Pascal Schwaighofer
Born 1976 in Locarno, CH
Lives and works between Zürich
EDUCATION
2012-2013 Co-founder of the exhibition space MOK, Roterdam, NL
2008-2009 Co-founder of the exhibition space APPPART, Locarno, CH
2005/2006 Pedagogical University, Locarno, CH
1998–2003 Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano, IT
1992–1997 Liceo Artistico, Varese, IT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2016
La classe sterile, Museo Vela, Ligornetto, CH
2014
Tulipmania, conversation XXXVII with Jan Verwoert, Les Foyer, Zürich, CH
Mythological Re-enactment (Conversations) i2a, International Institute of Architecture, Vico Morcote, CH
2013
Economimesis, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zürich, CH
ECONOMIMESIS, Géopolis, UNIL, and Palais Rumine, Musée Cantonale de Géologie, Lausanne, CH
Mythological Re-enactment, Kolumba Museum, Köln, DE 2012
Sketches for a Sundial, Dienstgebäude, Zürich, CH
Pascal Schwaighofer/Misha Stroj, ar/ge kunst, Galerie museum, Bozen/Bolzano, IT
Le monde nous échappe puisqu’il redevient lui-même, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, FR
2011
Musée de la Chaussure, Les Urbaines, Lausanne – Opoyaz, Premio Manor Ticino 2011, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, CH
Partita doppia, Isabelle Krieg/Pascal Schwaighofer, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, CH
2010
Pascal Schwaighofer, Lokal.int, Bienne, CH
2009
Primo Movimento. Allunaggi, La Via Lattea 6, Monte Generoso, CH
Pingelap, Apppart, Locarno, CH
2007
In the beginning, Kunstpanorama, Raum 202, Lucerne, CH
2006
Pascal Schwaighofer, Les Halles, Espace d’art contemporain, Porrentruy, CH (with Miky Tallone)
Pascal Schwaighofer, Studiocrisitinadelponte, Locarno, CH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2016
Werk- und Auslandatelierstipendien 2016 , Stadt Zürich
Oh, wie schön ist Panama. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Mola und Moral. Völkerkundemuseum, Universität Zürich, CH
La madonna dei Tulipani, Gasträume 2016, Maagplatz, Zürich, CH
Swiss Art Awards, Messezentrum, Basel, CH
2015
SVILUPPO – PARALLELO, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, CH
Werkschau, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, CH
Nichts Neues, PROGR, Zentrum für Kulturproduction, Bern, CH
Voglio vedere le mie montagne, MAGA Museum, Gallarate, IT
Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern, Daß ich Eins und doppelt bin?, Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zürich, CH
2014
4rd Biennial at the End of the World, Mar del Plata, AR
When I sleep my bed works, Performa festival, La Fabbrica, Losone – Émergences, Bex & Arts, Bex, CH
Swiss art awards, Messezentrum, Basel, CH
2013
At Set Times, Not a Minute to Lose, Villa au Parc, Annemasse, CH
2012
Reflections on Form, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zürich, CH
La jeunesse est un art, Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau, CH
In Absent Places We Dwell, Piano Nobile, Genève, CH
Aeschliman & Corti Stipendium, Centre Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, CH
2011
52.5293°N, 13.3964°E, Substitut, Berlin, DE
Science & Fiction, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, CH
Swiss art awards, Messezentrum, Basel, CH
Môtiers 2011, Art en plein air, Môtiers, CH
Aeschliman & Corti Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun, CH
2010
I was Uranium, with Ruth Barker and Toril Johannessen, Sils Project Space, Rotterdam, NL
Liberty control, Duende Studio, Rotterdam, NL
What’s New? A look at the emerging art scene in Ticino, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, CH
2009
RAiR #2, Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NL
The World is a Tissue of Lies, Kunsthalle Luzern – Swiss art awards, Messezentrum, Basel, CH
Belvedere, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, CH
2008
Heimatpäckli für Adam Tellmeister, Substitut, Berlin – Swiss art awards, Messezentrum, Basel, CH
Der Rote Faden, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, CH 2007
Curators Cut, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, CH
Handlung und Relikt, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, CH
AWARDS
2019 Production Grant, CCA, Cornell Council of the Arts, US
2019 Comparative Literature Department Essay Prize, Cornell University, US
2017 Canton Zurich Art Award, CH
2017 Production Grant, Pro Helvetia, CH
2016 Research Grant, Pro Helvetia, CH
2016 Support by Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, CH
2015 UBS Culture Foundation, CH
2015 Studio Residency, Pro Helvetia, CH
2014 Culturescapes Pristina, Studio Residency, CH
2011 Manor Art Prize, Ticino, CH
2011 Swiss art awards, CH
2011 Collection Cahier d’Artistes, Pro Helvetia, CH
RESIDENCIES
2015 Pro Helvetia Studio Residency, New Delhi, IN 2014
2015 Studio Residency La Boca, Buenos Aires, AR 2013
2015 Culturescapes residency, Pristina, XK
2010 Y residency Art Foundation, Berlin, DE
2010 B.a.d Foundation, Rotterdam, NL
2009 Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NL