Born in Grabs in the Swiss Rhine Valley, 1962
1982-86 studies of commercial art, illustration and photography at the Institute of Applied Arts in Vienna
1986-88 studies of audio visual communications (video) at the School of Design in Basel, Professor René Pulfer since 1986 Freestyle video/audio works and installations
1987-94 Freelancer as a graphic computer operator in different industrial video studios
1988-94 Member of the music band Les Reines Prochaines, concerts, performances and LPs/CDs
2002-03 Visiting professor at UCLA, Los Angeles
Lives and works in Zurich and in the mountains of Switzerland
Her favorite number is 54
Solo Exhibitions
(selected)
2009
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, ‘Pipilotti Rist’, Rotterdam/NL
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/CH
2008
MOMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)’, New York NY
MIMOCA Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘YuYu’, Marugame/JP
FACT Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, ‘Pipilotti Rist’, Liverpool/UK
2007
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Karakara’, Tokyo/JP
Sue Crockford Gallery, ‘Pipilotti Rist – I don’t want to fall in love’, Auckland/NZ
Centre Pompidou, ‘À la belle étoile’, Paris/FR
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, ‘Gravity, Be My Friend’, Stockholm/SE
2006
Contemporary Arts Museum, ‘Wishing for Synchronicity: Works by Pipilotti Rist’, Houston TX
2005
Centraal Museum, ‘Expecting’, Utrecht/NL
MUSAC Museo de arte contemporaneo de Castilla y León, ‘Pröblemäs büenös. 4 obras de Pipilotti Rist y amigäs’, León/ES
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Löndön’, London/UK
Stadtlounge St. Gallen, permanent installation in public space with Carlos Martinez, Schweizer Verband Raiffeisenbanken, St. Gallen/CH
AROS New Aarhus Kunstmuseum, ‘One of the 9 rooms’, Aarhus/DK
Venice Biennial 2005, 51st International Art Exhibition, Contribution of Swiss Federal Office of Culture BAK, San Stae Church, Venice/IT
2004
OPA Oficina para Proyectos de Arte A.C., ‘Con algo hay que empezar’, Guadalajara/MX
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Herbstzeitlose’, New York NY
Centre of Contemporary Art – Zamek Ujazdowski Warszawa, Warsaw/PL
SF MOMA Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Stir Heart, Rinse Heart’, San Francisco CA
2003
KIASMA Museum for Contemporary Art, Kontti Gallery 80m2, ‘Related Legs’, Helsinki/FI
2002
Shiseido Foundation, ‘The Cake is in Flames’, Tokyo/JP
2001
Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, ‘Apricots Along the Streets’, Madrid/ES
PADT, ‘The 4th Wall Musical Theater’, London/UK
Centraal Museum, ‘Pipilotti Rist 54’, Utrecht/NL
Tramway, ‘Show a Leg’, Glasgow/UK
The Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Scopophilia. The Pleasure in Looking’, Cincinnati OH
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Pipirotti List’, Zurich/CH
2000
CCA Kitakyushu, ‘Super Subjective’, Kitakyushu/JP
Oboro, ‘Pipilotti Rist – les monobandes vidéo’, Montréal/CA
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal/CA
Public Art Fund, Times Square ‘Open My Glade’, New York NY
Luhring Augustine, New York NY
De Vleeshal, ‘Grossmut begatte mich’, Middleburgh/NL
1999
Museum Ludwig, ‘Wolfgang Hahn Preis’, Cologne/DE
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ‘Remake of the Weekend’, Paris/FR
Pitti Immagine– Projectroom, Florence/IT
Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto/PT
Kunsthalle Zürich, ‘Remake of the Weekend à la zurichoise’, Zurich/CH
1998
‘Site Santa Fe’, Santa Fe NM
