Gallery Artist
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1966
Born in Venice, Italy
Lives and works in Baden, Switzerland
Education
2003 Academy of Art, Zurich
1999 Universities of Berne, Switzerland and Salzburg, Austria
1991 Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Salzburg, Austria
1986 Academy of Music and Theatre, Berne, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Silent Dynamism, Galerie Bergner + Job, Mainz/Germany
Galerie Renata Muller, Lucerne/Switzerland
Cosmos Gallery, Incheon/South Korea
2007
Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne/Australia
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami/USA
Bernd Lausberg Gallery, Toronto/Canada
Bend and Break in Silence, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York/USA
Galerie Ueker&Ueker, Basle
2006
Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Galerie Elisabeth Costa, Pontresina/Switzerland
2005
Galerie Ueker & Ueker, Basel/Switzerland (with catalogue)
Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Galerie Christine Brugger, Berne/Switzerland
Galerie Am Lindenplatz, Vaduz/Liechtenstein
2004
Galerie Artrepco, Zurich/Switzerland
2002
Galerie Christine Brugger, Berne/Switzerland
Galerie Artrepco, Zurich/Switzerland
2001
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne/Switzerland
Yehudi Menuhin Festival, Gstaad/Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Galerie Elisabeth Costa, Pontresina/Switzerland
Ego Busters, C.A.M. Galeri, Istanbul/Turkey
2007
100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok/Thailand
Cosmos Gallery, Incheon/Korea
Catherine Asquith Gallery at the Australian Embassy, Berlin/Germany
Bernd Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Canada
2006
Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York/USA
Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich/Switzerland
Galeri Nev, Istanbul/Turkey
Galerie Bernd Lausberg, Dusseldorf/Germany
Kunstlerhaus Solothurn/Switzerland
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami/USA
Galerie Florian Trampler, Diessen/Germany
Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne/Australia
2005
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia/USA
Gallery Art-2, Singapur
Galerie Am Lindenplatz, Vaduz/Liechtenstein, with Daniel Spoerri, Christian Megert and Herbert Albrecht
Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich/Switzerland
Visarte Zurich im Metropol, Zurich/Switzerland (with catalogue)
Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York/USA
2004
Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Hochfelden
2003
Galerie Am Lindenplatz, Vaduz/Liechtenstein, with Max Bill and Gottfried Honegger
2002
Galerie Christine Brügger, Berne
Galerie Artrepco, Zurich
2001
Museum Abbatiale de Payerne/Switzerland, Peinture et Musique, with Kandinsky, Miro, Hartung, Schwitters, Poliakoff (with catalogue)
International Art Fairs
2008
KIAF, Korean International Art Fair, Seoul
Seoul Art Fair
Art Dubai
Art Karlsruhe
Art Cologne with Sara Tecchia Roma New York
Circa Art Fair
2007
Art Forum Berlin
Art Cologne
Liste Koln with Sara Tecchia Roma New York
KIAF, Korean International Art Fair, Seoul
Gulf Art Fair Dubai
Arte Fiera Bologna
Palm Beach Contemporary Art Fair, Miami
Aqua Wynwood Miami, Sara Tecchia Roma New York
2006
Art Basel Miami Beach
Kunst 06 Zurich
Toronto Art Fair
Art Cologne
Art Singapore
Scope Hamptons with Sara Tecchia Roma New York
2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York City
Art Frankfurt
Kunst 05 Zurich
2004
Art Frankfurt
Kunst 04 Zurich
Selected Bibliography
Ian Findlay, "Karina Wisniewska at Karin Weber Gallery", Asian Art News. November/December 2005.
Permanent Collections
UBS, Zurich,Switzerland
Musee Abbatiale de Payerne, Switerland
Mezzanin Stiftung fur Kunst, Schaan, Liechtenstein
UBS Art Collection
Awards
1998
Inaugural prize-winner, Armand von Ernst Banquiers Foundation, Berne
1997
European Culture Prize, Venice/Italy, under the patronate of the European Council and the European Parliament
1997
Swiss Musician of the Year, Geneva, under the patronate of OMEGA
1991
UBS Jubilee Foundation Award, Zurich
1988
Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation Award, Berne
1986
Othmar Schoeck Award
Music Related
1991
Author and editor. Regular projects with various publishing houses and concert organizers as well as freelance contributions as a columnist for different culture magazines. Publication of musico-philosophical essays (Benteli Verlag, Berne). Well-known on the lecture circuit, used to be a frequent guest at talk-shows broadcast by the Swiss Radio.
1992
International concert career as soloist and chamber musician, including performances at the Lucerne International Festival of Music, the Wiener Festwochen, the Philharmony of Berlin, the Music Festival of Baden-Baden and the Saint Petersburg White Nights Festival.
1993
Premiere of Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto in the original version, 1994 its first recording as a world premiere with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under the conduction of Vladimir Fedosejev. 10 award-winning CD recordings.
2000
Musical career terminated, move to own studio in Zurich in order to concentrate exclusively on painting.