Marie José Burki
Marie José Burki (born January 11, 1961 in Biel / Bienne ) is a contemporary Swiss artist (especially video art ).
Marie José Burki studied French literature at the University of Geneva and graduated in 1988 with an MA in French literature. In 1989 she received the MFA at the École Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva . After a few months in Paris in 1989, she moved to New York . She has lived and worked in Brussels since 1993 .
She taught at the rijksakademie in Amsterdam since 2003, she is a professor of video art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HFBK). From April 2009 Burki has been teaching at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris .
Exhibitions (excerpt)
- 1992 Documenta IX
- 1995 Kunsthalle Basel
- 1998 and 2004 Galerie Lehmann Maupin , New York
- 2002 Nelson Gallery, Paris
- 2007 Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels
- 2008 Center pour l'Image Contemporaine , Geneva
- 2011 Nearby , Konrad Fischer Gallery, Berlin
Awards
- 1993 Manor Art Prize , Geneva
- 2002 Prix Meret Oppenheim
Sources and literature
- Marie José Burki, published on the occasion of the exhibition at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, April 22 - June 6, 1999 / ISBN 1-900470-05-5 (English)
- Documenta IX short guide | Guide; Stuttgart 1992
Web links
- Literature by and about Marie José Burki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about Marie José Burki in the documenta archive
- Information page about the artist
- Information about the artist
- Lysianne Léchot Hirt: Burki, Marie-José. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burki, Marie José |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biel / Bienne |