Karin Karinna Bühler

Karin Karinna Bühler (born June 21, 1974 in Herisau) is a Swiss contemporary artist. She is known for her conceptual and audio art as well as for her site-specific installations.

Work In her work, Bühler relies on text material, which she combines with memories and experiences of a specific place. In media the artist is called "sculptor of mental space", modelling language and space into something new. This results in expansive multidimensional installations. Through the clear and imposing forms of writing in connection with spaces, the artist opens up a wide field for associations and perceptions for the viewer.

Since 2004, Bühler has exhibited her work at various venues in Switzerland as well as internationally. The artist's works are represented in various collections. The sculpture CAMBIO, which was created as part of the Arte Castasegna project, was included in the collection of the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and gave its name to the 2020 collection presentation.

In 2021, she received the Artist in Residence Scholarship of the Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung (Cultural Foundation).

List of exhibitions Solo exhibitions

2005: Ich weiss wo dein Haus wohnt, Projektraum exex, St. Gallen 2008: Ein zartes Schaudern, Schaukasten Herisau 2010: Meines Erinnerns, dessen ich völlig sicher war, Städtische Ausstellung im Katharinen, St. Gallen [Kunstbulletin] 2012: Es wird schon passen, Kubox, Romanshorn 2014: Quasi aus dem Nichts, Stiftung Sitterwerk, St. Gallen 2017: Manon/Karin Karinna Bühler, Hiltibold, St. Gallen 2022: Kabinettstück – Vol. Kirchgasse 8, Kunstmuseum Olten

Group exhibition

2004: Frauenaufzug, Zeughaus Teufen (PDF; 1,1 MB) 2007: Manual, Kronika, Bytom (Poland) 2008: A Town (Not a City), Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen 2009: Urban Kiss, Galerie Kritikù, Prag 2009: Heimspiel 09, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen und Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2009: Free Trade (Swiss Edition), International 3, Manchester 2010: Vast Empire, Sic! Raum für Kunst, Luzern 2011: IMPROfessionals, Internationale Bodenseekonferenz (IBK), Lindau 2011: peer-to-peer, V22, London 2011: Garderobe, Binz39, Zürich 2012: Over the Rainbow, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2012: Ein zartes Schaudern – Fragmente der Wirklichkeit, Kunst (Zeug) Haus Rapperswil 2013: Video Arte Palazzo Castelmur, Palazzo Castelmur in Coltura bei Stampa 2014: Anthroposphere, Nextex St. Gallen 2015: Modell Mittelholzer – Der Afrikaflug als Anlass, Kulturraum Kanton St. Gallen 2016: Vocabulary, À discrétion, Kulturstiftung Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2018: Walk the Line, Zeughaus, Teufen 2018: Cambio, Arte Castasegna 2019: TEXTUR, Vebikus, Schaffhausen 2020: CAMBIO – neu in der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2020: I ha en Tromm (Appenzeller Dialekt für «Ich habe einen Traum»), APP’N’CELL Now in Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell 2020: Welt am Draht, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2021: Memory – Über die Erinnerung und das Vergessen in ungewöhnlichen Zeiten, Kunstmuseum Olten 2021: Heimspiel 2021, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2022: Going Somewhere – Skulpturen im öffentlichen Raum, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 2022: Florilegium, Zeughaus Teufen

Recognition and awards 2006 and 2012: work grant, Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung (Cultural Foundation) 2007: promotion award, city of St. Gallen 2018: nomination for the Smithsonian Artist Fellowship 2021: artist-in-residence scholarship, Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung (Cultural Foundation)