Silvia Bächli (born 1956, Baden, Switzerland) represented Switzerland at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. Exhibitions of her work have been held at Peter Freeman, Inc., New York (2019), Kunstmuseum, Basel (2018), Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2014), and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2007), among others. Her work is in the permanent collections of many public collections, including Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Dallas Museum of Art; Kunstmuseum Basel; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
BIOGRAPHY
1956 Born in Baden, Switzerland.
1976–1980 Studied at Schule für Gestaltung, Basel and École supérieure d'art visuel, Geneva.
1993–2016 Professor at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany.
2009 Represented Switzerland at 53rd La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
Lives and works in Basel.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Silvia Bächli: Lines are telling stories
(24 January – 26 April)
2024 Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland.
They’ve Turned into Each Other. Which is Which? (25 May – 18 August)
Centro Botín, Santander, Spain. Partitura
(11 May – 20 October)
2023 ADAA: The Art Show, New York. Silvia Bächli
(1–5 November)
Maisterravalbuena, Madrid. Silvia Bächli: Campos poéticos
(14 September – 11 November)
Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland. Silvia Bächli
(25 February – 29 May). Catalogue.
2022 Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany. Silvia Bächli. Lange Linien lang
(3 June – 9 October)
2021 Galeria Fidelidade Arte, Lisbon. Side facing the wind
(10 September – 26 November)
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Silvia Bächli: Verso
(20 May – 28 August)
La BF15, Lyon, France. INTERSTICES
(5 February – 27 March)
2020 Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Silvia Bächli
(31 October – 19 December)
2019 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany. Silvia Bächli – shift
(12 July – 29 September). Catalogue.
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Silvia Bächli / Eric Hattan: between windows
(16 April – 25 May)
Galeria Maisterravalbuena, Madrid. Silvia Bächli
(9 February – 13 April)
2018 Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Nähern
(18 September – 22 November)
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva. Faraway Arts, So Close in Silvia Bächli’s Eyes
(20 March – 28 October). Catalogue.
2017 Centre culturel suisse, Paris. Situer la différence
(28 April – 16 July). Catalogue.
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli: Mund zu Mund
(16 March – 29 April). Catalogue.
2016 Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Silvia Bächli
(12 November – 23 December)
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Avanti. Diventa.
(10 March – 11 May)
2015 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Silvia Bächli: further. evolves.
(10 September – 24 October)
FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. weiter wird. Les abords.
(6 June – 18 October)
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. Bündelungen
(17 February – 16 May)
2014 Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva. Art & Peace
(20 November 2014 – April 2015)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli: Weiter. Wird.
(23 May – 12 July)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Germany.
Brombeeren (26 March – 15 June). Catalogue.
2013 Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Silvia Bächli
(21 February – 15 May)
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK. Silvia Bächli & Eric Hattan: What About Sunday?
(13 January – 31 March)
2012 Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Silvia Bächli
(4 May – 30 June)
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland. Far Apart – Close Together
(11 February – 13 May). Catalogue.
2011 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Silvia Bächli: Fjall
(24 February – 2 April)
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany. Silvia Bächli & Eric Hattan: Snow Until May
(19 February – 1 May). Catalogue.
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. Schwedenrot
(1 February – 31 March)
2010 Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli
(9 June – 31 August)
Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris. Silvia Bächli
(10 April – 29 May)
2009 Swiss Pavilion, 53rd La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
(7 June – 22 November)
The Corridor, Reykjavik.
2008 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Silvia Bächli
(24 January – 22 March)
Galerie Skopia, Geneva. Silvia Bächli
(17 January – 1 March)
2007 Centre Pompidou, Paris. Silvia Bächli - Nuit et Jour
(7 November 2007 – 7 January 2008). Catalogue.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea - Fundação de Serralves, Porto. Silvia Bächli: Studio
(13 April – 1 July). Catalogue.
