JOHANNES BURR


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Born in Switzerland in 1972

Studies on philosophy, history, psychology and linguistic at the Free University Berlin.
Art studies at the University of Art Berlin, at the National Art Institute Surikov Moscow and at the Chelsea College of Art and Design London.
MA Fine Arts at University of Arts, Berlin

Lives and works in Berlin and Basel.
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Grants + Residencies
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project grant, government of Grisons, Switzerland
artist in residence Pro Helvetia, at Centre for Contemporary Art Kronika, Bytom, Poland
exhibition grant , Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council
project grant, sitemapping, Swiss Federal Culture Office
project grant Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Germany
project grant Käthe Dorsch Foundation Germany
artist in residence, Nairs Foundation, Switzerland
exhibition grant , Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council
work acquisition by the cantonal government of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
residency and project grant, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany
catalogue grant by the cantonal governments of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
exhibition grant , Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council
Erasmus grant at the Chelsea College of Art and Design London
NICA grant at the National Art Institute Surikov Moscow
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Projects + Exhibitions + Screenings (selection)
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LAST EXIT | Tschüß Kunstsystem - Bye bye art system! (single)
GELD FÜR ALLE!, Nextex, St. Gallen, Switzerland (single)
MOTIVATIONSFORSCHUNGEN, Hotel Lischana, Scuol, Switzerland (single)
KEEP SOME DOUBT FOR THE DOUBT, Parkhausprojects, Berlin
CREDIT #6 / ECONOMIC VALUES I, Centre for Contemporary Art Kronika, Bytom, Poland (single)
CREDIT#5, Museum of State University of Pará, Belém, Brazil (single)
OUR HOUSE IS YOUR HOUSE, symposium, geh8, Dresden (with berlinerpool)
CHANCES OF CRISIS, symposium, arttransponder, Berlin (with berlinerpool)
48 HOURS NEUKÖLLN, art festival, Berlin (with berlinerpool)
PREKARIUM, Gallery IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
ARTSWAP EUROPE, Akademie der Künste Berlin (with berlinerpool)
BERLINERPOOL, mobile artists archive, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum of Berlin
BERLINERPOOL, Relaunch (artists archive, internet platform, project development module)
TRAVERSE VIDEO 2008, Goethe Institut Toulouse, France
STEADY STATE, Old Kingscity Brevery Berlin
20e FESTIVAL DES INSTANTS VIDEO, Galerie Histoire de l’Oeil, Marseille, France
CAPITAL, Skånska Hypoteksföreningen, Lund, Sweden (catalogue)
CURRAINT D’AJER, Nairs Foundation, Scuol, Switzerland (catalogue)
SACROW - CHATEAU IVRE, Schloss Sacrow, Berlin (catalogue)
LAUFWERK.TMP.DATARESCUE, projectspace /tmp Berlin
KREDIT #1-2, arttransponder Berlin (single)
CLIPS, Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord Berlin
ERNTE 06, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
REGIONALE 7, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
REGIONALE 7, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
ENTREE DES ARTISTES, project space M54, Basel, Switzerland
VIDEOKUNST, Kunstsalon Wilde Gans, Berlin
PLASTICIENS DU WEB, Centre Pompidou, Paris
FLUXUS 2005, 5th international Film Festival on the Internet
ETWAS FEHLT IMMER, Galerie Inges, Berlin (single)
FORUM MEDIAL, Schlossfreiheit, Berlin
PURGATORIO – WIE WIRD MAN, WAS MAN IST? Theater am Halleschen Ufer Berlin (single, catalogue)
STILL MOVING, Kunsthalle M3, Berlin
3 AUS 10 - MEISTERSCHÜLERPREIS, University of the Arts Berlin
SCHAU DER MEISTER-KLASSEN - DIE KLASSE REBECCA HORN, Galerie Hengevoss-Jensen, Hamburg (catalogue)
REGIONALE 2001, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
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Bibliography
"Geld für alle", Kristin Schmidt im St. Galler Tagblatt, 7.6.2012
"Sieben mal sieben", Andrea Kessler auf saiten Ostblog, 25.5.2012
Warum stehst du morgens auf?” Von Franco Brunner, in: piz – das Magazin für das Engadin und die Bündner Südtäler, Schweiz. Nr. 42, Winter 2011/2012
"Schaschinar e star pachific i'l Hotel Lischana", in: La Quotidiana, Südostschweiz, 08.08.2011
"Schaschinar e far pachific", in: Engadiner Post, 04.08.2011
Pequenas Narrativas do Cotidiano”, in: Diaro do Pará (Belém-PA, Brazil) 12.07.2010
"Ein Künstler als Banker", in: Westphälische Nachrichten, 29.05.2009
"Die Krise schafft neuen Input in der Kunst”, in: TAZ Berlin 28.08.2009
“An Kunst partizipieren lassen”, in: Atelier 12.2007, Atelier Verlag Köln
CAPITAL 2014; exhibition catalogue, published by the city of Lund 2014, Sweden
SACROW – CHATEAU IVRE, exhibition catalogue, Publishers Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2007. ISBN 978-3-88221-382-9
“Win-win-Situation”, in: TAZ Berlin 04.04.2007
“Landkarten der Identitäten”, in: Regioartline art magazine, Freiburg/Basel, 12.2006
FLUXUS 2005, 5th international Film Festival on the Internet, Selection (DVD); Zeta Films, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2005
MONAT DER FOTOGRAFIE Paris-Berlin-Wien, November 2004 Berlin. Catalogue from the exhibition „Monat der Fotografie“ Published by Museumspädagogischer Dienst, Berlin 2004. ISBN 3-930929-20-1
JOHANNES BURR, KROTTFORSCHUNGEN und andere Verflüssigungsstrategien. Arbeiten 1996 – 2003. Catalogue from the exhibition: „Purgatorio – Wie wird man, was man ist?“ at Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin 2003. ISBN 3-00-010970-6
SCHAU DER MEISTERKLASSEN: Die Klasse Rebecca Horn. Exhibition catalogue. Published by Galerie Hengevoss-Jensen, Hamburg 2001


johannes burr, 2004-2014