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford OH
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Remake of the Weekend (auf österreichisch)’, Vienna/AT
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Museum für Gegenwart, ‘Remake of the Weekend in Berlin’, Berlin/DE
1997
Stedelijk Museum Het Domeijn Sittard, ‘The Social Life of Roses. Or Why I’m Never Sad’, with Samir, Sittard/NL
Museum Villa Stuck München, ‘The Social Life of Roses. Or Why I’m Never Sad’, with Samir, Munich/DE
1996
Kunstmuseum Solothurn, ‘The Social Life of Roses. Or Why I’m Never Sad’, with Samir, Solothurn/CH
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘The Social Life of Roses. Or Why I‘m Never Sad’, with Samir, Baden-Baden/DE
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago IL
Centre d’Art Contemporain, ‘Shooting Divas’, Geneva/CH
Chisenhale Gallery, ‘Slept In, Had A Bath, Highly Motivated’, London/UK
1995
Galerie Akinci, ‘De kop van de kat is jarig en zijn pootjes vieren feest’, Amsterdam/NL
Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin/DE
Kunstverein in Hamburg, ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much – Ausgeschlafen, frisch gebadet und hochmotiviert’, Hamburg/DE
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne/CH
Neue Galerie Graz, ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much – Ausgeschlafen, frisch gebadet und hochmotiviert’, Graz/AT
1994
Musée d’art et d’histoire Genève, ’5 installations vidéo’, Geneva/CH
Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, ‘I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much – Ausgeschlafen, frisch gebadet und hochmotiviert’, St.Gallen/CH
22. Internationale Biennale di Sao Paulo, (Schweizerpavillon with Hannah Villiger und Herzog/DeMeuron), Sao Paulo/BR
Galerie Stampa, ‘Yoghurt on Skin – Velvet on T.V.’, ART Basel, Basel/CH
1993
Galerie Stampa, ‘Schwester des Stroms’, Basel/CH
1992
Galerie Walcheturm, ‘Nett, dass Du mich begleitest durch die Kanalisation’, Zurich/CH
1989
Kunsthalle St.Gallen, ‘Die Tempodrosslerin saust’, with Muda Mathis, St.Gallen/CH
1985
Kupferdruckwerkstatt Bregenz, ‘Über & unter Wasser’, with Ralph Pröll, Bregenz/AT
1984
Galeria Prottore / Stauraum, ‘Bank für Mond & Scheine’, Vienna/AT
Group Exhibitions
(selected)
2008
Public screen Mosenergo (Moscow Electricity Company) building, ‘Moscow Plasma Project for the Garage, Center for Contemporary Culture’, Moscow/RU
Musée d’Art Contemporain, ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Art et Rock and Roll depuis 1967’, Montréal/CA
Kunsthaus Mürz, ‘Glanz und Verderben’, Mürzzuschlag/AT
Julia Stoschek Collection, ‘Number Two: Fragile’, Düsseldorf/DE
CCA Center for Contemporary Art, ‘VideoZone4 – The Fourth International Video Art Biennial in Israel’, Tel Aviv/IL
Musée Fabre, ‘Vidéo, un art, une histoire 1965-2007’, Montpellier/FR
Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, ‘Body Berserk’, Odense/DK
OK Offenes Kulturhaus Linz & Linz 2009 Kulturhauptstadt Europas, ‘Höhenrausch – Kunst auf Linzer Dächern’, Linz/AT
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, ‘Blickmaschinen’, Siegen/DE [travelling to: Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest/HU]
Radialsystem, ‘Feminismus in Pop Musik Kunst Film Heute’, Berlin/DE
WBC World Class Boxing Miami, ‘In Repose’, Miami FL
Telic Arts Exchange, ‘Gravity Art’, Los Angeles CA
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, ‘I can’t just slice off an ear every day – Deconstructions of the Myth of the Artist’, Berlin/DE
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Ladies Only!’, St. Gallen/CH
