Flurin Bisig

upcoming:
Flurin Bisig
Bleibendes Verlangen unter gewandelten Voraussetzungen  | Persisting Desire in Altered Circumstances
Jun 13 – Jul 26, 2025, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich

 

about 
 
Dominic Eicler, The mountain problem - finding form
2024 / 02
 
Ruo Jia, Flurin Bisig’s Unformed Desire, The Brooklyn Rail
2022 / 12
 
Karin Salm, Freiraum im Glarnerland, SRF (in German)
2020 / 12

Birgit Szepanski, Flurin Bisig — In Resonanzbereichen. An den Rändern des Sinns, artlog (in German)
2019 / 06
 
 
 
Outside studio in Glarus, Switzerland, Aug 2020
© mb
biography
 
Flurin Bisig (b. 1982 in Samedan, Switzerland) is a visual artist who began his education with a foundation course at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. He continued his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he studied under Professors Michael Schoenholtz, Tony Cragg and Florian Slotawa. In 2007, he received an exchange scholarship at Hunter College in New York and graduated as a master student in 2009. From 2014 to 2015, he completed postgraduate studies in visual and audiovisual arts at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) in Ghent.
 
Bisig’s work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including 'No Apocalypse, not now' (2024, Gnyp Gallery, Antwerp), 'The Anarchy of Silence' (2021, Gnyp Gallery, Berlin), 'Love and Work (2007-today)' (2020, Tick Tack, Antwerp) and 'At The Seam of Meaning' (2019, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur), as well as 'The Seismographical Back' (2013, Kunsthalle São Paulo). In addition, he has participated in several group exhibitions, such as 'STREETSPACE BANGER' (2024, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen), 'Pedestal stories' (2022, Bündner Kunstmuseum) and 'Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen' (2018, Kunstmuseum Luzern).
 
Throughout his career, Bisig has received various awards and scholarships, including the Bernhard Heiliger Scholarship (2009), a Work Grant from the Canton and City of Lucerne (2011) and a nomination for the Swiss Art Award (2017). He has also participated in several international residency programs, most notably at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (iscp) in New York in 2022.
 
In addition to his artistic practice, Bisig is active in teaching. He has mentored theses at the University of the Arts in Bern and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, was artistic assistant at Kunsthochschule Kassel (2017-18) and has given lectures at institutions such as Hunter College New York. His works are part of public collections, including the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent, the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur and the Kunstverein in Basel.
 
In 2022, his monograph 'Gestaltloses Verlangen | Unformed Desire' was published, offering an overview of his works from 2003 to 2021.
The book was published by the renowned publishing house Snoeck and offers a deep insight into the development of his artistic practice. A review of the book written by Ruo Jia was published in The Brooklyn Rail (Dec 22 | Jan 23: Flurin Bisig's Unformed Desire).

 

contact:

mail(at)flurinbisig.com
 
 
photos:
© wa _ wedocumentart
© ge _ Gautschi Editions
© gg _ Gnyp Gallery
© ts _ Thomas Strub
© mb _ Maurin Bisig
© zp _ z-photo
all others © Flurin Bisig
 
 
about the titles of works:
It's Kept Together by Moving All Around, I Could Be Right and You Would Be Right Too, If You Ever, It's Okay Not to Say, Master and Everyone (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
We Have Never Been Modern (Bruno Latour)
The Desperate Kingdom of Love, It's You (PJ Harvey)
No More Nasty Scrubs (Scout Niblett)
This Boy's Life (Tobias Wolff)
The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo)
Goodbye 20th Century (Sonic Youth)
Aus einem steinleichten Schweigen heraus (Paul Nizon)
 
 
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Thomas Schmidiger, Bern
 
 
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