Marc Bauer

Education

1995-99 Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva
2002-04 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Marc Bauer is permanent lecturer painting/drawing at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)

Solo shows

2022 The Default Brain, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Sep. 2 – Oct. 14
Une installation de Sophie Delpeux et Marc Bauer, Musée des moulages, Paris, France,
June 3 – Nov. 11

The Truce, Gilda Lavia Gallery, Rome, Italy, May 2022

2021

Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 23
"Etat de la mer", FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, cur. Jean-Charles Vergne, Mar.
4 - May. 5

2020

"The Blow-Up Regime", Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Sep. 9 - Apr. 5
"Marc Bauer, project Prix Meret Oppenheim 2020", Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Sept.12 – Oct. 17
“Mi piace Commenta Condividi, A Rhetorical Figure”, Istituto Svizzero, Milan, Italy, Feb. 14 – July 24
“Mal Être / Performance”, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea, UK, Feb. 1 – Sept. 6

2019

“Mal Être / Performance”, Drawing Room, London, UK, Sept. 12 – Nov. 17

2018

Disegni Sector, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, artissima, Turin, Italy, November 1 – 4
“Avondland”, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium, Feb. 4 - March 11

2017

“Tracing Identities, Peckham 2017”, Frieze, London, UK, cur. Raphael Gygax, Oct. 5 – 8
“An unser Schicksal von Heute und Morgen”, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

2016

“Focus sur les collections Marc Bauer, Le Bal”, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland

2015

“EMPEROR ME”, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland
“Cinerama”, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, Marseille, France
“Static / Unfolding Time”, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2014

“Der Sammler”, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
“Cinerama”, FRAC Alsace, Sélestat, France
“In the Past, Only”, Le Quartier, Quimper, France
“Cinerama”, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2013

“The Astronaut”, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
“Le Collectionneur”, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France

2012

“Pleins Pouvoirs, septembre”, La Station, Nice, France
“Le ravissement mais l’aube, déjà”, with Sara Masüger, Musée de Pully, Pully, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland
“Der Sammler”, Freymond-Guth, Zurich, Switzerland

2011

“Le réel est inadmissible, d’ailleurs il n’existe pas”, Centre d’Art du Hangar à Bananes, Nantes, France
“History of Masculinity III: The Great expectation of M. H.”, Remap 3, Athens, Greece
“Todtstell-Reflexe”, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland

2010

“E la neve, e il trionfo”, Car Projects, Bologna, Italy
“Premier conte sur le pouvoir”, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland

2009

“LAQUE”, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2008

“Panorama Todtnauberg”, Art statements, Art 39 Basel, Basel, France

2007

“Gegen mein Gehirn”, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich, Switzerland
“History of Masculinity, Epilogue”, attitudes, espace d’arts contemporains, Geneva, Switzerland
“History of Masculinity IV, Abendland”, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2006

“Geschichte der Männlichkeit”, o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucern, Switzerland

2005

“Eine kleine Geschichte der Infamie”, Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
“Overthrowing the King in his Own Mind”, with Shahryar Nashat, Alexia Walther, Kunstmuseum
Solothur Solothurn, Switzerland

2004

“Happier Healthier”, Store Gallery, London, UK
“Tautology”, SMBA (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam)

2001

“Archeology”, Attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland

2000

“Swiss Room”, Art-Magazin, Zurich, Switzerland

Group exhibitions

2023 Disappear Here, Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland, cur. Rolando Bassetti, Director Centre d’Art Contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains, March 18 — Aug. 20

2022 "The International Biennial of Contemporary Art", Congo Biennale, Kinshasa, Congo, cur. Armelle Dakouo and Fahamu Pecou, Aug

2021 "XXL: Le Dessin en grand", Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland, Oct. 15 - Feb. 27
"Loves a Collection", Spazio Leonard, Milano, Italy, cur. Elena Forin, Sep. 15 - Jan. 15
"Drawing Biennial", Drawing Room, London, UK, cur. Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane, May. 21 - June
"The Roaring Twenties", Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, cur. Cathérine Hug, Petra Joos,
May 7 – Sept. 19

2020 “Le Mauvais Oeil”, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France,Sept. 19 – Jan. 10
"Smoke and Mirrors", Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland, cur. Cathérine Hug, July 3 – Oct. 11

2019 "United by AIDS", Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 31 - Nov. 10
"L'art dans les chapelles", 28e Édition, Pontivy, France, July 5 – Sept. 15
"Affecting", Gilda Lavia Galleria, Rome, Italy, July 1 – Sept. 27
"Carl Spitteler. Imago", Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, June 7 – Oct.
"Les images sont inadmissibles – Rencontre entre les collections du FRAC Auvergne",
Musée Mandet, Riom, France, Apr. 5 - Oct. 13
"Fly me to the Moon", Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Cathérine Hug, Apr. 5 - June 30
“Anatomy of political Melancholy”, Athens Conservatoire, Athens, Greece, Feb. 28 – April 13

2018 "Autofictions", Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, cur. Astrid Ihle, Nov. 17 – 24.02
21st Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia, March 16 - June 11
"New works", Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 19 - Mar. 17

2017 “Gezeichnet / gezeigt”, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, cur. Massimiliano Madonna,
Konrad Tobler, Sept. 9 – Oct. 22
“10 Years Drawing Prize”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, June 14 – Sept. 11
“Print!”, International Museum of the Reformation, Geneva, Switzerland, June 4 – Oct. 31
“Drawing Biennial”, The Drawing Room, London, UK, March 2 – April 26
"Ewige Gegenwart", Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Linda Schädler,
Feb. 24 - Apr. 17
"Cinéma mon amour", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, , Switzerland cur. Madeleine Schuppli

2016 “Museum Revisited 1996–2016”, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
“Nous pourrions danser ensemble”, Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain (BAC), Geneva, Switzerland
“Retour au meilleur des mondes”, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
“Il y a de l’autre.”, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France, cur. Agnès Geoffray and Julie Jones
“Donations - Florence & Daniel Guerlain”, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
“A quoi tient la beauté des étreintes”, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2015 “The Bottom Line”, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, cur Martin Germann and Philippe van Cauteren
“Donation Florence & Daniel Guerlain”, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden
“Donation Florence & Daniel Guerlain”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“The Drawing Room II”, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
“Europa, die Zukunft der Geschichte”, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Cathérine Hug
“Drawing Now: 2015”, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, cur. Elsy Lahner
“Borrowed Alibis”, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland
“Drawing Biennial 2015”, Drawing Room, London, UK
“Meeting Point.”, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, cur Axel Lapp
“Meisterzeichnungen, 100 Jahre Grafische Sammlung”, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
“Hans-Purrmann-Preis 2015”, Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer, Germany

2014 “Docking Station”, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
“A Needle Walks into a Haystack”, Liverpool Biennial, cur Mai Abu El Dahab and Anthony Huberman
“Le Salon Particulier”, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland
“Sacré 101”, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Raphael Gygax
“Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France cur. Jonas Storsve

2013 “The Architect”, Parcours Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, cur. Florence Derieux
“Les Pléiades - 30 ans des FRAC”, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France

2012 “The Beirut Experience II”, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, Switzerland
“Reality Manifestos, or Can Dialectics Break Bricks?”, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, cur.
Dimitrina Sevova

2011 “The Beirut Experience”, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon, cur. Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser
“The Secret Garden”, Freymond-Guth gallery, Zurich, Switzerland “Voici un dessin suisse (1990-2010)”, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
“RAL 7021”, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Marcel van Eeden
“Acquisitions récentes, cabinet d’art graphique”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“Back to the Future”, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
“In erster Linie”, Kunstmuseums Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
“Bild für Bild”, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

2010 “Where cuckoos nest in autumn”, with Armen Eloyan and Sara Masüger, SALT, Basel Switzerland
“Voici un dessin Suisse (1990-2010)”, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
“Célébration”, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
“Made in China”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2009 “Documents”, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
“Shifting Identities”, CAC Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania, cur. Mirjam Varadinis

2008 “Three colors- Red”, XV. Rohkunstbau, Potsdam, Germany
“Shifting Identities”, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Mirjam Varadinis
“Gegen den Strich”, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
“Intro”, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2007 “Gegen Den Strich”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
“Drôles de je”, FRAC Alsace, Selestat, France
“Body as spectacle”, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia

2006 “Glaskultur”, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, Spain

2005 “Buenos Días Santiago - an exhibition as expedition”, MAC, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow, UK
“Swiss Awards”, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2004 “.A Molecular History of Everything*”, ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art), Melbourne
“Summer Pursuits”, Store Galery, London, UK
“Swiss Awards”, Basel, Switzerland
“Fürchte Dich”, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

2003 “Lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too”, Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
“20 Jahre Binz Stiftung”, Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland
“Little triggers”, Cohan Leslie & Brown Gallery, New York, US
“Archéologies”, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France

Projects (selection)
2017 Frieze London, Wall drawings, cur. Raphael Gygax
2015 City hospital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland, Wall drawings on concrete and editions
Kaufleuten Restaurant, Zurich, Switzerland, Wall drawing
2014-15 Folkwang Museum, Essen. Wall drawing
2013 Melancholia I, Tapestry in cooperation with Aubusson Tapestry Museum (Made over a
period of 3 years)
La Révolte et L’Ennui, curated and with interventions by Marc Bauer in FRAC Auvergne
The Architect, animation film, int cooperation with French music group Kafka
2012 Künstlertragetasche for MIGROS Switzerland
Der Sammler, space intervention and exhibition at Victoria bar, Berlin, Germany

Public Collection (selection)

FMAC, Geneva
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Centre Pompidou, Paris
FRAC Alsace, Selestat
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand
FRAC Paca, Marseille
Kunsthaus Zurich
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Kunstmuseum St.Gallen
Kunstsammlung des Bundes, Bern
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Musée d’art de Pully, Lausanne
Musée Jenisch, Vevey
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lucerne
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM)
Sturzenegger Stiftung, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
Zürcher Kantonalbank ZKB, Zurich

Awards

2020 Prix Meret Oppenheim 2020
2019 Gasag Kunstpreis 2020
2011 Prize of the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie et de l‘Art Tissé, Aubusson
2009 Prix culturel Manor, Geneva
2006 Swiss Art Awards, Basel
2005 Swiss Art Awards, Basel
2001 Swiss Art Awards, Basel