008
Fabric, ventilation tubes
800 x 1250 x 600 cm

SEILE10826

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Kerim Seiler,<em>MgBeth</em>, 2007<br />Fabric, ventilation tubes<br />400 x 1200 x 1000 cm

Kerim Seiler
MgBeth, 2007
Fabric, ventilation tubes
400 x 1200 x 1000 cm

SEILE10824

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