Caro Niederer
Caro Niederer (born April 29, 1963 in Zurich ) is a contemporary conceptual artist who lives and works in Zurich. Her work revolves around topics such as the media and cultural transferability of images and the relationship between art and life. Niederer works with various media, which she stages in an installation : techniques such as painting, photography, video, silk carpets that are hand-knotted in China, furniture objects, porcelain and glass objects, jewelery as well as wall wallpapers and editions. Along with Pipilotti Rist and Sylvie Fleury, Niederer is one of the most famous contemporary Swiss artists.
Artistic career
Caro Niederer's artistic career began in Zurich in the 1980s. In 1990 she spent several months in Cairo on a scholarship . There she also worked with textiles, among other things, and dealt with gender- related stereotypes from the very beginning of her artistic activity . After her stay in Egypt she traveled around the world with her then partner, the artist David Weiss . On her travels, Caro Niederer began to collect postcards, which then served as a template for small-format paintings. She later had these transferred to silk carpets in a Chinese factory. In the publication “ Public and Private Pictures” (1995) this practice of transfer is given an additional level. The large paintings she created later are also based on private photographs that she took on the road or in everyday situations.
These various forms of artistic expression also include the design of objects for domestic use - such as dishes or furniture. But video works are also part of her repertoire, for example in Conversations about Work (2004), where she explores the question of how women work and live in a female coffee house group.
The exchange with like-minded people, friends and fellow campaigners also repeatedly shapes their exhibition practice. In her retrospective Good Life Ceramics at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2017/2018) she not only realized a long-planned café-bar project, but also created a presentation concept that changed steadily over the course of the exhibition. This enabled the various working methods and media to appear together. The most recent major museum exhibitions include the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2017/2018), the CAC Málaga (2006), the Museum Haus Lange , Krefeld (2006), the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2005), the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham ( 2005) and the St. Gallen Art Museum (2004).
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2019
- Good luck, complete works. Geneva
- 2018
- Print Works , Kunstgriff, Zurich
- Good Life Ceramics. Art Museum St. Gallen
- 2017
- Good Life Ceramics. Art Museum St. Gallen * 2016
- Summer crossing. Nicolas Krupp, Basel
- 2012
- Paintings. Hauser & Wirth , New York
- 2008
- Waiting for returns. Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
- 2007
- Alba's Birthday. Hauser & Wirth, London
- 2006
- Souvenir and Conversations. CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Málaga
- Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art. Haus Lange, Krefeld (traveling exhibition)
- 2005
- The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
- Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (traveling exhibition)
- Conversations about Works. Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
- 2004
- Living with Art. Art Museum St. Gallen (traveling exhibition)
- 2003
- Memoria e Valore. Le Case d'Arte, Milan
- 2001
- Interiors - living with art. Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 1997
- How is the valuable created. Gallery Agathe Nisple, St. Gallen
- 1995
- Collection and assortment. Gallery Francesca Pia, Bern
- Public and private images. Friedrichshafen Art Association
- Public and private images. Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 1994
- Images, exhibition space Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
- 1993
- Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen
- 1992
- Säntis. curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist , Säntis mountain station, Schwägalp
- Images. Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 1990
- Souvenirs. Kunsthaus Oerlikon , Zurich
- Cairo Atelier. Cairo
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2020
- Subject sitting in a darkened room . Barbara Seiler, Zurich
- Summer of hesitation. Kunsthalle Zurich
- Conversations about Work. Kino Süd, Weiss Falk, Basel
- 2018
- Portable Art. A project by Celia Forner, catalog, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles
- 2017
- Portable Art. A project by Celia Forner, catalog, Hauser & Wirth, New York
- 2016
- A being in the world. curated by Jayson Musson and Fabienne Stephan, Salon 94 Bowery, New York
- 2015
- 2014
- Guest performance. Swiss contemporary art in the Rietberg Museum . Catalog, Zurich
- 2012
- The Prestige of Painting from Europe: The Future Lasts Forever. Catalog, Interalia Art Compagny, Seoul , Korea
- Home game. Art Museum St. Gallen
- The art on your wall. Artclub 1563, Seoul, Korea
- Keeping an eye on your own child. Catalog, Kunsthalle Emden
- 2009
- Home game 09. Art Museum St. Gallen
- Tracing Reality I. Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen
- Frozen Moments. Catalog, Chur Art Museum
- Locating home. Harewood House, Harewood
- 2006
- 2005
- Painting the Edge. Catalog, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
- 2004
- Art for art. Kunsthalle St. Gallen
- Appenzell women's elevator. Catalog, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen AR
- Citazioni. Le Case d'Arte, Milan
- 2003
