Beat Zoderer

Exhibitions

Portrait

Beat Zoderer predominantly uses everyday materials as a basis for his work. The artist sources his materials from general hardware stores. Rather than altering them, Zoderer makes use of these materials within what at first appears to be methodical structures based on repetition or mathematical systems. However, this is a deception, as each piece allows for an arbitrary element. The complexity of each piece consciously allows for imperfections and mistakes. This self-contradicting and ambiguous quality of the works gives them the playfulness that probably best characterizes the artist and his

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Biography

Born 1955 in Zürich, Switzerland
Lives and works in Wettingen, Switzerland and Genova, Italy

Selected Solo Exhibition

2024
"Rosso non c'è", Mandranova, Artist in Residence, Sicily
2023
“Tektur”, galerie lange + pult, Zurich, Switzerland
"From the disappearance of color into the Lightness", Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
"Intersection", Kunstraum Hochdorf, Hochdorf, Switzerland
"model behavior", with Hannah Parr, Kunstraum Baden, Baden, Switzerland
2022
"The London Soap Opera", Bartha Contemporary, London, UK
"Less an more", Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherland
2021
"Faltung und Verwerfung", Kunst Museum Ahlen, Germany
"Visuelle Interferenzen 1990-2020", Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
"The ultimative Sphere", von Bartha, Basel, Germany
"re-edition", Fuhrwerkswaage, Köln, Germany
"Transverse expressions", Galerie Galerie Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2019
"crisscross & monoliths", taubert contemporary, Berlin, Germany
"First Appearance & New Works", Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2018
"Dans quelle mesure", Galerie Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
"Licht und Leere", Neues Museum Nürnberg, Germany
2017
"um 5 Ecken herum", von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
"KINTSUGI", Botão Gallery, Minatomachi Art Table, Nagoya, Japan
2016
"Mit Allen Ecken und Kanten", Taubert Contemporary, Berlin Germany
"Nagelfluh", Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, Germany
2015
“RASTER” Grid-works from 3 decades, von Bartha, Basel Showroom, Switzerland
2014
"Spickel," Galerie Taubert, Berlin, Germany
2013
"Much About Less thru December 21st", Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
"The flying Carpet", CIA, Cleveland Institut of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2012
"Zwischen Kalkül und Zufall", Galerie von Bertha, Basel, Switzerland
"Säulen nach Athen", Kunstverein Bremerhafen, Germany
2011
"Oberlichtsaal", Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
"Still Abstraction", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"New Works", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010
"Das Ende der Ränder", Museum Chasa Jaura, Valchava, Switzerland
"Sammelwut – Sammelgut", Coninx Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
"Gerade richtig rund", Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Hirnen und Winden", Underconsorten, Berlin, Germany
2009
"Soft and Roundabout, Galerie Martenson & Petersson, Stockholm, Sweden
"La nature morte – n'est pas morte!", Villa Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
"Sourceless Fields", Bartha Contemporary, London, UK
2008
"New Tools For Old Attitudes", Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
"Flicken", Fiedler Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2007
"Beat Zoderer", Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
"Bilder und Räume", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
"Tektur und andere Leerstellen", Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, Germany
2003
"Spatial interventions (With Dimitri Vandergrundbek)", CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
"Der doppelte Boden ist tiefer als man denkt, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
"Wandstücke und eine Skulptur", Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany
"Eine Neue Stütze der Gesellscha", Dina4 Projekte, Munich, Germany
"Stücke oder zwölf kurze Bemerkungen über Malerei", Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin, Germany
2002
"Auslage", Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
"Kabinettstücke", Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland
2001
"Die Früchte hängen immer hoch", Installation, Projektraum WUK, Vienna, Austria
"Pavillon Skulptur Nr. II", Videoraum, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2000
"Städtische Galerie Altes Theater", Ravensburg, Germany
"Beat Zoderer", Kunstverein Grafscha Bentheim, Germany
"S.A. Vinyl, Espai Pascual Lucas", Valencia, Spain
"Ein Brimborium um ein DINA 4", Galerie Thomas Taubert, Düsseldorf, Germany
"n.a. 99/00", Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, Switzerland