LILIANE ZUMKEMI was born in the Swiss Alps. She studied Art at Ecole Cantonale des Beaux-Arts in Sion and at University for Art and Design in Lucerne, Switzerland from 1992- 1998. In 1998 she won an award (Förderpreis) from the state of Valais. From 2000 until 2009 she lived and worked in South East Asia.

Her exhibitions are documented in the Asia Art Archive in Hongkong and at the Swiss Institute for Art Research in Zürich. Currently she lives and works in Basel and Simplon-Süd (Switzerland).

 

 Art Education

  • 1992-1994 Ecole Cantonale des Beaux-Arts Sion, Valais, Switzerland
  • 1994-1998 University for Art and Design, Lucerne, Switzerland

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024: STILL ALIVE, Blacklist Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 
  • 2015: LICHENS, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2014: FLECHTEN, Kunstdegustation, Kochgarage Grüningen, Switzerland; BOTANICAL MEMORIES, mit Sigi Schwob, Galerie Art and Context, Basel, Switzerland; Aria Buona, Fletschhorn, Simplon-Dorf, Switzerland
  • 2013: Different Shades of Europe mit Massimo d'Orta, Palazzo Rava, Ravenna; Italy
  • 2012: SWEET AND SALTY SMILES, Gallery Art and Context, Basel, Switzerland                
  • 2011: HOSPITALITY, Clinique Valmont, Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland;  GOLD IN GONDO, im Turm, Gondo, Switzerland
  • 2008: BRAIN WASHING, Lodypop, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2007: PLUS BLANC QUE BLANC, French- Japanese Institute, Yokohama, Japan
  • 2006: WHERE? WHEN? WHY??? The substation, Singapore
  • 2005: WORKS BY LILIANE ZUMKEMI, the pilatestudio, Bangkok, Thailand; CRAZY SOAP, Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand; WHERE? WHEN? WHY??? T-Shirt Festival, Tossapaak Arena, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2004: BRAIN WORKS, Goethe Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; WHERE? WHEN? WHY??? Mess Hall, Chicago, U.S.A
  • 2003: WHERE? WHEN? WHY??? About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand;  BRAND NEW, Si-Am Art Space Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

 

Selected Group Exhibitions  

  • 2023: Regionale Wallis, Galerie zur Matze,  Brig, Switzerland;  Regionale 24, Zufällig, M54, Basel, Switzerland; Womanifesto: Flowing Connections, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2020: The Peace Audition (2020), Asia Art Archive in Hongkong, China; Regionale 21, (X)Y, Z, , Cargobar, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2016: Liste Total, Dr. Kuckuckslabrador, Liste, Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, Passage, FabrikCulture Hégenheim, France
  • 2014:Schmu, Galerie Plan D, Düsseldorf, Germany, Menschliche Verflechtungen, Reservat, Düsseldorf, Germany,; WERK:SCHAU, FabrikCulture, Hégenheim, France
  • 2013: Naturally Connected, Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland;  Entreé & Salon, M54, Basel, Switzerland; The lying on the floor, abandoned to lie, Künstlervereinigung MAERZ, Linz, Austria
  • 2012: MAG, Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux, THAI-SWISS 80 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, Siam Paragon, BKK, Thailand
  • 2011: MAG, Montreux Art Gallery, Switzerland
  • 2010: First Isanfilmfestival, Korat, Thailand, Regionale 11, Cargo Kultur Bar, Basel, Switzerland; MAG, Montreux Art Gallery, Switzerland
  • 2009: MAG, Montreux Art Gallery, Switzerland; OPEN STUDIO, Camac, Marnay sur Seine, France;  MUSEUMSNACHT BASEL, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland 
  • 2008: 10th Asiatopia, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand; OPEN STUDIO DAY at first Womanifesto Residency, Sisaket, Thailand; SEA ART FESTIVAL 2008 BUSAN BIENNALE,  Busan, South Korea; HEIMATTAGUNG, Simplon-Dorf, Switzerland
  • 2006: BANGKOK BIENNALE, artistic curator: Ark Fongsmut; INSPIRED BY THE KING, Playground, Bangkok, Thailand; NO MAN’S LAND, on line exhibition, womanifesto.com; NEW TERRITORIES, Scotland’s international festival of live arts, Glasgow, GB
  • 2005: ART ON THE BEACH, Phuket, Thailand; OPEN STUDIO AT ABOUT CAFÉ, About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand; 600 IMAGES, Bangkok, Berlin, Los Angeles, London, Manila, Saigon; BORDERS WITHIN/WITHOUT, performance festival at NICA, Myanmar
  • 2004: EPISODE, Cheong-Ju Art Center Gallery, Korea; HOME, Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2003: WOMANIFESTO, Pridi Banomyong Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; WORMS FESTIVAL V, Plastic Kinetic Worms, Singapore; SAMAI DIALOGUE II, Concrete House, Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • 2002: ASIATOPIA IV, performance festival, Bangkok, Thailand; STORY OF THE "I", Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 2000: KUNSTSZENE OBERWALLIS, Gallery zur Matze, Brig, Switzerland; BLUESCHT 2000, Kunsträume Zermatt, Switzerland ; ALFRED GRUENWALD PREIS, Public Library, Brig,  Switzerland
  • 1999: ERIKSSON, HILDBRAND, WALPEN, ZUMKEMI, Gallery  zur Matze, Switzerland; CADAVRE EXQUIS, BOA, Lucerne, Switzerland; KUNST-INTERVENTIONEN, public park,  Lucerne,  Switzerland
  • 1998: PERFORMANCE, Erfrischungsraum, Lucerne, Switzerland