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. New Works
(28 February – 24 April)
2006 TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Australia. Silvia Bächli: Tables
(26 November 2006 – 25 March 2007)
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva. Poèmes sans prénoms, 1999-2006
(9 June – 17 September)
Galerie Friedrich, Basel.
(2 June – 1 July)
Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome. Silvia Bächli
(9 March – 30 April)
Galerie Nelson, Paris. Silvia Bächli
(25 February – 7 April)
Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden.
(5 February – 26 March)
Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. House of Art
2005 Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Linien
(20 February – 17 April). Catalogue.
2004 Kunstraum Baden, Switzerland.
Sint–Lucas Stichting, the Netherlands.
2003 Kunstforum Baloise, Basel.
(2 June – 31 October)
Galerie Friedrich, Basel.
(April – May)
Galerie Skopia, Geneva.
2002 Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France. Silvia Bächli
(24 May – 8 September). Catalogue.
Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, France. Silvia Bächli
(27 January – 24 March). Catalogue.
FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. Silvia Bächli
(18 January – 10 March). Catalogue.
Galeria Senda, Barcelona.
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
2001 Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich.
(May – June)
Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland.
Galerie Nelson, Paris.
Stampa, Basel.
2000 Kasseler Kunstverein, Germany. Silvia Bächli - Zeichnungen
(21 October – 26 November)
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany. Silvia Bächli
(20 May – 18 June)
1999 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany. Silvia Bächli
(17 July – 17 October). Catalogue.
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
The Corridor, Reykjavik. Silvia Bächli with Eric Hattan
1998 Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland.
(11 December 1998 – 29 January 1999)
A/D Gallery, New York.
(17 September – 7 November)
Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva.
1997 Galerie Nelson, Paris.
(November)
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
(21 March – 19 May)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich.
(March – April)
Skopia, Geneva.
1996 Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland. Silvia Bächli
(21 September – 10 November)
1995 Instituto Moreira Salles, Poços de Caldas, Brazil.
(6 May – 30 July)
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
Galerie Oele, Amsterdam.
1994 Stampa, Basel.
(October)
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva.
(28 May – 25 September)
Skopia, Geneva. Silvia Bächli and Eric Hattan
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1993 Galerie Espace. Anneke Oele, Amsterdam.
Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany.
1992 Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf.
(May – July)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich.
1991 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland.
(28 September – 10 November)
Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Ascona, Switzerland.
1990 Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich.
Stampa, Basel.
1989 Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel.
1988 Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich.
Filiale Basel, Switzerland.
1987 Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
1986 Stampa, Basel.
1985 Raum für aktuelle Schweizer Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland.
1984 Nicole Gonet, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1983 Stampa, Basel.
1982 St. Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Filiale Basel, Switzerland.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. New Collection Display
(4 April 2025 – 4 January 2026)
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. Collection intervention by Amy Sillman
(7 March – 2 November)
2024 Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Drawing Today: New Additions to the Collection
(7 September 2024 – 5 January 2025)
Vera Munro, Hamburg. Early Masterpieces II
(1 July – 26 October)
Stampa, Basel. Projects #8: Einzel-Werke
(4 June – 24 August)
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland. Mein Garten
(28 April 2024 – 6 April 2025)
MRAC Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie, Serignan, France. Fortuna
(6 April – 22 September)
CRAC Alsace, Centre rhénan d'art contemporain, Altkirch, France.
Friendship: That Shiver, That Aspen (18 February – 12 May)
2023 Galeria Jacqueline Martins, Brussels. Last Season. I Had All These Small Earthquakes
(7 September – 14 October)
Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo. Linhas Tortas
(2 September – 11 November)
The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland. Détour: Selected works from the FRAC Bretagne collection
(28 July – 5 November)
Filiale Basel, Switzerland. Sommerloch
(10–31 July)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Dynamics of the Organic. The Tschopp-Janssen Collection
(4 July – 15 October)
Stampa, Basel. Projects #7: Zeichnung / Drawing 1970-2022
(5 May – 12 August)
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland. Linientanz
(19 February – 30 April)
Galeria Maisterravalbuena, Madrid. MIRADAS Y FORMAS
(11 February – 15 April)
Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany. Des rencontres et des liens, suite
(21 January – 11 March)
2022 Kunsthalle Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland. Disegns-Zeichnungen,
curated by Christof Rösch (29 December 2022 – 9 April 2023)
Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf. Capt. Winter / Nothilfe für die Ukraine
(2 December 2022 – 28 February 2023)
Christine König Galerie, Vienna. TRONIES
(1 December 2022 – 14 January 2023)
Kunsthaus Zofingen, Switzerland.
