MARC BAUER
   
MARC BAUER, 1975, Geneva. Lives and works between Amsterdam and Berlin

SOLO SHOWS
2013Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
2012Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel. MARC BAUER
2012Musée de Pully, with Sara Masueger, Lausanne
2012Freymond-Guth, Zürich. Le Grand Relay: Round III
2011Centre d’Art du Hangar à Bananes, Nantes. Le réel est inadmissible, d’ailleurs il n’existe pas
2011Freymond-Guth gallery, Zürich. The Secret Garden
2011Beirut Art Center, Beirut. The Beirut Experience
2011ReMap 3, Athens. 'History of Masculinity III: The Great expectation of M. H.'
2010-2011Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen. 'Totstell-Reflexe' part in cooperation with Christine Abbt
2009-2010CAR Projects gallery, Bologna. 'E la neve e il trionfo'
2009-2010MAMCO, Geneva. 'Premier conte sur le pouvoir'
2009Praz-Delavallade gallery, Paris. 'Ambassade'
2009FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. 'LAQUE'
2008Art Statements, Art 39 Basel. 'Panorama, Todtnauberg'
2008Substitut, Berlin, DE. 'Stomme Doos'
2007Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zürich. 'Gegen mein Gehirn' part in cooperation with Christine Abbt
2007attitudes, espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva. 'History of Masculinity, Epilogue'
2006-2007Praz-Delavallade, Paris. 'History of Masculinity IV, Abendland'
2006o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern. 'Geschichte der Männlichkeit'
2005Nicolas Krupp, contemporary art gallery, Basel. 'Eine kleine Geschichte der Infamie'
2005Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn 'Overthrowing the King in his Own Mind' With Shahryar Nashat and Alexia Walther
2004Store Gallery London. 'Happier Healthier'
2004SMBA (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam), Amsterdam. 'Tautology'
2003Espace "&" Daviet-Thery, Paris.
2001attitudes, Geneva. 'Archeology'
2000Art-Magazin, Zürich. 'Swiss Room'

GROUP SHOWS
2011Villa Bernasconi, Geneva. The Beirut Experience II
2012Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna. 'Reality Manifestos, or Can Dialectics Break Bricks?'
2011Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zürich. ‘RAL 7021, eine magnifique Reportage!’
2011Centre Pompidou, Paris. 'Acquisitions récentes, cabinet d'art graphique'
2011Kunstmuseum St.Gallen. 'Back to the Future', Neuerwerbungen der Gesellschaft der Freunde bildender Kunst und des Kunstvereins
2011Kunstmuseums Solothurn. 'In erster Linie'
2010-2011Museum Ostwall, Dortmund. 'Bild für Bild - Film und zeitgenössische Kunst Aus der Sammlung des Centre Pompidou'
2010SAL, Basel. 'Where cuckoos nest in autumn' with Armen Eloyan and Sara Masüger
2010Musée Rath, Geneva. 'Voici un dessin Suisse (1990-2010)'
2010FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand. 'Célébration'
2009-2010Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern. 'Made in China'
2009Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris. 'Usages du document'
2009Contemporary Art Center (CAC), Vilnius. 'Shifting Identities' in cooperation with Christine Abbt
2008XV. Rohkunstbau, Potsdam. DE 'THREE COLORS - RED'
2008Kunsthaus Zürich. 'Shifting Identities' in cooperation with Christine Abbt
2008Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, 'Gegen den Strich'
2008Kunsthaus Zürich. 'Intro' in cooperation with Christine Abbt
2007Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. 'Gegen Den Strich'
2007FRAC Alsace, Selestat. 'Drôles de je'
2007Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia. 'Body as spectacle. Collections sans Frontieres VII.'
2006FRAC Alsace, Sélestat. 'Collection V'
2006Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, ES. 'Glaskultur'
2005MAC - Museum of contemporary art, Santiago de Chile, CL. 'Buenos Días Santiago - an exhibition as expedition '
2005Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow.
2005Messe Basel. Swiss Awards
2005Spazio Lima, Milano'. A show without works | Una mostra senza opere'
2004ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art), Melbourne, AU. 'A Molecular History of Everything*'
2004Galerie d'art contemporain Donzévansaanen, Lausanne.
2004Store Galery, London. 'Summer Pursuits'
2004Messe Basel. Swiss Awards
2004Helmhaus, Zürich. 'Fürchte Dich'
2003Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, Berlin. 'Lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too'
2003Cohan Leslie & Brown Gallery, New York. 'Little triggers'
2003Kunsthalle, Zürich. '20 Jahre Binz Stiftung'
2003Galerie Zürcher, Paris, 'Archéologies'
2002Messe Basel. Swiss Awards
2001Messe Basel. Swiss Awards
2001Stiftung Bin 39, Zürich
2000Walcheturm Kunstraum, Zürich. 'Missing'
2000Palais de l'Athénée, Genève
1999Fonds Cantonal de Décoration et d'Art Visuel, Genève. '1999'
1999Kulturzentrum-Seedamm, Pfäffikon. 'East of fame - and making art for the future'

