Bernhard Hegglin
1989 Born in Zurich 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bern 2013 Master of Fine Arts, Zurich Lives and works in Zurich Selected Exhibitions 2022 Project “Happy Birthday”, Kunsthalle Zürich, Basel Solo show “Fear Five Six”, Stadtgalerie Bern 2021 Project “tirggel 2021”, Stefan Burger, Appenzell/Hacienda Books, Zurich Group show “Cantonale Berne Jura”, Kunsthalle Bern Project “Dream and Screen” in collaboration with Jan Hofer, Zabriskie Point, Geneva Group show “Evidently Chickentown”, Chickentown, Zurich Project “to expound other doubts” in collaboration with Andreas Selg, Galerie Bernhard, Zurich Project “Top of my head”, DJ, Berlin 2020 Group show “true grid irl”, Unanimous consent, Oerlikon Project “flour, honey and sugar”, Kino Süd, online Project “At the dentist...”, Book Solo show “summer”, Hamlet, Zurich 2019 Project “Sets”, Longtang, Zurich Solo show “Openends”, Part One, Cologne Group show “Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis 2019”, Centre Pasquart, Biel Solo show “Soundtrack (Bern)”, Galeriea Galerie:A, Bern Project “Reacuring Patterns (Farm)”, Sundogs, Paris 2018 Project “Slopes”, Periodico Magazin Project “Boards”, Istituto Svizzero, Milan Solo show “Ten years of veins and linework exhaled to slopes and succulents”, Galerie Bernhard, Zurich Group show “Stipendienausstellung Stadt Zürich”, Helmhaus, Zurich 2017 Solo show “mief” in collaboration with Andreas Selg, Gallerie Bernhard, Zurich Solo show “Puzzle” in collaboration with Clifford E. Bruckmann, Passanger, Pristina Group show “The Profound Boredom Of” Riverside, Bern 2016 Soloshow “Bar de ligne” Ellis King, Dublin 2015 Group show Filter Bubble, Luma Foundation, Zurich Group show Prix Mobilière, Geneva Group show “Zurich & elsewhere” Carlos / Ishikawa, London Group show “Cookie Gate” Ellis King, Dublin Solo show “Ubermorn” Hacienda, Zürich Group show “+” 1857, Oslo 2014 Group show “COURTING APORIA” Geberit Foundation for Culture, Rapperswil Group show “Elevation 1049”, Gstaad 2013 Group show “Staging Point” Piano Nobile, Geneva Group show “Trust (A Mi Izquierda)” Balice Hertling, Paris Group show “Holes in the Walls, Early Works 1948–2013” Fri Art, Fribourg 2012 Bernhard Hegglin, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel Soloshow “1 2 nei nei nei” Milleu, Bern 2011 Group show “Energies, unplugged, and reloaded”, Häusler Contemorary, Zurich Group show “The confidence Man” Tanja Leighton, Berlin Group show “Fu Fu Fugacious” sic!, Luzern Group show “Plattform11” Selnau Ewz, Zurich 2010 Group show “Weihnachtsausstellung” Kunsthalle, Bern Solo show “Default white”, Darsa Comfort, Zurich Residencies 2016 Artist Residency Genua, Stadt Zürich Awards 2019 Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis 2021 Arbeitsstipendium Stadt Zürich 2022 Arbeitsstipendium Stadt Zürich
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Fear Five Six
Solo show, Stadtgalerie Bern, 2022
The title FEAR FIVE SIX is the stakeholder of the show on the level of language and words. It contains neither an unknown biographical message nor a code that you are excluded from. It’s more of a mnemonic where the thing to be remembered was forgotten. In the first room, the exhibition poster has been pasted to the wall. Next to it are the first stickers of the installation that is presented throughout the entire exhibition space. The series Dream and Screen comprises television screens wrapped in plastic, which I’ve used on other occasions for showing various video material. The spin-off for this exhibition is titled Regurgitated Memories and Ruminated Narratives. In the video, the camera circles around a virtual flip book sequencing through images of a cityscape. While scrolling through YouTube, I came across a video of an animated flipbook on a channel that creates daily flipbooks of the trendiest content as a way of generating views. These videos made a lasting impression on me and since I wasn’t able to get in touch with the original creator, I decided to venture a bit into this genre myself. We fed the shots I made last winter into an existing animation template. Pages of the flip book are automatically generated from the individual video frames.