Grenzenlos: Einblicke In Eine Unbekannte Privatsammlung (3 September – 6 November)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. A Woman Is A Woman Is A Woman
(27 August 2022 – 15 January 2023)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Summer Exhibition
(15 July – 3 September)
Galerie Mark Muller, Zürich. Affinities
(2 April – 21 May)
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Switzerland.
Naissance et vie des formes. Dessins contemporains de la collection (18 February – 22 May)
2021 Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany. Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared
(3 December 2021 – 3 April 2022)
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin. Friendship. Nature. Culture.
44 Years of the Daimler Art Collection (16 October 2021 – 29 May 2022)
Stampa, Basel. Mit Natur Zu Tun: To Do With Nature #2
(14 September 2021 – 22 January 2022)
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Silvia Bächli, Jessica Stockholder & Allyson Strafella
(28 July – 7 September)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Switzerland. La Somme Et L’absence, Essentiellement
(6 May – 19 June)
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Groups and Spots: Contemporary Art at Baloise (20 March – 29 August)
2020 Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel. OneHundred Works
(5 December 2020 – 6 February 2021)
Nicolas Krupp, Basel. Silvia Bächli, Karsten Födinger: Guest Series
(21 November 2020 – 16 January 2021)
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland. Interior – Exterior
(24 October 2020 – 29 August 2021)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. In Situ: a changing installation
(15 September – 19 December)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt – TOWER, Germany. Sammlung
(22 August 2020 – 20 March 2022)
Stampa, Basel. Group Exhibition
(13 February – 30 May)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli | Marthe Wéry
(7 February – 30 April)
2019 Foundation Beyeler, Basel. Resonating Spaces
(6 October 2019 – 26 January 2020)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Mask In Present-Day Art
(1 September 2019 – 5 January 2020)
Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland. Friends, etc. La Collection Pierre Keller
(5 April – 11 August)
Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France. Collection. La composante Peintures
(30 March – 26 May)
2018 Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. 30 Years 3 Exhibitions Part 1
(18 December 2018 – 2 February 2019)
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna. Class Reunion
(23 June – 11 November)
Art Basel 2018, Switzerland. Art Parcours
(11–17 June)
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany. Sexy & Cool: Minimal goes emotional
(23 March – 1 July)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Maria Sibylla Merian and Silvia Bächli:
Basel Short Stories. From Eramus to Iris von Roten (9 February – 21 May)
2017 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Wild Thing. Schweizer Kunst der 1980er-Jahre aus der
Sammlung Raguse und dem Aargauer Kunsthaus (2 December 2017 – 15 April 2018)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Auswahl 17. Aargau Artists
(2 December 2017 – 7 January 2018)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany.
Zeichnungsräume – Positionen zeitgenössischer Graphic / Teil II (25 November – 21 May)
Simultanhalle, Cologne. Karsten Födinger: Nischenhain
(10 September – 7 October)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Les Dix ans du Prix de dessin de la
Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain (15 June – 11 September)
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany. Karin Sander: ZEIGEN.
