Peter Wüthrich is a Swiss artist (Bern, 1962) who, thanks to his many exhibitions at the Galleria Christian Stein, has become very familiar with the city of Milan. He is well known for the installations – some of them monumental – that he creates with books: these are, for the artist, objects of aesthetic reflection and, quite literally, the physical components of his work. Books are the tools with which he creates his art (videos, photography, sculpture, installations), and which invariably continue being the visible protagonists even when taking on unexpected identities stimulated by the artist’s highly vivid 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
