Flower Guitar Wheel
2013
19 used, untuned guitars, steel construction, motor, 4.5V battery, gears
260 x 260 x 200 cm
Ed. 1/2
Come to Maoland
2015
Wood
42 x 116 cm
Untitled,
2013
Paper on Paper
52.6 x 72.6 x 2 cm
Swiss Reh
2012
Taxidermied fawn, Swiss Army knife
25.5 x 28.5 x 16 cm
Oben Unten
2012
Chess pieces, serving trolley
67.5 x 67.5 x 41.3 cm
Schweiz (Switzerland)
2011
Collage on Paper
66.1 x 98 x 3 cm
m&m + M=3M,
2010
Wood and metal
34 x 189 x 5 cm
Ricefields and Bushes,
2006
Transparency, adhesive tape, spray paint on acrylic glass
194 x 100 cm
Exhibitions
"Talking to me?!"
Nic Hess
April 12, 2024 – January 17, 2025
Made in Zurich
Group Exhibition
June 25, 2020 – September 25, 2020
Grosser Fahrplan fuer eine kleine Stadt
Nic Hess
April 17, 2015 – May 30, 2015
Agglobal
Nic Hess
February 3, 2012 – March 17, 2012
START. RELOADED
Group Exhibition
October 28, 2011 – January 21, 2012
START!
Group Exhibition
June 10, 2006 – July 29, 2006
Education
- 1992–1996 — Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
- 1992–1996 — Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, DE
Awards & Honors
- 2010 — Studio grant Landis & Gyr, London, UK
- 2009 — NEON, Place de Planpalais, Geneva, CH
- 2006 — Summer Academy Paul Klee Center, Bern, CH
- 2002 — Manor Art Prize, Zurich canton, CH
- 2001 — Studio Program P.S.1, L.I.C., New York, US
- 2001 — Grant, City of Zurich, CH
- 2001 — Cantrade-Kunstpreis, Kulturstiftung, CH
- 2000 — Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, CH
- 2000 — Grant, City of Zurich, CH
- 1999 — Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, CH
- 1998 — Studio grant, Stiftung Binz 39, CH
Exhibition History
Solo exhibitions
- 2024 — Talking to me?!, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2024 — (Noch ohne Titel), Curuna Ardez, Ardez, CH
- 2022 — FERDINAND, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, DE
- 2019 — Neue Arbeiten, Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH
- 2018 — Mit und ohne Bart, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, DE
- 2016 — Zulieferer unter Druck, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, DE
- 2015 — Der Stoff aus dem die Träume waren, Kunsthalle Münster, DE
- 2015 — Grosser Fahrplan für eine kleine Stadt, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2014 — highways and byways. together again, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, DE
- 2014 — Archivo teatralico, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, DE
- 2012 — The Birds (For Lilou), Swiss Institute, New York, US
- 2012 — AGGLOBAL – Chutes and Ladders, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2011 — Season's Greetings, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, DE
- 2011 — Silberpfeil, Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart, DE
- 2009 — Automatic Crash Response, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
- 2009 — Dont Sorry, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, DE
- 2009 — Escape, Schloß Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, DE
- 2009 — Fly a Dragon Kite, NEON parallax, Place de Plainpalais, FMAC and FCAC, Geneva, CH
- 2008 — Sculptures, The Project, New York, US
- 2007 — Trader Joe and Albert's son, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, DE
- 2007 — Food4Less, Museo de Zapopan, Guadalajara, ME
- 2007 — I would eat them anywhere, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, CH
- 2007 — Positions, Figge von Rosen Galerie, ART Basel/Miami, Miami, US
- 2006 — Early Bird, Galerie Jesco von Puttkamer, Berlin, DE
- 2006 — Wall (with Frederico Herrero), Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua, Venezia, IT
- 2006 — Rice-Fields and Bushes, Casa del lago, Mexico City, MX
- 2006 — Icons will survive / Wände haben Ohren, Media Center of the Swiss Government, Bern, CH
- 2005 — Dreaming of el A, MC Gallery, The Project, Los Angeles, US
- 2005 — Pic Nic Hess, Projectile Gallery, New York, US
- 2005 — A room with a window, ADN Galeria, Barcelona, ES
- 2004 — Guten Morgen Deutschland, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
- 2004 — Triple Treat (with Yoshua Okon), The Project, Los Angeles, US
- 2003 — Who Bites First?, Viafarini, Milano, IT
- 2003 — I want to get married again, Modern Art Inc., London, UK
- 2003 — Logo (with Francis Baudevin and Mathieu Mercier), Swiss Institute, New York, US
- 2003 — Berlin – New York (with Emmanuelle Antille), Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, CH
- 2002 — Wallow (with Julie Mehretu), The Project, New York, US
- 2002 — NYCS, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin, DE
- 2002 — To the MANOR born, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
- 2002 — Ola de cola, OPA (Officina de Proyectos de Arte), Guadalajara, MX
- 2002 — On the Spot, Kiosk, Bern, CH
- 2001 — Quiero Casarme, The Project, New York, US
- 2001 — Well Done, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
- 2001 — Art Statements, Serge Ziegler Galerie, ART BASEL 32, Basel, CH
- 2000 — Dolly II, Kunstwerke, Berlin, DE
- 2000 — it's a men's world, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich, CH