An audio tour through the collection of the GfZK Leipzig (18 March 2017 – 14 January 2018)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Flowers to Art
(7–12 March)
2016 Institut d’art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, France. Paysages Cosmorphes
(2 December 2016 – 12 February 2017)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Drawing Rooms II: Trends in Contemporary Graphic Art
(25 November 2016 – 21 May 2017)
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany. Das Lineal der Gerechtigkeit
(17 September – 20 November)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. XL
(13 July – 12 September)
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark. Donation Florence & Daniel Guerlain
(21 May – 4 September)
Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France. Très traits. Eugène Leroy, Christopher Wool,
Andreas Gursky, Silvia Bächli, Isabelle Cornaro (13 February – 24 April)
2015 Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf. All My Dreams
(5 December 2015 – 29 January 2016)
Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany. Werkschau der Professoren und Professorinnen der
Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste (14 November 2015 – 21 February 2016)
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden. Donation Florence & Daniel Guerlain
(20 September 2015 – 28 February 2016)
Kunsthaus Baselland, Munchenstein, Switzerland. Überzeichnen – Von Basel aus
(18 September – 15 November). Catalogue.
Stampa, Basel. Roman Signer / Silvia Bächli / Eric Hattan
(4 September – 7 November)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli / Carol Bove
(26 June – 4 September)
Zweigstelle Berlin, Germany. Domestic Space 3
(13 June – 11 July)
Albertina Museum, Vienna. Drawing Now
(28 May – 11 October)
2014 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. On the Border
(18 November 2014 – 12 April 2015)
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva.
The Never Ending Stories Cycle, Summer Sequence 2014 (25 June – 21 September)
2013 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Editions of the Aargau Art Association 1991-2013
(7 December 2013 – 21 April 2014)
PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, Berlin. The Circle Walked Casually
(28 November 2013 – 2 March 2014)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation
(16 October 2013 – 31 March 2014)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Etwas Eigenes
(29 June – 4 September)
Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid. Sin Motivo Aparente
(9 May – 16 October)
Drawing Room London, UK. Drawing Biennial 2013
(18 April – 15 May)
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin. Material Fact –
Silvia Bächli, Gerard Byrne, Paul Doran, Dennis McNulty (28 February – 13 April)
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva.
Cycle l’éternel détour, séquence printemps 2013 (20 February – 5 May)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. A Brief History of Lines
(11 January – 1 April)
2012 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. What is grey exactly?
(8 December 2012 – 8 April 2013)
i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Open; Wait
(19 May – 30 June)
Die Sammlung Hanck im Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Aus Passion
(25 February – 18 March)
2011 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Winter Worlds
(3 December 2011 – 22 April 2012)
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva. The Eternal Detour Cycle
(19 October 2011 – 15 January 2012)
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz. Horizon Switzerland
(30 September 2011 – 15 January 2012)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Voici un dessin Suisse
(29 January – 25 April)
2010 Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany. Je mehr ich zeichne.
Zeichnung als Weltentwurf (5 September 2010 – 13 February 2011)
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. Don't look now - Die Sammlung Gegenwartskunst, Teil 1
(11 June 2010 – 13 March 2011)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. Show Up!
(10 June – 22 August)
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. High Ideals & Crazy Dreams,
curated by Gerwald Rockenschaub (20 May – 30 September)
Musée Rath, Geneva. Voici un dessin suisse
(31 March – 15 August)
Centre d'art, Brest, France. Fragmentations
(12 January – 20 March)
2009 Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf. ganz kleines Kino
(12 June – 30 August)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. artistes femmes dans les collections du Centre Pompidou
(27 May 2009 – 21 February 2011)
Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris. Une Expedition
(17 March – 11 April)
Le Crédac, Ivry–sur Seine, France. Le travail de rivière
(4 February – 29 March)
2008 FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France. Anatomie, les peaux du dessin.
Collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain (10 October 2008 – 17 January 2009)
FRAC Haute–Normandie, Sotteville–les–Rouen, Switzerland. Fragilités
(15 March – 4 May)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Drawings
(March – April)
FRAC Haute–Normandie, Sotteville–les–Rouen. France.
