MARKUS WETZEL
Born in Zurich, Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1998-2000 Member of the curator team at the Kleines Helmhaus (public exhibition center) in Zurich
1991-95 Fine Arts studies at Hochschule for Gestaltung und Kunst HFGK in Zurich
Cooperation with various architects in Switzerland
1986-91 Artprojects in Northern Norway
1985-86 Preparatory art studies at Hochschule for Gestaltung und Kunst HFGK in Zurich
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 I would like to see the Wolf as an Island, Stux gallery, New York
2006 secretly, I would like to see the island as a wolf, Gallery Hilger, Vienna
2005 Three, Four Works..., Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Nicholson gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Doncevansaanen gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
2001 wildbrook, Kunsthof, Zurich, Inc. with U. Hartmann
1999 CargoBar, Basel, Switzerland, inc. with U. Hartmann
an island, City gallery, Berne, Switzerland
1997 Projekt Feuerwehrzentrum (fire station art project), Schaffhausen (realized)
Manor Kunstpreis 1996, Museum zu Allerheiligen (public art museum)
1996 Sept. 11 - Oct. 9, 1996, Kunsthof, Zurich, inc. with U. Hartmann
6 1/2 weeks, Kombirama (exhibition space), Zurich, inc. with U. Hartmann
1995 Mural in public area of the subway station "Schaffhauserplatz", Zurich
1994 Bohrung, ... ev Bilder, drillingaction and exhibition, Projektraum Hohlstrasse, Zurich
1993 …ev. Bilder, Bohraktion und Ausstellung, VEBIKUS, Schaffhausen
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Volume, 3rd WARD, Williamsburg, NY
Matter of generation, Musee Contemporaine de Lyon, France, curator: Michel Ritter
2006 I’ll be me if you will be me; Stongskär island, Sweden
Studio visit, EXITART, New York
2005 Hof in Halle, curatorial project; premier of sweet wildbrook, Kunsthalle, Zurich
TRANSFORMER, (secret subway), Akiyoshidai, Japan
Leftside Boar Yabeyo Shopping Yuan Yuon Yuyayuyon, (the wall), Akiyoshidai, Japa ART UNLIMITED, Art Basel, Ernst Hilger gallery, Vienna
three, four works, stux gallery, New York
2004 exex project space, St. Gallen, Switzerland
subway station, Gwang Ju Biennial, Korea
Project Room, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Nicholson gallery, San Francisco, CA
EXITBiennial, EXIT ART, New York, NY
URBAN DIARIES: Young Swiss Art, Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain, inc. with M. Weiss
2002 Lorbeer-Extrakt, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Living in motion, wildbrook, Vitra Designmuseum, Weil am Rhein, inc. with U. Hartmann
2001 Lovezone, m&m, H0rlimannareal, inc. with M. Weiss
Zurich urban diary Bob van Orsouw gallery, Inc. with M. Weiss
eia popeia eironeia, Haus for Kunst (art museum), Uri, Switzerland
Larger than life, Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow city gallery, Cracow, Poland, curator: Beate Engel
2000 Powersources, FriArt, Fribourg, Switzerland, curator: Harm Lux
architectura biennale Venice, Italy (catalog), curator: Harm Lux
Utopie, city gallery BBblingen, Germany (catalog), curator: Eva Froitzheim
m&m Projekt, Kreuzlingen high-school, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, inc. with M. Weiss
m&m, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland, Inc. with M. Weiss, curator: Dorothea Strauss
on the spot, city gallery and kiosk, Berne, curators: Beate Engel, Katrien Reist
Version_2000 (catalog), Geneva, Switzerland, curator: Simon Lamunibre
wrong time/wrong place, Kaskadenkondensator (dynamic art space), Basel
1999 mondo immaginario, Shedhalle (exhibition hall), Zurich
Firmenessen, inc. with M. Weiss
Insel (Island), Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
1998 Aperobar, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
Hollentor, freie Sicht auts Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus, Zurich, inc. with Ch. Schreiber
Morphing 2, KLINIK (former exhibition center), Zurich
"Cafe Cinema\', Morphing 3, KLINIK, inc. with U. Hartmann
1997 Nebelmeer, Galerie HOTEL, Zurich, Inc. with Ch. Schreiber
1996 Dark Matter, exterior mural, Field (exhibition space), Zypressenstrasse 71, Zurich
Zona Cesarini, Kulturzentrum Kammgarn (cultural center), Schaffhausen
Centre PasquART, Schweizer Kunstklassen (featured Swiss artists), Biel, Switzerland
1995 dipl., Diploma production, Schollerareal (former cultural center), SBK, Zurich
1994 Eine Klasse fur sich, Kunsthof (open-air art space)
PROJECT SERIES "KUNST AM BAU" (APPLIED ART IN ARCHITECTURE)
2003 Swisscard, Zurich
2002 Federal Arts Competition, Basel
2001-2003 Unterageri school, Unterageri, Switzerland, witht M. Weiss
2001 Wildbrook, Zurich, living project, with U. Hartmann
2000 m&m Projekt, Kreuzlingen high-school, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, with M. Weiss
1997-1998 Feuerwehrzentrum (fire station art project), Schaffhausen
1993 Feldnausch. Roter Kubus. Zurich
HONORS AND AWARDS
2003 Federal Arts Competition, Basel
ISCP studio, New York, U.S.A., sponsored by the City/Canton Schaffhausen
2002 Federal Grant of Arts of Switzerland
Grant by the City of Zurich
2000 Grant by the City of Zurich, incl. lease of art studio in New York, U.S.A.
1999 Grant by the City of Zurich
1997 Grant by the City of Zurich, incl. lease of art studio in Paris, France
1994 Competition, institute for social and preventative medicine, Zurich University (1st prize award)
1993 Rot 0. T 93, Competition by the Feldpausch fashion boutique (1st prize award, realized)
COLLECTIONS/ARCHIVES
2002 Purchase by the SwissFederal Art Collection (Embassy in Washington)
2001 Purchase by the Canton of Schaffhausen (Inselpanorama)
Purchase by the Canton of Schaffhausen (Inselpanorama)
Purchases by the City of Zurich, Helmhaus collection, curators: P. Fischli, Ch. Schenker
2000 Purchase by the City of Zurich (Reling)
1999 Purchase by the City of Zurich (Inselarbeit 1)
1996 Manor Kunstpreis, Schaffhausen
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