- 2000 — Swinging Swindle, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, US
- 2000 — Stadionneubau, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin, DE
- 2000 — Together now, The Drawing Center, New York, US
- 2000 — Nic Hess, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin, DE
- 1999 — Transit 21 – Projekt Durchbruch (Komporomiss nach Eiland) (collaboration with Kerim Seiler), Kunsthalle, St. Gallen, CH
- 1998 — ohne Tiere, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, CH
- 1998 — mit Tiere, Galerie Serge Ziegler, Zurich, CH
- 1997 — Mosaik des Fernfahrers, 'Space' Ankerstrasse, Zurich, CH
- 1996 — Race dogs just starting, Arena Amsterdam, NL
Group exhibitions (selected)
- 2022 — Last words from the Periphery II, Werkerei Schwamendingen, Zurich, CH
- 2020 — Sommer des Zögerns/Summer of Suspense, Kunsthalle Zurich, CH
- 2020 — Made in Zurich, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2019 — Make Zurich small again, Kupper Modern, Zurich, CH
- 2018 — Ladenschluss, Neue Norden Zurich, CH
- 2018 — Works from a Private Collection, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2015 — Toys Redux – On Play and Critique, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
- 2015 — Spaceliner, ARTER, Istanbul, TR
- 2013 — Novecento mai visto – Highlights from the Daimler Collection – From Albers to Warhol (to now), Museo Santa Giulia, Brescia, IT
- 2013 — BUNT!, Gluri Suter Haus, Wettingen, CH
- 2013 — sitzen, gehen, stehen, (f)liegen, Kunstverein KISS Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen e.V., Untergröningen, DE
- 2013 — Westwärts..., Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2012 — Football, Marco Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, MX
- 2011 — Start. Reloaded, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2011 — Fuerzas Basicas, Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, MX
- 2011 — Art, Stars & Cars, Mercedes-Benz Museum, Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Stuttgart, DE
- 2010 — Pictures about Pictures (curated by Dr. Renate Wiehager), MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien, AT
- 2010 — Voici un dessin suisse, Musée Rath, Geneva, CH
- 2008 — Flow, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, ES
- 2008 — Balls and Brains, Helmhaus Zurich, CH
- 2008 — minimal funktional. Highlights aus der Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, DE
- 2007 — Minimalism and applied I, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, DE
- 2007 — The New Vernacular. Contemporary art meets popular culture, Paul Klee Center, Bern, CH
- 2007 — Zeichen der Bewegung, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon, CH
- 2007 — Branding, Centre Pasquart, Biel, CH
- 2007 — Visioni del Paradiso, Istituto Svizzero, Roma, IT
- 2007 — Start!, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
- 2007 — All the Best – the Deutsche Bank Collection, Singapore Art Museum, SGP
- 2007 — Piktogramme – Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, DE
- 2005 — Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Karlsruhe, DE
- 2005 — Grafische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Helmhaus Zurich, CH
- 2004 — Gegen den Strich, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, DE
- 2004 — Lasko (collaboration with Sebastian Sieber), Centre d'Art Neuchâtel (CAN), Neuchâtel, CH
- 2003 — Buenos Dias Buenos Aires. Arte Contemporaneo Suizo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, RA
- 2003 — The Squared Circle, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
- 2003 — Urban Diaries: Young Swiss Art, Alcalá 31, Contemporary Art Center, Madrid, ES
- 2002 — Im Zeichen der Bewegung, Kunstmuseum, Bern, CH
- 2002 — Ikonen. Kunst und Kult, Coninx Museum, Zurich, CH
- 2002 — Center of Attraction, 8th Baltic Biennial, Vilnius, LV
- 2002 — Culture meets Culture, Busan Biennal, Busan, KR
- 2002 — Thisplay, JUMEX-Collection, Mexico City, MX
- 2002 — Wallow (collaboration with Julie Mehretu), The Project, New York, US
- 2002 — Listening to New Voices, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, US
- 2001 — Casino 2001, 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K., Gent, BE
- 2001 — Milano Europa 2000, Palazzo della Triennale, Milano, IT
- 2001 — Let's be friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
- 2000 — Cahiers d'artistes, CentrePasquArt, Biel, Stiftung Pro Helvetia, CH
- 2000 — Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, Kunsthalle FriArt, Fribourg, CH
- 2000 — Out of space, Kunstmuseum Thun, CH
- 2000 — On the Spot, Kiosk Bern, CH
- 2000 — Premio Michetti, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare (Chiete), IT
- 1999 — Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, Kunsthalle, Zurich, CH
- 1999 — peace für Frieden, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
- 1999 — Werk-und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH
- 1998 — Freie Sicht auf Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, CH; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, DE
- 1998 — The Pallidhouse, W139, Amsterdam, NL
- 1998 — Trophy, Binz 39, Zurich, CH