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 Plüschow, Germany.

2010

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

2011

Residency at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 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

2025

GRASSIMESSE LEIPZIG // Participation in the Grassi design fair at Grassi Museum for Applied Art, Leipzig, Germany.

SAINTS, OLIVE TREES, ΚΙLIMS AND DRAGONS // Duo show & retrospective at 'Augo Avgo' Art Space, Leonidio, Greece.

SMCK ON REEL / TRANSFIGURATION // Jewelry video festival at Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germnany. Co-curation and participation.

2024

MAESTRIA // Nominees' exhibition for the European Prize for Applied Art. Anciens Abattoirs de Mons, Belgium.

SMCK ON REEL / BERLIN SCREENINGS // Jewelry video festival at Kino Arsenal, Noonberlin Gallery, and Polykiosk Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Co-curation and participation.

SMCK ON REEL / MAGIC // Jewelry video festival during 'Schmuck' jewelry week at Galerie Handwerk and Weltraum Gallery, Munich, Germany. Co-curation and participation.

SMCK ON REEL / POLITICAL JEWELRY // Jewelry video festival at Legnica SILVER Festival, Poland. Co-curation and participation.

GREETINGS FROM UKRAINE // Documentary on Ukrainian designers' life and work during Russia's invasion. Co-production with Loukia Richards.

POLITICAL JEWELRY // Documentary on international jewelry artists working on topics of genocide, war, communism, and religion. Co-production with Loukia Richards.

2023

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

SCHMUCK // Nominees' exhibition at Handwerk & Design / International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany.

MELTING POINT VALENCIA // Jewelry exhibition at Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, Valencia, Spain.

SMCK ON REEL / CIVILIZATION REBOOTED // Jewelry video festival during 'Schmuck' jewelry week at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany, and at Romanian Jewelry Week in Timișoara, Romania, and Chișinău, Moldova. Co-curation and participation.

2022

SCHMUCK + IMAGE // Jewelry exhibition (Grassi Collection) at Grassi Museum for Applied Art, Leipzig, Germany.

SMCK ON REEL / CHAIN OF SOLIDARITY HAMBURG // Jewelry video festival presenting Ukrainian artists and designers at Faktor Art Association, Hamburg. Funded by Hamburger Kulturstiftung / Art Connects. Co-curation with Loukia Richards.

SMCK ON REEL / CHAIN OF SOLIDARITY LEIPZIG, KYIV, VILNIUS // Jewelry video festival presenting Ukrainian and international artists and designers at Grassi Museum Leipzig, National Museum of History in Kyiv, and Museum for Applied Arts in Vilnius. Co-curation with Loukia Richards.

SMCK ON REEL / BUCHAREST // Jewelry video festival at Romanian Jewelry Week, National Library, Bucharest, Romania. Co-curation and participation.

SMCK ON REEL / MUNICH // Jewelry video festival during 'Schmuck' jewelry week at Galerie Weltraum, Munich, Germany. Funded by the City of Munich. Co-curation and participation.

METAMORPHOSES // Jewelry exhibition at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich. Co-curation with Loukia Richards and participation.

2021

FLYING CIRCUS // International group exhibition and video project at Galerie Weltraum, Munich. Co-curation and participation. The project was supported 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 // Exhibition (jewelry, sculptures, objects) at Melitzazz Festival, 'Pirgos Tsikaliotis' Municipal Gallery, Leonidio, Greece.

2017

BETWEEN CHAIRS // Performance and photo exhibition at Cine Trianon, Athens, Greece.

2015

THE GAME // Exhibition (collages, photo) at Augo Avgo Art Space, Leonidio, Greece.

TO PARALOGO // Moebling performance at Syn Apeiro Design School, Athens, 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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