Markus Raetz

Born: 1941, Bern, Switzerland. Currently resides in Bern

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

1960 Théâtre de Poche, Biel, Switzerland

1966 Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

1967 Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Galerie Feliz Handschin, Basel

1969 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich

Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Galerie Mickery, Loenersloot

1970 Centrum voor Kommunikatie, Utrecht, Holland

Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Galerie Mickery, Loenersloot

1971 Galerie Herzog, Büren, an der Aare, Holland

Galerie Loeb, Bern

Galerie Diagramma, Milano, Italy

Galerie Mollenhoff, Koln, Germany

1972 Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich

Kunstmuseum, Basel

Cabinet des estampes, Genève

Galerie Renée Ziegler, Genève

Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam

1973 Galerie Pablo Stähli, Lucerne

Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam

1974 Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

1975 Galerie Pablo Stähli, Zurich

Kunstmuseum, Lucerne

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz, Austria

Kunsthaus, Zurich

1976 Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam

1977 Galerie Herzog, Büren, an der Aare, Holland

Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

Kunstmuseum, Basel

Kunsthalle, Bern

Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil

1979 Galerie Herzog, Büren, and der Aare, Holland

Galerie Pablo Stähli, Zurich

Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam

1980 Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples

1981 Kunsthaus, Aarau

Kunstverein, Kassel

Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria

Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna

Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris

1982 DAAD-Galerie, Berlin

Kunsthaus, Basel

1983 "Markus Raetz: Arbeiten/Travaux/Works, 1971-1981", Kunsthalle, Basel

Traveled to Musée d'Arte Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Le

Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France; Frankfurter Kunstverein,

Frankfurt, Germany

1984 Galerie Pablo Stähli, Zurich

1986 "Markus Raetz: Arbeiten 1962-1986", Kunsthaus, Zurich. Traveled to

Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln; Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1987 Farideh Cadot Gallery, New York

1988 The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York

1989 Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel

1990 San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA

1991 Galerie Pablo Stähli, Zurich

1992 "Markus Raetz: Les Estampes/die Druckgraphik/the Prints, 1957-1991",

Cabinet des estampes, Genève, Switzerland

"Markus Raetz: Sculpture", Brooke Alexander, New York, NY

Galerie Farideh, Cadot, Paris

1993 Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez; London, Serpentine Gallery

1994 Serpentine Gallery, London

Paris, Centre cultural Suisse; Gravelines, Musee de l’estampe

Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin

Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Mailand

Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris

Genf, Musee Rath

1998 Gallerie Francesca Pia, Bern

Galleria Periferia, Poschiavo

Lissabon, Museum Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de

Azeredo Perdigao (mit Michaelangelo Pistoletto and Pieter Mol)

1999 Gallery Brooke Alexander, New York

Galeria Monica de Cardenas? (either 1999 or 2000)

2000 Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris

2001 “Markus Raetz”, Arts Club of Chicago and University of Massachussetts, Amherst

Crown Point Press, “Markus Raetz”, San Francisco

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1965 "Bern 65", Galerie Knoll, Bern; and Galerie Paleete, Zurich

"4", Biennale des Jeunes, Paris

Kunsthalle, Bern

1966 "New Tendencies in Europe", Université Lavalle, Quebec

Kunsthalle, Bern

"Berger-Distel-Raetz-Vogeli-Weber-Werro", Galerie Swart, Amsterdam

"Under 40", Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel

1967 "Science Fiction", Kunsthalle, Bern

1968 "Documenta 4", Kassel

Kunsthaus, Zurich

"Kunst 68", Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel

"Kunstler", Neue Galerie, Linz, Tournee

1969 "22 Young Swiss Artists", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Traveled to

Kunsthalle, Bern

"Prospect 69", Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf

"Attitudes", Galerie Mickery, Loenersloot; Galerie Felix Handschin,

Basel.

"Konzeption-Conception", Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen

1970 "Information", The Museum of Modern Art, New York

"Between Man and Matter", Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan

"Joseph Beuys, Michael Buthe, Franz Eggenschwiler (and Konrad Vetter

and Robert Walti), Markus Raetz, Diter Rot.", Kunstmuseum, Lucerne

1971 "7", Biennale des Jeunes, Paris

"Situation-Concept", Galerie nacht St. Stephan, Wein

"Swiss Art of Today", Kongresshaus, Davos

"The Swiss Avantgarde", Cultural Center, New York

"Raetz, La Monte, Young, Nauman", Galerie Diagramma, Mailand

1972 "31 Contemporary Swiss Artists", Grand Palais, Paris

"Metamorphosis of the Object", Kunsthalle, Basel, Switerland

Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany

"Contemporary Swiss Art", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

1975 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Kunsthalle, Bern

1976 "Drawing Now", Kunsthaus, Zurich

Kunstmuseum, Bern

1977 Biennale, Sao Paulo

1979 Fundatie Kunsthuis, Amsterdam

1980 Venice Biennale

Kunsthaus, Zurich

1981 Kunstmuseum, Lucerne

1982 "Instant Fotografie", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

" '60 - '80 - Attitudes/Concepts/Images", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

“Documenta 7”, Kassel, Germany

1984 "An International Survey of Recent Paintings and Sculpture", The

Museum of Modern Art, New York

"Skulptur im 20", Jahrhundert, Merian-Park, Bruglingen-Basel

1985 "Cross-Currents in Swiss Art", Serpentine Gallery, London

Promenades, Parc Lulin, Genf

1987 "Lead", Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York

1988 Venice Biennale

1990 8 Biennale, Sydney

1991 Cabinet des estampes, Genève

“Visionare Schweiz”, Kunsthaus Zurich; Museo Nacional Centro de Reina

Sofia, Madrid, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf

1992 “Artscape Nordland”, Lofoten, Norwegen

1993 "Sculpture and Multiples", Brooke Alexander Editions, New York

“Tayama Now ’93 – Art Scene in Central Europe”, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama

1994 Gallerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin

1998 “Szenenweehsel”, Museum fur Modern Kunst, Frankfurt

“13 Raume fur Zeichmung- Schweizer Zeichmung des 20, Jahrhunderts”,

Kunstverein Frankfurt und Rupertinum, Salzburg

Biennale Sao Paulo

1999 “Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium”

San Francisco, CCAC (California College Of Arts and Crafts Catalogue)

AWARDS:

1963 Swiss Federal Scholarship for Fine Arts

1964 Louise Aeschlimann Scholarship

Keifer-Hablitzel Scholarship

1965 Swiss Federal Scholarship for Fine Arts

1966 Louise Aeschlimann Scholarship

1967 "Jeune gravure Suisse", City of Geneva

1970 Dutch Scholarship, Swiss Confederation

1988 "Triennale fur Originalgraphie", Grenchen

1991 BCG Prize, Geneva