Born
1926, Winterthur, Switzerland
Deceased
1993, Brunnen, Switzerland
Education
1942 – 1946
School for Applied Arts, Zurich, teachers Johannes Itten and Max Bill,
specialised class Fashion Design, Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Forthcoming
Muzeum Susch, Switzerland
2022
Heidi Bucher. Metamorphoses I, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2021
Heidi Bucher. Metamorphoses, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2020
Memory as Architecture, Memory as Skin, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2019
Sublime Geometry, Alma Zevi, Venice, Italy
Die Wässer und Libellenlust, The Approach, London, United Kingdom
The Site of Memory, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, USA
2018
Heidi Bucher, Parasol Unit, London, UK
2017
Floors: Heidi Bucher and Gordon-Matta Clark, Alma Zevi, Venice, Italy
2014
Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Alexander Gray Associates, New York, USA
Art Basel Feature with Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Art Basel, Switzerland
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, Paris, France
Rooms are skins, are surroundings, The Approach, London, UK
Art Basel Feature, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Art Basel, Switzerland
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection on Display: Monica Bonvicini, Heidi Bucher, Tom Burr, Urs Fischer, Pamela Rosenkranz, Markus Schinwald, Cathy Wilkes, Migros Museum für gegen wartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2004
Heidi Bucher – Mother of Pearl, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
1995
Kunsthaus / Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, Germany
1993
Villa Bleuler, Galerie im Weissen Haus, Winterthur, Switzerland
Und ziehen das Gestern ins Heute: Die Häute aus dem Bellevue Projekt, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland
1981
Räume sind Hüllen sind Häute, Galerie Maeght, Zurich, Switzerland
1979
Parketthaut / Herrenzimmer / Mobili, Galerie Maeght, Zurich, Switzerland
L‘Objet préféré de l‘artiste, Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland
1977
Einbalsamierungen, Borg, Galerie Maeght, Zurich, Switzerland
1973
Bodywrappings, Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
1972
Bodyshells, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
1971
Soft Sculptures to wear, Museum of Contemporary Crafts*, New York, USA
Rothmans Art Gallery of Stratford/Toronto*, Canada
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal*, Canada
*With happenings by Carl Bucher
1958
Silkcollage, World House Galleries, New York, USA
1956
Collagen, Galerie Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Schell, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2021
Drawing Out, DE LEÓN, Bath, UK
One Is Always a Plural, Yael Davids, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Body Topographies, Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Mandy El-Sayegh,
Adriana Varejão, Cecilia Vicuña, Lehmann Maupin, London, UK
2019
Sublimi Anatomie, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
2018
The House of Fame, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Positionen, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland
Don Quixote, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
2017-18
The Everywhere Studio, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
WOMENHOUSE, la Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA
2017
20 Years Show, The Approach, London
Viva Arte Viva, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The problem with having a body / is that it always needs to be somewhere, The Approach, London
No Place Like Home, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Room, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK; Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick, UK
2016
Grand Gestures, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
Hommage à Heidi Bucher und Carl Bucher, Kulturort Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur, Switzerland
Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016, Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, USA
Honolulu Triennale, Honolulu Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Oslo 10, Basel, Switzerland
Frauenpower, Art Dock, Zurich, Switzerland
2015
Artists and Architecture, Variable Dimensions, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France
wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles, KM– Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria
Heidi Bucher & Virginia Overton, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
2014-15
Supple Expansions, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles, USA
Monumental Fatigue: Heidi Bucher, Virginia Overton, Magali Reus, Yorgos Sapountzis, Hannah Weinberge, Freymond Guth, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Artevida: corpo [body], Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I Know Not To Know, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Andrew Roth, New York, USA
2013
Repertory, One Torino, Palazzo Cavour, Torino, Italy
SLIP, The Approach, London, UK
