 Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Painting, Video, Installation, Performance, Writer, Art theory |
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Conceptual Art |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Switzerland | 31 |
| Germany | 15 |
| Austria | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Switzerland |
3 |
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Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland |
3 |
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Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
3 |
Biography: 
1961 Born in Sursee (CH)
1975 - 1981 Collecting the music of Frank Zappa
1977 - 1984 Poems, Texts & Super-8 films
1979 - 1980 Singer in the rock band, "Food for Fools"
1982 - 1991 Studied Art History, German Language and Literature and Literary Criticism, lic. phil., University of Zurich
1987 - 1988 Strong interest in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida
1994 - 1997 Artistic and Curatorial Consultant for
Gallery Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
since 2001 Member of the Swiss Federal Art Committee
Awards 1999 Manor Kunstpreis 2000
2000 Anerkennungspreis der Stadt Luzern (CH)
Lives and works
in Cully (CH)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 69
until 18.8.
Solo shows 14
2006
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| Stefan Banz - Laugh. I nearly died - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne |
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| Laugh. I nearly died - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne |
2004
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| Stefan Banz - Study for a Painting of a Lonely Heart - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Stefan Banz - Tokyo Bites - - donzévansaanen, galerie d'art contemporain, Lausanne (closed) |
2003
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| Stefan Banz - Un coeur simple - Museum im Bellpark, Kriens |
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| "A Bottle of Blues" - - Galerie Zink - München, Munich (closed, 2010) |
2002
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| Stefan Banz - - Galerie Zink - München, Munich (closed, 2010) |
2001
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| Stefan Banz - Krethlow (former Kabinett Bern), Bern |
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| Stefan Banz - "Float like a butterly, sting like a bee" - Galerie Bob Gysin, Zurich |
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| Stefan Banz - The Muhammad Ali's - Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne |
1999
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| Stefan Banz - A Shot Away Some Flowers & Baby Bacons - 1988-1999 - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Stefan Banz - Gods + Monsters - - Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich (closed) |
1998
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| Stefan Banz - Kleine Helden (Carte Blanche) - Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
1996
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| Dive. Give the people what they want - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
Group shows 54
2012
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| Post Tenebras Lux - Eine Uebersichtsausstellung - Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich |
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| Alive has no sound - Galerie Crone, Berlin |
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| Panegyric - Forde - Espace d'art contemporain, Geneva |
2011
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| Games People Play: Round 2 - CCANW - Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Exeter (England) |
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| HÖHENRAUSCH.2 - Brücken im Himmel - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
2010
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| Press Art - Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel - Museum der Moderne - MdM Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| Edition 5 Erstfeld - Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf |
2009
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| 4. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
2008
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| Eclairages. Regards sur les collections du musée - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne |
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| 10e Triennale de sculpture contemporaine suisse en plein air - Bex Arts - Triennale de sculpture contemporaine suisse en plein air, Bex |
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| MMKK Länderspiel - MMKK - Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt |
2007
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| Werkbeiträge des Kantons Luzern - Kunstpanorama Luzern, Lucerne |
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| Rubin - Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg 1967 - 2007 - Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Rubin - Institut für moderne Kunst 1967 - 2007 - Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Fil rouge 07 - Galerie René Steiner, Erlach |
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| Melanie Manchot - Eine Frage (nach) der Geste - Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg |
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| art_clips.ch - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
2006
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| Eine Frage (nach) der Geste - Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB), Leipzig |
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| strip - Bilder in Folge / strip - images in line - Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main |
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| La Luna. La Diva - Likeyou.projects, Zurich |
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| Lovely Shanghai Music - Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art) , Shanghai |
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| Nouvelles Collections - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne |
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| state of the art_schweizer kunst der gegenwart - museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf |
2005
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| Rundlederwelten - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| A kind of magic - The art of transforming - Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne |
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| Fil Rouge in Progress - Galerie René Steiner, Erlach |
2004
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| Move Your Body! Stretch Your Mind! - Kunst und Sport - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
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| Swiss Art Videolobby - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
2003
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| 10e Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement - Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva |
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| Tender Prey - Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam |
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| tender prey - Stichting Outline, Amsterdam |
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| 2. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| The Squared Circle - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Prague Biennale 1 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
2002
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| Freude am Dialog - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
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| Body Power / Body Play - Ansichten zum Sport in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Je t'aime...moi non plus - Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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| Wallflowers - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Video Works - Museum het Domein, Sittard |
2001
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| The difference between you & us - Five Years, London (England) |
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| Sport in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Contemporary Fairy Tales - Five Years, London (England) |
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| if we were kings - Kunst- und Medienzentrum Adlershof (KMZA), Berlin |
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| Enjoy - Survive - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| After Effect - CAN - Centre d'Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel |
2000
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| La Rivoluzione siamo noi - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Gulliver - Sat 4 - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
1999
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| On Paper - Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby |
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| Missing Link. Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| VIDEO - Aus der Sammlung - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Faiseurs D'histoires - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
1998
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| Mütter, ihr habt's ja so gewollt - ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar |
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| La Biennale de Montréal 1998 - Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer - Junge Schweizer Kunst - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
| Dealer Directory 1 |
Spain
| | Galería Espai Lucas, Valencia
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Collections 7
France
| | FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
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Liechtenstein
| | Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
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Switzerland
| | museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf
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| | Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
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| | Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne
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| | Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
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