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Biography / Work
1960 Born in Aarau, Switzerland 1976 - 1980 Kunstgewerbeschule Bern, Switzerland, training as a sculptor 1984 - 1987 Working in the own studio at «Alten Spinnerei» in Wettingen, Switzerland since 1987 Working in the own studios at Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zürcher Bildhauer in Schlieren, Switzerland 2000 Studio grant at Cité des Arts, Paris, France since 2003 Docent at the Sommerakademie in Marburg, Germany 2006 MAS Master in Advanced Studies Cultural & Gender, ZHdK Zürich, Switzerland 2007 Work year grant in Bangalore, India. 2009 Film Appreciation Course, FTII, Pune, India 2012 Audit Indian Aesthetics, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, Indien 2013 Studio grant at Cité des Arts, Paris 2015 Studio grant at Prinzenallee, Berlin Lives and works in Zurich
Soloshows 14 Gemeinde Geroldswil, Switzerland "Geroldswil Macht Blau" 14 kabinett visarte Zurich, Switzerland "TheBombayParisProject" 10 Kunstkammer, Schlieren, Switzerland "Pax Reloaded" 08 Gallery Sumukha Bangalore, India "Cultural Encroachment" 04 Gallery Tangente Eschen, Principality of Liechtenstein "Vom Krieg vom Mensch von Natur" 04 Gallery Art Felchlin Zurich, Switzerland 03 Lorraine Ogivile Gallery Marburg, Germany "Blauflusszeit" 01 Gallery Art Felchlin Zurich, Switzerland 00 Hotel Saratz Pontresina, Switzerland "Tableau vivant" 00 Gallery Art Felchlin Zurich, Switzerland 98 Gallery Art Felchlin, Zurich, Switzerland 97 Gallery Tangente Eschen, Principality of Liechtenstein "Die Bildhauerin" 94 Presentation of the sculpture "Fixer", Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein 92 Presentation of the sculpture "Fixer", Zurich, Switzerland 91 Gallery Tangente Eschen, Principality of Liechtenstein "Ansichten aus dem Atelier"
Groupshows 18 2. Triennale Liechtenstein, Kulturhaus Rössle, Mauren 18 Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur "Grenzenlos" 17 "Artur17" Open Art Lustenau 17 "Figurativ" Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur 16 "Himmelwärts" Pfarrhof Balzers 16 "Pioneers from a Hidden Country", Trudelhaus Baden 16 Gasträume, Wipkingerterrasse, Zürich 16 Art Dock, Zürich "FrauenPowerZauberWolke..." 15 Gasometer, Triesen "1. Triennale" 15 Skulptur 2015 - 16, Schlieren 15 Art Dock, Zürich "Wahnwelt-Wellen" 15 Scuola Scultura, Peccia "Sculturalmente" 14 Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur "Yesterday-Tomorrow"13 Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz "Dialog/ue" Switzerland, 12 Kunsthalle Marburg, Germany "Bilderfinden" 11 Grimaldiforum, Monaco "small meets small" 10 Kunstkammer, Schlieren, Switzerland "X-Totale all together now" 10 Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, India "Changing Skin" 10 Galerie Peripher, Zürich, Switzerland "Strumzentrum" 10 Kantonsspital, Aarau, Switzerland "Blickfeld Körper" 10 Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland "AZB for ever" 08 Gallery Wiischür Winterthur, Switzerland "Interferenzen" 07 Museum Bickel Walenstadt, Switzerland "Zukunft - gestern und heute" 07 Gallery Skulpturengarten Thierachern Thun, Switzerland 06 Museum Engländerbau Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein "Aus dem Depot" 06 Kantonsschule Wohlen, Switzerland "Westend" 05 Psychiatrische Klinik Münsterlingen, Switzerland "Zwischenräume" 05 Museum Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland "Schöne Aussicht" 05 Kulturweg Baden/Neuenhof/Wettingen, Switzerland "Landart" 03 2. Skulpturenausstellung Bad Ragaz, Switzerland 02 Gallery Taubenturm Berlin, Germany 02 Gallery Kunstgarten Aarwangen, Switzerland 98 Open space Schlieren, Switzerland "Balance" 98 Gallery Mangisch Zurich, Switzerland "Transmutation" 97 Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth Zurich, Switzerland "Holzwege" 96 Medizinhistorisches Institut der Universität Zurich, Switzerland "Verschattungen" 95 Gallery Kunstgarten Aarwangen, Switzerland "6 von 20" 93 Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland "10 Jahre AZB" 85 Studio Spinnerei Wettingen, Switzerland "Ab Fabrik"
Lecture, Discussion, Symposion 19 Artist Talk at Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Istanbul 18 Symposium "Das Potenzial des Peripheren", Podiumsdiskussion 25 Jahre Kunstschule im Engländerbau, Vaduz 18 Eröffnungsrede 2. Triennale im Kunstmuseum Vaduz 18 Co-Kuratorin mit Luis Hilti, Ausstellung "Wegbereiter_innen" Engländerbau, Vaduz 17 Vernissagerede Ausstellung "Komplizen" Galerie Tart, Zürich 16 Kuratorin der Ausstellung "Pioneers from a Hidden Country" Trudelhaus Baden 15 EXPO Mailand, CIS Centro Internazionale di Scultura, Podium 15 "Ueber Kunst reden" Podiumsdiskussion Kunstschule Liechtenstein 14 Crash Course India, kabinett visarte, Zurich 13 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 12 WST Triesen, Liechtenstein, Art and history, project work with students12 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 11 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 