Nives Widauer

Nives Widauer (born January 22, 1965 in Basel ) is a Swiss artist . She lives in Vienna.

Life

Nives Widauer studied from 1987 to 1990 at the University of Design and Art in Basel . Since 1989 she has been artistically active in the fields of video art , installation art , photography and stage design .

Works (selection)

Exhibitions

2019: Villa Nix (solo exhibition), Kunstmuseum Olten , Olten
2019: Fly me to the Moon (group exhibition with Darren Almond , Kader Attia , Hans Baluschek , Rosa Barba , Nuotama Frances Bodomo, Coop Himmelb (l) au , Robert Delauny , Cristina de Middel, Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov, Max Ernst , Nir Evron, Sylvie Fleury , Lucio Fontana , Johann Heinrich Füssli , Hannah Höch , Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , Kiki Kogelnik , David Lamelas , Fritz Lang , Lena Lapschina, Sonia Leimer, Zilla Leutenegger, René Magritte , Georges Méliès , Pierre Mennel , Jyoti Mistry, Gianni Motti , Edvard Munch , Amalia Pica, Robert Rauschenberg , Werner Reiterer , Thomas Riess, Pipilotti Rist , Michael Sailstorfer , Niki de Saint Phalle , Tom Sachs , Roman Signer , Yinka Shonibare CBE, Andrei Sokolov, Nedko Solakow , Andy Warhol ), Museum der Modern , Salzburg
2019: Ticket to the Moon (group exhibition with Jeremy Bakker, Hans Bischoffshausen, Herbert Brandl, Aleksandra Cieślewicz, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Agnes Fuchs, Robert Indiana, Dona Jalufka, Lena Lapschina, Sonia Leimer, Larissa Leverenz, Mahony, Ralo Mayer, Jonathan Meese, Aleksandra Mir, Nick Oberthaler, Melody Owen, Wendelin Pressl, Florian Raditsch, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Riess, Nicole Six and Paul Petritsch, Sebastian Speckmann, Thomas Thyrion, Leonid Tishkov, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Andreas Werner), Kunsthalle Krems , Krems
2019: A ntichambre (solo exhibition), Center Culturel Suisse, Paris
2019: Fly Me to the Moon - 50 years moon landing (group exhibition with Darren Almond, Pawel ‚Althamer, René Burri, Johan Christian Dahl, Dubossarsky & Vinogradov, Sylvie Fleury, Liam Gillick, Hannah Höch, Kiki Kogelnik, David Lamelas, Zilla Leutenegger, René Magritte, Jyoti Mistry, John Russell, Andrei Sokolov, Andy Warhol and many more) Kunsthaus Zürich , Zürich
2019: Archeology of undefined Future (solo exhibition), W&K at Palais Schönborn-Batthyány , Vienna
2019: Séparée (solo exhibition), Palazzo dei Diamanti , Ferrara
2018: Blanch e (solo exhibition), the white house, Vienna
2018: Evolve Involve (group show with Emma Piker-Burket, Natasha McDowell, Anna Laurent) The Exhibitionist, London
2018: Lichtstadt Feldkirch (group exhibition with Artifical Owl, David Reumüller, Neon Golden, Ólafur Elíasson , Philipp Geist, Starsky, Thilo Frank), Festival for Art & Light, Feldkirch
2018: Bee inspired - Bee Rome (solo exhibition), Instituto Svizzero , Rome
2018: Rising up - Flowing down (group exhibition with Martin Chramosta, Stefan Fraunberger, Thomas Grill, Regina Hügli, Barbara Anna Husar, Anne Glassner, Laurie Sheridan, Bartaku, Seila Fernàndez Arconada, Nicole Krenn, Alfred Lenz, Svenja Plaas, Sarah Rechberger, Elisabeth Schafzahl, Daniel Spoerri , Benjamin Tomasi), Water Tower Favoriten , Vienna
2018: Art in the reading zone (solo exhibition) Vorarlberger Architektur-Institut, Dornbirn
2018: Our Place in Space - Our Place in Space (group exhibition with Steinbrener / Dempf & Huber, Nives Widauer, Payer Gabriel, Markus Reisinger, Yunchul Kim, Margit Busch, Solmaz Farhang, Anna Lerchbaumer, Eleni Boutsika-Palles, Michael Bachhofer, Daniela Brill Estrada, Monica LoCascio), Natural History Museum , Vienna
2018: Butterflies (solo exhibition), Galeria Maurizio, Maloja
2018: Subculture (solo exhibition), Galerie Marc Oliver, Zurich
2017: Soirée Suisse (solo exhibition), Swiss Embassy , Vienna
2017: STARS. Cosmic art from 1900 to today (group exhibition with Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq, Robert A. Barrows, Herbert Bayer, Albert Birkle, Hans Bischoffshausen, Julia Bornefeld, Klemens Brosch, Carmen Brucic, Angela Bulloch, Alexander Calder, Vija Celmins, Thierry Cohen, Adriana Czernin , Jason Dodge, Max Ernst, Thomas Feuerstein, Hans Franta, Philippe Gerlach, Rudolf Goessl, Katharina Gruzei, Roy Wallace Hankey, Peter Hauenschild, Karl Hauk, Artur Hecke, Theodor von Hörmann, Markus Anton Huber, Barbara Anna Husar, Sabine Jelinek, Birgit Jürgenssen, Johanna Kandl, Alex Katz, Anton Kehrer, Herwig Kempinger, Hubert Kiecol, Anselm Kiefer, Imi Knoebel, Gerhard Knogler, Moussa Kone, Alicja Kwade, Katharina