Ecrire au Féminin, Oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Haute–Normandie
2007 Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany. Swiss made. Präzision und Wahnsinn
(7 July – 21 October)
Musée de Grenoble, France. De leur temps (2) art contemporain &
collections privées en France (7 July – 16 September)
Centre Pompidou, Paris, in collaboration with musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie,
Besançon, France. Invention et transgression (27 April – 27 August)
Galerie Nelson, Paris. 25th Anniversary
(13 January – 23 February)
2006 FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Vous êtes ici
(10 November 2006 – 14 January 2007)
Galerie Friedrich, Basel.
(2 June – 1 July)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Les mouvements des images
(5 April 2006 – 29 January 2007)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Under the Skin
(March – April)
Rehau Art, Germany. Raumsieben
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, France. Chers Amis
2005 Galerie Friedrich, Basel. RAUMSECHS. Buchpräsentation und Zeichnungen
(10 December 2005 – 6 January 2006)
Fonds d'art moderne et contemporain, Montluçon, France.
L'art de la fugue: Oeuvres de la Collection du FRAC Auvergne (10 February – 27 March)
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Temporary Immigration
(25 January – 10 May)
2004 FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Le syndrome de Babylone
(20 November 2004 – 15 January 2005)
L'espace Culturel François Mitterrand, Beauvais, France. Jardin des plantes
(15 November 2004 – 29 January 2005)
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France. Le Tableau Contemporain
(23 July – 10 October)
FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. Corps figures
(13 May – 24 June)
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland. Global World / Private Universe
(14 February – 31 March)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Silvia Bächli, Ellen Gallagher, Jana Sterbak
Skopia, Geneva. 15 ans d'activité
Espace Henri Matisse, Creil, France. Jardin des Plantes, oeuvres du FRAC Picardie
Musée d'art Roger Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Soleil vert (dispositifs d'alerte)
2003 Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris. Peter Pan is Back!
(12 January – 22 February)
Städtische Galerie im Rathauspark, Gladbeck, Germany.
Silvia Bächli–Yvonne Fontijne–Sabine Metzger: Private Collection
Espace Saint Jacques, Saint Quentin, France. Jardin des plantes, oeuvres du FRAC Picardie
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos dias Buenos Aires
2002 Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland. Durchzug/Draft
(9 November 2002 – 12 January 2003)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France. Le Regard de l'autre
(27 April – 2 September)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Manor Preisträger
2001 Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Szenewechsel XIX
(March – September)
FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France. Mieux vaut une poule demain qu'un oeuf aujourd'hui
2000 Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf. Bis dahin - 20 Jahre Galerie Ute Parduhn
(18 November 2000 – 31 January 2001)
The Corridor, Reykjavik. GANGURINN, 20 Year Anniversary
(September – November). Catalogue.
1999 FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. Face à l'autre
(13 December 1999 – 30 January 2000)
A/D Gallery, New York. A/D: A Decade
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway. Imperfektum
1998 Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland. Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer
(5 June – 30 August). Exhibition travelled: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
(6 October – 22 November)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany.
13 Räume für die Kunst - Die Schweizer Zeichnung im 20. Jahrhundert
(12 September – 15 November). Exhibition travelled:
Rupertinum Salzburg, Austria (17 December 1998 – 7 February 1999)
Fondation Electricité de France, Espace Electra, Paris. Jeux de genres:
un choix d'acquisitions récentes du Fonds municipal d'art contemporain (27 May – 22 July)
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Tapko–Sunday Morning Walk
(7 February – 13 April)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Im Reich der Zeichnung
École européenne supérieure d'art de Bretagne, Quimper, France. Dessiner–Décider
1997 Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany. Von Kopf bis Fuss
(8 June – 6 July)
Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Geschlossene Gesellschaft
Biennale de Cétinjé, Montenegro.