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Megascreen Piazza Duomo, ‘Tarantula’, Milan/IT
Institut d’art contemporain, ‘Ambition d’art bis’, Villeurbanne/FR
Horticulture Society of New York/UBS Gallery, ‘Implant’, New York NY
Seoul Museum of Art, ‘Media_city Seoul Archive’, Seoul/KP
Institute of Contemporary Art Newtown, ‘Biennale of Sydney. The Most Meaningful Art of our Time (What Goes Around Comes Around) ‘, Newtown (Sydney)/AU
Hafriyat Karakoy, ‘Urban Jealousy – 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran’, Istanbul/TR
49th October Salon, ‘Artist-Citizen. Contexutal Art Practices’, Belgrade/RS
CCP Centre for Contemporary Photography, ‘One of Us Cannot Be Wrong’, Fitzroy/AU
Kunstmuseum Luzern, ‘Schweizer Videokunst der 70er und 80er Jahre. Eine Rekonstruktion’, Lucerne/CH
Museum Kunst Palast, ‘Zerbrechliche Schönheit. Glas im Blick der Kunst von Rubens bis Richter’, Düsseldorf/DE
Museo Cantonale d’Arte & Museo d’Arte Moderna, ‘Enigma Helvetica’, Lugano/CH
Art Centre Hå Gamle Prestegård, ‘On the edge’, Stavanger/NO
Kunsthaus Kunst Meran, ‘Vote for Women’, Merano/IT
Pinakothek der Moderne, ‘Female Trouble’, Munich/DE
MUCA Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, ‘Implications of the Image’, Mexico City/MX
Castello di Rivoli, ‘A Room On One’s Own’, Turin/IT
Art Gallery of Windsor, ‘Hysteria and the Body’, Windsor, Ontario/CA (travelled to Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa/CA & Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan/CA)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, ‘Paul Klee – Theatre here, there and everywhere’, Brussels/BE
La Fundación/Colección Jumex, ‘Schweiz über alles’, Ecatepec, Edo. de México/MX
Palazzo Pubblico, Magazzini del Sale, ‘Wandering in Contemporary Video Art’, Siena/IT
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Other than Yourself. An Investigation Between Inner and Outer Space’, Vienna/AT
Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, ‘Tiefenrausch. Museum der Unterwelt’, Linz/AT
Centre Torrente Ballester, ‘I love you’, Ferrol/ES
Kunstmuseum Luzern, ‘Blasted Allegories’, Lucerne/CH
2007
Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, ‘Une question de génération’, Lyon/FR
Museum Gouda, ‘Gouda bij Kunstlicht/The Waste of Daylight’, Gouda/NL
The RISD Museum, ‘Videos in progress’, Providence, RI
Kunstmuseum Bonn, ‘Gehen Bleiben’, Bonn/DE
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Portraits’, New York NY
MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Léon, ‘Existencias’, León/ES
Santralistambul Contemporary Art Museum, ‘An Interpersonal Journey’, Istanbul/TR
Centre PasquArt, ‘Surréalités – Aspekte des Surrealen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst’, Biel/CH
MIT List Visual Arts Center, ‘Sounding the subject’, Cambrigde MA
Instanbul Museum of Modern Art, ‘Time present Time past – 20 years of the Instanbul Biennale’, Instanbul/TR
Galeria Vermelho, ‘Comunismo da Forma’, São Paulo/BR
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Still Life & Kicking – A Collaboration with Vogue’, New York NY
Paul Klee Zentrum, ‘Paul Klee – Überall Theater’, Berne/CH
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ‘Swiss Made II – Präzision und Wahnsinn. Positionen der Schweizer Kunst von Hodler bis Hirschhorn’, Wolfsburg/DE
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Scenes and Traces – From the collection design, photography and video’, Amsterdam/NL
Château de Nyon, ‘Les rêves du château’, Nyon/CH
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ‘Upon an Ether Sea: Water and Ship Imagery from the MCA Collection’, Chicago IL
