Biography
1955 Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, Lives in Zürich
Since 2004 Professor at the University of fine Art, Münster, Germany
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2010
2009
Hey! Mom! Mom!, Hilger Contemporary, Wien, Austria
2008
Snowflakes over Burning House, Galerie Haunch of Venison, Zürich, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Swiss Institute for Contemporary Art, New York, USA
The Columns, Center for Contemporary & Performative Arts, Seoul, Korea
2007
Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Frankfurt, Germany
Wolfsberg Art Forum, Wolfsberg, Switzerland
Galerie der Stadt Wels, Austria
2006
Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Wien, Austria
2005
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
Galeria Distrito 4, Madrid, Spain
2004
FRAC, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Museum Henie Onstad, Oslo, Norway
Galerie arsFutura, Zürich, Switzerland
Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain
Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
2003
Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
2002
Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
2001
arsFutura Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
B&D Studio di Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Galeria Ad Hoc, Vigo, Spain
1999
Galerie arsFutura, Zürich, Switzerland
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Galleria B&D, Studio di Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Museumsakademie, Berlin, Germany
Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain
1998
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
1997
Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain
Saint-Gervais, Genève, Switzerland
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Galerie Bartok 32, Budapest, Hungary
ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1996
Galerie arsFutura, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Andreas Binder, München, Germany
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Museumsakademie, Berlin, Germany
1995
Galerie Ultimate Akademie, Köln, Germany
1994
Quotex, Inszenierung von Gegenwartskunst, Winterthur, Switzerland
Kleines Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Weber, Münster, Germany
1992
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
1990
Galerie Harbord & Wiensowski, Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2009
Globalized- Perspectives on Consumer Society, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
7th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison London, UK
PRINTED MATTER; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Chinetik, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Bildschön. Schönheitskult in der aktuellen Kunst, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Radical Advertising, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dressing the Message, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
Replay, Haus für Kunst Uri, Switzerland
Balls & Brains, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland
2007
Private Corporate IV, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Collection, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Acceleration, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Faccia a Faccia, FORMA, Centro internazionale di Fotografia, Milano, Italy
Blue Chips, Galerie ClaireFontaine, Luxemburg
Die Präsenzproduzenten, Columbus Art Foundation, Kunsthalle Ravensburg, Germany
Am Rande der Sprache, Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Arte e Omosessualità, Palazzo della Ragione, Milano, Italy
CeSAC, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee di Caraglio, Piemonte, Italy
Existencias, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain
2006
Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Read Me, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern, Switzerland
Designing Truth, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Blessed are the Merciful, Feigen Contemporary, New York, USA
Para todos los publicos, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao,Spain
Branding, Kunstmuseum Biel, Switzerland
Paradise now, Instituto Svizzero, Rome, Italy
Conversations = Hadith, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon
La donna oggetto, Miti e metamorfosi al femminile 1900-2005, Cavallerizza del Castello, Vigevano, Italy
Les 7 péchés capitaux, Biennale de Nancy, France
Conversation with Art, on Art. Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Japan
Vom Pferd erzählen, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany
La Bellezza, Museo della Permanente, Milano Italy
ClickDoubleClick, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Lifestyle, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sweet Ecstasy, Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Birthdayparty - 20 Jahre Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Körper, Gesicht und Seele, Frauenbilder vom 16. - 21. Jahrhundert, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Was macht die Kunst, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland
Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany
2005
Les grands spectacles, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der Welt, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Just do it! Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
Coolhunters, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Emergencies, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo De Castilla y Leòn, Spain
