Exhibition History
Solo exhibitions
2016 — Possible Beings 1973 - 2016, Galerie Judin, Berlin, DE
2015 — Focus Dieter Meier, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, FR
2015 — Acrobatics 1977-2015, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
2013 — Dieter Meier and the Yello Years, The Watermill Center, Watermill/NY, US
2013 — In Conversation, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
2013 — A Sunday in the Mountains, Swiss Institute, New York, US
2012 — Works 1969 – 2011 and the Yello Years, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
2012 — Kunsthaus Zürich 1976, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH
2011 — Works 1969 - 2011 and 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
2005 — 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
1985 — 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
1980 — Ruinen, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, DE
1980 — 7. Schweizer Plastikausstellung, Biel, CH
1980 — Saus&Braus, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, CH
1977 — Dieter Meier - Werke 1974-1976, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH
1977 — 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
2020 — 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
2017 — 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, CH
2014 — 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
1985 — Music Videos: The Industry and Its Fringes, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
1980 — 22 Artistas Suiços, Galerie Nacional de Arte Moderna, Lisbon, PT
1980 — Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, DE
1980 — 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, US
1970 — Visualisierte Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH
Experimental films and performances (selected)
1969-71 — Conceptual pieces in the streets of Zurich, Munich and New York
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