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, ‘The Shape of Spaces’, New York NY
Brooklyn Museum/Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, ‘Global Feminism’, New York NY
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Still Life & Kicking’, New York NY
MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, ‘Into Me/Out of Me’, Rome/IT
2nd Moskau Biennale, Moscow/RU
Galerie Stampa, ‘Videokunst’, Basel/CH
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll since 1967’, Chicago IL
Kunstforum Wien, ‘Eros in der Kunst der Moderne’, Vienna/AT
GC. AC – Galleria comunale d’arte contemporanea, ‘Voices from the Moon: A Tribute to Federico Fellini’, Monfalcone/IT (travelled to: MAN Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro/IT)
Städtische Galerie Rastatt, ‘x mal ICH’, Rastatt/DE
2006
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies/Hessel Museum of Art, ‘Wrestle’, New York NY
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Into Me/Out of Me’, Berlin/DE
Fondation Beyeler, ‘Eros in der Kunst der Moderne’, Basel/CH
International Media Art Biennale, ‘Dual Realities’, Seoul/KR
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Jenseits des Kinos: Die Kunst der Projektion’, Berlin/DE
MOMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Out of time – Contemporary Art from the collection’, New York NY
Migros Museum, ‘It’s Time for Action (There is no option) About feminism’, Zurich/CH
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, ‘Mapping Switzerland 2’, Pfaeffikon/CH
MUDAM, Museé d’art Grand-Duc Jean, ‘Eldorado’, Luxembourg/LU
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘Into Me / Out of me’, New York NY
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘The Expanded Eye’, Zurich/CH
Sonambiente, Festival für Hören und Sehen, with Gudrun Gut, Berlin/DE
Landesmuseum Zürich, ‘Preview – Streifzug durch die Schweiz im 20. Jahrhundert’, Zurich/CH
Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sip my Ocean’, Humblebæck/DK
KUMU Art Museum of Estonia, ‘SHIFTscale’, Tallinn/EE
Shimane Art Museum, ‘Der Berg in der Schweizer Kunst’, Shimane/JP
2005
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, ‘Joy, ‘ Luxembourg/LU
Stichting De Appel, ‘The Gravity in Art’, Amsterdam/NL
Museum Bellerive, ‘Friedhof-Design’, Zurich/CH
Matsumoto City Museum of Art, ‘Der Berg in der Schweizer Kunst’, Matsumoto/JP
Bifrons Foundation, Art Cologne and Museum Ludwig, ‘Loud & Clear & TOO’, Cologne/DE
Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, ‘Guardami. Percezione del video’, Siena/IT
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Truss Thrust: The Artifice of Space’, Denver CO
MOCA at The Geffen Contemporary, ‘Ecstasy: In and out of Altered States’, Los Angeles CA
Van Abbemuseum, ‘EindhovenIstanbul’, Eindhoven/NL
Barbican Centre, ‘Colour after Klein’, London/UK
ARoS Aarhus New Kunstmuseum, ‘Fairy Tales Forever’, Aarhus/DK
National Museum of Art, ‘Kiss the Frog! The Art of Transformation’, Oslo/NO
Weltausstellung Schweizer Pavillon, ‘Der Berg’, Aichi/JP
Fotomuseum Winterthur, ‘Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der Welt’, Winterthur/CH
Fondation Beyeler, ‘Blumenmythos – van Gogh bis Jeff Koons’, Riehen/CH
Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, ‘Yoko Ono – Horizontal Memories. Water Event 2005’, Oslo/NO
2004
Genova Palazzo Ducale, ‘Arti & Architettura’, Genoa/IT
The Dakis Joannou Collection, ‘Monument to Now’, Athens/GR
Galleri Faurschou, ‘Making Visible’, Kopenhagen/DK