11 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 10 Rathaus Marburg, Germany "Art after Gandhi" Lecture 10 Kunstfilmtage Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein "Night Dogs" Videoscreen 10 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 10 Alumni Event ZHdK Zurich, Speech about student works 10 Kunstkammer, Schlieren, Switzerland "Lilian Hasler spricht" Lecture 10 Cafe des Arts, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland "Skulptur im öffenltichen Raum" Discussion 09 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 08 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 08 Kunstacademie Mysor, India, "Slideshow about my work" Lecture 07 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 07 Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein "Kunst und Oeffentlichkeit" Discussion 06 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 05 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 04 Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein "Skulptur oder Plastik?" Discussion 04 Aua Viva, Disentis, Switzerland "Berührungen" Symposion 03 Sommerakademie Marburg, Germany, Docent 03 Skulptur Werkstatt Dielsdorf, Switzerland Symposion 02 3. Bildhauersymposion "Steine ohne Grenzen" Berlin Brandenburg, Germany Symposion 02 ARUD Zürich, Switzerland "Der Fixer ist zurück" Speech 01 Hotel Saratz, Pontresina, Switzerland "Tableau Vivante" Play
Bibliography 18 "Wegbereiter_innen" 16 "Pioneers from a Hidden Country" 14 Yesterday/Tomorrow, Winterthur 13 Dialog/ue, Vaduz 12 Lilian Hasler - Kalidevis Thousand Faces 11 Salon 11 Monaco 10 Marta Jakimowicz Changing Skin 10 Plastisch 09/10 10 Lilian Hasler - India forever: when fantasies become form 10 AZB for ever 08 Almanach Liechtensteiner KünstlerInnen 08 Lilian Hasler: All about Indian Phantasies 04 Lilian Hasler: Das Kunstbuch 98 Kunstphase Schlieren - Balance 98 Kunst und Gentechnologie - Ein Katalog zur Ausstellung 97 Lilian Hasler Durrer: Die Bildhauerin 93 Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zürcher Bildhauer im Gaswerk Schlieren 88 Rheinzeichen - Ein Katalog zur Ausstellung
Works in open spaces 06 Kantonsschule Wohlen, Switzerland "Destruction of Mammals" 05 Kulturweg Baden/Wettingen, Switzerland "Wasserbrüste" 02 Skulpturenlinie Berlin - Brandenburg, Germany "Der neue Mensch" 02 Gesamtschule Sindelfingen, Germany "Fisch" 98 Stadthaus Schlieren, Switzerland "Venus von Schlieren" 97 Wohnsiedlung Zurich - Höngg, Switzerland "Wässerige Archeologie des Wissens" 83 Bezirksschule Suhr, Switzerland Aussenraumgestaltung "Sonnenuhr"
Grants 15 Atelierstipendium Berlin, Germany13 Atelierstipendium Paris, France 07 Werkjahrstipendium Principality of Liechtenstein 02 Karl Mayer Stiftung, Vaduz 01 Steostiftung, Zurich 00 Atelierstipendium Paris, Principality of Liechtenstein 95 Steostiftung, Zurich
Work
During a long period, Lilian Hasler painted her fibre, wood and stone sculptures mostly blue. While with this the artist naturalized and domesticated her work, she denied the viewer the sensual perception of the bare surface, and thus puts off any discussion or argument on the form and content. The artificial blue of the sculptures was in more radical contrast than the natural effect of the untreated raw material. The colored figures thereby lose their severity, and at the same time don an overdress, in which they seem as a habitant of another star.
Nowaday, her impact is more colourful, even light will be added, if the necessary ask for. This came to her through her experiences and strugglings in India, where she is living and working for 3 years. Her vision of India is in a way a genre by itself. The bulk of her work done in India is a far and wide way of using and appropriating many of her indian discoveries, what for her is a overhelming and for Indians could be a daily toppic.The continuous creation of the superficial figural workgroups is composed in thematic cycles. "Static v/s Synchronicity", "Marked Body", "Hybrid World", "Encroaching Eye". An extensiv use of many unknown techniques and materials as fibre, LED and so on, the daily indian stuff as rangoli powder, diwali lights, bindis and more, gives her the opportunity to creates a unexspected and puzzling work body.
"Geschlechterkampf" (Battle of the sexes), "Domestizierungen" (Domestications), "Rosenkrieger" (War of the roses), and "Hysterias" (Hysterias) are work groups that were formed during the previous years, and in discussions bring to mind questions in the social context. Lilian Hasler is as much interested in the process of development of the technical structure, as the communicative exchange which these sculptures activate. In producing the work of art she acknowledges subversively the challenge of the social conditions exactly as the capitalistic market conditions. Beyond the scope of the individual sculpture, she also practices installative sites of group figures and abstract forms to make a thematic statement. She has developed this for conceptual and process-oriented sculpting.