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bi-
The second room focuses on the new sticker-set series. ANGLES MORTS is an unnumbered edition of fifteen stickers each of car-mirror drawings printed on reflective foil. A set consists of the cut-out stickers and the leftover die-cut foil. Quoting a mirror that is firmly anchored to a moving vehicle is an opportunity for me to create a temporary layout in the exhibition space, thereby turning the space itself into a vehicle. In the last room, various older and newer works keep each other company: a street bench typical of the cityscape where I grew up; wire and plaster sculptures of pet beds and a trash can; a light switch made of gingerbread; a fictitious exhibition poster presented previously at Stadtgalerie. I began working nearly four years ago on the comic book top of my head at the dentist, which is also in the exhibition. The storyline was steadily developed and added to throughout the drawing process—a stream of consciousness comprising dreams, overheard jokes, and made-up stories. A slightly expanded, new edition of the comic book has been printed for the exhibition: objects have worked their way onto the strips here, as if the book were a facsimile for the new edition. For the exhibition I produced Vier föif sächs, a short radio play about a visit to the dentist. I spoke and recorded all the conversations and noises myself. For an ideal listening experience, I recommend using your personal headphones whenever possible.
Dream and screen
Wrapped tv screen are showing the documentation of a „geschwür“ transport by Jan Hofer. The two shows happen at the same time, with the same setup, but two different titles.
Tirggel 2021
Since 3 years i during the holidays i produce a own version of a tirggel. As an unnumbered edition i presented them on different occasions and places. The motives fo fare are images from an own comics, a portrait of the families dogs and a upscaled light switch of a gingerbread house.
to expound other doubts In collaboration with Andreas Selg 2021
For a show of Selg at gallery Bernhard, we worked together on a video installation. Inspired by a stairway in a scene in the movie „L‘Hypothèse du tableau volé“ we animated a shadow and presented this mock up as a projection on the wall.
14. 08 - 22.08.21 Top of my head
A comics strip used as an handout of a Show by Stefan Bassir in Berlin.
flour, honey and sugar
Installation View, Müllerstrasse 8, 8004 Zurich
Installation and Video Work
One part powdered sugar, four parts honey, five parts flour, a mold of some kind, and a decent amount of heat is what you need to produce the in Zurich typical flat and brittle „Tirggel“ cookies. One of the local sweets specialty made on festive occasions. In this particular version - of the diverse and widely found custom of molding, forming, or imprinting baking goods - we see panels showing a blurry scene in the woods of an owl next to a small pond, with no clear storyline to follow. As the layout for a display window the two pieces become one of the encounters during the ride through the aftermath of the holiday season 2020. 06.01.2021, Kino Süd (www.kinosued.com)
Video stills, 11:43 min
summer
Solo show at Halmet, Zurich.
Video displays, speakers, benches and other sculptures. Made out of plaster, wire, PET, screens and found materials. The content of the videos are the feed of the personal youtube account. The sound from the speakers are music pieces from the video game the Sims and an modified version of a stand up show by Robin Williams.
At the dentist
60 pages, 175 × 195 mm, digital print
Sets Collaboration with Ariane Vonmoos, 2019
Ariane and I developed a series of ceramics, combined out of different pieces, which we named „Sets“. For the show at Longtang, we produced various displays for presenting these „Sets“. Together with different floor lamps they became the stage fornthis exhbithion.
Set 8 (Gertie von unruh on esketamin)
Set 5 (Flowers and Trees)
Openends Collaboration with Christof Lötscher, 2019
An ongoing series of sculptures (2010-today) were presented in combination with Lötschers works. Made in varying sizes and materials. Each piece is titled: Blendin, Uhrzeiger, Coin smth, Sakız, Mole pila, Identikits, 19.1.2019, barebone, 2019 Plaster, bone glue, pigments, metal and wood. Various dimensions.
Invitation card
smileshutter&rotocopies
Laser print on paper (sirion pearl osyter), metal, paint and magnets, 2019.
Recurring Patterns (Farm) Installation for the release of Periodico Magazine, Paris, 2019
From metal structures fixed to the celling different magazines advertisements are displayed. Old, new and already existing copies, collected from different magazins and publication. Back on the wall, editions from different artist publised by Peridoco Magazine are presented.
Recurring Patterns (Farm II)
Additional advertisements/copies of advertisements are added. Some advertisements are manipulated with privat images. And extended version of a previous work.
Slopes
Comic strip for 3rd issue of Periodico Magazine. 2018.
Ten years of veins and linework exhaled to slopes and succulents
On various objects made in different materials and techniques (powder coated steel, found wood, wire, paint, pins and magnets) a collection of drawings have been displayed. The different ‚drawings‘ are a selection of works on paper from approximalty the last ten years. They range from doddle sheets in crayon to digital comic strips in inkjet. Photocopies and originals are mixed, 2018.