Centro Internazionale di Palazzo Te, ‘Bambini nel tempo’, Mantova/IT
Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, ‘The New Kunsthalle III, real – materiell – virtuell’, Mannheim/DE
Serpentine Gallery, ‘State of Play’, London/UK
Centraal Museum, ‘Fish Video’, Utrecht/NL
Platform Garantie Contemporary Art Center, ‘Lastwinterspringnevercame’, Istanbul/TR
Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, ‘Swiss Videolobby’, Vilnius/LT
New Museum New York, ‘A Contemporary Anthology’, New York NY
Fries Museum Leeuwarden, ‘Die Wohltat der Kunst. Postfeministische Positionen in der Sammlung Goetz’, Leeuwarden/NL
21st Century Museum of Centemporary Art, Opening Show, Kanazawa/JP
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Flick Collection’, Berlin/DE
Lofoten International Art Festival, ‘Next Stop’, Lofoten/NO
The Art Museum of Reykjavik, ‘Loud & Clear’, Reykjavik/IS
The Chinese European Art Center, ‘Loud & Clear’, Xiamen/CN
2003
Kulturhuset Stockholm, ‘Rhythm is a dancer’, Stockholm/SE
10e Biennale de l’image en mouvement, ‘Swiss Art Video Lobby’, Geneva/CH
Viper Basel 2003, ‘Ready Made Custom Made’, Basel/CH
Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, ‘... lautloses Irren, ways of worldmaking too … ‘, Berlin/DE
Steirischer Herbst, Cadavre Exquis Videotruck, Graz/AT
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, ‘Moving Pictures. Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections’, Bilbao/ES
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, ‘Spiritus’, Dublin/UK
Kunstmuseum Bergen, ‘Just Love Me. Postfeministic Art of the Goetz Collection’, Bergen/NO
Sprengelmuseum Hannover, ‘Nice and Easy’, Hanover/DE
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, ‘Loud & Clear’, Amsterdam/NL
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘Fast – Forward. Media Art aus der Sammlung Goetz’, Karlsruhe/DE
National Museum of Modern Art, ‘Brightness’, Dubrovnik/HR
The 5th Women’s Film Festival, Seoul/KR
Cheekwood Museum of Art, ‘Altered Spaces’, Nashville TN
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, ‘Kids Are Us’, Trento/IT
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Striptease’, St. Gallen/CH
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ‘Extended Play’, New Plymouth/NZ
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall/Riksutställningar, ‘Spiritus’, Stockholm/SE
2002
Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, ‘Another World – Zwölf Bettgeschichten’, Lucerne/CH
Seattle Art Museum, ‘Contemporary Art Projet’, Seattle WA
Guggenheim Museum, ‘Moving Pictures’, New York NY
ZKM Karlsruhe, ‘Medienkunst im Dialog’, Karlsruhe/DE
Sammlung Goetz, ‘The Benefit of Art, Feminist Positions from the Goetz Collection’, Munich/DE
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘Video Acts’, New York NY
Paço das Artes, ‘On Intimacy’, Sao Paulo/BR
Museo de Arte Buenos Aires, ‘Media Skulptur’, Buenos Aires/AR
Shanghai Biennale, ‘Urban Creation’, Shanghai/CN
Gemeentemuseum Helmond, ‘Thin Skin’, Helmond/NL
Pinakothek der Moderne, ‘Raum-Bilder’, Munich/DE
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Public Affairs’, Zurich/CH
Museum of Modern Art MOMA, ‘Tempo’, New York NY
Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, ‘The House Of Fiction’, St. Gallen/CH
Fundacion la Caixa, ‘Friccions’, Girona/ES
Fondation Beyeler, ‘Claude Monet und die Abstraktion’, Basel/CH
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, ‘Through Women’s Eyes’, Taipei/TW
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Manor Kunstpreis’, St. Gallen/CH
