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Balthasar Burkhard
(
Swiss
, 1944–2010)
Balthasar Burkhard
Alpen 06,
1993
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Balthasar Burkhard
Bernina,
2002
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Biography
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1944
Born on December 24th in Berne
1961 - 1964
Studies under Berne photographer Kurt Blum, Berne, Switzerland
1964
Awarded Federal Art Grant (followed by awards in 1972 and 1983), Switzerland
1965 - 1978
Close collaboration with Harald Szeemann, documenting major exhibitions and happenings internationally
1968
Begins collaboration with Berne architects Atelier 5, Berne, Switzerland
1975 - 1978
Lives in Chicago. Teaches at University of Illinois as Visiting Lecturer of Photography 1976/77, Chicago, USA
1979 - 1981
Resides in New York, New York, USA
1982
Returns to Switzerland, La Chaux-de-Fonds/Berne, Switzerland
1987
Invited as artist-in-residence by Meguro Museum of Art , Tokyo, Japan
1990 - 1992
Guest professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nîmes Nîmes, France
2000
Travels to Namibia to produce photographs and video Namib 2000 Namibia
2002
Travels to Rio Negro, Brazil
2010
Died on April 16 in Berne, Switzerland
Lived and worked in Berne, Switzerland
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Exhibitions
2014
Balthasar Burkhard - in memoriam, Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg (solo)
2013
VUES DÉN HAUT, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
Flowers & Mushrooms, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
CONCRETE - Fotografie und Architektur, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2011 - 2012
Winterwelten, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland
Die Kunst der Entschleunigung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Von Horizonten - Set 8 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 - 2010
Balthasar Burkhard: Scent of Desire, Museum im Bellpark Kriens, Switzerland (solo)
Swiss Made, Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (group)
2009
The Best of Photography – g27, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 - 2009
Reconnaissances 1969-2007, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (solo)
Museum für moderne u. zeitgenössische Kunst, Strasbourg, France (solo)
2008
Two Mountains: Balthasar Burkhard & Naoya Hatakeyama, MdM Mönchsberg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Reconnaissances 1969-2007, Musées de la ville de Strasbourg (solo)
Gustave Courbet, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
Tierisch. Wenn der Mensch auf "den Hund" kommt, Haus für Kunst Uri
animal! animal! Carte Blanche, l’Abbaye du Ronceray (Angers)
Balthasar Burkhard. Niele Toroni, Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny
2007
Spectacular City – NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Unter den Sternen. Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel. Fotografie. Franz Gertsch. Schottische Aquarelle, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf
Songlines, museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf (Suisse) (solo)
Derniers Encodages, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
Präzision und Wahnsinn. Swiss Made 1, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Balthasar Burkhard. Japan 2005. Niele Toroni. Impronte di pennello no 50 a intervalli di 30 cm, Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
2006
Villa Jelmini – the complex of respect, Kunsthalle, Berne
Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum, Berne
Balthasar Burkhard, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich (solo)
Balthasar Burkhard, Kunstraum Medici, Soleure (solo)
Trafic d’influence, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, Suisse
Nützlich-süss-museal. Das fotografierte Tier, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Höhenluft. Der Berg in der Schweizer Kunst, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo
2005
Balthasar Burkhard, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (solo)
Balthasar Burkhard, Kunstraum Medici, Solothurn (solo)
2004
Vagues 2. Hommages et digressions, Musée de Malraux, Le Havre
Wolkenbilder, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
'Balthasar Burkhard', Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Balthasar Burkhard. Omnia, Kunstmuseum, Berne (solo)
Sideshow in the Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
Balthasar Burkhard. Héliogravures 1991-2003 et travaux photographiques, Mamco, Genève (solo)
2003
'Standpunkt 1', Kirchner Museum, Davos
'Neighbourhoods', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel
Rio Negro, House of Art, CZ-Ceské Budejovice (solo)
Rio Negro, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hambourg (solo)
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (avec Not Vital) (solo)
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus (solo)
Galerie Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan (solo)
2002
Kunstraum Medici, Solothurn (solo)
'Wallflowers', Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo)
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hambourg (solo)
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (solo)
Ciudad, présenté par USM, Centro Culturale Svizzero, Milan (solo)
Kunstmuseum Thun (solo)
'Balthasar Burkhard – Voyage', Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
2001
Helmhaus Zürich (solo)
Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo)
2000
'La Arquitectura sin Sombra', Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, Spain
Désert, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
'Fernweh', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel
