Christoph Schreiber was born 1970 in Wädenswil, Switzerland.
He completed his studies in visual art at the School of Art and Design
Zurich in 1995 and in law at the University of Zurich in 2002. He
lives
and works in New York and Zurich.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2007 Gallery Friedrich, Basel (solo)
"non-lieu", Journées photographiques, Bienne
Videoscreening, State of the Image festival, Arnhem
2005 “Set it off”, James Nicholson Gallery, New York
“Bekanntmachungen”, Kunsthalle Zürich
2004 James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
Gallery Friedrich, Basel (solo)
2001 Gallery Friedrich, Basel (solo)
”Collection Cahiers d’artistes, 1997-1999, Exposition”, Pasqu’Art, Biel
”Shifting reality: the early shift”, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
”Als ich mir die Welt am Himmel baute” (with Ernst Thoma),
Kehrichtsverbrennungsanlage
Weinfelden
”Wald/Explosionen”, Helmhaus, Zurich
2000 Gallery Bob Gysin, Zurich (solo)
Trudelhaus, Baden
”Swiss Competition for Fine Arts”, FriArt, Freiburg
From the Collection of the City of Zurich, Helmhaus, Zurich
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2006 “Staub bauen ”, edition fink, Zürich (monographic)
2004 “Kunst im Un-Privaten / Roentgenraum” Peter Stohler, Carole Klopfenstein,
Daniel Walser, edition fink, Zürich
2003 “natürlich gebaut - Die Landschaft zwischen Konstruktion und Narration”, Helmhaus, Zürich
2001 “Shifting Reality: The early shift”, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
“Wald/Explosionen”, Helmhaus Zürich, Zürich
1999 Collection Cahier d’artistes, Lars Müller Publishers, Baden (monographic)
1997 “Mit Zimbeln zur Kartoffelernte”, Memory Cage Editions, Zürich (monographic)
1995 “dipl.”, edition fink, Zürich
GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2004 Studio Grant for New York City of the City of Zurich
2003 Scholarship of the State of Zurich
2002 Scholarship of the City of Zurich
Studio Grant for Berlin of ”Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr”
1999 Swiss grant for the Fine Arts
1998 Scholarship of the City of Zurich