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ’10 Jahre Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich/CH
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Outer and Inner Space’, Richmond VA
2001
The Museum of Modern Art, ‘Collaborations with Parkett 1984 to Now’, New York NY
Institut d’art contemporain, ‘Les Subsistances, Sculpture contemporaine’, Lyon/FR
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, ‘Necessity of relationship’, Trento/IT
TN Probe Gallery, ‘Rumor City’, Tokyo/JP
MAMCO, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, ’9e Biennale de l’image en mouvement’, Geneva/CH
Castello di Rivoli, ‘Form Follows Fiction’, Turin/IT
KIASMA Museum for Contemporary Art, ‘ARS 01’, Helsinki/FI
Borusan Artis and Culture Center, ‘Metropolis Now’, Istanbul/TR
Lunds Konsthall, ‘Sur Face’, Lund/SE
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Televisions – Kunst sieht fern’, Vienna/AT
Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘The Gift. Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality’, Siena/IT
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, ‘Ohne Zögern – Without Hesitation’, Bremen/DE
Museum Boijmans van Beunigen, ‘Jheronimus Bosch’, Rotterdam/NL
Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’Art Contemporain, ‘Confidences’, Luxembourg/LU
Pacifico Yokohama, ‘Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art’, Yokohama/JP
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Art/Music: Rock, Pop, Punk, Techno’, Sydney/AS
LA Moca, ‘A Room Of Their Own: from Arbus to Gober’, Los Angeles CA
2000
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Dada Revival(s) ‘, Zurich/CH
Contemporary Museum, ‘Snapshot’, Baltimore MD
Helmhaus Zürich, ‘Aus der Sammlung der Stadt Zürich’, Zurich/CH
Museum of Modern Art, ‘MOMA 2000, Open Ends’, New York NY
National Gallery, ‘Onufri 2000’, Tirana/AL
Landesmuseum Joanneum, ‘
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘Warm Up 2000, Volume: Bed of Sound’, New York NY
Media_city 2000, ‘City vision: Electronic Billboard Project’, Seoul/KR
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Vision And Reality’, Humlebæk/DK
Location One, LIFE, ‘After the Squirrel’, New York NY
Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, ‘The Oldest Possible Memory’, St. Gallen/CH
Kunstverein München, ‘Die verletzte Diva. Hysterie, Körper, Technik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts’, Munich/DE
The Saint Louis Art Museum, ‘Wonderland’, Saint-Louis MO
12th Biennale of Sydney, ‘Agents of Change’, Sydney/AS
Landesgartenschau Singen, mit Grill 5, ‘Käthe Walser, Annemarie Bucher, Eva Keller, Caroline Schmidt’, Singen/DE
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, ‘Exorcism / Aesthetic / Terrorism’, Rotterdam/NL
Los Angeles County Museum, ‘New Sitings’, Los Angeles CA
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Hypermental’, Zurich/CH
Museum für Moderne Kunst, ‘Zeitwenden-Rückblick und Ausblick’, Vienna/AT
EV+A , ‘Friends & Neighbours’, Limerick/IE
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Over the Edges’, Ghent/NL
1999
Ludwig Muzeum Budapest, ‘Contemporary Swiss Art’, Budapest/HU
Centraal Museum, Opening show, Utrecht/NL
Neue Nationalgalerie, ‘Das XX. Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland’, Berlin/DE
Palazzo delle Papesse, ‘Le Repubbliche dell’Arte. Schweiz.Suisse.Svizzera.Svizra’, Siena/IT
48. Biennale di Venezia, ‘dAPERTutto’, Venice/IT
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Konst, Opening show, Ghent/NL
ZKM Karlsruhe, ‘Video Cult/ures’, Karlsruhe/DE
