mayo bucher
biography
1963 born in zürich, switzerland (citizien of zürich CH and toronto CDN)
1981-1986 studied graphic design at the higher school of art and design, zürich
1987 stage "akademie der bildenden künste" vienna, prof. maria lassnig
1987 established independent studio for art and design
1989 married the artist seraina feuerstein (to later become parents of four children)
1995-2000 joined executive board of the schweizerischer werkbund, zürich
1998 became agi member (alliance grafique internationale)
1996 / 97 / 99 guest lecturer at the "higher school of art and design" lucerne, switzerland
2002 guest lecturer at the "academy of visual arts HGB", leipzig
2007 guest lecturer, university of boston
selected group exhibitions
1989 kunsthaus oerlikon, zürich
1990 shedhalle, zürich
1991 kunsthaus oerlikon, zürich
1991 art magazin, zürich
1991 kulturpanorama, lucerne
1994 steirischer herbst, (conception club DADADA) curator paolo bianchi, graz A
1994 haus für konstruktive und konkrete kunst, zürich
1995 museum für gestaltung, basel
1996 gerhard marcks haus, bremen, D
1996 sala pelaires, palma de mallorca, SP
1997 galerie schenker, luzern
1998 uno (world aids day conference) geneva
1998 royal museum of art, toronto (agi conference) CDN
1999 galerie peter bäumler, regensburg, D
1999 ecm cover exhibition, the univercity of brighton, GB
2001 galerie anatome, paris, france (agi conference) F
2001 galerie werner bommer, zürich
2001 centre pompidou "le nouveaux salon des XX" / paris, F
2002 stedelijk museum "le nouveaux salon des XX" / amsterdam, NL
2002 /03 KUNST artfair zürich, multiple-art / galerie werner bommer
2002 musée toulouse-lautrec, "le nouveaux salon des XX" / albi, F
2003 galerie lelong, zürich
2004-2006 ART berlin, galerie judin
2005 ART cologne, galerie judin
2005 galerie jürg judin (haunch of venison) zürich CH
2006 sculpture exhibition, bad ragatz
2006 "kunst und bau" architekturforum zürich
2008 "swissart" christies, kunsthus zürich CH
2010 "art basel" thomas ammann fine art ag, zürich
one-man exhibitions
1996 galerie studio 10 / with seraina feuerstein, chur CH
1997 galerie schenker lucerne / im roten haus zürich CH
1998 galerie peter bäumler, regensburg, germany D
2001 galerie edition spillmann / silkscreen-installation, zürich CH
2002 gallery of the university of brighton GB
2002 galerie werner bommer, zürich CH
2002 university of visual arts, HGB leipzig D
2003 METAHAUS berlin D
2004 IG kunsthalle rapperswil (with s. feuerstein) CH
2005 galerie costa, pontresina CH
2005 galerie jürg judin (haunch of venison) zürich CH
2006 galerie pesko, lenzerheide CH
awards / selected bibliography / others
1989 du, art and culture magazine nr.1
1991 award of recognition from the city and canton of lucerne
1994 swiss federal grant
1994 artis, art journal "club dadada"
1995 idea, article design x, japan
1996 "sinnbilder"(symbols) catalogue / text volker schunck
1997 beginning of collaboration/ contribution with ECM, munich
1997 "next" swiss tv broadcast / "kulturzeit" tv 3sat
1998 hochparterre, article mayo bucher "quadratforscher"
1998 lecture "the edge" for bdg, akademie, munich
1998 "flag-ships" installation in zürich international airport
1999 art/colour and design concept "EMME" emmenbrücke / collaboration with lussi + halter architects, lucerne
1999 art/colour and design concept for MESSE zürich / collaboration with lussi + halter architects, lucerne
1999 agi congress "poetry-design" 4-letter-word box, pontresina CH
1999 kunstbulletin / südostschweiz article mayo bucher "true life"
1999 "4-letter-words" poem & music mix on cd
1999 "next" swiss tv broadcast / "kulturzeit" tv 3sat
2002 colour-conception for a public building ABZ, zürich / comission by architektick, zürich
2002 installation / mural for the new centerpulse headquarters, zürich / collaboration with zanoni architects, zürich
2002 monograph "OPEN SIGN" by the university of brighton / academy of visual arts HGB, leipzig / lars müllerpublishers / ECM
2003 AREA 100 emerging grafic-artists of the world, phaidon press
2004 BELLEVUE reviews in NZZ, südostschweiz, tagesanzeiger, linthzeitung
2004 co-curating retrospective-exhibition "heidi bucher / mother of pearl" migrosmuseum for contemporary art, zürich
2007 BLACKBOX poetryperformance, kino apollo st. gallen
2007 co-curating the estate of heidi bucher, galerie nourbakhsch berlin
2008/2009 XL insurance "artist in residence", mythenquai zürich
work in architectual kontext
1999 "EMME" emmenbrücke / collaboration with lussi + halter architects, lucerne
1999 MESSE zürich / collaboration with lussi + halter architects, lucerne
2000 "amur & lavur" word-installation for the cityhall, chur
2001 ZOLLO poetry-conception for the puplic space, zollikon / collaboration with DGJ architects, zürich
2001 "wallwork" for AMGEN europe headquarters, lucerne / commision by TGS architects, lucerne
2001 installation / mural for the new sulzer headquarters, winterthur / collaboration with sumi & burkhalter architects, zürich
2002 installation / mural for the new centerpulse headquarters, zürich / architecture tomaso zanoni, zürich
2002 colour-conception ABZ zürich / comission by architektick, zürich
2005 ZURICH FINACIAL SERVICES "wallwork" new boardroom headquarters / architecture by ramseier associates, zürich
2006 "HAMAM" interferent-colorintervention, hotel schweizerhof lenzerheide / architecture by max dudler, zürich/berlin
2006 KV BADEN university for oeconomical studies, city of baden / architecture by neff & neumann, zürich
2007 "NEWS" kirchgemeinde wollishofen / architecture by spiro & gantenbein, zürich
2007 "The FIFA presidents" FIFA headquarters zürich / architecture by tilla theus, zürich
2002-2008 "following a line" wallwork in public space, city of baden, switzerland collaboration with seraina feuerstein
2007-2008 "glattalpark" interferent-colorintervention / architecture by beat rothen, winterthur
2009 hagendorn, school (in collaboration with s. feuerstein, jüngling and hagmann architects)
2009 papillon, apartment building in zürich (in collaboration with s. feuerstein, guagliardi ruoss architects)
2009 girasole, sbb/cff/ffs new headquarters bern 2009-2014 in collaboration with lussi und halter architects