Lackner, Arkadij Wassiljewitsch Lobanoff, Robert Longo, Frans Masereel, Michaela Math, Ralo Mayer, Ferdinand Melichar, Erich Meyer, Hans Op de Beeck, Meret Oppenheim, Emil Orlik, Trevor Paglen, Micha Payer / Martin Gabriel, Herbert Ploberger, Hans Pollack, Teresa Präauer, Uta Prantl-Peyrer, Wendel in Pressl, Florian Raditsch, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Ugo Rondinone, Thomas Ruff, Gerhard Rühm, Aura Satz, Robert Schaberl, Peter Schamoni, Roman Scheidl, Eva Schlegel / Barbara Imhof / Damjan Minovski, Arnold Schönberg, Th.Swan, Franz Sedlacek, Katharina Sieverding, Fritz Simak, Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch, Kiki Smith, Curt Stenvert, Jens Sundheim, Mathias Swoboda, Volker Tannert, Grazia Toderi, Iv Toshain, Johannes Vogl, Manfred Wakolbinger, Alfons Walde, Birgitta Weimer, Bernd Zimmer) , Lentos Art Museum Linz
2017: The power of old age (group exhibition with: With works by Gustinus Ambrosi , Tina Barney , Pina Bausch , Renate Bertlmann , Herbert Boeckl , Eva Brunner-Szabo, Aleah Chapin, Heinz Cibulka, John Coplans, Lovis Corinth, Edgar Degas, Carola Dertnig , Ines Doujak, Sepp Dreissinger, Barbara Eichhorn, Titanilla Eisenhart, Michael Endlicher, James Ensor, Eric Fischl, Josef Floch, Greta Freist, Lucian Freud, Adolf Frohner, Friedl vom Gröller, George Grosz, Johannes Grützke, Ernst Haas, Barbara Klemm, Heidi Harsieber, Felix Albrecht Harta, Karl Hofer, Edgar Honetschläger, Alfred Hrdlicka, Bernadette Huber, Franz Hubmann, Regina Hügli, Ishiuchi Miyako, Konstantin Jatropulus, Birgit Jürgenssen, Alex Katz, Josef Kern, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Gustav Klimt, Herlinde Koelbl Kokoschka, Broncia Koller-Pinell, Käthe Kollwitz, Nikolaus Korab, NINA Kovacheva, Brigitte Kowanz, Karoline Kubin, Maria Lassnig, Annie Leibovitz, Erich Lessing, Max Liebermann, Karin Mack, Karl Mediz, Elfriede Mejc har, Duane Michals, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Inge Morath, Marie Louise von Motesiczky, Ron Mueck, Shirin Neshat, Roman Opałka, Hans Op de Beeck, Martin Parr, Ewa Partum, Pablo Picasso, Margot Pilz, Arnulf Rainer, Paula Rego, Carl Anton Reichel, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Egon Schiele, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Claudia Schumann, Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg, Joan Semmel, Elfie Semotan, Fritz Simak, Kiki Smith, Annegret Soltau, Margherita Spiluttini, Elsa Spitzer, Daniel Spoerri, Evelin Stermitz , Karl Sterrer, Superflux, Fiona Tan, Juergen Teller, Joyce Tenneson, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Rosemarie Trockel, Spencer Tunick, Christine Turnauer, Nurith Wagner-Strauss, Jeff Wall, Josef Wawra, Harry Weber, Todd Weinstein, Martha Wilson and Herwig Zens), Belvedere Vienna
2017: Constructing Paradise (group exhibition with: Jean-Michel Basquiat , Hugo Canolias, Mark Dion , Paul Gauguin , Mathias Kessler, Oskar Kokoschka , Moussa Kone , Marissa Lobo, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker , Nives Widauer), Austrian Cultural Forum New York
2017: ariaCHne (group exhibition with: Regula Dettwiler, Sascha Reichstein, Frenzi Rigling, Frederike Schweizer, Nives Widauer), Lower Austria Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten
2017: STRATIFIED. Fragmented World (s) (group exhibition with: Alexandra Baumgartner, Astrid Busch, Sophie Dvořák, Karen Elliot, Bernhard Hosa, Moni K. Huber, Anna Maria Kowalsky, Andrea Maria Krenn, Claudia Larcher, Larissa Leverenz, Micha Payer + Martin Gabriel, Thomas Riess, Veronika Schubert, Gabi Trinkaus, Vanessa von Heydebreck, Sinta Werner, Nives Widauer, Anita Witek), das weisse haus, Vienna
2016: From hunters and collectors (group exhibition with: Maria Anwander / Ruben Aubrecht, Sonja Bendel, Katharina Anna Loidl, Eric Philippoz, Ingrid Schreyer, Albin Schutting, Sophie Tiller, Nives Widauer), periscope: project: space, Salzburg
2015: Celebrate Life! , (Group exhibition with: Kader Attia , Daniel Knorr , Erik van Lieshout , Teresa Margolles , Arnulf Rainer , Hans Schabus , Hubert Scheibl , Deborah Sengl , Daniel Spoerri , Nives Widauer), Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna
2015: WHERE ARE WE? (Group exhibition with: Vooria Aria, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Clemens Krauss , Constantin Luser / Stefan Arztmann, Lisl Ponger , Ilma Rakusa , Niko Wahl, Nives Widauer), hinterland gallery Vienna
