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 Chantal Michel Chantal Michel - Curriculum Vitae
1968 born in Bern, Switzerland
1989-93 studied in the class for ceramic at the Sfg, Bern, Switzerland
1994-98 studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy (Germany) in the class of Prof. Harald Klingelhöller
 
Awards and Grants
 
2009 Kulturpreis Berner Oberland, Switzerland
2006 Grant of the visarte.schweiz, cité des arts Paris, France
  Award of the Photography and Film Commission of the Kanton Bern, Schwitzerland
2005 Projectgrant of the city of Thun and of the Kanton Bern, Schwitzerland
2004 Grant of the city of Thun, Switzerland
2003 Projectgrants of the city of Thun and Bern County
2002 Performance-Prize, Alexander-Clavel-Foundation
2001 Projectgrants for the cities Thun und Bern County, Switzerland
  Grant of the Kanton Bern, Switzerland
1999 Projectgrant for the Kanton Bern, Switzerland
1998 Projectgrants for the cities Thun and Könitz, Switzerland
Award of the Videofestival Locarno
1997 Award of the Schweizer Bankverein, Switzerland
  Aeschlimann-Corti-Grant, Switzerland
 1995 Grant of the Kanton Bern, Switzerland 
  Prix Saint-Gervais, International Videofestival Geneve, Switzerland
1994 Grant of the city of Thun, Switzerland
Grant of the Volksbank Jubiläums Foundation, Switzerland
Aeschlimann-Corti-Grant, Switzerland
 
Solo shows
 
2009 Schloss Kiesen, Kiesen, Switzerland
  La Bretonnière, Galerie Synopsis m., Lausanne, Switzerland
  Agatha + Chantal Michel, Boutique Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Paris, France
  UP ART Galerie & Edition, Neustadt/W, Germany
2008 "Schloss Kiesen", Kiesen, Switzerland
  Die Unwiderruflichen, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen, Germany
  Presentation of the book with the complet work of the years 1997 - 2007, Hotel Schweizerhof, Bern, Switzerland
2007 Les ininvoquables, Fondation de l´abbatiale de Bellelay, Bellay, Switzerland
  Teo Jakob AG, Bern, Switzerland
  Das historische Gedächtnis mit seiner toten Zeit ist die Zukunft, Gallery Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany
  Galerie Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
  Egypt family, Galerie Franke Gerlitzki, Luxenburg
  Digitaler Dachstock, Haus für Kunst, Uri, Switzerland
2006 Grand Hotel Bürgenstock, Grand Hotel Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort, Bürgenstock, Switzerland
  Off 06, Wilfried von Gunten - Projektraum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Thun, Switzerland
  Chantal Michel - Photographies récentes, Galerie Synopsis, Lausanne, Switzerland
  Chantal Michel Photographs, Deutsche Börse (German Stock Exchange), Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Performance in the show Can you see the real me?, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
  New Photo- and Videoworks, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
  Galerie Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
  Hotel Schweizerhof, Bern, Schwitzerland
2004 Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany
  Kunsthalle Arbon, France
  Musterraum der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
  Galerie EPRMNTL, Toulouse, France
2003 Roses and Forget-Me-Not, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
  Galerie Kabinett, Zürich, Switzerland
  Galerie Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
2002 Roses and Forget-Me-Not, Galerie im Park, Museum Franz Gertsch, Switzerland
  Galerie Klara Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
  PLUS e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
  Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart, Germany
  Galerie Karin Sachs, München, Germany
2001 Video- and Photoworks, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Kabinett, Zurich, Switzerland
Buchsenhausen Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Klara Cels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Rhizom, Aarhus, Danmark
2000 Kunsträume Zermatt, Switzerland
Galerie Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, France
Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
Espace d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris, France
1999 Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart, Germany
Büro für Fotografie, Stuttgart, Germany
Next Stop, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany
1998 Galerie Wilfried von Gunten, Thun, Switzerland
 