Zwischen Tür und Angel, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
Boost in the Shell, Cultuurcentrum, Brugge, Belgium
Licht, Denkraum und Inszenierung, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Germany
Swissmade, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
Rundlederwelten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Heros à jamais, Centre d'Art, Bienne, Switzerland
2004
Je t'envisage, la disparition du portrait, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Laboratorium, Galerie im Kornhauskeller, Ulm, Germany
Gegen den Strich, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Brillant(e), Kunst Meran, Merano, Italy
Flirts, Kunst und Werbung, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
I feel good, Antico Monastero delle Agostiniane, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Comment rester Zen, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
O.K. America!, Apex Art Gallery, New York, USA
About Face, Photography and the Death of the Portrait, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Dresscodes, Kunstverein Neuhausen, Germany
Pretty World,
Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Twinkle, twinkle, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
On the Edge, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
The DaimlerChrysler Art Collection, Pretoria Art Museum, Southafrica
2003
Talking Pieces, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Cara a Cara, Culturgest, Lissabon, Portugal
Durchzug / Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland
Shopping, Passanten Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus der Schweiz, Sala de Exposiciones del Canal de
Isabel, Madrid, Spain / Grey Art Gallery, New York, USA
Fuckin' Trendy, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Bellissima, Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
Comment rester Zen, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
The DaimlerChrysler Collection, Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cold Play-Set 1, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2002
the day after, Gallery Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus der Schweiz, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin /
Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle / Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Fe-Male, Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland
reModel, Jay Villa's condo, Arizona State University Art Museum, Scottsdale, USA
Smax, Villa de Bank, Enschede, Netherlands
Self/In Material Conscience, Fondazione Sandretto (Guareno), Turin, Italy
Art Unlimited, Art Basel (Galerie arsFutura, Zurich), Basel, Switzerland
Skin talks, Musée de la Civilisation, Québec, Canada
Wild Thing, Galerie Claire Fontaine, Luxemburg, Belgium
Ikonen - Kunst und Kult, Coninx Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
2001
Project Room at Espai Lucas, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Close Up, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
F 2001, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
24th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tempo, KISS - Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen, Germany
Das Autonome Plakat, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Pay attention Please, Museo di Arte Moderna, Nuoro, Italy
Es lebe der Sport, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Flesh & Blood, Witte Zaal, Gent, Belgium
Face Off,
Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Missing Link, Kunst Haus, Dresden, Germany
GeldLust, Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
Transit, Kunstverein Freiburg, Switzerland
Totemica-Feticci e Rituali del Contemporaneo,Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, Italy
Border Stories, IX Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy
Rejouissez-Vous!, Le Parvis, centre d'art Contemporain, Ibos
Guardaroba, Ex Monastero di Santa Scolastica, Bari, Italy
2000
Reality Bytes -der medial vermittelte Blick, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
Close Up, Kunstverein Freiburg und Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
Le Siècle du Corps, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Germany
Cross Female, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Behind the Look, Portfolio Kunst, Wien, Austria
The arsFutura show, arsFutura Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Körper, Hüllen, Oberflächen, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
EX25, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Logos, Anuncios y Cintas de Video, Galerie Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Observatori 2000, Valencia, Spain
Let's be Friend, Migros-Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Statements, Paris - Photo, Paris, France
1999
Disidentico-Maschile femminile e oltre, Museo di Castelnuovo, Napoli, Italy
The Body of Desire, Centro de Belem, Lissabon, Portugal
Critical Elegance, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium
BAD BAD - That is a good excuse. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
3000 - post Umanesimo, B&D Studio Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Unsichere Grenzen, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
Lord of the Rings, Musée de l'art Moderne, Hasselt, Belgium
Le Repubbliche dell'Arte, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Missing Link, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Peace, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
1998
Für die bessere Welt, Künstlerwerkstatt, München, Germany
Corps, Ville et Societe, La Glacière, Brussels, Belgium
