Simon Beer

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Simon Beer, 2015

Simon Beer (born October 11, 1964 in Zurich ) is a concept artist (installation, mixed media, performance).

Life

From 1980 to 1984 Simon Beer completed an apprenticeship as a machine mechanic, after which he attended the cantonal maturity school for adults (Zurich) . From 1988 to 1992 he was an art student at the F + F School for Experimental Design in Zurich , which he completed with Gerhard Johann Lischka.

In 1990 he began exhibiting with solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, as well as installations in public spaces. The most important ones took place in the Espace d'Art Contemporain Paris (EDAC), the Kunsthalle Winterthur , in 1999 in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen and in the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach .

He received various grants, including a grant for fine arts from the city of Zurich in 1993 with a studio stay in Paris and in the same year a studio grant from the Canton of Zurich for Paris. In 1999 he received a year of work from the Steo Foundation, Küssnacht and in 2003 a year of work from the UBS Cultural Foundation. Since 2004 he has been running an agency for integrated communication and art in Zurich with the art historian Esther Maria Jungo. To this day, Simon Beer's most active period in terms of his work and reception lies in the 1990s to the early 2000s.

The artist lives and works in Zurich and Bordeaux.

Exhibitions

Museums / art halls (selection)

  • 2019 Hôtel de Ville d'Hiver, Arcachon
  • 2018 Museum Baviera Zurich
  • 2014 E-Werk, Freiburg im Breisgau / Reiss-Engelhorn Museums, Mannheim
  • 2013 Municipal Gallery Bietigheim-Bissingen (Stuttgart)
  • 2012 Center d'Art Contemporain Meymac / Helmhaus Zürich / Kunsthaus Deutschvilla, Strobl / Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
  • 2011 Malzfabrik Berlin
  • 2008 Museum Baviera Zurich
  • 2006 Museum for Applied Arts Frankfurt am Main
  • 2004 Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
  • 2002 Art Association Heidelberg
  • 1999 Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen / Museum am Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
  • 1998 Carinthia Art Association, Klagenfurt
  • 1996 FRAC Haute Normandie / Espace d'Art Contemporain, Paris / Kunsthalle Winterthur
  • 1995 Wil art gallery
  • 1994 Espace d'art contemporain, Lausanne / Helmhaus Zurich
  • 1993 Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal / Kunsthaus Glarus
  • 1992 Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1991 Shedhalle Rote Fabrik, Zurich

Working in public space (selection)

  • 2019 Château d'Arsac, Arsac (F)
  • 2018 Château de Losmonerie, Aixe-sur-Vienne / Limoges (F) / BadRagartz Sculpture Triennale, Bad Ragaz (CH)
  • 2015 Art en plein air 2015, Môtiers (CH)
  • 2012 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennal, Nigata (JP)
  • 2011 Art en plein air Môtiers
  • 2006 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennal, Nigata (JP)
  • 2004 Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
  • 2003 Art en plein air 03, Môtiers
  • 2002 World Cup 2002, Shizuoku (JP)
  • 2000 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennal, Nigata (JP)
  • 1996 Biennale de la sculpture, Vernier GE
  • 1994 In Vitro, Genève / Lav'Club, Paris / Center d'Art Contemporain Martigny

Performances (selection)

  • 2012 Adventus in Meymac - Die Reise (CH / F)
  • 2004 Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
  • 2002 Fattoria La Loggia, Montefiridolfi (I)
  • 2001 "The making of ... II", Nigata (JP)
  • 2000 "The making of ... I", Nigata (JP) / Art Fair, Frankfurt
  • 1998 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt
  • 1997 Muthesius University, Kiel
  • 1994 Maison de Prieur, Romainmôtier
  • 1993 Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Rüschlikon ZH
  • 1992 Moltkerei workshop, Cologne / Gmünder-Kunstverein, Schwäbisch Gmünd

Works (in public collections)

Aachen, Suermondt Ludwig Museum; Bern, Swiss National Library; Frankfurt am Main, Museum of Applied Art; Mönchengladbach, City Museum Abteiberg; Nigata (J), Echigo Tsumari Art Triennal, Carpe Diem II, 2000; Puteaux (F), Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (FNAC); Shizouku (J), World Cup 2002, Paradise is exactly where you are now II, 2001; Zurich, Baviera Museum; Zurich, Migros Museum for Contemporary Art.

Publications (selection)

  • Quelqu'un qui s'occupe de moi, 2019, With a text by Françoise Bousquet in French, ISBN 978-3-033-07321-0
  • Môtiers - Art en plein air Trente ans: regards et anecdotes, 2017, Pierre-André Delachaux, ISBN 978-2-88930-152-2
  • Art Place Japan, 2015, Fram Kitagawa, ISBN 978-1-61689-424-5
  • Môtiers 2015 - Art en plein air, 2015, Pierre-André Delachaux, catalog
  • ArtBox International, 2015, Contemporary Art vol. 24 / Japan, ISBN 978-4-87298-899-4
  • Grace, 2014, Isabelle von Marschall, Art Prize of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, exhibition catalog, ISBN 978-3-86828-570-3
  • From diary to weblog, 2013, Isabell Schenk-Weininger, Daily Strategies in Contemporary Art, exhibition catalog ISBN 978-3-927877-81-8
  • Adventus in Meymac, 2012, With a text by Jean-Paul Blanchet in French ISBN 978-3-033-03764-9
  • Môtiers 2011 - Art en plein air, 2011, Pierre-André Delachaux, catalog
  • Contemporary art 1960 to 2007. Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, 2007, Hannelore Kersting, inventory catalog, ISBN 978-3-924039-55-4
  • Le souvenir (catalog), Museum for Applied Arts Frankfurt, 2006, Anke Volkmer, ISBN 3-87909-892-1
  • Public Art Japan + Pratice, 2003, Mami Tanigawa, ISBN 7-5323-7197-2
  • Der Berg (catalog) 2002, Dr. Hans Gercke (Ed.), ISBN 3-933257-98-0
  • Echigo Tsumari Art Triennal (Catalog) 2000, Fram Kitagawa (Ed.), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, ISBN 4-7738-0108-5
  • Kunstforum Vol. 148 Feb./May 2000, Helga Meister
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2000, Roman Bucheli
  • Museum am Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, 1999, Hannelore Kersting, museum publication
  • Sacra conversazione, Schwabe, Basel, 1999, Simon Beer (Ed.), ISBN 2-906422-18-5 , Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
  • Kunstforum Vol. 136 Feb./May 1997, Aurel Schmidt
  • Frac Haute Normandie (Catalog) 1996, Alexandra Midal, ISBN 2-906422-18-5
  • Tages-Anzeiger Züri-Tip August 1996, Martin Kraft
  • EDAC - Paris and Kunsthalle Winterthur, (catalog) 1996, EJ Jungo, Ami Barak, Olivier Zahm, Mairie de Paris, SEMPAP No. 68523
  • Art Bulletin No. 4 1995, Betty Stocker
  • Kunsthalle Wil, 1995 (catalog), Frank Nievergelt
  • Dairy workshop, projects 1981–1994, 1995, ISBN 3-923167-14-8
  • Kunsthaus Glarus, "A la recherche du temps présent" (catalog) 1993, Gabrielle Boller, ISBN 3-7965-0957-6
  • Art Bulletin No. 4 1993, Gabrielle Boller
  • Kunsthalle Palazzo, 1993, Hedwig Graber, ISBN 3-9520079-8-6
  • ArteFactum Belgium December 1992, Gabrielle Boller
  • Performance Art Network Bern 1992, Norbert Klassen , ISBN 3-7165-0828-4
  • F + F art school (25 years) Zurich 1991, GJ Lischka Hrsg., ISBN 3-7165-0809-8
  • Artis February 1991, Gabrielle Boller
  • Kunstforum Vol. 112, March / April 1991, Thomas Wulffen
  • Tages-Anzeiger Züri-Tip Nov. 1990, Caroline Kesser

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personal data
SURNAME Beer, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss concept artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich