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Born 1977 Müllheim/Baden, Germany
Lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland

EDUCATION

1999 – 2003 Master in Photography, University of Art and Design, Zürich, Switzerland


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Zeigefinger eingeklemmt im Vorstellungsklavier, Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland

2010
Performative Attitudes, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland, Curated by Alexandra Blättler & Sabine Rusterholz
Being shagged by a rare parrot, Neuer Saarbrucke Kunstverein, Germany
Irene la Mostra Affondabile/ The Sinkable Show, Instituto Svizzero, Venice, Italy
Open Space, Art Cologne, Galerie Marion Scharmann
Unter den Umständen, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2009
Stefan Burger, Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine Arts, Zürich, Switzerland
Ganz naiver Konstellationismus, BINZ 39, Zürich, Switzerland
Dürrer, (with Georg Winter), Kunstbunker Nürnberg, Germany
Frischzelle_10,, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
Stefan Burger, DOLL Espace d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland

2008
Serving Nothing, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Genug lang` wässern/ wedeln, Coalmine - Space for Contemporary Photography, Winterthur
Runaway Sculptor, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Just give me five seconds of your attention, F.A.I.T. Gallery, Krakow, Poland
The Innocent Eye Test, Marion Scharmann, Cologne, Germany

2007
(über Sommer) plötzlich weggerutsche Parameter, Freymond-Guth & Co., Zürich, Switzerland
Projektraum Enter, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland

2006
Innenparasiten des Menschen, Kunstraum, Marion Scharmann, Cologne, Germany
Stefan Müller, Galerie Royal, (with Stefan Meier) Munich, Germany
Minimal Palazzo, Galleria Studio 44, Genova, Italy
Kleinere Unsicherheitsgesellschaften, Les Complices, Zürich, Switzerland

2005
Stefan Burger – Portrait of Stefan Burger as a Pencil of Nature, Les Complices, Zürich, Switzerland


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
BEYOND (Look at my face: my name is Might Have Been; I am also called No More, Too Late, Farewell ), Curated by Adam Budak, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 7 October 2011 until 2012
Time to Act, Works from the Migros Museum for contemporary Art Zürich', Kunsthalle Krems, AT, 27 November 2011 to 19 February 2012

2011
Produced by Migros, Collection migros museum für Gegenwartskunst', Kunsthalle Friedericianum, DE 'Young Art', Kunsthaus Zürich, CH
Rewriting worlds: Dada Moscow, 4th Moscow biennale of contemporary Art, Artplay, Moscow, RU, curated by Adrian Notz
All around zero - a small celebration of loss, ReMap 3, Athens, GR, curated by Stefan Burger with contributions by Thomas Adank, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Retrograde Strategien, Rosemary Brown, Simon Dybbroe Moller, Ohio, Agniezka Polska, David Renggli, Roman Signer

2010
Wir Manager!, Vogele Cultural Centre, Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Issued, Darsa Comfort, Zürich, Switzerland
No Soul For Sale, group/festival, Tate Modern, London
Open Space, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Performative Attitudes, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland

2009
Hauser & Wirth collection, Hauser & Wirth, Henau, Switzerland
Event Horizon, (Stefan Burger, Dorota Lukianska, Stefan Meier, Cora Piantoni, Stefan Wischnewski), Ausstellungsraum Kllingental, Basel, Switzerland
Shifting Identities. (Swiss) Art Now, CAC - Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Lithuania
ConceptIOUS, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
Stipendium Vordemberge - Gildewart, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aargau, Switzerland
Fragile Monumente, Suzie Q Projects, Zürich, curated by Eva Scharrer
What you really need, Stadtgalerie Wels, Austria

2008
Walking On Thin Ice, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung / Collection, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Eröffnungsfestival, Kunstraum München, Germany
Art Cannot Be Untaught, La Rada, Locarno, Switzerland

2007
Aggression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
Unter 30 V - Junge Schweizer Kunst, Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
Ernte, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel Switzerland
The Art of Failure, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
Ready Trade Trailer - Tour 2007”, Künstlerhaus Worpswede, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Friedrichsplatz, Kassel (Katalog)
Hoot, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London
Agression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
Port de Suisse (with Freymond-Guth & Co) Villa Lautengarten, Basel, Switzerland

2006
Emerging Artistss, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Regionale7, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Regionale7, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
For Example S, F, N, G, L, B, C – Eine Frage der Grenzziehung, (with forschungsgruppe_f), Shedhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler, Freymond-Guth & Co., Zürich, Switzerland
forschungsgruppe_f forst: Blühbungen, Programangels/Lothringer13, München, Germany
Invasionswetterlage, Kunsthof, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2005
Invasionswetterlage, Kunsthof, Zürich (Catalogue)
Unter 30 III - Junge Schweizer Kunst, Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (Catalogue)
2004
Bergung, Schalter, Basel

2003
Öppis us äm Chuchichäschtli, Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany
Iconoclash - Jenseits der Bilderkriege in Wissenschaft, Religion und Kunst (with forschungsgruppe_f) Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Auf den Fersen der Breitwiesers – melancholische Portofoliotaufe im Rhein-Rhone Kanal (with Yves Keel), Produzentengalerie Poly, Karlsruhe, Germany
M-Family – 53 Schweizer Künstler zeigen ihre Familie, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Moving Pictures – Fotografie und Film in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (with forschungsgruppe_f) 5. Internationale, Fototriennale, Esslingen, Germany


PRIZES/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

2010
Dr. Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation Award

2009
Swiss Art Award
City of Zurich Grant

2008
City of Zurich Grant
Swiss Art Award

2007
Kunstfonds Grant, Bonn, Germany
Binz39 Foundation Residency 2007/2009, Zürich Switzerland

2006
Canton of Zürich Grant

2005
Residency in Genoa, I, from the City of Zürich, Switzerland
Kiefer Hablitzel Grant, Switzerland

2003
Golden Ukiyo Camera Award


PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS

2010
Eds. Schaschl, Sabine, Stahel, Urs, Very very thin soup, exhibition catalogue to Stefan Burger- Under the Circumstances, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Christoph Merian Verlag, September-November

2009
Griffin, Tim; Critics Pick, Quinn Latimer, Artforum.com, New York, November 20
Griffin, Tim;Critics Pick, David Lewis, Artforum.com, New York, December 23
Becher, Jorg,Kunstszene im Umbruch, Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin, June 11
Burkhard Meltzer, Stefan Burger, Frieze, Issue 123, May 2009
Williams Eliza, Stefan Burger, Flash Art , XLII, No.264, January - February

2008
Valerie Knoll, "Kunsthaus Baselland", ArtForum Magazine, XLVII, No.2, Translated from German by Emily Speers Mears, October