*1985 in Basel CH


Solo/duo shows (selection):

2023 «dust matters» Urbancross Gallery, Shanghai
2023 «Patina» The Gimp, Berlin
2022 «Desire Lines», Kluckyland, Wien
2022 «101 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria», Razklon Gallery, Tsarino
2021 «Rheinweg», Artachment, Basel
2020 «Cloud Atlas», est_projects by Esther Stocker, Wien
2019 with Miklos Erhardt, SIZE MATTERS Wien
2017 «Bianca Pedrina», Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
2016 «Borrowed Light», C/O Berlin, Berlin
2014 «dispositif au cube» utengasse sechzig, Basel
2014 «Cloud Atlas», Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
2014 «Intime Architekturfotografie», Ahoi Ahoi, Basel
2013 «On the Rocks», Falko, Basel
2010 «Holy Merleau-Ponty!», Artachment, Basel


Group shows (selection):

2024 Modest Common, curated by Marit Wolters, Los Angeles
2023 «Re:locations», curated by Nico Müller & Mathias Kobel, DuflonRacz Bern
2023 die Feldversuche, Kleine Stadtfarm Lobau, Wien
2023 «Constructing Utopia» curated by Anna Bochkova, Galerie XY, Olomouc
2023 «Über das Neue» invited by Laurenz at Belvedere 21 Wien
2023 «Styles of Documentation as Narratives of Truth», Foto Wien
2022 Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunstmuseum Thun & EAC les halles Porrentruy
2022 «Body Snatcher» curated by Namjoo Huh at Assembly House, Leeds
2022 «Handrail Awareness Group», Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
2021 «Companion» curated by Nadine Lemke, Dream Estate, Vienna
2021 Biennale dell'immagine, curated by Riccardo Lisi, Chiasso
2020 «Project 3», curated by Peter Steinmann, space25, Basel
2020 «Cruel Summer Camp», EXILE, Vienna
2020 «Photo-Dimensions», curated by Marine Alibert, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing
2018 «Spazio, solo tu», with breadedEscalope, Spazio Pulpo, Vienna
2018 «Fährte mit Raum», curated by Tim Nolas GOMO, Vienna
2018 «The missing image», curated by Riccardo Lisi, La Rada, Locarno
2018 Swiss Art Awards 2018, Bundesamt für Kultur CH, Messe Basel
2018 SeMA Nanji Show, curated by Anna Harsanyi, Seoul Museum of Art
2018 «Water Yump» curated by Thomas Geiger Rhine river, Basel
2018 «H × B × T», curated by Janine Drewes, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
2017 «Nischenhain», curated by Karsten Födinger, Simultanhalle, Köln
2017 «Kunsthalle 3000», curated by Thomas Geiger, Beirut
2016 «Arbeit am Leben» curated by Lena Friedli, Akku, Emmen
2015 «Angesehen, Gesichter einer Stadt» curated by Françoise Theis, Basler Münster
2015 Benetton Collection, Imago Mundi, Fondazione Cini, Venezia
2013 «100 Jahre Meret Oppenheim», Art in public space, Basel
2011 Städelschule at McKinsey & Company Office, curated by Jonas Leihener, Frankfurt
2010 «The photograph and the artist», curated by Clare Kenny, Ausstellungsraum Klingental
2010 «The idea of the flying chair and the sweet cake», curated by Manuel Schweiwiler, Kasko Basel
2009 Regionale 10, by Adam Szymczyk, Annette Amberg and Maja Wismer, Kunsthalle Basel


Education:

2010 – 2011
Städelschule, Prof. Judith Hopf, Frankfurt a.M., D
2006 – 2009
BA Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste Bern, CH


Awards:

2022 Staatsstipendium, Federal Ministry for Arts & Culture, AT
2021 Kunst Preis Riehen, CH
2016 UBS Kulturstiftung, CH
2015 Cristina Spoerri Stiftung, CH
2015 Winner C/O Berlin Talents, D


Residencies:

2023 CCA Andratx, Mallorca ESP
2022 Experimentierfeld, Glasgow UK
2021 Pro Helvetia, Shanghai & Taipei (postponed to 2023/24)
2018 Seoul Museum of Art, SeMA Nanji, Seoul KR
2017 Bibliothek Andreas Züst, St. Anton CH
2017 Residenza Petrolio, Brindisi IT
2016 Alps Art Academy, Safiental CH
2011 iaab, Cité des Arts, Paris F


Curatorial:

2023 «Supermodels» An exhibition dedicated to the multifaceted concept of the model in art. With 52 artistic positions at Kunstraum SUPER, Wien.

