Caro Niederer

Caro Niederer (born 1963 in Zürich) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Zürich.

Niederer works in a variety of media. Her work encompasses techniques such as painting, photography, video as well as silk tapestries. Niederer is, along with Pipilotti Rist and Sylvie Fleury, one of the most popular contemporary female Swiss artists. Human day-to-day situations from her private life and her immediate environment are the source for most of Niederer's works. These personal snapshots are then re-worked in paintings or form the template for huge hand knotted silk carpets, which the artist gets produced in China. The transformation of an image through its replication in another media is a core theme of Niederer's work. In an ongoing photo series called Interieurs Niederer photographs her sold works in situ in their new owners' homes and offices.

Recent major museums exhibitions include Kunstmuseum St.Gallen (2017/2018), CAC Malaga (2006), Haus Lange, Krefeld (2006), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2005), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2005) and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2004).

Solo exhibitions
2019 2018 2017 2006 2005 2004 2003 1995 1994 1993 1992 1990
 * Good Luck, complete Works, Geneva, Switzerland
 * Print Works, Kunstgriff, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Good Life Ceramics, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Good Life Ceramics, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
 * Souvenir and Conversations, CAC – Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
 * Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany (travelling exhibition)
 * The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
 * Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (travelling exhibition)
 * Leben mit Kunst / Living with Art, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland (travelling exhibition)
 * Memoria e Valore, Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy
 * Öffentliche und Private Bilder, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany
 * Abbilder, Ausstellungsraum Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
 * Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Säntis, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Säntis Bergstation, Schwaegalp, Switzerland,
 * Souvenirs, Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

Group exhibitions
2020


 * Subject sitting in a darkened room. Barbara Seiler, Zurich
 * Sommer des Zögerns. Kunsthalle Zürich
 * Conversations about Work. Kino Süd, Weiss Falk, Basel

2016 2015 2014 2012 2009 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1989 1988
 * A Being in the World, curated by Jayson Musson and Fabienne Stephan, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, USA
 * Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Don't Shoot the Painter – UBS Art Collection, Villa Reale's Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
 * Gastspiel. Schweizer Gegenwartskunst im Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
 * The Prestige of Painting from Europe: The Future Lasts Forever, Interalia Art Compagny, Seoul, Korea
 * Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * The Art on your Wall, Artclub 1563, Seoul, Korea
 * Das eigene Kind im Blick, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
 * Heimspiel 09, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Tracing Reality I, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
 * Gefrorene Momente / Frozen Moments, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
 * Locating Home, Harewood House, Harewood, UK
 * Hyperdesign, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
 * Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
 * Kunst für die Kunst, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Appenzeller Frauenaufzug, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland
 * Citazioni, Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy
 * Heimspiel, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Heimspiel, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland
 * Interior / Exterior (with A. Goldsworthy), Cultureel Centrum De Romaanse Poort, Leuven, Belgium
 * WertWechsel, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany
 * Kontext, Kunsthalle Kornwestheim, Germany
 * Bunte Hintergründe und klassische Porträts (with Bruno Müller-Meyer),
 * Wish you were here (with Andreas Rüthi und Bruno Müller-Meyer), Milch, London, UK
 * Salon, Kunstverein St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Kunstmarkt Dresden, Dresden, Germany
 * Non-Painters-Painting, Galerie Berlintokio, Berlin, Germany
 * SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1997, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany
 * Alpenblick, die zeitgenössische Kunst und das Alpine, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
 * Objets du désir, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Kunst & Kiosk (with Véronique Zusseau), Alte Konsumbäckerei, Solothurn, Switzerland
 * Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Doppelbindung / Linke Masche, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
 * Auszug, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
 * !Hello world?, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
 * SüdwestLB Druckgraphik Kunstpreis 1995, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany
 * Inventar 95/96, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1995, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Merry-go-round, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium 1994, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
 * Werk- und Atelierstipendium 1994, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Informationsdienst c/o, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, (travelling exhibition)
 * Informationsdienst c/o, Goethe House, New York, USA, (travelling exhibition)
 * Informationsdienst c/o, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, (travelling exhibition)
 * Informationsdienst c/o, Sous-sol, Geneva, Switzerland, (travelling exhibition)
 * Serial – Ein limitierter Laden von Michelle Nicol, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Blumen, Bilderraum, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Junge Schweizer KünstlerInnen, Stiftung Merian, Muba 88, Basel, Switzerland

Public conversations
2004


 * Gespräche über die Arbeit, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland

1997


 * Wie entsteht das Wertvolle, with Christina Bechtler, Galerie Agathe Nisple, St.Gallen, Switzerland

Concepts and Projects
2017 2016 1997 1993 1992
 * The Inventory of Happiness, Angela Weber Möbel, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Glassware, MMperformance (UA) by Christoph Gallio und Caro Niederer,
 * Aktionshalle Stanzerei, Baden, Switzerland
 * World of Interiors, Janet Paris, Andreas Rüthi, Bridget Smith, Binz 39, Zurich
 * Forum Information, with Marc Jancou, Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich
 * Oriental Spirit in Contemporary Zurich Flats, with Stephanie Thalmann, Video, 90’

Awards and grants

 * 2004: Manor Kunstpreis
 * 2000: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
 * 1997: IBK Förderpreis 1997
 * 1996: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
 * 1995: Werkstipendium der Stadt Zurich
 * 1992: AR-Kulturstiftung, grant
 * 1990: Pro Helvetia grant and studio in Schabramant, Cairo/EG