'Balthasar Burkhard', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium
1. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, by USM, Hambourg (solo)
Ciuddad, Kino im Kunstmuseum, Bern (solo)
Ciudad, Mamco, Genève (solo)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi (solo)
Le siècle du corps: Photographie 1900-2000, Culturgest, Lisbonne
New Natural History Exhibition, National Muséum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Biennale di Venezia 'dAPERTutto', Venice
Musée de Grenoble (solo)
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo)
1999
'Stadt', Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel (solo)
Animal, Musée Bourdelle, Paris
(les Halles) espace d'art contemporain, Porrentruy (solo)
1998
Ville, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo)
Kunsträume Zermatt (solo)
'Dijon/le Consortium, coll, tout contre l’art contemporain', Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Neue Werke, Galerie Rigassi, Berne (solo)
À l'arrêt, La mobilière, Berne (solo)
Neue Werke, Galerie Rigassi, Berne (solo)
Patrick de Brock Galerie, Knokke (solo)
On your mark!, Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève (solo)
1997
Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (solo)
Eloge de l'ombre, Musée Rath, Genève (solo)
Héliogravures, Kunstraum Kabinett, Berne (solo)
'Comme un Oiseau', Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
La Box, Bourges (solo)
1996
Museum Baviera, Zürich (avec Thomas Kovachevich) (solo)
Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Im Kunstlicht, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Condamnés à la Liberté, Espace de l’Art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Photographies, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
1995
Grand-Hornu, Hornu (solo)
Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland
Le Consortium, Dijon (avec Sophie Ristelhueber), France
Zeitgenossen, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
La collection de photographies suisses de la Banque du Gothard, Galleria Gottardo, Lugano; Galleria Matasci, Tenero; Centro d’arte contemporanea, Bellinzona
1994
Kunsthaus Zoug, Zoug
Les 7 Jours de l’Art à l’Université, Dijon, France
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (avec Franz West) (solo)
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (solo)
1993
GAS, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Catherine Maurer, Berne (solo)
1992 - 1993
L’Architecture de Herzog & de Meuron, Fribourg, Switzerland; Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
1992
Tribute to..., Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall, Switzerland
Pour un Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Photographie, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Pavillon Suisse, Exposition universelle, Sevilla, Spain
Faux mouvement, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
1991
Autrement dit, les artistes utilisent la photographie, Ancienne Caserne de la Planche, Fribourg, Switzerland
Sphinx, Galerie Pierre Bernard, Nice, France
Le Consortium collectionne, Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles (solo)
1990
Hôtel Rivet, Nîmes (solo)
1989
Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall (solo)
Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon (solo)
Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Bâle (solo)
Musée Rath, Genève (Prix BCG) (solo)
1988
Kunsthalle, Berne
1987
Galerie E. & 0. Friedrich, Berne (solo)
Espace FRAC, Dijon (solo)
1985
Volksbad, Verein Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall
1984
Balthasar Burkhard - Niele Toroni, Musée Rath, Genève (solo)
Le coin du miroir, Dijon (solo)
1983
Fotowerke, Kunsthalle, Bâle (solo)
1982
Der Arm, Galerie Toni Gerber, Berne (solo)
1980
Portraits, Centre d’art contemporain, Genève (solo)
1979
A Portfolio, Swiss Center Gallery, New York (solo)
1977
Photocanvases, Zolla Liebermann Gallery, Chicago (solo)
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Literature
2008
Balthasar Burkhard, Reconnaissances 1969-2007, Musées de la ville de Strasbourg
2005
balthasar burkhard photographer, Scalo Editions
2004
Omnia, exhibition catalogue Kunstmuseum Bern
2003
Exhibition catalogue Kirchner Museum Davos
2001
Balthasar Burkhard – Kunstmuseum Thun
Balthasar Burkhard – Helmhaus Zürich
1999
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, texte de Laurent Busine.
Laurent Busine, Balthasar Burkhard, l'écrivain public,
Balthasar Burkhard – Musée de Grenoble
"Click!", a dit l'appareil de photo. Editions Lars Müller, Baden, texte de Markus Jakob
Balthasar Burkhard, Eloge de l’ombre, Editions Lars Müller, Baden, Musée Rath, Genève
1997
Balthasar Burkhard, A l'arrêt, texte de Rainer M. Mason, Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève
1994
Balthasar Burkhard, contribution de Matthias Haldemann, Kunsthaus, Zoug
Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Editions Lars Müller, Baden
1993
Balthasar Burkhard - Laurent Busine, Editions Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles
1991
Hélix Aspersa, Imschoot Ed., Gent
1988
Balthasar Burkhard - Kunsthalle de Berne, contributions de Ulrich Loock et René Denizot; Kunsthalle, Saint-Gall, Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, Kunsthalle, Berne
1987
Balthasar Burkhard, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
1986
Atelier 5: 26 ausgewählte Werke, fotografiert von Balthasar Burkhard, Ammann Verlag, Zürich
1984
Balthasar Burkhard - Niele Toroni, contributions de Balthasar Burkhard, Niele Toroni et Hendel Teicher, Musée Rath, Genève
1983
Exposition Balthasar Burkhard, contributions de Rémy Zaugg et Jean-Christophe Ammann, Kunsthalle, Bâle
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