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2011Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
2010Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
2009Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2008Kunsthaus Zürich
2008Sturzenegger Stiftung, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen.
2007FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand
2006FRAC Alsace, Sélestat.
2005Sturzenegger Stiftung, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen.
2005Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn

ARTIST BOOKS / CATALOGUES
2011Le réel est inadmissible, d’ailleurs il n’existe pas, catalogue. Published by ESBA, Nantes.
2011MARC BAUER, monographic catalogue. Published by Kehrer Verlag and Kunstmuseum St.Gallen. ISBN: 9783868281606
2009STEEL, artist book. Published by FRAC Auvergne. ISBN: 9782907672078
2007History of masculinity, artist book. Published by attitudes, Geneva. ISBN: 9782940178117
2005Documents, Marc Bauer: Tautology, writings. Published by Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
2005Overthrowing the king in his own mind, catalogue. Published by Kunstmuseum Solothurn and Revolver Editions. ISBN: 9783865880598
2004Happier Healthier, artist book in cooperation with Vincent van der Marck and Store Gallery, London
2000Across the Great Channel, artist book. Published by Memory Cage editions, Zürich. ISBN: 3907053141

REVIEWS / ARTICLES
2011Männer Magazine, Febuary 2011.
2011'Viewing Distance' Benjamin Paul on Marc Bauer, Artforum January 2011
2011'Der Zeichner Marc Bauer in St. Gallen ', Südkurier, January 5th 2011
2011'Bilder zu Macht und Unterdrückung', by Gerhard Mack. NZZ am Sonntag, January 2nd 2011
2010'Marc Bauer, Sara Masüger, Armen Eloyan', by Quinn Latimer. Art in America, December 1st 2010
2007'Artforum Pick, Marc Bauer', by Valérie Knoll. Artforum, November 29th 2007
2003Tema Celeste #98, July - August 2003
2001Kunstbulletin, April 2001

AWARDS
2012Shortlist for the Drawing prize Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Paris
2009Prix culturel Manor, Geneva
2006Swiss Art Awards, Basel
2005Swiss Art Awards, Basel
2002Festival Videoex, Zürich
2001Swiss Art Awards, Basel

RESIDENCIES
2009Exhibition 'Pugilato' Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea, Palermo.
2006Bern Art Museum resident artists at Ai Weiwei studio, Beijing.
2005-2006Swiss Institute, Rome.
2002-2004Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten.

SCREENINGS
2007'Anteferno II' curated by Renske Janssen and Nicolaus Schafhausen for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007. Witte de With, Rotterdam.
2006'Anteferno I, II, III' and 'Tautology'. 'Da Sodoma a Hollywood' - Turin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Voice Over section, Torino.

EDUCATION
1995-1999Ecole Supérieure d'Art Visuel Geneva

('*well not everything')