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KATZ CONTEMPORARY
CLARINA BEZZOLA

*1970 in Zurich, Switzerland, lives and works in New York, USA
1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Inside-Out, CDA - Projects & Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey Guest of Honor at the Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York, USA Residency Exhibition, Galerie Krinzinger with One World Foundation, Wathuregama, Ahungalla, Sri Lanka Structure, Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Two Worlds, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Inside-Out, Kunsthalle Wien - Project Space am Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria Lärm im Kopf / Noise in my Head, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin, Germany Inside-Out, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany Zone 1, Vienna Art Fair, Krinzinger Projekte and Galerie Antje Wachs, Vienna, Austria Swiss Miss: a Gathering, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland Der Glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria Inside-Out, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium Inside-Out, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin, Germany Gathering, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA Structure, Jeffrey, New York and Jeffrey, Atlanta, USA Skin and Structure, Gallery International, Baltimore, USA Fluid, The Drawing Center, New York, USA Structure, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA Wearable Sculptures, Art Resources Transfer, New York, USA Skin, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA
PERFORMANCES

2012
When I Walk Alone in the Streets, Vienna, Austria Inside-Out, CDA - Projects & Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey Highschool Reunion at the Gershwin; with Tessa Long, Wilma Wever, Laura Lupinacci, Gershwin Hotel, New York, USA Inside-Out, UBS Fall Art Forum, UBS Conference Wolfsberg Ermatingen, Switzerland Inside-Out, UBS Fall Art Forum, UBS Conference Center Seepark Thun, Switzerland When I walk alone, Beauty Contest, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA Lamentation, Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York, USA Der Glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany Lamentation, Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Talstrasse 83 | CH-8001 Zürich | Telefon: +41 44 212 22 00 | Fax: +41 44 212 22 11 | info@katzcontemporary.com | www.katzcontemporary.com Inside-Out, Kunsthalle Wien - Project Space am Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria Inside-Out, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg , Agathenburg, Germany Swiss Miss: a Gathering, Galerie Nicola von Senger , Zurich, Switzerland Lamentation, Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ, USA Solo Vocal Recital, with Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Celebration: Robert Karrer , Zurich, Switzerland Der Glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt, Krinzinger Projekte , Vienna, Austria Lamentation, Looptopia, Chicago Cultural Institute, Chicago, Il, USA Inside-Out, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium Inside-Out, Kunstraum Syltquelle, Sylt, Germany Rigoletto, Opera by Verdi (Clarina as Gilda), Espresso Opera, New York, USA Lamentation, Transmodern Age Performance Festival, Baltimore, USA Inside-Out, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin, Germany Lamentation, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, USA Lamentation, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, USA Gathering, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA Lamentation, The Drawing Center, New York, USA Lamentation, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2003
Concealing and Revealing, John Micheal Kohler Art Center, Kohler, WI, USA The Domestic Empire (a Dialogue), Juried Exhibition at PS122, New York, USA Conversation, Art Resources Transfer, New York, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2011
When I walk alone, Beauty Contest, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA We the Artists, Trinidad National Museum of Art , Port of Spain, Trinidad Playing the City, (art in the public realm organized through Schirn Kunsthalle) , Frankfurt, Germany Evidence, Curated by Robert Attanasio, Jim Kempner Fine Art) , New York, USA Jahresausstellung der Bündner KünstlerInnen, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland Performance II, Übertragung und Übersetzung, Photogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria Who Are You? Faceless Tableaux Vivants, Galerie Adler, New York, USA Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary , Newark, NJ, USA The Moss gathering Tumbleweed Experience, NICC, Antwerp, BE and Lokaal 01, Breda, Netherlands Le pays où l'on n'arrive jamais, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin, Germany Innenwelten, Kunstraum Syltquelle, Sylt, Germany Limbs Heart Tongue and Teeth, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, USA Talstrasse 83 | CH-8001 Zürich | Telefon: +41 44 212 22 00 | Fax: +41 44 212 22 11 | info@katzcontemporary.com | www.katzcontemporary.com Dress Makes the Woman, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Art Project in the Public Realm, part two, Grenzfall Schweiz, The Old Port of Hamburg, Germany Brave New World, McClain Gallery, Houston, USA Fresh: Works on Paper, James Kelly Cotemporary, Santa Fé, USA Wear Structure, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, USA 15 Years Heads Projects, Galerie Baviera, Zurich, Switzerland Art Here and Now, Sixteen Showcases in the Street , Zurich, Switzerland Spring Forward, Channel Store, New York; curated by Downtown Arts Projects, New York, USA Preview Exhibition for 2000-2001, PS122, New York, USA Edition Heads, EXPO Gallery, Biel, Switzerland Collective Jam, Night Owls, New York, USA Small Works International, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, USA It Looks Familiar, Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei, Zurich, Switzerland The Tip of the Iceberg, Dorfman Projects, New York, USA
COMMISSION
2001
Heads Corporate Communication AG, Zurich, Switzerland Edition of 81 wearable sculptures
LECTURES

2011
MD Institute (MICA) Mount Royal School of Arts, Baltimore, MD, USA Lucid, (at the Slipper Room, New York), New York, USA Smolny Col ege, (section of St Petersburg University, affiliated Bard Col ege, New York), St. Petersburg, Russia Nizhniy Novgorod Contemporary Art Center, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA School of Visual Arts , New York, NY, USA University of Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA, USA University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI, USA

