Caro Niederer

Caro Niederer (born in Zürich 1963) is a contemporary artists 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. The artist's most recent work includes a series of dinner ware and fabric wallpaper.


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

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Haus Lange, 'Leben mit Kunst', Krefeld/DE
Ikon Gallery, 'Living with Art', Birmingham/UK
Hauser & Wirth, 'Conversations about Works', Zurich/CH
Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 'Öffentliche und Private Bilder', Friedrichshafen/DE
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Öffentliche und Private Bilder', Zurich/CH
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Abbilder', Zurich/CH
Cairo Atelier, Cairo/EG

Group Exhibitions

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 'Heimspiel', St. Gallen/CH
Artclub 1563, 'The Art on your Wall', Seoul/KR
Kunsthalle Emden, 'Das eigene Kind im Blick', Emden/DE
Kunstraum Riehen, 'Tracing Reality I', Riehen/CH
Kunstmuseum Chur, 'Gefrorene Momente / Frozen Moments', Chur/CH
Harewood House, 'Locating Home', Harewood/UK
Shanghai Biennale, 'Hyperdesign', Shanghai/CN
Zeughaus Teufen, 'Appenzeller Frauenaufzug', Teufen/CH
Le Case d’Arte, 'Citazioni', Milan/IT
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, '20th Anniversary Show', Cologne/DE
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 4', Zurich/CH
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 3', Zurich/CH
Cultureel Centrum De Romaanse Poort, 'Interior/Exterior' (with A. Goldsworthy), Leuven/BE
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Preview 2', Zurich/CH
Kunsthalle Kornwestheim, 'Kontext', Kornwestheim/DE
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Photo- and Videobased Works', Zurich/CH
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, 'Zeichnungen-Drawings', Zurich/CH
Kunstverein St. Gallen, 'Salon', St. Gall/CH
Kunstmarkt Dresden, 'Geschlossene Gesellschaft', Dresden/DE
Galerie Berlintokio, 'Non-Painters-Painting', Berlin/DE
Kunsthalle Wien, 'Alpenblick, die zeitgenössische Kunst und das Alpine', Vienna/AT
Museum Bellerive, 'Objets du désir', Zurich/CH
Alte Konsumbäckerei, 'Kunst & Kiosk' (with Véronique Zusseau), Solothurn/CH
Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, 'Geschlossene Gesellschaft', Zurich/CH
Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 'Auszug', Friedrichshafen/DE
Museum für Gestaltung, '!Hello world?', Zurich/CH
Helmhaus, 'Inventar 95/96', Zurich/CH
Helmhaus, 'Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1995', Zurich/CH
Messe Basel, 'Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium 1994', Basel/CH
Helmhaus, 'Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1994', Zurich/CH
Goethe House, New York NY; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz/AT; Sous-sol, Geneva/CH]
Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich/DE
'Serial – Ein limitierter Laden von Michelle Nicol', Zurich/CH
Galerie Ziegler Mandat, '5 Continents', Zurich/CH

Awards and grants

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