2022 «Just Around the Cosmos» Anna Bochkova's solo show & «Things on Top of Other Things» with Nicoleta Auersperg, Mara Novak, Elisabeth Windisch at Kunstraum SUPER, Wien

2020 «Grandfather's Axe» group show and screening. With Anna Maria Balint, Karsten Födinger, Michiel Huijben, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Valle Medina & Benjamin Reynolds, Superstudio, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

2019 Screening curated with Vasilena Gankovska at FLUCA Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Plovdiv

2018 Screening series curated with Namjoo Huh, simultaneous in Seoul and in Europe

2018  «The Show» with Florence Jung, Thomas Geiger and Stefan Klein, Kunstraum SUPER, Wien

2014–
2017
«Schwarzwaldallee» artist-run space with Karin Borer, Daniel Kurth and Lorenz Wiederkehr, Basel

2014 «150 years Schützengrabenbrunnen» Birthday party for a fountain, Basel

2012 «ART Limited» Reconstructing the 43th ART Basel Unlimited Show in model size, Cafe Hammer Basel

 

Publications:

2024 Booklet with photographs from Shanghai, limited edition
2023 «The Afternoon» self published (for Laurenz Space)
2023 «Supermodels Catalogue» self published (for Kunstraum SUPER)
2020 «Grandfather's Axe», self published (for Ausstellungsraum Klingental)
2020 «Spatial Issue», self published
2019 «Pompei, Pompeii», Mark Pezinger Verlag, Vienna
2018 «Models», Mark Pezinger Verlag, Vienna
2017 «Photoprobleme», self published
2017 «Architekturfotografie», Mark Pezinger Verlag, Vienna
2016 «Borrowed Light», Catalogue with C/O Berlin, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

 

Press

Handrailawareness Group interviewed by Will Pollard / San Serriffe
Handrailawareness Group interviewed by Will Pollard / San Serriffe
Desire Lines at Kluckyland - Falter - Nicole Scheyerer
Desire Lines at Kluckyland - Falter - Nicole Scheyerer
Kunst Preis Riehen 2021 - Basler Zeitung
Kunst Preis Riehen 2021 - Basler Zeitung
Rheinweg at Artachment - up&coming FOKUS
Rheinweg at Artachment - up&coming FOKUS
Rheinweg at Artachment - vernissage.tv
Rheinweg at Artachment - vernissage.tv
RadioX_Rheinweg

Rheinweg at Artachment - Radio X

Cruel Summer Camp at EXILE - tzvetnik.online
Cruel Summer Camp at EXILE - tzvetnik.online
Grandfather's Axe – contemporaryartswitzerland.com
Grandfather's Axe – contemporaryartswitzerland.com
Grandfather's Axe – daily-lazy.com
Grandfather's Axe – daily-lazy.com
Grandfather's Axe – radiox.ch
Grandfather's Axe – radiox.ch
Grandfather's Axe – swiss-architects.com
Grandfather's Axe – swiss-architects.com
Pompei, Pompeii – swiss-architects.com
Pompei, Pompeii – swiss-architects.com
Bianca Pedrina – Swiss Art Awards 2018
Bianca Pedrina – Swiss Art Awards 2018
H x B x T at Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden - FAZ
H x B x T at Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden - FAZ
'Models' in The MoMA Library
'Models' in The MoMA Library
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Kunstbulletin
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Kunstbulletin
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Programmzeitung
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Programmzeitung
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Badische Zeitung
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Badische Zeitung
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Vernissage TV
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – Vernissage TV
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – BAZ
Bianca Pedrina at Kunsthaus Baselland – BAZ
C/O Berlin Kritik – HU Berlin
C/O Berlin Kritik – HU Berlin
Kunstmuseum Basel Lieblingswerk – BZ
Kunstmuseum Basel Lieblingswerk – BZ
Portrait  – Tageswoche
Portrait – Tageswoche
Portrait – Basellandschaftliche Zeitung
Portrait – Basellandschaftliche Zeitung
Travel Guide Paris - Kinki Mag
Travel Guide Paris - Kinki Mag