Alexandra Bachzetsis

Alexandra Bachzetsis (born December 14, 1974 in Zurich ) is a Swiss video , installation and performance artist .

life and work

Bachzetsis completed her training at the Liceo Artistico in Zurich, at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Verscio and at the performance program of the STUK art center in Leuven (Flanders). This was followed by postgraduate studies in dance and theater at DasArts in Amsterdam . At the same time, Bachzetsis began to work with established dance companies such as “ Sasha Waltz & Guests” in Berlin and “ Les Ballets C de la B ” ( Ballets contemporains de la Belgique ) in Ghent.

“The confluence of different styles and media, aesthetic languages and a multitude of voices and bodies have been important elements in her work since the beginning. It thus creates a fusion of genres in which the body acts as an artistic as well as a critical instrument. Alexandra Bachzetsis explores how popular culture provides a repertoire of modes of expression, identification patterns and imaginations from which we continuously redesign and redefine our bodies. She contrasts the gestures from so-called commercial culture (online media, video clips, television) with modes of expression from the field of art (ballet, dance, performance). "

- Hendrik Folkerts

Her life partner is Adam Szymczyk (* 1970), Polish art critic, curator and artistic director of Documenta 14 in 2017 in Kassel and Athens.

Awards

2007: Migros Culture Percentage , Jubilee Prize
2011 and 2016: Swiss Art Prize
2011: Nomination for the DESTE Prize
2012: Performance Prize Switzerland

Exhibitions (selection)

2005: (my private) Heroes. MARTa Herford , Herford
2007: The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art. South London Gallery , London
2008: Word Event. Kunsthalle Basel , Basel
2010: Performative Structures − New Existentialism Part 1. Alte Fabrik, Gebert Foundation for Culture, Rapperswil
2011: 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art Intersections-Make it New. State Museum of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki)
2011: Alexandra Bachzetsis and Hanna Schwarz. Leverkusen Art Association, Leverkusen
2012: Etude. Opening of dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel
2014: Alexandra Bachzetsis / Claire Hooper. Bonner Kunstverein , Bonn
2015: Super Superstudio. PAC-Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2016: bodies and stages. Art Association Hanover , Hanover
2017: documenta 14 , Kassel

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Meyer Riegger biography Alexandra Bachzetsis , accessed on March 9, 2017.
↑ Swiss Institute Alexandra Bachzetsis From A to B via C , accessed on March 9, 2017.
↑ Alexandra Bachzetsis. In: Sikart
^ Rüdiger Heinze: Portrait: Adam Symczyk - The shy documenta maker in Augsburger Allgemeine , June 9, 2017.
^ Bonner Kunstverein Alexandra Bachzetsis and Claire Hooper , accessed on March 9, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Bachzetsis, Alexandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss video artist, installation artist and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich

[1] Meyer Riegger biography Alexandra Bachzetsis , accessed on March 9, 2017.

[2] Swiss Institute Alexandra Bachzetsis From A to B via C , accessed on March 9, 2017.

[3] Alexandra Bachzetsis. In: Sikart

[4] Rüdiger Heinze: Portrait: Adam Symczyk - The shy documenta maker in Augsburger Allgemeine , June 9, 2017.

[5] Bonner Kunstverein Alexandra Bachzetsis and Claire Hooper , accessed on March 9, 2017.