- Home game, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen
- 20th Anniversary Show. Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne
- Preview 4. Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
- 2002
- Home game. Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen
- Preview 3rd Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- Interior / Exterior (with Andy Goldsworthy ), catalog, Cultureel Centrum De Romaanse Poort, Leuven, Belgium
- 2001
- Value change. Catalog, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne
- Preview 2nd Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 2000
- Landscape. Gallery Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- Context. Kornwestheim art gallery
- Photo- and video-based works. Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 1999
- Colorful backgrounds and classic portraits (with Bruno Müller-Meyer), Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
- Drawings. Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
- 1998
- Wish you were here (with Andreas Rüthi and Bruno Müller-Meyer), catalog, Milch, London
- Salon. Art Association St. Gallen
- Closed society. Art market Dresden
- Non-painters-painting. Galerie Berlintokio, Berlin
- 1997
- SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1997. Catalog, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart
- Alpenblick, contemporary art and the Alpine. Catalog, Kunsthalle Wien
- Objets du désir. Catalog, Museum Bellerive , Zurich
- Art & Kiosk (with Véronique Zusseau), Alte Konsumbäckerei, Solothurn
- Closed society. Graphic collection of the ETH Zurich
- 1996
- Double bond / purl stitch. Art Association Munich
- Abstract. Friedrichshafen Art Association, Friedrichshafen
- ! Hello world? Museum of Design Zurich
- 1995
- SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1995. Catalog, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart
- Inventory 95/96. Helmhaus Zurich
- Work and studio grant 1995. Helmhaus Zurich
- 1994
- Merry-go-round , Shedhalle, Zurich
- Federal Art Scholarship 1994 , Messe Basel , Basel
- Work and studio grant 1994 , Helmhaus Zurich, Zurich
- 1993
- Information service c / o. Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin (traveling exhibition)
- Information service c / o. Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels (traveling exhibition)
- Information service c / o. Goethe House, New York (traveling exhibition)
- Information service c / o. Grazer Kunstverein , Graz (traveling exhibition)
- Information service c / o. Sous-sol, Geneva (traveling exhibition)
- Information service c / o. Barbara Gross Gallery, Munich
- Serial - A limited edition store by Michelle Nicol. Zurich
- 1992
- Flowers. Picture room, Zurich
- 1991
- Self-portrait. Galerie Ziegler Mandat, Zurich
- 5 continents. Galerie Ziegler Mandat, Zurich
- 1989
- Kunsthaus Örlikon, Zurich
- 1988
- Young Swiss artists. Merian Foundation , Muba 88, Basel
conversations
- 2004: Conversations about work. Catalog, video, Zeughaus Teufen
- 1997: How is the valuable created. with Christina Bechtler, Galerie Agathe Nisple, St. Gallen
Concepts and Projects
- 2019
- The Inventory of Happiness. Angela Weber Möbel, Zurich
- 2018
- The Inventory of Happiness. Angela Weber Möbel, Zurich
- 2017
- The Inventory of Happiness. Angela Weber Möbel, Zurich
- 2016
- Glassware. MMperformance (UA) by Christoph Gallio and Caro Niederer,
- Action hall stamping shop, Baden
- 1997
- World of Interiors. Janet Paris, Andreas Rüthi, Bridget Smith, Binz 39, Zurich
- 1993
- Forum information. with Marc Jancou, Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich
- 1992
- Oriental Spirit in Contemporary Zurich Flats. with Stephanie Thalmann, video, 90 '
Awards and grants
- 2004: Manor Art Prize
- 2000: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1997: IBK sponsorship award 1997
- 1996: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1995: Werkstipendium from the City of Zurich
- 1992: AR-Kulturstiftung, Werkstipendium
- 1990: Pro Helvetia grant and studio in Schabramant, Cairo, Egypt
Monographs and artist books
- Caro Niederer, Selected Serials since 1993. Studio Caro Niederer, Zurich 2019.
- Caro Niederer, Art Books 1992 to the Present. Studio Caro Niederer, Zurich 2018.
- Caro Niederer, Red Views 1990 to the Present. Studio Caro Niederer, Zurich 2018.
- Caro Niederer, album. Hacienda Books, Zurich 2017.
- Unterdörfer, Michaela (Ed.): Caro Niederer, Waiting for Returns'. Hauser & Wirth. Steidl, Göttingen 2008 (exhibition catalog)
- CAC Malaga. Caro Niederer. Souvenir y conversaciones. Malaga, 2006 (exhibition catalog)
- Douglas Hyde Gallery. Caro Niederer. Dublin, 2005 (exhibition catalog)
- Caro Niederer, 'Conversations about Work / Talks about Work'. Scalo / Hauser & Wirth, 2004.
- Roland Wäspe (Ed.): Caro Niederer. Living with art. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004. (exhibition catalog)
- Niederer, Caro, Public and Private Pictures. Oktagon Verlag, Stuttgart 1995.
- Niederer, Caro, 'Images, 30 Postcards'. 1992
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susanna Koeberle: Life is a photo album | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on May 7, 2020]).
- ↑ Caro Niederer. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
- ^ Caro Niederer - Centro de arte contemporáneo de Málaga. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (European Spanish).
- ↑ skv: Art Museum St. Gallen. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
Web links
- Stefanie Kasper: Niederer, Caro. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niederer, Caro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conceptual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |