Wiedemann/Mettler
Biography
Pascale Wiedemann born 1966
Product design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) Scenery design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
lives and works in Zurich
Daniel Mettler born 1965
Diploma at the Department of Architecture ETH Zurich (DARCH) Lecturer at the Department of Architecture ETH Zurich (DARCH)
lives and works in Zurich
Working together since 2002, the artist couple Wiedemann/Mettler references the world from a position with a dual focal point. That is to say Daniel Mettler’s (b. 1965, Switzerland) staged photographs provide Pascale Wiedemann (b. 1966, Switzerland) with an associative liaison that leads her to creating works of almost physical emotionality.
Their installations and architectural art are guided by the particular division between emotion and rationality, spatial interest and an almost physical intimacy. The procedural aspect of Wiedemann/Mettler’s artistic practice is directed by their reacting to and interacting with the works of the other – a symbiotically charged process which in an uncommon way evokes closeness and poses questions that center around materials, structures, and the shells of intimacy.
Across media and structures their individual works are always a reference to themselves and its pendant. With the confrontation of different media like photography, sculpture, painting, and installation they create a doubled point of view which is indicative for their practice that draws the viewer into their actions and way of thinking.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Lovers Mix, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2020
Lovers’ Lane, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
Stage, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2016
Melancholia Release, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
better safe than sorry, Haus für Kunst Uri, Switzerland
2013
body search, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
with a view, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur velvet value, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Schmale Erinnerung, BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Mercy, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2008
Downhill, Kunstkammer der AZB, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
morbus, Galerie Stephan Witschi, Zurich, Switzerland I love you so much it hurts me II, art3, Valence, France
2002
Balg, Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
2001
Daheim 6, Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain
2000
Daheim 5, Galerie Guy Ledune, Brüssel, Belgium
entre femme (mit Pascale Willi), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1999
Treibhaus (Manor Kunstpreis), Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 1998 Nature 2, attitudes, Genèv, Switzerland
Nature 1, Saint Gervais, Genève, Switzerland
1997
I love you so much it hurts me I, Kleines Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
das Zimmer ohne Eigenschaften, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Rethink Destinations, Kunstwege, Vias d’Art Pontresina, Pontresina, Switzerland
Linientanz, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland
2022
Sockelgeschichten, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Venedigsche Sterne - Kunst und Stickerei, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
2021
Spring in your Step, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Il God - ün omagi per nos bazegner, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland
achdung richdig behudsam, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
2020
Lovers’ Lane, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
le grand bleu, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland Still_leben, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
no condition is permanent, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2019
Lost Faces, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Correspondance, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Werke aus der Sammlung Hürlimann Thalmann, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2018
Tarnen-Täuschen-Imitieren, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland
with other eyes, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Text-il, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2016
Archiv, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
2015
changing perspectives, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Zwischenhalt, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Kristall, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
art Genève, Salon d’Art with Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Beauty of Difference, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Truffes&Trouvailles, Kunstraum Baden, Switzerland
Gastspiel - Schweizer Gegenwartskunst im Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Public and Intention, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Kleine Formate, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2013
Suspense, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Hotel, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
la realtà non è un luogo commune fotografie e video dalla collezione d’arte della Julius Bär, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Hinter Grund, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
darüber hinaus, eine Ausstellung zur Malerei, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2012
Slight Adjustments, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
Arte Hotel Bregaglia / Promontogno (Part III), Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Art Cologne with Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Invasionen, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany
Natur 1, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Kunstrausch, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, München, Germany
Arte Hotel Bregaglia / Promontogno (Part II), Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
(re)constructed, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
Neue Maschine, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Kopf oder Zahl, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Arte Hotel Bregaglia / Promontogno, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Drôles de Lieux, Kunstmuseum Moutier, Switzerland
Paarkunst, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2009
In der Nacht, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland Winternachtgarten, Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland
Genipulation, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
der fixierte Augenblick, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
2008
Belvedere, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Arche Noah, video lounge bei Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Ego Documents - Das Autobiographische in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
average, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
Flower Power, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
...then we take Berlin. Part 2, Substitut-Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
2007
der rote Faden, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Fleischeslust oder die Lust an der Darstellung des Fleischlichen, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Tierisch, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland
2003
Mondopunkt, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2001
Familie, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
2000
Pulsion, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
1999
Searchlight, CCAC San Francisco, USA
1997
Hybrid Workspace, Videoprogramm, Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
Nonchalance, Centre Pascquart, Biel, Switzerland
un bel été, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Faktor Arbeit, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Destruction and Recovery, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
1996
Unter 36, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland
Erotica: Kabinettstücke, Kammerkunst & Co, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
1994
Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Switzerland
1992 - 2023
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
ARCHITECTUAL ART
2022
Rechtobrecht, Weingut Obrecht, Jenins, Switzerland
2017
Maiacher, private foundation, Switzerland
2016
Santa Catarina, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland
2015
am Strande, Regionalspital Schiers, Switzerland
2013
Stairway to Heaven, Stadt Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Im Licht der Erinnerung, Alters- und Pflegeheim, Vella, Switzerland
Fountainhead, Altersheim Bodmer, Chur, Switzerland
The opportunity to stumble, Hauptsitz Zürcher Kantonalbank Zurich, Switzerland
Window to the World, Bürgergemeinde Chur, Switzerland
2009
GAIA, Alters- und Pflegeheim Jenaz, Switzerland
2008
Kraft der Steine / Artificial Beauties, St.Claraspital, Switzerland
2007
Landschaft und Tod, Ospidal Val Müstair, St.Maria, Switzerland
Lithos, Kreisel Uletsch, Laax, Switzerland
2005
Geheime Wünsche, Alexanderplatz Chur, Switzerland
2002
Parking Gallery, Wohnsiedlung Witikon, Stadt Zurich, Switzerland