>>artist statement<<
Born in Spokane, Washington, USA. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
1981-85 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A. Computer Science 1993 Workshop with Nan Goldin,
Salzburg Summer Academy 1996-97 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, Visiting Student
1994-98 University of Art and Design Zürich, Diplom in Photography 2006-present Doctoral Candidate at
the Z-Node of the Planetary Collegium
Solo Exhibitions:
1997 Atmospheres, Top Hat Shine Project, Oakland, California 1999 Under My Skin (with Adidal Abou-Chamat),
Galerie Christa Burger, München; Atmospheres, Southern Exposure Upper Level, San Francisco, California
2000 The Yellow Peril (with Cat Tuong Nguyen), Röntgenraum, Zürich 2001 Suzie Wong Doesn't Live Here
Anymore, Kunstraum Aarau Aarau 2002 Don't Play Me That 'Flower Drum Song', Bob Gysin Galerie, Zurich;
Polkamotion with Ma and Pa Chen, Installation and Book (edition Patrick Frey), Scalo, Zurich; Polkamotion,
Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland 2003 Constructing Conformation, Vebikus, Schaffhausen
2004 Gorgeous, Bob Gysin Galerie, Zurich 2007 Projections, Bob Gysin Galerie, Zurich; Intersections (with
Sabine Hagmann), Künstlerhaus S11, Solothurn 2010 Liminal Space, Bob Gysin Galerie
Group Exhibitions (Selection):
1996 Confess, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California; Die Klasse, Museum for Art and Design, Zurich
(Cat.); hello world?! private spaces, public places, Museum for Art and Design, Zurich 1997 Gewebeproben,
Galerie Christa Burger, Munich; Luminous Codes - Photo Based Artworks , Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin,
Texas; Women In Abstraction, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1998 Winterkollektion, celeste & eliot
kunstsalon, Zurich; 3. vfg.- Nachwuchsförderpreis Ausstellung, Nikon Image House Galerie, Kusnacht; Project
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich; asian body, Tidbit Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA; Nachschlag , FotoForum, St.
Gallen (Cat.) 1999 Le corps en pièces, Poste d'art contemporain (PAC), Fribourg; Troisième Prix des Jeunes
Talents du vfg.,Centre d'enseignement professionnel, Vevey; Young - Neue Kunstfotografie in der Schweiz,
Fotomuseum Winterthur (Cat.) 2000 Haare, Obsession und Kunst, Museuem Bellerive, Zurich (Cat.); Pourquoi
Tetras?, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Charles Wyrsch mit Cécile Wick und Teresa Chen ,Nidwaldner Museum,
Stans (Cat.); La Nuit Americaine, IG Halle, Rapperswil 2001 It Takes 2 2 Tango : Analoge Co-Operationen,
Shedhalle, Zurich; Unter Wasser - Kunst im Submarinen,Museuem Bellerive, Zurich (Cat.); Diadrome, Kaserne,
Zurich; Mixed Pickles, celeste & eliot kunstsalon, Zurich; M-Family, Migros Museum, Zurich (Cat.) 2002 Diadrome,
Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts, Genève; Fototriennale Tampere, Tampere, Finland 2003 Fleur du Mal, Videopreis
Boswil, Künstlerhausboswil, Boswil; Polkamotion, Centre de la photographie Genève, Genève; Out of Season with
the Chens,Les Complices, Zurich; Aninna Schenker and Teresa Chen, Anker - Freiraum für zeitgenössische Kunst,
Zurich; Behind the Wall, Röntgenraum, Zurich; Dislocation, K3, Zurich; Der Verein. Ein Zukunftsmodell. Strategien
der Kooperation, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens 2004 Appenzeller Frauenaufzug, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen 2005
Shifting Worlds, Fri-Art, Fribourg; Media in “f”, 5th Ewha Media Art Presentation (EMAP), Seoul, Korea; Werk- und
Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zurich 2005, Helmhaus, Zurich 2006 S P E E D, Galerie Staubkohler, Zurich; Ist das
Fischli Weiss?, Whitespace, Zurich; Von Frauen und Mannern, fotoK Aktion, Vienna, Austria; Reiz und Risiko /
Risk & Allure, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf; balkanTV* zeigt Love & Peace, Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich;
La Luna. La Diva, Likeyou projects, Zurich; Geburt, s11 Künstlerhaus, Solothurn 2007 The Race, PROGR, Bern;
Nackt & Privat, Röntgenprojekte, Zurich 2008 Kult Zurich Aussersihl, Galerie Baviera, Zurich 2009 Catch of the
Year, Dienstgebäude: Raum für Kunst, Zurich 2010 Know the Rules - Then Break Them, di Rosa Foundation
Gatehouse Gallery, Napa, California 2011 The Little Art Collector, K3, Zurich; KULT ZÜRICH AUSSER SIHL – EIN
SCHMELZTIEGEL, Malzfabrik, Berlin; vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunsthaus Baselland , Basel;
Die Garderobe , Binz39, Zürich; Gruppe G71, Kunstszene Zürich, Zürich
Commissioned Projects:
2002 Kunst und Bau: Credit Suisse (Octavo), Oerlikon-Zurich 2003 Kunst und Bau: University Hospital
Auditorium, Zurich 2007 Kunst und Bau: Kalchbühl Altersheim, Zurich
Prizes / Grants:
1998 3. vfg.- Nachwuchsförderpreis (1.Prize) 1999 Zurich City Grant (Paris Atelier, Februar y - July 2000) 2000
Zurich City Grant 2001 Zurich Canton Grant, Zurich City Grant 2003 Landis & Gyr Grant (Berlin Atelier,
January - June 2005)
Exhibition Projects:
1998 KLINIK, Exhibition Morphing Systems, Culture, Art, Bar, Events, Zurich Conception and coordination with T.
Kobler and D. Wimmer. A constantly changing exhibition with over 100 Swiss and international artists. Book
Morphing with Edition Patrick Frey.1999 GameOver, Museum for Art and Design, Zurich An Open-Source
Installation about Computer Game Culture in three zones and real time. Coordination of external experts / authors
and generation of content. 1999-2002 sWISH*, Projekt for the Swiss expo.02 An exhibition about wishes.
Member of Author Team, conception and realization.
Other:
1999-2009 Board Member / President, Shedhalle, Zurich
2007 Eindhoven Caucus Participant, Be[com]ing Dutch at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
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