1996 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in collaboration with
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Views from Abroad:
European Perspectives on American Art (October 1996 – January 1997)
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. Bodyscape
Interims Kunsthalle, Berlin. Macht der Verführung
1995 Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Szenenwechsel VIII
(June 1995 – January 1996)
The Drawing Center, New York. Selections Winter 1995
(16 March – 8 April)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany. Silvia Bächli and Ernst Caramelle
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland. Ohne Titel
Exhibition travelled: Stiftung Kunst Heute, Bern, Switzerland
1994 Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Szenenwechsel VI
(August 1994 – January 1995)
1993 Bonner Kunstverein, Germany. Uber–leben
(December 1993 – February 1994)
Borås Konstmuseum, Sweden. Echo
(5 September – 17 October). Exhibition travelled: Lunds Konsthall, Sweden
(22 January – 6 March 1994)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle, Germany. Prospect 93
(20 March – 23 May)
Museum für Moderne Kunst at Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, Germany.
(March – April)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo. Transit–Ny kunst fra Sveits
1992 Centre culturel suisse, Paris. Oh! Cet Echo
(19 September – 1 November)
le Magasin, Grenoble, France. Entre chien et loup
(6 June – 2 August)
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel. 4 Augen sehen mehr als zwei
1991 Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada. (K)ein Vergleich
(16 March – 21 April)
1990 Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Zeichung: Alex Hanimann, Silvia Bächli and Manfred Stump (12 March – 29 April)
1989 Fundacio Joan Mirò, Barcelona. Triennal de Dibuix Joan Miro
1988 Ganserhaus, Wasserburg, Germany. Zeichnungen
1987 Galerie M/2, Vevey, Switzerland.
1985 Lothringerstrasse 13, Munich. Zusehen
(13 December 1985 – 15 January 1986)
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany.
1984 Das subjektive Museum, Basel.
(16 May – 24 June)
1981 Kulturhaus Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland.
(8 April – 6 May)
AWARDS & PRIZES
2018 Residency Landis & Gyr, London.
Ricola Kunstpreis, Laufen, Switzerland.
2014 Kulturpreis der Stadt Basel, Switzerland.
2007 Hans-Thoma-Preis, Staatspreis des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Prix de dessin de la Fondation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Paris.
2003 Prix Meret Oppenheim, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland.
1991 Prix Breguet d’Art Contemporain, Switzerland.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023 Stegmann, Markus. Silvia Bächli (Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH, 2023).
Exhibition catalogue.
2019 Vischer, Theodora. Resonating Spaces: Leonor Antunes, Silvia Bächli, Toba Khedoori,
Susan Philipsz, Rachel Whiteread (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2019). Exhibition catalogue.
Voigt, Kirsten Claudia, ed. shift (Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2019). Exhibition catalogue.
2018 Bächli, Silvia. Arts lointains si proches dans le regard de Silvia Bächli
(Geneva: Musée Barbier-Mueller, 2018). Exhibition catalogue.
Kurzmeyer, Roman, ed. Silvia Bächli: Preis der Sammlung Ricola
(Laufen: Sammlung Ricola, 2018).
2017 Javault, Patrick, Jean-Paul Felley, and Olivier Kaeser. Silvia Bächli, Eric Hattan:
Situer la différence (Paris: Centre culturel suisse, 2017). Exhibition catalogue.
Seidel, Florian, and Silvia Bächli. Mund zu Mund (Munich: Sieveking Verlag, 2017).
Exhibition catalogue.
2014 Semff, Michael, ed. Silvia Bächli: Brombeeren
(Cologne: Staatliche Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014). Exhibition catalogue.
2013 Spira, Anthony, ed. Silvia Bächli, Eric Hattan: What About Sunday?
(Karlsruhe: Mark Pezinger Verlag, 2013). Exhibition catalogue.
2012 Bitterli, Konrad, ed. Silvia Bächli: far apart – close together
(Nuremberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2012). Exhibition catalogue.
2011 Kincaid, Jamaica. Silvia Bächli: Tide (New York: Peter Freeman, Inc., 2011).
Zilch, Harriet, ed. Silvia Bächli, Eric Hattan. Schnee bis im Mai
(Nuremberg: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 2011). Exhibition catalogue.
2010 Bächli, Silvia, and Eric Hattan. Eric Hattan, Silvia Bächli: Blindhaedir – East Iceland
(Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2010).
2009 Reust, Hans Rudolf. Silvia Bächli: das (Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2009).
Exhibition catalogue.
2008 Naef, Maja. Silvia Bächli (New York: Peter Freeman, Inc., 2008).
2007 Fernandes, Joao, Ulrich Loock, Maja Naef, and Hans Rudolf Reust. Silvia Bächli: Studio
(Porto: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, 2007). Exhibition catalogue.
Reust, Hans Rudolf. “Hans Rudolf Reust on e-mail dialogue with Silvia Bächli,”
Prix Meret Oppenheim 2003: Interviews (Bern: Bundesamt für Kultur, 2007).
Storsve, Jonas, and Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle. Silvia Bächli:
Nuit et Jour / Night and Day (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2007). Exhibition catalogue.
Teuber, Dirk. Silvia Bächli: Gesicht (Schwartzwald: Hans-Thoma-Preis, 2007).
Exhibition catalogue.
2006 Bächli, Silvia, Maja Naef, Hans Rudolf Reust, Mario Sala, and Anselm Stalder.
Raumsieben Rehau (Rehau, 2006).
Nordal, Bera. Silvia Bächli (Skärhamn: Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, 2006).
Exhibition catalogue.
2005 De Chassey, Eric. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
(London: Phaidon Press, 2005). Exhibition catalogue.
Stegmann, Markus. Silvia Bächli: Linien (Nuremberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2005).
Exhibition catalogue.
2004 Söntgen, Beate. Silvia Bächli: Lidschlag – How It Looks
(Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2004).
2002 Donnadieu, Marc, Fabrice Hergott, and Frédéric Paul. Silvia Bächli
(Strasbourg: Musée de Strasbourg, 2002).
1999 Hauer, Stefanie. Silvia Bächli (Wolfsburg: Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, 1999).
1997 Bächli, Silvia. Parkett, no. 49 (1997).
Gronet, Stefan, and Silvia Bächli. Silvia Bächli (Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1997).
Exhibition catalogue.
1996 Loock, Ulrich Reust, Hans Rudolf, and Roman Kurzmeyer. Silvia Bächli
(Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1996). Exhibition catalogue.
1995 Hauer, Stefanie. Silvia Bächli (Frankfurt am Main: Museum für Moderne Kunst, 1995).
Exhibition catalogue.
1994 Colombo, Paolo. Silvia Bächli (Geneva: Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, 1994).
Exhibition catalogue.
1992 Bächli, Silvia. Silvia Bächli – Arbeiten auf Papier
(Munich: Barbara Gross Galerie, 1992). Exhibition catalogue.
Nussbaum, Patricia. 4 Augen sehen mehr als 2: Silvia Bächli, Eric Hattan
(Basel: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, 1992). Exhibition catalogue.
Wismer, Beat, and Roman Kurzmeyer. Silvia Bächli (Aarau: Aargauer Kunsthaus, 1992).
1991 Ammann, Jean-Christophe, Paolo Colombo, Ulrich Loock, and Volker Schunck. Issue N°2
(Zürich: Du, 1991).
Felley, Jean-Paul, Silvia Bächli, Martine Béguin Ammann, Jean-Christophe, Paolo Colombo,
and Ulrich Loock. Silvia Bächli (Ascona: Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, 1991).
1987 Ammann, Jean-Christophe, Patrick Frey, and Miriam Wiesel.
Silvia Bächli – Arbeiten 1983-1987 (Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 1987).
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Baloise, Basel
Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, Valencia
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Centro Botín, Santander, Spain
Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Deutsche Bank, Germany
Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Frac Normandie à Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain Genève, Switzerland
Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Museu de Arte Contemporânea - Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich