Urs Fischer (b. 1973) lives and works between New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and his hometown of Zurich, Switzerland. An irreverent artist, he creates an absurd and ironic, eclectic and unpredictable world that questions our way of thinking about space. In order to explore the infinite possibilities of matter and to work on the temporality of his pieces, Fischer likes to employ mutable materials that burn, expire or change like bread or wax, and takes an interest in everyday objects. His production method is organic and experimental; he casts about, makes mistakes, and explores the processes of generation and destruction. From sculpture to photography, drawing and painting, the artist uses various techniques, playing with contrasts and juxtaposing elements. In 2012, the Palazzo Grassi dedicated the exhibition "Madame Fischer" to the artist. His works have also been presented there as part of the following exhibitions: "Dancing with Myself" (2018), "The world belongs to you" (2011-12), "Mapping the Studio" (2009-11), "Sequence 1" (2007), "Une Sélection Post-pop" (2006 -7), and "Where are We Going?" (2006).

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Urs Fischer, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

Urs Fischer: Lovers, Museo Jumex, Mexico City

 

2019

Images, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills

Urs Fischer’s 2, k11 Musea, Hong Kong

The Lyrical and the Prosaic, Aishti Foundation, Lebanon

ERROR, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich

Urs Fischer Sculpture, National Gallery Australia, Canberra

 

2018

Dasha, Gagosian Gallery, London

Play, Gagosian Gallery, new York

Soft, Sadie Coles HQ, London

Things, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Sotatsu, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Maybe, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

 

2017

Urs Fischer x Katy Perry: Bliss, New York

Urs Fischer, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Rome

Big Clay #4 and 2 Tuscan Men, Piazza della Signoria, Florence

Faules Fundament (Rotten Foundation)!, Karma, New York

The Public & the Private, Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco

(Music note title), Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong

The Kiss, Sadie Coles HQ, London

 

2016

Mind Moves, Gagosian Gallery, San Francisco

Mon cher..., Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles

Battito di Ciglia, Massimo de Carlo, Milan

Untitled (Lamp/Bear), Simmons Quad, Brown University, Providence

Small Axe, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Ursula, JTT, New York

Misunderstandings in the Quest for the Universal, Gagosian Gallery, New York

 

2015

Bruno & Yoyo, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz

Fountains, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills

, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Big Clay #4, Seagram Plaza, New York

Urs Fischer, Sadie Coles HQ-in-residence, T293, Naples

 

2014

Urs Fischer, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

Julian, Karma, Amagansett

Urs Fischer, Sadie Coles HQ, London

mermaid/pig/bro w/ hat, Gagosian Gallery, New York

last supper, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Urs Fischer, Lever House Art Collection, New York

Untitled (Lamp/Bear), Hamad International Airport, Doha

 

2013

Melodrama, Sadie Coles HQ, London

Urs Fischer, Gagosian Gallery, Rome

Yes, Deste Foundation, Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Hydra

Urs Fischer, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

 

2012

Tables, Heads and Arms, Gagosian Gallery at Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths

Urs Fischer, Festival d’Automne à Paris

Madame Fisscher, Palazzo Grassi, Venice

schmutz schmutz, Gagosian Gallery, Paris

Beds & Problem Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills

Skinny Sunrise, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

 

2011

Dngszjkdufiy bgxfjkglijkhtr kydjkhgdghjkd, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

Urs Fischer und Georg Herold, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Untitled (Lamp/Bear), Seagram Plaza, New York

 

2010

Douglas Sirk, Sadie Coles HQ, london

Oscar the Grouch, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich

 

2009

Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty, New Museum, New York

Dear _____! We ___ on _____, histerically. It has to be ____ that ____. No? It is now _____ and the whole ______ has changed. All the ____, ____, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

 

2008

Blurry Renoir Debussy, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

 

2007

Agnes Martin, Regen Projects, Los Angeles

You, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

Uh..., Sadie Coles HQ, London

large, dark & empty, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

Get up girl a sun is running the world, Church San Stae, Venice Biennale

Cockatoo Island, Kaldor Art Projects and the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Sydney

 

2006

Urs Fischer e Rudolf Stingel, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan

Oh. Sad. I see., The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Mary Poppins, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston

Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

Paris 1919, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

 

2005

Mr. Watson – Come Here – I Want to See You, Hydra Workshop, Hydra

Urs Fischer: Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Urs Fischer, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin

Urs Fischer, Camden Arts Centre, London

Jet Set Lady, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Istituto dei Ciechi, Milan

Fig, Nut & Pear, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

 

2004

Elton John?, Sadie Coles HQ, London

Feige, Nuss und Birne, Gruppe Österreichische Guggenheim, Vienna

Kir Royal, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich

Not My House Not My Fire, Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, paris

 

2003

Portrait of a Single Raindrop, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

need no chair when walking, Sadie Coles HQ, London

 

2002

What should an Owl do with a Fork, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica

Mystique Mistake, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Bing Crosby, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

 

2001

Mastering the Complaint, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich

 

2000

Cappillon – Urs just does it for the girls, Delfina, London

The Membrane – and why I don’t mind bad-mooded People, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam

Tagessuppen/Soups of the Days and 6 ½ Domestic Pairs Project, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland

Without a Fist – Like a Bird, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

 

1999

Espressoqueen – Worries and other stuff you habe tot hink about before you get ready for the big easy, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich

 

1997

Hammer, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich

 

1996

Frs Uischer, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich