Born 1971 in Austin, USA
Lives and works in Zurich, CH

Exhibitions in the gallery
2015 Indexes; 2012 Antichthon

Education
1996
Rhode Island School of Design, studies in architecture, USA
Zurich Conservatory, Studies in Computer Music, CH

1994–1999
ETH Zurich, studies in architecture, MSci Arch ETHZ, CH


Artists website
http://www.waldvogel.com


Awards and grants
2011
Swiss Art Award
Bronze medal Best designed Book from all over the World, for Earth Extremes
The Most beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2010 for Earth Extremes

2009
Canton Zurich Art Grant, CH

2005
Canton Zurich Art Grant, CH
Gold medal Best designed Book from all over the World, for Globus Cassus
The Most beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2004 for Globus Cassus
Pro Helvetia Grant for Study trip to Japan

2003
Swiss Art Award

2002
Swiss Art Award


Residencies
2012
Berlin, DE

2005
Stockholm, SE (UBS Kulturstiftung Grant)

2003/2004
Swiss Institute Rome, IT


Committees
2011–13
Co-Chair Topical Team Art & Science, European Space Agency (ESA)


Collections
Die Kunstsammlung des Bundes, CH
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich, CH
Sammlung Kunstmuseum Bern, CH
Graphische Sammlung Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, CH
Sammlung Schweizerische Mobiliar, CH


Publications
2014
Christian Waldvogel. Unknown — The Orders of Randomness, exhibition catalogue, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, edited by Helmhaus, Zurich, CH. Essays by Christian Waldvogel, Jörg Heiser, Daniel Morgenthaler and conversations with Jack van Loon, Ben Moore, Jakob Pernthaler and Jean Pierre de Vera.

2011
Space. About a Dream, exhibition catalogue, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, DE
Utopia Forever, Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, DE

2010
Earth Extremes, Monography, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, CH, edited by Jacqueline Burckhardt, Christian Waldvogel and Jonas Voegeli, Texts by Christian Waldvogel and Jörg Heiser

Space from Space 1–3, in Experiments, gta institute ETHZ, Jovis Verlag Berlin, DE

2007
Nature Design, exhibition catalogue, Lars Müller Publishers
1001 Nacht. Wege ins Paradies, Verlag Philip von Zabern

2006
Real Fantasies – Young Swiss Photography, exhibition catalogue, Christoph Merian Verlag, CH
Uchronies et autres Fictions, exhibition catalogue, Editions FRAC Lorraine, FR

2004
Globus Cassus, Monography, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Swiss Pavillion Architecture Biennial Venice, Lars Müller Publishers, Texts by Christian Waldvogel, Boris Groys, Claude Lichtenstein and Michael Stauffer

2001
A piece of Earth moved to the Sky, in Susanne Bieri, Walther Fuchs (Ed.): Building for Books, Birkhäuser Verlag, CH

Solo shows
2016
Curated Section artgèneve, Genève, CH

2015
Indexes, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH
On a Universe turned inward, artist’s project, frieze d/e, Winter, No. 22

2014
Kochi–Muziris Biennale, India
unknown Helmhaus, Zurich, CH

2013
Peripheral Vision 49 Nord 6 Est — Frac Lorraine, Metz, FR
Chance Encounters of Happenstance and Negative Entropy Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, IT

2012
Antichthon – A Possibly Discredited Theory, and Thus a Paradise Less, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH

2010
Earth Extremes, IG Halle Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil, CH (cat.)

2006
Erdkrümmung, Museum of Fine Art, Bern, CH

2004
Larger Earth, Swiss Pavillion 9. Biennale d'Architettura Venezia, IT (cat.)

2003
Globus Cassus, Ursula Wiedenkeller Gallery, Zurich, CH


Group shows
2015
L'Hospice des Mille-Cuisses, CAN Neuchâtel, CH

2014
Bex & Arts, parc de Szilassy, Bex, CH

2013
Le Principe Galapagos Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Babel — There's a heaven above you, baby,
Kunstmuseum Olten, CH
Free Enterprise, Culver Center of the Arts / California Museum of Photography, Riverside, USA

2012
Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zurich, CH
Nach Solaris, Hospiz Galerie/Kunstvilla, Bregenz, AT
Paper Jam, Cabaret Voltaire Zurich, CH, marke.6/gallery of Bauhaus-Univeristät Weimar, DE, Le Commissariat at Treize, Paris, FR
a.i.r.5 – artists in residence, Substitut, Berlin, DE
Fil Rouge, Galerie Mayhaus Ilja & René Steiner, Erlach, CH

2011
Brachland 1, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH
52.5293°N, 13.3964°E, Substitut, Berlin, DE
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel, CH (cat.)
Space. About a dream, Kunsthalle Wien, AT (cat.)

2010
Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH

2009
L’attraction de l’espace, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, FR
Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zurich, CH

2008
Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich, CH

2007
Nature Design, Museum for Design Zurich, Zurich, CH (cat.)

2006
Downloads from Future, Kunsthalle Winterthur, CH
The World in a City, London Architekturbiennale, UK
Downloads from Future, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Real Fantasies — Young Swiss Photography, Museum of Photography Winterthur, CH (cat.)
Uchronies et autres Fictions, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, FR (cat.)

2005
Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst Kanton Zürich, F+F, Zurich, CH

2004
grey–blue–orange, Anciens Abbatoirs, Pau, FR
Mezzo Cielo, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, IT (cat.)

2003
7x3, Kunsthalle Berne, CH
Wohnträume – Wohnräume, Museum of Design Zurich, CH (cat.)
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basle, CH (cat.)

2002
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basle, CH (cat.)

1996
!Hello_World?, Museum of Design Zurich, CH


Media coverage (Selection)
2014
Art Review, 03.2014
PDF: CW_ArtReview-03-2014.pdf

2012
Kunstbulletin 10.2012
PDF: CW_Kunstbulletin_10-2012.pdf

2011
Newspaper Interview: ‹Und zuhinterst liegt der Urknall›, Manisha Jothardy, Wiener Zeitung, 01.04.2011
PDF: cwa_WZ110401_013_4c.pdf

Radio: Robert Schimke, Deutschlandfunk, 04.04.2011

2010
TV: Kulturplatz Swiss National Television SFTV, 23.06.2010

Radio: Echo der Zeit, Swiss National Radio DRS1, 20.07.2010

Newspaper: Stillstand bei 1158km/h, Caspar Schärer, Tages-Anzeiger 26.07.2010

Blog: Digital Brainstorming, Villö Huszai, 23.08.2010

2005
Blog: Der Demiurg als Netzkunstpirat, Villö Huszai, Regioartline No. 9/10 2005

Newspaper Interview: Bauen, nicht Basteln, Markus Hofmann, NZZ 19.07.2005

Magazine Portrait: Der Weltvergrösserer, Mark van Huisseling, MINI International: Zürich, #1/2005

General media coverage: Titan Panorama (Seven Years From Here), published in more than 30 media: The London Times, Nature, New Scientist, USA Today, Der Spiegel, The Economist, Discovery Channel, Jornal do Brasil, Ciel et Espace, Danish Berlingske Tigende etc.

2004
Newspaper Portrait: Spielplatz für die Entwicklung von Ideen, Oliver Meiler, Tages Anzeiger 19.08.2004
Several articles about Globus Cassus in the international daily and specialised press