CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER

BIO / CV

CV

1973 * in Constance / Germany.

2000-04

Study of visual art, sculpture and installation at the University of Arts (UdK) Berlin.

2003/04

Erasmus scholarship at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Marseille, France.

2009

Artist-in-residence at 'Mecklenburgisches Schloss Plueschow', Germany.

2010

Artist-in-residence of the ACC Gallery and the City of Weimar, Germany

2011

Residency at 'Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen' art foundation, Germany.

2017

Launch (co-founder) of the residency platform FaveLAB in Athens, Greece.

2020

Co-founder and publisher of the digital and online periodical SMCK Magazine For Independent Artists.

2021

Co-founder of the international video festival SMCK On Reel.

GROUP SHOWS & PROJECTS

2024

MAESTRIA // Nominated for the European Prize For Applied awarded by BeCraft. Anciens Abattoirs de Mons, Belgium.

SCHMUCK ON REEL - BERLIN SCREENINGS // Co-curation of and participation in the SMCK video festival at Kino Arsenal, Noonberlin and Polykiosk, Berlin.

SMCK ON REEL - MAGIC // Co-curation of and participation in the Video Festival for Wearable Art at Galerie Handwerk and Galerie Weltraum, Munich.

SMCK ON REEL at Legnica SILVER Festival, Poland. Guest participant with selected videos.

GREETINGS FROM UKRAINE // Co-production of a documentary on Ukrainian designers' life and work during Russia's invasion.

POLITICAL JEWELRY// Co-production of a documentary on international jewelry artists working on the topics of genocide, war, communism, religion etc.

2023

OCEAN TREASURES // Jewelry exhibition at Wagner Preziosen, Berlin.

SCHMUCK // Nominated for the Herbert Hofmann Prize at Handwerk & Design / International Trade Fair exhibition, Munich.

MELTING POINT VALENCIA // Jewelry exhibition (Schmuck 2023) at Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, Valencia.

SMCK ON REEl - CIVILIZATION REBOOTED // Co-curation of and participation in the Video Festival for Wearable Art at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein and Schmuck Infopoint, Timisoara European Capital of Culture and Chisinau - Romanian Jewelry Week.

2022

Grassi

SMCK ON REEL - CHAIN OF SOLIDARITY HAMBURG // Co-curation of the Video Festival for Ukrainian Artists art at Faktor Hamburg. The project was funded by Hamburger Kulturstiftung / ART CONNECTS.

SMCK ON REEL - LEIPZIG, KYIV, VILNIUS // Co-curation of and participation in the Video Festival for Wearable Art at Grassi Museum Leipzig, National Museum of History in Kyiv, Museum for Applied Arts in Vilnius.

SMCK ON REEL - BUCHAREST // Co-curation of and participation in the Jewelry Video Festival at Romanian Jewelry Week / National Library in Bucharest.

SMCK ON REEL - MUNICH // Co-curation of and participation in the Jewelry Video Festival at Galerie Weltraum during Munich's Schmuck jewelry week. The project was funded by the City of Munich.

METAMORPHOSES // Co-curation of and participation in the special exhibition at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich.

2021

FLYING CIRCUS // International group exhibition and video project at Galerie Weltraum, Munich. Co-curation and participation. The project was funded by the City of Munich.

2020

POLEMOS_WAR // International group show at Galerie Weltraum, Munich. Co-curation and participation. The project was supported by the City of Munich.

HELEN'S DRESS // Interdisciplinary e-Residency at Vamvakou, Greece. Assigned and funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Co-curation and chairing.

2019

WERT/voll // Double exhibition at the Federal Environment Agency Dessau (Umweltbundesamt) and at Grassi Museum Leipzig. Co-curation of and participation. The project was funded by Umweltbundesamt.

TEXTILE QUINTET //  International group show at 'Pyrgos Tsikaliotis' Municipal Gallery in Leonidio, Greece. Co-curation of and participation.

THE SACRECD & THE PROFANE // Group exhibition at Galerie Weltraum, Munich. Co-curation of and participation. The project was supported by the City of Munich.

   

2018

MODERN LIFE // Group exhibition at Gill Wing Gallery, London, UK.

KALLICHORON // Co-curation of and participation in the international group show at Galerie Florian Trampler, Munich.

