Bio_Christian Gonzenbach 2016

CHRISTIAN GONZENBACH
Born 1975 in Geneva.
Lives and works in Geneva.
Education
1994
1999
2005
Biology department, Science Faculty, University of Geneva
BA, Haute école d’art et design, Geneva (HEAD)
Master of Art (Fine Art), Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2016
Serut Plucs, RIBOT gallery, Milan, Italy *
Giraffe’s Chapel, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
2015
Morphosis, Gallery SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Salmigondis, Gallery Vincent Sator, Paris, France
2013
Icons Idols, Gallery SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
Appareil Reproducteur, Toshiba House, Besançon, Switzerland
A Contrario, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
2012
Occam’s Razor, Ferme-Asile, Sion, Switzerland
Yocto Yotta, Château Voltaire, Ferney Voltaire, France
2011
Oligoneoptera, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland *
Les Echelles du Levant, Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France
Holometabolic, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
Zoonomia, La Condition Publique, Roubaix, France *
2010
Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Die Wüste lebt, ProjektLinks, Bern, Switzerland
2009
Domestic Wildlife Collection, Gallery SO, London, UK
Abbatiale de Bellelay, Switzerland *
2008
Hval, La Maréchalerie, Centre d’art contemporain, Versailles, France *
La fabuleuse Hypothèse, Théâtre de l’Agora, Evry, France
Une formidable supercherie, Centre culturel St Exupéry, Reims, France
2007
Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2016
KNOCK ON WOOD, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
2015
A Posteriori, La Maréchalerie, Versailles, France
Un chasseur sachant chasser, Château de Kerjean, Finistère
Group Show, Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2014
A Posteriori, La Maréchalerie, Versailles, France *
Hunters & Gatherers, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany *
2013
Blow Flies, Photoforum Centre Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland
Gonzenbach, Jongkind, Barde, Château de Nyon, Switzerland
Bulbfiction, Centre d’art contemporain, Yverdon, Switzerland
Fire It Up!, Dienstgebäude, Zürich, Switzerland
Ulysses, Château de Tarascon, France *
Experimenta 13, Basel, Switzerland
Délices d’artistes, Alimentarium, Vevey, Switzerland *
2012
La Jeunesse est un art, Aargauerkunsthaus, Aargau, Switzerland *
Arte Video Night, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Think Art Act Science, Salt Lake City, USA
Spotlights, Essl Museum, Wien, Austria *
Lauréats Prix Reymond, Musée de Pully, Pully, Switzerland
100 sculptures animales, Musée des Années Trente, Paris, France *
2011
Think Art Act Science, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA *
Bêtes Off, La Conciergerie, Paris, France *
Nowheresville, Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Un Monde sans mesures, Palais Fesch Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio,
France *
Helvètes Vulcains, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland *
Art Môtiers 2011, Môtiers, Switzerland *
Helvetica, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, Belgium *
Think Art Act Science, Kunsthalle, Luzern, Switzerland
2010
C'est la vie! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst, Musée Maillol, Paris,
France *
Rehab, Fondation EDF, Paris, France *
Think Art Act Science, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain *
2009
Crystal Palace, Centre d’Art en l’Ile, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
I am by birth a Genevese, Vegas Gallery, London & Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
Drawing Hand, Galerie 18, Shanghai, China
Vanités, ESF, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Waoohhh!, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France *
La main qui dessinait toute seule, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Biennale de céramique contemporaine, Vallauris, France *
Parcours St Germain, Chapelle des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France *
La Grande Friche, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, France
Hold the line, Ferenbalm-Gurbu Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Bourses des Fonds Berthoud et Lissignol, Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
*a catalog has followed the exhibition Grants, Awards and Residencies
2012
2010-2012
2009
2009
2005
2004
2003
Winner Chevrolet Centennial Artwork contest
Studio at Grütli, Maison des Arts Genève
Swiss Artists in Lab grant, residency at CERN
Prize Foundation Irène Reymond
Lissignol Award, City of Geneva
Bourse d’aide à la creation, City of Geneva
Ikea Foundation grant
Arcodis grant for a residency in Cuba
2001-2003
2000
Studio at l’Usine, City of Geneva
Berthoud Award, City of Geneva
Teaching and Lectures
Since 2001
teacher at University of Art and Design (HEAD), Geneva, Switzerland
Invited speaker
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
Villa Arson, Nice, France
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, Versailles, France
SF Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
Hochschule für Geschtalltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Guelph University, Toronto, Canada
Public and Private Collections
Essl Museum, Wien, Austria
Fonds Cantonal d'art contemporain (FCAC), Geneva, Switzerland
Fonds d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC), Switzerland
mudac – musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, Belgium
Fondation de l'Abbatiale de Bellelay, Bern, Switzerland
Musée de Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland
Collection du Château de Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland
Collection Pictet & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
Collection Julius Baer, Zurich, Switzerland
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Bibliography (Selected)
2016
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Christian Gonzenbach. Serut Plucs, RIBOT gallery, Milan (monograph)
Délices d’artistes, Alimentarium, Vevey
100 sculptures animales, Musée des Années Trente, Paris
Oligoneoptera, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano (monograph)
Un Monde sans mesures, Palais Fesch, Ajaccio
Zoonomia, Condition Publique, Roubaix (monograph)
Bêtes Off, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Paris
Artistes à Genève, de 1400 à nos jours, Karine Tissot (dir.), Editions Notari
C'est la vie! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst, Musée Maillol, Paris
Rehab, Fondation EDF & Editions Gallimard, Paris
Christian Gonzenbach, Abbatiale de Bellelay (monograph)
Book of Hval, Edition de La Maréchalerie, Versailles (monograph)