GRANTS

2007
Pro Helvetia , Swiss Culturtural Foundation, (Der glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt) The Peter S. Reed Foundation, New York, USA
RESIDENCIES

Talstrasse 83 | CH-8001 Zürich | Telefon: +41 44 212 22 00 | Fax: +41 44 212 22 11 | info@katzcontemporary.com | www.katzcontemporary.com
Art Residency, Galerie Krinzinger with One World Foundation, Wathuregama, Ahungal a, Sri Lanka Kunstresidence: Krinzinger / Krinzinger Projekte Vienna, Austria Artist-in-Residency Arts / Industry program at The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI, USA
FILMS
2010
Playing the City Video Documentation of art in the Public realm. Organized by Schirn Kunsthal e Frankfurt Judgement Day Video piece with performance in the streets of New York Swiss Miss: a Gathering DVD: Documentation of performance with English subtitles Inside-Out DVD: Documentation of performance with English subtitles Der Glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt DVD: Documentation of performance with English subtitles Eternal Moment: The Artist Clarina Bezzola 16mm short documentary film directed and produced by Simone Stammbach
REVIEWS

2010
"Raus aus den Klamotten-Playing the City II" Frankfurte Allgemeine, German daily Newspaper, September, 2010 "Clarina geht Frankfurt an die Wäsche" Frankfurt Neue Presse, German daily Newspaper, September, 2010 "Madama Butterfly" Arte, Italian Art Magazine, Artist Portrait, October, 2009 "Zauberhafte Schweizer Entpuppung" Die Presse, Review on Inside-Out, Vienna, Austria, September, 2008 "Wiederbelebungsversuch" Der Standard, Review on Inside-Out, Vienna, Austria, September, 2008 ZDF: Tatort Kultur: " Innere Stimmen" ZDF Mediathek, Review on Noise in my Head, Germany, Sept. 2008 Clarina Bezzola Auto Vivisection in the Chord of Me Wound Magazine, Review on Inside-Out, GB, No. 3 Clarina Bezzola bei Nicola von Senger Kunst Bulletin, Review on Swiss Miss, Switzerland, March, 2008 "Ängste verdammt und zugenäht " Der Standard, Review on Happy Death, Vienna, Austria, Aug 2007 "Bach macht wach " Wiener Zeitung, Review on Happy Death, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 3. 2007 "Eindringliche performance" Sylter Nachrichten, Review on Inside-Out, Sylt, Germany, Aug. 6. 2006 "Die Konfrontation mit dem eigenen Ich" Hal o Sylt, Review on Inside-Out, Sylt, Germany, Aug. 6. 2006 "Bis zur Selbstentblössung-Eine Reise ins Ich" Sylter Nachrichten, Review on Inside-Out, Sylt, Germany "Wenn das Innerste nach aussen gekehrt wird." Sylter Rundschau, Review on Inside-Out, July. 10. 2006 "Ich war hier" Galerierundgang: "Gefühle: Clarina Bezzola". Berliner Zeitung , Nov. 16. 2005 Talstrasse 83 | CH-8001 Zürich | Telefon: +41 44 212 22 00 | Fax: +41 44 212 22 11 | info@katzcontemporary.com | www.katzcontemporary.com Critic's Pick-Berlin, Velasco, David : "Clarina Bezzola". Artforum, Nov 2005 Savannah, Gae: "Clarina Bezzola". Flash Art, Jul.– Sep. Vol. XXVI, No. 231. Moriah: "Gathering, Clarina Bezzola". Media Art Space, June. Johnson, Ken: "Clarina Bezzola". The New York Times (Weekend Fine Arts & Leisure), June 6. "Clarina Bezzola & Nick Cave: Concealing and Revealing." Sculpture, Jan./Feb., Vol.22, No.1 Giuliano, Mike: "Clarina Bezzola: Skin & Structure". Baltimore City Paper (Art), Sept. 25 – Oct. 1. #39. McNatt, Glenn: "Body of Work." The Baltimore Sun (Today), Sept. 10. Levin, Kim: "Clarina Bezzola." The Vil age Voice, July 24. Curcio, Robert: "Clarina Bezzola." NY Arts Magazine, Jul. / Aug. Vol 7, No.7 "Clarina Bezzola: Fluid". New York Magazine, July 22. "Goings on About Town: Clarina Bezzola." The New Yorker, July 17 Nichols, Matthew Guy: "Clarina Bezzola at Cynthia Broan Gal ery." Art in America, April "Goings On About Town." The New Yorker, Oct. 22
CATALOGUES
2008
Kunsthal e Wien, "Swiss Perfomance ", Vienna, Austria Krinzinger Projekte , "Der glückliche Tod im Leben und die Geburt ins Jetzt ", Vienna, Austria The Drawing Center, "Fluid: Drawing Papers" #30b, New York, USA Cynthia Broan Gal ery, "Structure", New York, USA Cynthia Broan Gal ery, "Skin", New York, USA Talstrasse 83 | CH-8001 Zürich | Telefon: +41 44 212 22 00 | Fax: +41 44 212 22 11 | info@katzcontemporary.com | www.katzcontemporary.com

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