ENCOUNTERS // Co-curation of and participation in the group show at 'Augo Avgo' Art Space, Leonidio, Greece.

JUST PLASTICS // Invited to show works in the "Highlights" exhibition of 'Eunique Design Fair' Karlsruhe, Germany.

 

2017

INITIATION II // International jewelry group show at 'Sieraad International Art Fair' Amsterdam. Co-Curation and exhibition design.

ONE ARTIST A WEEK // Exhibition series during Documenta 14 at Cine Trianon. Co-curation and participation.

OPEN STUDIO // showroom at 'Augo Avgo' art space, Leonidio, Greece.

KOMPLIZEN // Group exhibition at Galerie Hermsen, Wiesbaden, Germany.

INITIATION I // Jewelry group show at Florian Trampler gallery, Munich. Co-curation and participation.

MANDALALAS // Group exhitbition at Galerie Schichtwechsel, Hamburg.

2016

MYTHS // Group show at Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam. Co-curation and participation.

TAROT MOEBLING // Live performance at 2025 e.V., Hamburg.

MAGIC JEWELRY // Workshop at Altes Museum, Berlin.

ZLR GOES GRASSI // Participation at Grassi Art Fair Leipzig.

ARCHAIC LANDSCAPES // Group exhibition at 'Augo Avgo' art space, Leonidio, Greece.

COLLECTIVE IDENTITY // Group show at Greskewitz & Kleinitz gallery, Hamburg.

TRASH & TREASURES // Jewelry group exhibition at Wagner Preziosen, Berlin.

TEST DRIVE // Mobile jewelry art project at 'Schmuck' jewelry week in Munich. Co-curation and participation.

2015

DIALOGUE WITH ZEN // Drawings & photography. Co-exhibition with Loukia Richards at 'Zen Center', Athens, Greece.

MYTHS // Jewelry exhibition at "Sieraad" jewellery art fair in Amsterdam. Co-curation and exhibition design.

THE GAME // Photography. Exhibition at 'Augo Avgo' showroom in Leonidio, Greece.

TO PARALOGO // 'Moebling' performance at Syn Apeiro design school, Athens, Greece.

TWISTED // Photography. Exhibition at 'Augo Avgo' showroom in Leonidio, Greece.

AFFORDABLE ART // Moebling Mandalas. Exhibition at Papenhuder 57 gallery, Hamburg.

2014

TAROT MOEBLING // Performance together with Loukia Richards at the 2025 e.V., Hamburg.

ODYSSEY // Workshop at 'Schule am See', Hamburg. Funded by Kulturagenten culture and education programme.

2013

MOEBLING-MANDALA // Exhibition at 'frappant e.V.', Hamburg.

KAUFKRAFT CITY // participation at 'Altonale' art festival, Hamburg.

EUROTRAINER // Installation at Mystique art exhibition and festival, Magdeburg.

ZLR PRESENTS ZLR // 'Moebling' mandala exhibition at 'Entwurf Direkt', Hamburg.

2012

CAMPING // Interactive installation project at Gauloises 'Variet&ecaute; Libert&ecaute;', Hamburg. Funded by Gauloises.

2011

AGORA // Group show at 'frappant e.V.', Hamburg.

KIOSK // Public space installation commissioned by "KIOSKfree" art project, Munich.

XL // Group exhibition at 'Nachtspeicher 23', Hamburg.

WIND MACHINE // Installation nominated for the Hamburg Artist Grant, at Kunsthaus Hamburg.

2010

BUNTE HUNDE // Installation "252W" at KuBasta art space, Hamburg.

THE UTOPIAN INSTITUTE LEIPZIG // Interactive installation commissioned by the public art project "Platte, Schraube, Fuge" at Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany.

SOON RIPE, SOON ROTTEN // Live performance "A Living Room Experiment" at 'frappant e.V.', Hamburg

2009

WALK OF FAME // Sound installation "Only You" at Galerie Melike Bilier, Hamburg.

TRANSFORMATOR // Light installation at 'Ostrale' art festival, Dresden.

URBS // Installation nominated for the Hamburg Artist Grant, at Kunsthaus Hamburg.

2008

S O S - Orakel // "Orakel" collective public performance at 'Elektrohaus' gallery, Hamburg.

SKAMMENT // Installation "Alphaville" at SKAM art association, Hamburg.

