Caro Niederer Explained

Caro Niederer
Birth Date:	1963
Birth Place:	Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation:	Contemporary artists
Nationality:	Swiss

Caro Niederer (born 1963 in Zürich) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Zürich.

Niederer works in a variety of media. Her work encompasses techniques such as painting, photography, video as well as silk tapestries. Niederer is, along with Pipilotti Rist and Sylvie Fleury, one of the most popular contemporary female Swiss artists. Human day-to-day situations from her private life and her immediate environment are the source for most of Niederer's works. These personal snapshots are then re-worked in paintings or form the template for huge hand knotted silk carpets, which the artist gets produced in China. The transformation of an image through its replication in another media is a core theme of Niederer's work. In an ongoing photo series called Interieurs Niederer photographs her sold works in situ in their new owners' homes and offices.

Recent major museums exhibitions include Kunstmuseum St.Gallen (2017/2018), CAC Malaga (2006), Haus Lange, Krefeld (2006), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2005), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2005) and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2004).

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2019

• Good Luck, complete Works, Geneva, Switzerland

2018

• Print Works, Kunstgriff, Zurich, Switzerland
• Good Life Ceramics, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2017

• Good Life Ceramics, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland

2006

• Souvenir and Conversations, CAC – Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
• Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany (travelling exhibition)

2005

• The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (travelling exhibition)

2004

• Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland (travelling exhibition)

2003

• Memoria e Valore, Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy

1995

• Öffentliche und Private Bilder, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany

1994

• Abbilder, Ausstellungsraum Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

1993

• Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

1992

• Säntis, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Säntis Bergstation, Schwaegalp, Switzerland,

1990

• Souvenirs, Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
• Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

Group exhibitions

2020

• Subject sitting in a darkened room. Barbara Seiler, Zurich
• Sommer des Zögerns. Kunsthalle Zürich
• Conversations about Work. Kino Süd, Weiss Falk, Basel

2016

• A Being in the World, curated by Jayson Musson and Fabienne Stephan, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, USA

2015

• Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Don't Shoot the Painter – UBS Art Collection, Villa Reale's Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy

2014

• Gastspiel. Schweizer Gegenwartskunst im Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland

2012

• The Prestige of Painting from Europe: The Future Lasts Forever, Interalia Art Compagny, Seoul, Korea
• Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• The Art on your Wall, Artclub 1563, Seoul, Korea
• Das eigene Kind im Blick, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany

2009

• Heimspiel 09, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Tracing Reality I, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
• Gefrorene Momente / Frozen Moments, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
• Locating Home, Harewood House, Harewood, UK

2006

• Hyperdesign, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China

2005

• Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

2004

• Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Appenzeller Frauenaufzug, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland
• Citazioni, Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy

2003

• Heimspiel, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2002

• Heimspiel, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland
• Interior / Exterior (with A. Goldsworthy), Cultureel Centrum De Romaanse Poort, Leuven, Belgium

2001

• WertWechsel, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany

2000

• Kontext, Kunsthalle Kornwestheim, Germany

1999

• Bunte Hintergründe und klassische Porträts (with Bruno Müller-Meyer),

1998

• Wish you were here (with Andreas Rüthi und Bruno Müller-Meyer), Milch, London, UK
• Salon, Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Kunstmarkt Dresden, Dresden, Germany
• Non-Painters-Painting, Galerie Berlintokio, Berlin, Germany

1997

• SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1997, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany
• Alpenblick, die zeitgenössische Kunst und das Alpine, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Objets du désir, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
• Kunst & Kiosk (with Véronique Zusseau), Alte Konsumbäckerei, Solothurn, Switzerland
• Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

1996

• Doppelbindung / Linke Masche, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
• Auszug, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
• !Hello world?, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland

1995

• SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1995, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany
• Inventar 95/96, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1995, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

1994

• Merry-go-round, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
• Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium 1994, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1994, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

1993

• Informationsdienst c/o, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, (travelling exhibition)
• Informationsdienst c/o, Goethe House, New York, USA, (travelling exhibition)
• Informationsdienst c/o, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, (travelling exhibition)
• Informationsdienst c/o, Sous-sol, Geneva, Switzerland, (travelling exhibition)
• Serial – Ein limitierter Laden von Michelle Nicol, Zurich, Switzerland

1992

• Blumen, Bilderraum, Zurich, Switzerland

1989

• Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland

1988

• Junge Schweizer KünstlerInnen, Stiftung Merian, Muba 88, Basel, Switzerland

Public conversations

2004

• Gespräche über die Arbeit, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland

1997

• Wie entsteht das Wertvolle, with Christina Bechtler, Galerie Agathe Nisple, St.Gallen, Switzerland

Concepts and Projects

2017

• The Inventory of Happiness, Angela Weber Möbel, Zurich, Switzerland

2016

• Glassware, MMperformance (UA) by Christoph Gallio und Caro Niederer,
• Aktionshalle Stanzerei, Baden, Switzerland

1997

• World of Interiors, Janet Paris, Andreas Rüthi, Bridget Smith, Binz 39, Zurich

1993

• Forum Information, with Marc Jancou, Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich

1992

• Oriental Spirit in Contemporary Zurich Flats, with Stephanie Thalmann, Video, 90’

Awards and grants

• 2004: Manor Kunstpreis^[1]
• 2000: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
• 1997: IBK Förderpreis 1997
• 1996: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
• 1995: Werkstipendium der Stadt Zurich
• 1992: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
• 1990: Pro Helvetia grant and studio in Schabramant, Cairo/EG

Notes and References

1. Web site: Exhibitions — Caro Niederer Conversations about Work Hauser & Wirth. 2021-05-30. www.hauserwirth.com.