Stefan Haenni

Stefan Haenni

Stefan Haenni (born August 4, 1958 in Thun ) is a Swiss painter and writer .

Life

Haenni attended the School of Design in Bern and studied art history, psychology and education at the University of Bern and the Université de Friborg . His artistic work reached its first peak in the 1980s with portrait painting . This is how u. a. Portraits of the writers Nagib Machfus , Christoph Geiser and Walter Vogt , the historian Edgar Bonjour , the artist Meret Oppenheim and the Bern rock band Züri West .

Haenni found the central theme of modern oriental studies after a trip to Egypt in 1990. This resulted in extensive groups of works such as the pictures of the West-Eastern Divan by Goethe , the series of moons Arabe and Lawrence of Arabia - the new pictures for the old film . Stefan Haenni lives in Thun today .

Artistic creation

Works by Stefan Haenni can be found in the collection of the Thun Art Museum , the Steffisburg Art Collection , the Swiss Literature Archive in Bern, the State Archive of the Canton of Basel-Stadt , the Berner Inselspital , UBS , the Berner Kantonalbank and numerous private collections.

Ischrin

Graphic work

Official 2011 commemorative coin "Berner Zibelemärit" of the Swiss National Bank , ( Swissmint ). Bimetal, nominal value CHF 10.-; Graphic sheet (litho) 1991 for the Kunstgesellschaft Thun; Graphic sheet (litho) 1995 for the Basel stock exchange; Graphic sheet (mixed media) 2015 for the Thun Cadets; Book illustrations (pen drawings) "Strättligen", Louis Hänni; Pin (1994) "Three Angels" for Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern; 1996, mural else wall - other country, Bern.

Exhibitions (selection)

Orient and Occident

• 1984: Stefan Haenni, Spiral Staircase Gallery, Schadau Castle , Thun
• 1985: Young Bernese Oberland artists, Chamber of Commerce of the Bernese Oberland, Interlaken
• 1986: Three young artists: Stefan Haenni, Roland Berger, Theo Schneiter, Galerie am Kreis, Bern
• 1988: Milk project, Intermilch, Ostermundigen
• 1988: Vernissage without pictures, Galerie am Kreis, Bern
• 1989: Pictures from the vernissage, Galerie am Kreis, Bern
• 1989: People and Portraits, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art , New York
• 1990: Project Cross Section, Moscow Cinema Museum
• 1991: Cross-section project, Freiraum Helmkestrasse, Hanover
• 1991: Cross-section - the graphic portfolio, Weisser Saal, Kunstmuseum Bern
• 1992: Cross section is dead - long live the cross section, Art Museum Thun
• 1994: Barocklahoma, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 1995: Images of men - women ( Sylvie Fleury , Urs Stooss, David Hockney , Robert Mapplethorpe , Stefan Haenni), Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 1996: Art 96, International Art Fair, Zurich
• 1997: New pictures from Egypt, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 1997: In the beginning there was the picture - gone crazy, Kunstmuseum Olten
• 1997: Art 97, International Art Fair, Zurich
• 1999: Konnex Kairo, Jean Crotti , Maurice K. Grünig, Eva Haas, Stefan Haenni, Christian Helmle, Pierre Keller, Jean-Luc Manz, Claude Sandoz, Not Vital , Kunstmuseum Thun
• 1999: The promised Rosegarden, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2004: Lawrence of Arabia, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2006: From sneezing to the pyramids , Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2008: Orient and Occident, Villa Schüpbach, Steffisburg Art Collection
• 2010: Stefan Haenni - best of, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2013: A bed of roses, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2013: Dazzling, New Pictures and Tondos, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2015: United Colors, Jim Avignon , Stefan Haenni, Ottmar Hörl , Wolfram Scheffel, Teruko Yokoi , Shirana Shahbazi , Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern
• 2018: Printemps oriental, Galerie Hodler, Thun

Artist group " Project Cross Section "

Stefan Haenni is a founding member of the Swiss artist group "Project Cross Section", which also included Franziska M. Beck, Peter Wüthrich, Dominik Stauch, Lorenz Spring , Daniel Hausig , Edy Fink and Erich Oetteli. The group existed from 1989 to 1992. During this time they developed a lively European exhibition activity:

• 1989, steam center Bern
• 1990, Moscow Cinema Museum, Thun Culture Train Station, Chrämerhus Langenthal Gallery
• 1991, Freiraum Helmkestrasse Hannover, Weisser Saal Kunstmuseum Bern , Kunsthalle Erfurt
• 1992, Art Museum Thun

Detective novels

• Fool's death. Feller's first case . Gmeiner-Verlag , Messkirch 2009, ISBN 978-3-89977-799-4 .
• Brahmsrösi. Feller's second case . Gmeiner, Messkirch 2010, ISBN 978-3-8392-1036-9 .
• Pile of broken glass. Feller's third case . Gmeiner, Messkirch 2011, ISBN 978-3-8392-1193-9 .
• Bernese bear dung. Feller's fourth case . Gmeiner, Messkirch 2019, ISBN 978-3-8392-2484-7 .
• Tellspiel sacrifice. Feller's fifth case . Gmeiner, Messkirch 2020, ISBN 978-3-8392-2594-3 .

Short stories

• Help . 2011. In: Ott, P. (ed.): Zurich, exit Mord. Gmeiner-Verlag , ISBN 978-3-8392-1137-3 .
• Fondue finale . 2014. In: Pütz, T. (Ed.): Stollen, Schnee and Sensemann. Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-51609-6 .
• In the floating coffin . 2015. In: Modick, E. (Ed.): Türchen, Tod und Tannenbaum. Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-51815-1 .
• Death in Gstaad . 2016. In: Spanier, I. (Ed.): Cookies, Punsch and Psychokiller. Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-51962-2 .
• The field green Santa Claus . 2018. In: Frank, G. (Ed.): Makronen, Mistel, Meuchelmord. Knaur, ISBN 978-3-426-52355-1 .

literature

• Swiss Institute for Art Research (Ed.): Artist directory of Switzerland 1980–1990. Huber, Frauenfeld 1991.
• Swiss Institute for Art Research (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Zurich 1998, Volume 1.
• Steffan Biffiger : Stefan Haenni: Orient and Occident - With catalog raisonné of painting 1978 to 2008. ArchivArte, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-9522302-5-1 .
• Christoph Geiser: Stefan Haenni: The Egypt cycle. Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern 1998.
• Andreas Langenbacher: Dromedary and heretic king. In: Stefan Haenni: Kunstmuseum Thun, September 24 to November 1, 1992. Kunstmuseum Thun , Thun 1992.
• Hans Christoph von Tavel: Stefan Haenni: Barocklahoma. Exhibition catalog, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern 1994.

Web links

Commons : Stefan Haenni  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Stefan Haenni in the catalog of the German National Library
• Steffan Biffiger: Haenni, Stefan. In: Sikart
• Stefan Haenni on artnet
• Materials by and about Stefan Haenni in the documenta archive
• Short film: crime writer Stefan Haenni