2007

DISCO DISCO // Installation at the "Blockbau Bleibt!" public intervention, Hafencity, Hamburg .

SILVERMOON // Installation at 'Elektrohaus' group show, Hamburg.

2006

ATTENTION // Sound installation "The Empire Strikes Back" at 'Club 103', Kreuzberg, Berlin.

HEIMSPIEL // Installation "Jubelbox" at Neue Gesellschaft Für Bildende Kunst, Berlin.

ON THE ROAD // Installation "Display": co-project with Philip Wiegard at Hinterconti gallery, Hamburg.

2005

W..WIR WISSEN // Six-week collaborative research and intervention project at Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna.

KNÄCKEBROT // Installation "Ghettoblaster": co-project with Philip Wiegard at Laura Mars gallery, Berlin.

2004

SELBA-HAUS // Collective art and research platform on the campus of the University of Arts, Berlin.

2003

SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM // Installation "Salang Salang" at the former Soviet Army military base Wuensdorf, Berlin.




SOLO SHOWS & PROJECTS

2023

DIONYSIAN GARDEN // Sculptures, reliefs and jewelry at Pirgos Tsikaliotis, Melitzazz Festvial Leonidio, Greece.

2017

BETWEEN CHAIRS // Photo exhibition and 'Moebling' live performance at Cinema Trianon, Athens, Greece.

2015

THE GAME // Paper collages and photography. Exhibition at 'Augo Avgo' art space, Leonidio, Greece.

2014

FRITZ AND THE MYTHS // 'Moebling' live performance at Hinterconti gallery, Hamburg.

2013

FRITZ MEETS GREECE - FRITZ LEAVES GREECE // 'Moebling' performance in two parts at Funck[]Raum gallery, Berlin.

MOEBLING WORKSHOP // Performance workshop at the 'Thikwa Theater', Berlin.

UTOPIAN INSTITUTE DESSAU // Interactive installation project in the City of Dessau. Funded by the Federal Agency for Environment (Umweltbundesamt).

2012

THE UTOPIAN INSTITUTE HAMBURG // Interactive installation project in the 'Open Museum' public art project at Kunsthalle Hamburg.

THE UTOPIAN INSTITUTE_ALTONA // Interactive public installation in Altona, Hamburg. Funded by the City Development Bureau (STEG).

2011

BEYOND DESIRE // Retrospective at ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany.

THE UTOPIAN INSTITUTE SKOPJE // Interactive public installation in Skopje, North Macedonia. Public art project "Private/Public".

2010

THE UTOPIAN INSTITUTE WEIMAR // Interactive public installation. Artist-in-residence program at ACC Gallery and the City of Weimar, Germany.

MOEBLING // Live performance at the Kuenstlerhaus Weimar, Germany.

2009

CAMP EXODUS // Interactive installation project on the former "Death-strip" between East and West Berlin. Funded by Skulpturenpark Berlin-Mitte / "Wunderland".

2008

ARAL CITY ULTIMATE PLUS // Exhibition/installation at Walk Of Fame gallery, Hamburg.

STANIOLTEMPEL // Solo exhibition with sculptures and light objects at the 'SkAM' gallery space, Hamburg.

2007

SOLO IN THE GALLEY // Interactive installation at Trottoir gallery, Hamburg.

RAIN MACHINE // Installation at Elektrohaus gallery, Hamburg.

TRASH HOUSE // Public installation at 'Wendenstrasse' festival, Hamburg.

2006

GLAUBE, LIEBE, HOFFNUNG // Theater stage design for Saskia Jungeburth's interpretation of Ödön von Horvath: "Faith, Hope and Charity" at Hamburger Botschaft, Hamburg.

INSTALLATION FÜR GEMISCHTEN SALAT // Installation at 'basso' art space, Berlin.

2005

INVESTMENT CORNER // Installation at former 'Berliner Bank' branch, Berlin.

2004

BOX IN A BOX // Installation in the studio space of the École des Beaux-Arts, Marseille.

EMERGENCY-EXIT // Instalaltion at the artist-run space 'L'age d'or', Berlin.

SIDEWALKS // Cardboard sculpture series built in public space. Ongoing project 2004-09 in various cities: Marseille, Berlin, Barcelona, Sevilla, Hamburg.

2003

DIET // 72-hour performance at 'Seifenhaus', Berlin.

KIOSK // Outdoor installation, Berlin.

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