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, ‘Beauty Now: Evolving Esthetics and Contemporary Art’, Washington DC
6th International Istanbul Biennial, ‘The Passion and the Waves’, Istanbul/TR
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Endgames. Essays zur Kunst der Jahrhundertpassagen’, St. Gallen/CH
6th Caribbean Biennial, ‘Blown Away’, St.Kitts WI
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, ‘Vision of the Body in Fashion’, Tokyo/JP
SITE Santa Fe Biennial, ‘Looking for a Place’, Santa Fe NM
National Museum for Foreign Art, ‘Locally interested’, Sofia/BG
1998
Museum Jean Tinguely, ‘Sammlung Theo und Elsa Hotz’, Basel/CH
Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, ‘Realities’, Toronto/CA
Centre Culturel Suisse, ‘Dogdays are over’, Paris/FR
Philadelphia Museum of Art, ‘Trance’, Philadelphia PA
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, ‘La coscienza luccicante. Arte nell‘età elettronica’, Rome/IT
Akademie der Künste, ‘Nonchalance Revisited. Junge Schweizer Kunst’, Berlin/DE
Sun Gok Museum, ‘Swiss Contemporary Art’, Seoul/KR
Wacoal Spiral Art Center, ‘Shoot at the Chaos’, Tokyo/JP
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘Lifestyle’, Bregenz/AT
Museum für Moderne Kunst, ‘Szenenwechsel’, Frankfurt/DE
Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Strange Days’, Sydney/AS
Guggenheim Museum Soho, ‘Hugo Boss Prize’, New York NY
Berlin Biennale, ‘Berlin/Berlin’, Berlin/DE
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer. Junge Schweizer Kunst mit Gästen und Gastmahl’, Zurich/CH
ARKIPELAG Stockholm European Capital of Culture, Seehistorisches Museum Stockholm, Stockholm/SE
1997
5th International Istanbul Biennale, ‘On Life, Beauty, Translations and other Difficulties’, Istanbul/TR
MuuTen Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Screen, surface & narrative space’, Helsinki/FI
___, ‘Do-it 1997-2001’, Independent Curators Incorporated ICI, New York NY
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, ‘Check-in!’, Basel/CH
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, ‘Time out’, Nuremberg/DE
Kwangju Biennale, ‘Unmapping the Earth’, Gwangju/KR
PS1, ‘Open October’, New York NY
4e Biennale de Lyon, ‘L‘autre’, Lyon/FR
Videoforum Art Basel, Basel/CH
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Unbeschreiblich weiblich. Bilder von Frauen und Frauenbilder von 1800 bis heute’, St. Gall/CH
47. Biennale di Venezia, ‘Future Present Past, Aperto’, Venice/IT
Guggenheim Museum Soho, ‘Rooms with a View: Environments for Video’, New York NYUS
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, ‘Epicenter Ljublijana’, Ljubljana/SI
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, ‘Some Kind of Heaven / Ein Stück vom Himmel’, Nuremberg/DE
1996
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Zwischen Hodler und Nelkenmaler’, Zurich/CH
Statens Museum for Kunst, ‘Electronic Undercurrents’, Kopenhagen/DK
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Mirades’, Barcelona/ES
Neues Museum Weimar, ‘Nach Weimar’, Weimar/DE
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘fremdKörper’, Basel/CH
Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, ‘NowHere / Get Lost’, Humlebæck/DK
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Erotika, Kabinettstücke, Kammerkunst & Ko.’, Zurich/CH
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, ‘mässig und gefrässig’, Vienna/AT
Galerie Stampa, ‘Drei Räume / Rist – Finlay – Trockel’, Basel/CH
Museum für Gestaltung, ‘Ich und Du’, Zurich/CH
Kunstraum Wien, ‘Wunderbar’, Vienna/AT
1995
Fields Zurich, ‘A Night at the Show’, Zurich/CH
Centre Pompidou, ‘Femininmasculin – Le sexe de l’art, X/Y’, Paris/FR
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Wild Walls’, Amsterdam/NL
Wiener Secession, ‘How is everything’, Vienna/AT
Cairo University, ‘Video Visions Cairo’, Cairo/EG
Oratorio di San Rocco, ‘Body Smart’, Padua/IT
Nicolaj Contemporary Art Centre, ‘I confess’, Kopenhagen/DK
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Zeichen & Wunder’, Zurich/CH
Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Beyond Switzerland’, Hong Kong/CN
1994
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ‘Use Your Allusion: Recent Video Art’, Chicago IL
Galerie Eigen+Art, ‘private mix’, cur. Olaf Nicolai & Frank Erkart, Berlin/DE
Steirischer Herbst ‘94, ’100 Umkleidekabinen. Ein ambulantes Kunstprojekt’, Graz/AT
Galerie im Taxispalais, Galerie Walcheturm, Innsbruck/AT / Zurich/CH
Kunstverein München, ‘Oh Boy, it’s a Girl! Feminismen in der Kunst’, Munich/DE
Fondazione Querini Venice, ‘Lokalzeit – Wiener Material im Spiegel des Unbehagens’, Venice/IT
Helmhaus, ‘Hauttief’, Zurich/CH
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, ‘Dialog met det andet / Dialogue with the other’, Odense/DK
Kunsthalle Fribourg, ‘Pro-Creation?’, Fribourg/CH
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Weltmoral’, Basel/CH
Villa di Giò Marconi, ‘Domestic Violence’, Milano/IT
Trevi Flash Art Museum, ‘No Audience 0.01’, Trevi/IT
Salzburger Kunstverein, ‘Suture – Phantasmen der Vollkommenheit’, Salzburg/AT
Kunsthaus Langenthal, ‘Video-Installationen – Szene Schweiz’, Langenthal/CH
1993
Museet for Samtidskunst – The National Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Transitt. New Art from Switzerland’, Oslo/NO
Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, ‘Schirm-Herrschaft Video Kunst’, Villingen-Schwenningen/DE
Biennale di Venezia, ‘Aperto’, Venice/IT
Centre d’Art Contemporain, ‘Hellbound’, Martigny/CH
Temporäre Kunsthalle München, ‘Nomad’, Munich/DE
Galerie Akinci, ‘Het Depot’, Amsterdam/NL
Kunsthaus Glarus, ‘A la recherche du temps présent’, Glarus/CH
Shedhalle, ‘CHANGING I dense cities’, Zurich/CH
1992
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Projekt Schweiz’, Basel/CH
Leonardi V-idea, ‘Frammenti Intervalli Interfacce’, Genoa/IT
Kunsthaus Oerlikon, ‘Überlebenskunst’, Zurich/CH
Kunsthalle Fribourg, ‘Une séléction de MIT HERTZ’, Fribourg/CH
Kunstmuseum Solothurn, ‘StipendiatInnen 91’, Solothurn/CH
Kunsthalle Palazzo, ‘Simone Berger, Pipilotti Rist, Francis Traunig’, Liestal/CH
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich/CH
Centro Video Arte, ‘The Metapher of Light / Poliset’, Ferrara/IT
1991
Internationales Videoartfestival Locarno, Locarno/CH/Cannobio/IT
Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, ‘MIT HERTZ’, Schaffhausen/CH
Chamer Räume Kunst an Ort, Cham/CH
1989
Viper 89, with Muda Mathis, Lucerne/CH
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, with Muda Mathis, Zurich/CH
Basel, ‘We can’t Art Bar’, with Lorenz Hersberger, Basel/CH
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Basler Künstlerinnen und Künstler’, Basel/CH
Kunsthalle St.Gallen, ‘Muda Mathis Pipilotti Rist und Les Reines Prochaines’, St. Gall/CH
1988
Sevelen Rheinzeichen, Sevelen/CH
Kunsthalle St.Gallen, ‘UMBRUCH 1978-88’, St.Gall/CH
Muba Basel, ‘Junge Schweizer Kunst’, with Muda Mathis, Basel/CH
Awards and Grants (selection)
2003 Honour professor title by Universität der Künste UdK, Berlin/DE
2001 Art award of City of Zurich/CH
1999 Wolfgang Hahn award, Museum Ludwig, Cologne/DE
1997 Premio 2000, Venice Biennale/IT
1991/1993 Art grant by the Swiss Art council