Nonchalance Revisited, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Disidentico-Maschile Femminile e oltre, Palazzo Abatelli, Palermo, Italy
4. Internationale Foto-Triennale, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zürich, Schirn-Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Life Style, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Swiss Contemporary Art, Sung-Gok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Förderkoje, Artforum Berlin (Galerie arsFutura), Germany
Fétisches & Fétischismes, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
1997
Mutants, Galerie Rizzo, Paris, France
Recto-Verso, Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium
Vier aus Zürich, Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany
Gallery by Night, Budapest, Hungary
My Swiss Friends, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts-Gallery, New York, USA
Diskland Snowscape, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Beleza Mutante, Festival Atlantico, Lissabon, Portugal
Disaster and Recovery, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
1 minute scenario, Printemps de Cahors, Chaors, France
Statements, Art Basel, Switzerland
Nonchalance, Kunstmuseum Biel, Switzerland
On Life, Beauty, Translation and other Difficulties, The 5th Int. Biennale Istanbul, Turkey
Places to stay, Büro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany
1996
Bilderzauber, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Zona Cesarini, Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Schritte in seismographischer Aufmerksamkeit, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Radikale Bilder, Triennale zur Fotografie, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum,Graz, Austria
Die Klasse, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Modèles corrigés, Collège Marcel Duchamp, Châteauroux, France
Im Kunstlicht,Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Digital Territory, National Institute for Photography, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Radikalis Kepek, Kunsthalle Szombathely, Hungary
Förderkoje, Art Cologne, Germany
Visual Reports, Musée Royale des Beaux Arts, Antwerpen, Belgium
1995
Multiarte II, Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg i.Br., Germany
Buetti/Antunes, (Videoveranstaltung) Swiss Institute, New York, USA
Der zweite Blick, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1994
Fet a Europa, Centro de Cultura, Valencia, Spain
Multiarte I, Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg i.Br., Germany
Club dadada, Steierischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
1993
Vues, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Da Zwischen, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Exchange II, Shedhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
Bauernopfer, Künstlerhaus, Schöppingen, Germany
1992
Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium, Kunstmuseum Aarau, Switzerland
Hausgeister, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Fleury, Buetti, Hanimann, Hirschhorn, Shedhalle, Zürich , Switzerland
1990
Die Zunge am Eis, Nova Zembla, Herzogenbusch, Netherlands
Monographs
Daniele Buetti. Die Dinge. Das Denken, Galerie Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin / Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin 1990 (text: Helen Adkins)
Daniele Buetti. Aura ist wie Echo, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 1992 (texts: Helen Adkins, Frank Barth)
A man is his job. Daniele Buetti, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen 1994 (texts: Marius Babias, Christoph Doswald, Sabine M. Schmidt)
Daniele Buetti. Ultra, museumsakademie berlin, Berlin / espai Lucas, Valencia, Valencia 1997 (text: Christoph Doswald)
Daniele Buetti. Be my guide poppy star, Damasquine Art Gallery, Brussels 1998 (text: Denis Gielen)
Daniele Buetti. Never enough of you, Damasquine Art Gallery, Brussels / Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm 1998 (texts: Christoph Doswald, Denis Gielen, Friederike Kitschen)
Daniele Buetti. Dreams result in more dreams,
Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels / Galerie
arsFutura, Zurich / Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg / Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart / B & D
Studio Contemporanea, Milan, 2002 (text: Juri Steiner)
Daniele Buetti. Monography. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Kunstverein Freiburg, Helmhaus Zürich,
FRAC Marseille 2003 (texts: Christoph Doswald, Simon Maurer, Dorothea Strauss)
Daniele Buetti. Will beauty save the world? Museum Henie Onstadt, Oslo 2004 (text: Selene Wendt)
Daniele Buetti. Maybe you can be one of us. Monography. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Editor Swiss
Institute for Contemporary Art, New York (texts: Jacqueline Burkhardt, Beate Ermacora, Gianni Jetzer, Ferdinand Ullrich, David Velasco)
Works in public collections
Collection du F.R.A.C (Fond régional d'Art Contemporain, Provence-Alpes-côte d'Azur), France
Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
IVAM, Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Kunstsammlung der Stadt Zürich, Switzerland
Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
MUSAC, Fundación Siglo para las Artes de Castilla y León, Spain
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museion, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
MNCARS. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Salzburg, Austria
Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen, Germany
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany