Contact
Atelier Esther Mathis:
esther@esthermathis.com
LIVIE GALLERY
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Esther Mathis was born in Switzerland 1985, currently she lives and works in Zürich.
Education
2015 | Master Fine Arts | ZHdK | Zürich
2008 | BA Photography | IED | Milan
2007 | Scholarship | SVA | New York
Awards
Förderbeitrag Bildende Kunst UBS Kulturstiftung | 2020
Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich | 2019
Stiftung BINZ39 Atelierstipendium | 2020
Förderpreis Stadt Winterthur | Kunst | 2014
Finale | Swiss Photo Award | 2013
Preis der Künstlergruppe Winterthur | 2013
Kunst am Bau / Art in Achitecture
Berufsfachschule Winterthur | Realisation in 2025/26
Iris | Schulhaus Stöckacker | Bern | Realisation in 2026
Neues Polizeigebäude Aarau | Realisation in 2024
Empa Campus | Dübendorf | Competition Finalist | 2023
Fundamente | Schulhaus Looren | Maur | Realisation in 2022
Silhouetten | Schulhaus Hofmatt | Oberägeri | Realisation in 2022
fliegen | Kantonsschule im Lee | Winterthur | Realisation in 2021
Acquisition of Let me see you like you see me | Hochbauamt Kanton Zürich | Berufsschule Rüti | 2020
Wohnsiedlung Eichrain | Zürich | Competition Finalist | 2019/20
Schulhaus Wallrüti | Winterthur | Competition Finalist | 2019
Neues Polizeigebäude Winterthur POM | Winterthur | Competition Finalist | 2018
Schulhaus Hegi | Winterthur | Competition Finalist | 2016
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Spazi Spescha | Trun, CH
2023
Fenster | Livie Gallery | Zürich, CH
2021
Nightshades | Livie Gallery | Zürich, CH
Luminaire | Stiftung Binz39 | Zürich, CH
Underpressure | Riikka Tauriainen & Esther Mathis | Oxyd | Winterthur, CH
2018
Museum Light | Galerija Spot | Zagreb, Croatia
The Colour of Repetition | Screening | Gabriel Flückiger + Esther Mathis | Kulturfolger Zürich, CH
2017
Angles of Coincidence | Kunsthalle Arbon, CH
Persistence | Esther Mathis + Leila Peacock | Kulturfolger | Zürich, CH
Phaenomena Materiae | Brigham Baker & Esther Mathis | Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany
2016
Isolated Systems Vol.1 + 2 | Studio la città | Verona, Italy
Towards tomorrow | Andreas Marti + Esther Mathis | Trudelhaus | Baden, CH
Salt | Kunst am Bau Intervention | Waid | Zürich, CH
2015
Isolated Systems Vol.1 | Piano Nobile | Geneva, CH
Salt | 19.05 - 13.06.15 | Sara Serighelli | O | Milan, Italy
2014
Cross Articulations | Esther Mathis & Riikka Tauriainen | Die Diele | Zürich, CH
AreaVideo | Studio MASBEDO | Milan, Italy
Era fluido | Galleria Metronom | Modena, Italy
2013
We could have been anywhere | Christophe Guye Galerie | Zürich, CH
2011
Drowning bell | Christophe Guye Galerie | Zürich, CH
Group Exhibitions
2024
Fokus | Kunst Museum Winterthur, CH
Verbinden | Helmhaus | Zürich, CH
Correspondences | Bella Artspace | Zürich, CH
Art Düsseldorf | Livie Gallery, D
2023
ARCO Madrid | Livie Gallery, E
2022
Fokus | Kunst Museum Winterthur, CH
EVI Lichtungen | Hildesheim, DE
2021
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich | Helmhaus | Zürich, CH
2020
Fokus | Kunst Museum Winterthur, CH
Weit IG Halle im Kunst(Zeug)Haus | Rapperswil, CH
Vetro | Galleria Studio la Città | Verona, Italy
2019
Werkschau | Haus Konstruktiv | Zürich, CH
The Big Rip | Last Tango | Zürich, CH
Catches of the Year | Dienstgebäude | Zürich, CH
Withdraw | Mestrovik Pavillion | Zagreb, Croatia
Paradise, Lost | Galerie Weiertal | Winterthur, CH
2018
Fokus | Kunst Museum Winterthur, CH
Schnee Steine Sommer Staub | Talmuseum | Ursern, CH
Wo deine Füsse stehen | Kunsthalle Arbon, CH
Withdraw | Shed im Eisenwerk | Frauenfeld, CH
2017
Überblick | Kunstmuseum | Winterthur, CH
Catch of the Year | Dienstgebäude | Zürich, CH
Werkschau | Haus Konstruktiv | Zürich, CH
2016
Photo Biennale | Shenzhen, China
Werkschau Kanton Zürich | Haus Konstruktiv | Zürich, CH
100 Jahre Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Edition | Winterthur, CH
Art-Athina | Dienstgebäude | Athens, Greece
100 Jahre Künstlergruppe Winterthur | Halle 1020 | Winterthur, CH
IAF Art Fair | Dienstgebäude | Warsaw, Poland
2015
Überblick | Kunstmuseum Winterthur, CH
The Never Ending Story: DOings & kNOTs | Tallinn Art Hall | Tallinn, Estonia
Container Museum | Jungkunst Winterthur, CH
Nichts Neues | Stadtgalerie Bern, CH
Zürich Kritik | Degree Show MFA | Zürich, CH
Palermo Galerie | Kunstverein Dialekt | Stuttgart, Germany
Come north baby Track 3 | Friction@Gessnerallee | Zürich, CH
Guest-Room | Galerie f5,6 | Munich, Germany
Les Sublimes | Curated by Fondazione Arthur Cravan and Cose Cosmiche | Milan, Italy
Circulation(s) | Centquatre | Paris, France
Always and Forever | Perla-Mode | Zürich, CH
Biennale Skulpturen-Symposium | Galerie Weiertal | Winterthur, CH
Oxyd | Winterthur, CH
2014
Focus | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Winterthur, CH
Catch of the Year 2014 | Dienstgebäude | Zürich, CH
Grosse Regionale | Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona, CH
Curated by Paul Smith | London, UK
Ad Naturam | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | Verona, Italy
Unseen | Amsterdam, Holland
Swiss Photo Award | EWZ Selection | Zürich, CH
Here and Now. Und die Ferne wird zur Nähe | Perla-Mode + Winterhalder Areal | Zürich, CH
Artshow Busan | Corea
DE RERUM NATURA | Studio la città | Verona, Italy
Young Features | Galerie Weiertal | Winterthur, CH
8 - 12 - 9 - 13 | Presentation | Christophe Guye Galerie | Zürich, CH
Art 14 | London , UK
2013
Who am I | BAG Photo Art Gallery | Pesaro, Italy
Überblick | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Winterthur, CH
Default | SIM Gallery | Reykjavik, Iceland
Case sparse | Spazio O | Milan, Italy
Fantastic Fragility | Perla Mode | Zürich, CH
Unseen | Amsterdam, Holland
Alt.+1000 Festival | Rossinière, CH
An ode to paper | (un)published | corridor and stairs | Milan, Italy
S/V/N/#4 savana machines | Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia | Milan, Italy
2012
Focus | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Winterthur, CH
Paris Photo | Paris, France
Cose Cosmiche#3 | Galleria Artra | Milan, Italy
Unseen | Amsterdam, Holland
Präparat Bergsturz | Bündner Kunstmuseum | Chur, CH
2011
Dezemberausstellung | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Winterthur, CH
Unpublished | Galleria Le Dictateur | Milan, Italy
Cose Cosmiche#2 | Galleria Artra | Milan, Italy
Preview Vergissmeinnicht | Christophe Guye Galerie | Zürich, CH
ARTEFIERA | Jarach Gallery | Bologna, Italy
2010
In cantiere | Milan, Italy
Raiffeisen Bank | Benefiz-Kunst-Auktion | Winterthur, CH
Christophe Guye Galerie | Zürich, CH
CircusStudio | Brevi Racconti | Milan, Italy
SCOPE Basel | Jarach Gallery | Basel, CH
Jarach Gallery | GO AWAY WHITE | Venice, Italy
2009
Jarach Gallery | Venice, Italy
Jungkunst | Winterthur, CH
Galleria Traghetto | Rom, Italy
Galleria San Fedele | Milan, Italy
2008
Foto & Photo | Biennale Internazioale di Fotografia | Milan, Italy
Premio Artevisive San Fedele | Milan, Italy
School of Visual Arts | SVA, USA
Residencies
SIM | Artist in Residency | Reykjavik | 2013
Case sparse | Artist in Residency | Brescia | 2013
Artist in Residence | Spazio O | Milan | 2009