M Sélection. La collection du Musée Migros d‘art contemporain, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Collection on Display: Heidi Bucher, Thea Djordjadze, Berta Fischer, Loredana Sperini, Katja Strunz, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection on Display: Monica Bonvicini, Heidi Bucher, Tom Burr, Urs Fischer, Pamela Rosenkranz, Markus Schinwald, Cathy Wilkes, Migros Museum für gegen wartskunst, Zurich, CH
2012
My Body is a Cage, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Chairs, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2010
At Home, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2008
Disguised, Rotwand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Der schone Schein, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
abc Art Berlin Contemporary, Galerie Giti Nourbaksch, Berlin, Germany
2007
Sculpture Park, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
2004
It‘s All an Illusion – A Sculpture Project, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
1993
Mise en Scène, Bex et Arts, Fondation Szilassy, Switzerland
Das Bild hinter dem Bild, Depot der Geheimnisse, Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland
1992
Force Sight, Internationale Kunst der Gegenwart, Schloss Preseneck, Neuenstadt, Germany
1990
Passagen Skulptur, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Musée de la Peau, Bex et Arts, Fondation Szilassy, Switzerland
1989
Solitude-Echos, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany
1988
Woher-Wohin, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
1986
Aufgemöbeltes / Mobili, Kunstraum Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Portal, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
Fabriksaalboden, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1985
Objekt Kunst ‑ in ausgewählten Beispielen von Dada bis heute, Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland
Schloss Schlösser Luftschlösser / Herrenzimmer im Baum, Schloss Lenzburg, Switzerland
Muschelobjekte, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
1983
La femme et l’Art, Trienniale Le Landeron, Switzerland
Herrenzimmer / Ablosrauswegfliegling, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1981
Hautraum Ahnenhaus, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
1980
Weich und Plastisch – Soft Art, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Türe zum Borg, Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland
1979
Verletzlich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
L’univers d’Aimé Maeght, Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
1978
Aktualität – Vergangenheit, 3. Biennale der Schweizer Kunst, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Berg – Bergen – Geborgenheit, Kunstmuseum Zug, Switzerland
Galerie Haus 11, Karlsruhe, Germany
1977
Kunstmuseum Winterthur
1975
Frauen sehen Frauen, Kunstkammer zum Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
Terre des Hommes, Montréal, Canada
1963
Galerie im Weissen Haus, Winterthur, Switzerland
Selected Bibliography
2022
Cooper Ashton, “Shell”: Del Vaz Projects, Artforum, May
2019
Churchman, Fi, Heidi Bucher at Parasol Unit, Art Review, 12 March.
Herriman, Kat, Heidi Bucher Takes the Floor, Cultured, 1 October.
Vogel, Wendy, Heidi Bucher, Artforum, September.
The Peninsula New York Presents ‘Home’ Art Exhibition, Luxury Travel Magazine, 20 May.
Steinhaur, Jillian, New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now, The New York Times, 8 May.
Franklin, Sydney, Heidi Bucher’s latex casts of spaces are coming to New York, The Architect’s Newspaper, 25 April.
Bonilla-Edgington, Jennifer Rose, Heidi Bucher: The site of Memory, The Brooklyn Rail, 14 June.
Zeiba, Drew, Traced, Echoes, Skins: Heidi Bucher’s Meditations on Memory, Pin-Up Magazine, 15 June.
Fullerton, Elizabeth, Heidi Bucher, Sculpture, 9 April.
Fateman, Johanna, Heidi Bucher, The New Yorker, June.
2018
Heidi Bucher, ed. Ziba Ardalan, John Yau, Mark Godfrey, Parasol Unit, London, UK
Rea, Naomi and Pes, Javier, Here Are the 10 London Shows Everyone Will Be Talking About During Frieze Week, artnet news, 1 October.
Frieze week highlights: latex, terracotta and a Camden catwalk, Apollo Magazine, 1 October.
The Visceral Works of Heidi Bucher, as seen by Her Sons, Elephant, 27 September.
Cumming, Laura, Heidi Bucher Review – memories are made of this, The Guardian, 23 September.
Greenhaugh, Imogen, Heidi Bucher, Studio International, 25 September
Glanville, Samuel, Heidi Bucher, This is tomorrow, 16 October
Wullschlager, Jackie, Critics’ Choice, Financial Times, 15 September.
Women Artists Deconstruct Domesticity in Only I.S. Venue of Women House exhibition, ArtfixDaily, 17 January.
Bucknell, Alice, How Artists Reveal the Emotion Hidden in our Cities, Frieze, 10 October
Le Guen, Adélie, The Bedrooms of Heidi Bucher: Between Poetic and Post-1968 Influences, Aware Women Artists, 16 June
Spence, Rachel, Heidi Bucher at Parasol Unit – mesmerizing chronicles of anonymous lives, The Financial Times, 5 October
2017
Heidi Bucher, ed. Karen Marta and Simon Castets, Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA
Judah, Hettie, The Turned-On Biennale: An Orgy of Liberal Sex and Liberal Guilt Greets Visitors in Venice, artnet News, 14 May.
