Jules Spinatsch
Biography
1964 Born in Davos, the Grisons, Switzerland
Studies in Electrotechnics and Sociology
1993 - 94 International Center of Photography ICP, NY
Lives in Zurich
Teaches at Geneva University of Art and Design
EXHIBITIONS SELECTION Cat. = with Catalogue
2009
SFMoMA, Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870, Cat.
2008
Kunstmuseum Zug, SOLO SHOW
Blancpain Art Contemporaine, Geneva, Solo Show,
EISZEIT IV,
Galeria Gotthardo, Lugano, VERTIGO, Cat.
Kunsthaus Zurich, SHIFTING IDENTITIES, Cat.
Centre de la Photographie Geneva, PANORAMIQUE SCENES
Künstlerhaus Vienna, HERZ.RASEN
2007
NAI Netherlands Architecture Institut, Rotterdam, and
NRW Forum Dusseldorf SPECTULAR CITY,
Photographing the Future, Cat.
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon,
AUGENZEUGEN - EINGEBETTETE BILDER Cat.
2006
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, NY, NEW PHOTOGRAPHY ‘06, Probst, Spinatsch, Monk
Printemps du Septembre, FABRE N'EST PAS VENU
Festival Toulouse, Cat.
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, OLYMP, Solo Show
Kunsthaus Zürich, EXPANDED EYE, Cat.
Kunsthaus Zürich, IN DEN ALPEN, Cat.
Haus der Kunst, Munich and Palais de Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, CLICK/DOUBLE CLICK, Cat.
2005
Ausstellungsraum 25, Zurich, Solo Show
SNOW MANAGEMENT 2005
2004
VTO Gallery, London, Solo Show,
TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT vs REVOLUTION MARKETING
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, WEISSE WUNDERWARE SCHNEE, Cat.
2003
Centre de la photographie, Geneve, Solo Show,
TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT I-V
Kunstraum Walcheturm Zurich, Live Panorama Installation TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT IV, Solo Show.
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, GLOBAL DETAIL, Cat.
2002
IKONEN. KUNST UND KULT, Coninx Museum, Zürich, Cat.
Coalmine Galerie Zürich-Winterthur, Solo Show,
TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT I-III
Merano Arte, BELLA VISTA Weinberger bis Segantini, Cat.
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Solo Show,
TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT I-II
MONOGRAPHS
2007 HIGHLIGTHS INTERNATIONAL, Kodoji Press, Baden
2006 WE WILL NEVER BE SO CLOSE AGAIN, Kodoji Baden
2005 TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT CHAPTER I-V,
Design Winfried Heininger Kodoji, Lars Müller Publishers
2000 BRAND NEW ANIMALS, Lars Müller Publishers
SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2008 Parkett 81, Backstage of Reality, by Martin Jaeggi
2008 Art in America, June 2008, Rules of Engagement,
by Marcia Vetrocq
2008 Photo Art, Photography in the 21st. Century,
DuMont, Aperture, Thames and Hudson
2006 The Photobook: A History, Volume II,
Gerry Badger and Martin Parr, Phaidon.
2003 Swiss National Televsion SFDRS, B Magazin 19.01.03.
2002 Swiss Kunst Bulletin No.1: Hirschhorn, Gees, Spinatsch
AWARDS
2007 City of Zurich, Residency in San Francisco and Hawaii
2005 Prix du Livre, Rencontre d’Arles-F, best book 2005
2004 International BMW Photography Prize, Paris Photo
2004 Swiss Art Award
2003 + 04 Canton Zurich Art Award
2002 Studio Grant London, Landis + Gyr Foundation, Zug
1999 Studio Grant Paris, Cultural Comission of the Grisons
