Peter Wüthrich is a Swiss artist (Bern, 1962) who is familiar with Milan, having exhibited his work there several times at the Christian Stein Gallery. He is known for his installations – some of which are monumental – made with books, which are for him an object of aesthetic reflection and, literally, the physical substance of his work. Books are the tools with which he creates his works (videos, photographs, sculptures, installations), but they remain the ever-visible protagonists, often taking on unexpected identities thanks to the artist’s fertile and playful imagination.
Main exhibitions:
(2017) Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel; La Chartreuse de la Lance, Concise Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner, Bern.
(2016) Atelier Les Copains, Milano.
(2015) Laure Genillard Gallery, London; Plutschow Gallery, Zürich; Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris.
(2014) Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
(2013) Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris; Laure Genillard Gallery, London
(2012) Galeria Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Espace d’art contemporain HEC, Paris
(2011) Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne; St.Peter & Paul Projects, Bern
(2010) Espace d’art contemporain HEC, Paris; Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim; Galerie L’Antichambre, Chambéry; Galerie Annex, Bern
(2009) Galleria Cardi, Pietrasanta; Galleria Christian Stein, Milano; Galerie Jorge Alyskewycz, Paris; Assab One, Milano; Galleria Cardi, Milano
(2008) Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo; Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim
(2007) UMCA, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts; Ham Gallery, Nagoya; Laure Genillard Gallery, London
(2006) ACE Gallery, New York; Fondation pour l’art contemporain Salomon, Annecy;
(2005) Assab One, Milano; OK, Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz; Galerie Appel, Frankfurt
(2004) Galleria Christian Stein, Milano; Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo; Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
(2003) Kunsthalle Winterthur; Galleria Christian Stein, Milano
(2002) Galerij S 65, Aalst; Galerie Jule Kewenig, Köln; La Chaufferie, Strasbourg; Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
(2001) ACE Gallery, Los Angeles; CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela; Galleria Christian Stein, Milano
(2000) Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; Kunsthalle und Kunstverein, Bremerhaven; Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich; Kunstmuseum Solothurn; Laure Genillard Gallery, London
(1999) Kunstverein Freiburg; Neue Galerie Dachau
(1998) Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich; Kunstverein Friedrichshafen
(1997) Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl; Galerie Susanne Albrecht, München; Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Karlsruhe; Institut für moderne Kunst, Nürnberg; Galerie Jule Kewenig, Köln
(1996) Galerie Vincenz Sala, Bruxelles; Kunsthalle Wil; Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen; Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich
(1995) Todd Gallery, London; Galerie Susanne Albrecht, München
(1994) Galerie im Künstlerhaus, Bremen; Galerie Vinzenz Sala, Berlin
(1993) Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles
(1992) Galerie Jule Kewenig, Köln