Elbaor, Caroline, Gallery Hopping: Abstract Female Physicality takes Center Stage at The Approach, artnet News, 12 April.
House of Horrors: the shows putting a macabre twist on domestic bliss, The Guardian, 8 February.
Jansen, Charlotte, Home girls: female artists explore domestic architectures at Sadie Coles, Wallpaper, 23 January.
Perry, Gill, Traces of Home and Changes of Skin, Womenhouse, National Museum of Women in the Arts, November
2014
Boukobza, Julie, Heidi Bucher, PIN-UP Magazine, Spring Summer
Goodman, Matthew Shen, Heidi Bucher: Swiss Institute, Art in America, May
Dailey, Megan, 24 Hours to Frieze, Sotheby’s, 7 May
Rose, Julian, Heidi Bucher: Swiss Institute, Artforum, May
Rosenberg, Karen, and Wells, Peter, Glimpses of the Past and a High-Tech Future, The New York Times, 3 April
Vali, Murtaza, Heidi Bucher: Swiss Institute, ArtForum, 13 March
Sherlock, Amy, Heidi Bucher: The Approach, London, Frieze, Issue 161, March
Roffino, Sara, Heidi Bucher: The Swiss Institute / Alexander Gray Associates, The Brooklyn Rail, 6 May
Heidi Bucher, Time Out New York, 4 March
Heidi Bucher, The New Yorker, 19th February
2013
Heidi Bucher, Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, Paris, France
Doal, Isabella, Heidi Bucher’s Mummified Homes, Cool Hunting, 26 September
Buck, Louisa, All the fun of the Frieze Art Fair, The Telegraph, 18 October
Heidi Bucher, Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, Paris, France
Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Heidi Bucher’s ‘Water Houses’, Art Agenda, 23 October
Miyanishi, Satsuki, Heidi Bucher ‘Water, Houses’, SHIFT, 4 October 2013
Chênel, Marie, Heidi Bucher – Suiss Culturel Centre, Slash Magazine, 13 November 2013
Heidi Bucher Collected Prints from the Past, Le Temps, 16 September 2013
2008
Sammlung / Collection. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zurich, 1978–2008, ed. Heike Munder, Zurich & JRP/Ringier
2007
Kunsthaus Zurich, Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zurich,
Kunstgesellschaft, Hatje Cantz Verlag
2006
Affentranger-Kirchrath, Angelika, Skulptur auf Expansionskurs, Neue Züricher Zeitung
2005
Lunn, Felicity, Heidi Bucher, Artforum International, March
2004
Heidi Bucher, ed. Heike Munder, texts by Heike Munder, Philip Ursprung, Mayo and Indigo Bucher, ed. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich & JRP/Ringier
Bucher, Mayo, Heidi Bucher, Cinematic Biography, Art Adventures, Zurich, Switzerland (DVD)
Bänziger, Kathrin, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum in Winterthur, Stiftung Edition Winterthur, Switzerland
Affentranger-Kirchrath, Angelika, Der Libelle abgeschaut, Neue Züricher Zeitung
1993
Mise en scène. Bex & Arts, text by Nicolas Raboud, photography by Magali Koenig
Heidi Bucher, published by Markus Landert, Kunstmuseum des Kantons
Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland
1989
Unikat und Edition, Künstlerbücher in der Schweiz, Helmhaus Zurich, concept: Marie-Louise Lienhard and Stephan Kunz, text by Marie-Louise Lienhard
Künstlergruppe Winterthur 1989, texts by Rudolf Koella and Adrian Mebold, Winterthur, Switzerland
1985
Moderne Kunst – unsere Gegenwart. Ein Brückenschlag zur Schweizer Kunst seit 1939, Fritz Billeter, Peter Killer, Willy Rotzler, Pfäffikon
1983
Hauträume, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1977
Heidi Bucher, ed. Galerie Maeght, Zurich, Switzerland
1972
Landings. Carl & Heidi Bucher, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
1971
Carl & Heidi Bucher, Musée d‘Art Contemporain Montréal, Canada
Public Collections
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France and San Francisco, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Musée Jenisch Vevey, Switzerland
MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Kusthaus Zug, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland
Migrosmuseum fur Gegenwartskunst Zurich, Switzerland