2015: Europe. The future of history (group exhibition with: Josef Albers , Kader Attia , Sven Augustijnen, Joseph Beuys , Arnold Böcklin , Alighiero Boetti , Osman Bozkurt, Herbert Brandl , Christoph Büchel and Giovanni Carmine, Honoré Daumier , Otto Dix , Andreas Duscha, Max Ernst , Ian Hamilton Finlay , Peter Fischli / David Weiss , Agnès Geoffray, Alberto Giacometti , Andreas Gursky , Ane Hjort Guttu, Fabrice Gygi, Klara Hobza, Ferdinand Hodler , Anna Jermolaewa, Ilya Kabakov , Bouchra Khalili, Paul Klee , Martin Kippenberger , Daniel Knorr , Simona Koch, Rudolf Koller , Jacques Lipchitz , Richard Paul Lohse , Claude Monet , Max von Moos , Christian Philipp Müller , Claudia & Julia Müller, Edvard Munch , Marcel Odenbach , Uriel Orlow, Meret Oppenheim , Adrian Paci , Miranda Pennell, Cora Piantoni, Steve Reich, Hans Richter , Kurt Ryslavy, David Salle , Vittorio Santoro , Ceija Stojka , Karl Stojka, Remco Torenbosch, Félix Vallotton , Albert Welti , Nives Widauer, Artur Zmijewski ), Kunsthaus Zurich
2015: What do I know? (Solo exhibition), semina rerum - Galerie Irène Preiswerk, Zurich
2014: Axis (solo exhibition), semina rerum - Galerie Irène Preiswerk, Zurich
2014: The New Time / The World of Yesterday (solo exhibition), Salzburg Festival
2014: Guest performance (group exhibition with: Lukas Bärfuss , Olaf Breuning, Stefan Burger, Fischli / Weiss , San Keller, Naomi Leshem, Lutz / Guggisberg, Jso Maeder , Fabian Marti , Yves Netzhammer , Caro Niederer, Pulp Noir, Mai-Thu Perret, Peter Regli, David Renggli, Pipilotti Rist , Porte Rouge, Shirana Shahbazi , Peter Weber , Nives Widauer, Wiedmann / Mettler) Museum Rietberg , Zurich
2014: On hunting and collecting (group exhibition with: Julia Brodauf, GRAM , Sabina Mlejnek, Trevor Paglen , Georg Salner , Deborah Sengl , Nives Widauer), Kunstforum Montafon , Schruns
2013: 10 Years (group exhibition), Lentos Museum
2013: Austrian Sculpture Park (group exhibition), Viennafair , Vienna
2012: Parallelwelt Zirkus (group exhibition with: Diane Arbus , Matthew Barney , Julien Bismuth, Rhona Bitner, Peter Blake, Olaf Breuning, Bernhard Buhmann, Alexander Calder / Carlos Vilardebo, Charlie Chaplin , Clifton Childree, Charles & Ray Eames, Federico Fellini , Daniel Firman, Thilo Frank, Jeppe Hein , Roni Horn , Anna Jermolaewa, Anna Kolodziejska, Tomasz Kowalski, Patricia Leite, Zilla Leutenegger, Ulrike Lienbacher, Jonathan Monk, Bruce Nauman , Ulrike Ottinger , Marion Peck, Ugo Rondinone , Julian Rosefeldt , Joe Scanlan, Elisabeth Schmirl, Deborah Sengl , Cindy Sherman , Simmons & Burke, Kristian Sverdrup, Javier Téllez, Joe Wagner, Martin Walde, William Wegman , Nives Widauer, Erwin Wurm , Rona Yefman), Kunsthalle Wien
2012: Dialogue with Analog (solo exhibition), Hilger Gallery, Vienna
2011: Do I Dream Or Am I Alive (solo exhibition), Kunsthaus Baselland , Muttenz;
2011: A song - a thought - a new horizon (solo exhibition), semina rerum - Galerie Irène Preiswerk, Zurich;
2011: Nives Widauer (solo exhibition), hilger contemporary, Vienna;
Rhythmic Exercises (group show: Miroslaw Balka , Michael Blum & Damir Niksic, BOOT_AUDIOVISUAL, Vlasta Delimar, Harun Farocki , Lukáš Jasanský & Martin Polák, Šejla Kamerić, Szabolcs KissPál, Zdena Kolečková, Jiří Kovanda , Michal Moravčík, Slaven Tolj , Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Nives Widauer)
2011: The world - as it is (group exhibition with: Maria Bußmann, Elisabeth Homar, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Paul Kranzler, Andreas Leikauf, Renata Poljak, Massimo Vitali, Nives Widauer, Rainer Wölzl), hilger contemporary, Vienna;
2011: space. The art and a dream (group exhibition), Kunsthalle Wien
2011: In Between. Austria Contemporary (group exhibition), Gasometer, Triesen & Stadtmuseum, St. Pölten
2010: Damaranka (group exhibition), MAK , Vienna; It's not easy being green (group exhibition), kunsthaus muerz, Mürzzuschlag; gray light - light gray (solo exhibition), semina rerum - Galerie Irène Preiswerk, Zurich; curated by_walter seil: Physicality in Sports and on the Job (group exhibition), Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna; Lora et ses amies (group exhibition), Sotheby's, Vienna; I animal! (You human). You animal! (Ich Mensch) , service building, Zurich; Harvest'10 , Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz; In between. Austria Contemporary , Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore, Podgorica;
2009: minor catastrophies , Hilger contemporary gallery, Vienna; Beauty of the Ugly , Kunsthalle Krems; x + , Schönthal Abbey, Langenbruck; sex rules , Apartment Draschan, Vienna; felix austria , presidential office, Hofburg , Vienna; In between. Austria Contemporary , Galerija Umjetnina, Split