Group shows
 
2009 Fabulös! Konstruktionen des Imaginären, Kunstverein Villa Stretius, Landau, Germany
2008 paar/unpaar, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
2007 Fotosynthesen, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst e.V, Baden-Baden, Germany
  Die Dämonen, Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
  die böse form, mini salon München, München, Germany
  Die Liebe zum Licht. Fotografie im 20. und 21. Jhd., Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
2006 Selbstsicht - der Schritt ins Bild, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie e.V., Darmstadt, Germany
  Homesick, Akureyri Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
  Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Schwitzerland
  Die Frau als Künstlerin, Collection Suter, Winterheergut Oberhofen, Schwitzerland
  Die Liebe zum Licht. Fotografie im 20. und 21. Jhd., Kunstmuseum Celle - Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst Haus Coburg - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
  Images'06, Festival – photographie – cinéma
Vevey, Schwitzerland
2005 Can you see the real me?, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
  Ladies first. Madonnen, Musen und Modelle, Die Mobiliar Bern, Switzerland
  Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany
  Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
  Maison de la Culture d'Amiens – Agir proche, Amiens, France
  Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle - CONGHUF - des franches-montagnes à l'atlantique, France
  Centre Pasquart Biel, Schwitzerland
2004 So wie die Dinge liegen, Phoenixhalle Dortmund, Germany
  Arbeit in Bewegung — Positionen aktueller Fotografie, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany
  Vidéochroniques Marseille, Château de Taracon, France
  il viaggio dell‘ uomo immobile, Fondatione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Italy
  Intervention, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
  extrem – Internationale Fotografie und Videokunst, Mousonturm Frankfurt a.M., Germany
  Extrêmes coïncidences, Galerie du Collège Marcel Duchamp, Châteauroux, France
2003 Liaisons Collections II, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
  Phantom der Lust, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
  Le voyage de l’homme immobile, Villa Croce, Genua, Italy
  Art, Lies and Videotapes, Tate Modern, Liverpool, UK
  Nice and easy, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
2002 Vidéo Topiques, Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
  Plus, Düsseldorf, Germany
  Nicht nur Schokolade, Center for Contemporary Art, Kiew, Russia
  Galerie René Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland
  Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
  Made in Egypt, Townhouse Gallery, Kairo, Egypt
  Made in Egypt, Fotoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
  Flower Power, Insel Ufnau (Seedamm Kulturzentrum), Switzerland
  Lookalike, Nederlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam, Holland
  Musée dÁrt Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
2001 Plateau of Humankind, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy, curated by Harald Szemann
ESBA Tours
Ghost, Galerie Ciocca, Milan, Italy
2000 Au centre l'artiste, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
Pulsion, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Artistes indépendantes, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Girls (art pleasure 3),Galeries Brigitte Weiss + Art Magazin, Zurich, Switzerland, curated by COM&COM
Air Suisse, ESA, Perpignan, France
Les trahisons du modèle, Café Crème, Luxemburg
Galerie Clara Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mare Nostrum, Palazzo Ferretto, Genua, Italy
recycle, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Germany
1999 24h deluxe, Hôtel Scribe, Paris, France
Young - Young Swiss Photography, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
I never promised you a rosegarden, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
. . . imagine, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Heartbreakhotel, Hotel Beau-Rivage, Thun, Switzerland
Come in and find out, Podewil, Berlin, Germany
diverse Videofestivals
1998 Larmes artificielles, Galerie Montenay-Giroux, Paris, France
Stilmix, Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart, Germany
In the summertime . . ., Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Rhizom, Aarhus, Danmark
Dog days, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
diverse Videofestivals
1997 Parzelle für Junge Kunst, Basel, Switzerland
Künstlerhaus Art Propan, Germersheim, Germany
Villa Quisisana, Thun, Switzerland
Saint-Gervais, Genf, Switzerland
Weihnachtsausstellung, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
1996 Bildhauerei im Marstall, Schloss Rastatt, Germany
Gruppe Malerweg, Malerweg, Thun, Switzerland
1995 Nachschlag, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
 
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