Theater projects

Nacht , Kunst- und Kongresshaus KKL, Lucerne, 2011
The yellow from the sofa - 14 new mini dramas , Kabinetttheater Vienna, 2009
1313 , Gare du Nord, Basel, 2009
The possessed , Casino am Schwarzenbergplatz, Burgtheater Vienna, 2009

Film and video projects

And you've never seen anything , various museums, Vienna (with Meinhard Rauchsteiner, Helena Tulve, Wolfram Berger , Florentin Berger-Monit), 2013
Nightshade, symbioscreen , KKL Art and Congress Center, Lucerne, 2011
balanced , Zeit Haus, Autostadt Wolfsburg, 2009

Awards

Culture Prize, Alexander Clavel Foundation, 1996
Art credit , Basel, 1989

Fonts

Villa Nix, Scheidegger & Spiess , Zurich, 2019, ISBN 978-3-85881-659-7 Link
Special Cases , Hatje Cantz , Vienna, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7757-4302-0 Link
Do I Dream Or Am I Alive? , Verlag für Moderne Kunst , Nuremberg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86984-220-2
Minor Catastrophies no.1-66 (6) , Czernin Verlag , Vienna, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7076-0333-0
“Das Wienerkind (Immigrantin)”, in: Christoph Braendle (ed.), Austria is beautiful, isn't it? Immigrated from Switzerland , Czernin Verlag, Vienna, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7076-0352-1
Meteorites - what falls on us from the outside , ed., Niggli Verlag , Sulgen / Zurich, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7212-0534-3