 

Grants/ Artist in Residencies

  • 1998 Award of Encouragement for young artists, state of Valais, Switzerland
  • 2001 Promising Leader, Symposium for Creative Leadership in Science, Economics and Arts, Zermatt
  • 2004/5 Artist in Residency at NICA, Yangoon, Myanmar, supported by Pro Helvetia
  • 2005 About Studio/About Café, Bangkok, Thailand, supported by aara
  • 2008 Womanifesto, Residency in Sisaket, Thailand, supported by Thai Ministry of Culture
  • 2009 Artist in Residence at Camac, supported by Ténot Foundation, France
  • 2015 One month residency, Fukuoka, Japan

 

Bibliography (Selection)

  • Georges Tscherrig: Liliane Zumkemi – Flechten sind das Motiv, Walliser Bote, 8. November 2013 
  • Bangkok Post, Fates intertwined,Life p. 5,  August 23, 2012 
  • Yanapon Musiket: Creative HQ, Bangkok Post, Muse, front page, p 8-9, December 6, 2008 
  • Ark Fongsmut: Bangkok Is Burning, Mars Magazine, p. 164 -165, November 2008 
  • Voyage without Boundaries, Busan Biennale, Korea, 2008 
  • Expenditure, Busan Biennale, Korea, 2008 
  • Samuel Herzog: Hartnäckig und verschwenderisch – „Expenditure“ die Pusan–Biennale in Südkorea, NZZ, 27. September 2008 
  • Ark Fongsmut:This Is not a Fairytale, Contemporary Art exhibition, Soka Art Center, Taipei, 2008 
  • Ark Fongsmut: Where? When? Why? Madame Figaro, Attitude Art, p. 184, November 2006 
  • New Territories, Scotland’s international festival of live arts, Glasgow, Scotland 
  • Siriwat Pokrajen: An inspired people, Herald Tribune, Living, p. 5, May 5, 2006 
  • David The: Art buoys Andaman spirits, Bangkok Post, outlook, October 19, 2005 
  • Lim Li Min: Casting a smell, Herald Tribune, Living, Art review, p 7, September 5, 2005 
  • Varsha Nair: Exhibition Crazy Soap, art4d, views, p.118-119, November 2005 
  • Liliane Zumkemi: Crazy Soap, exhibition catalogue, Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok 
  • Art Asia Pacific: ALMANAC 2005/2006, Thailand, p. 156, 
  • Epsiode,  catalogue, Cheong-Ju Art Center Gallery, Korea 
  • Khetsiirin Pholdhampalit: Home sweet Home, the nation, April 10, 2004 
  • Home, exhibition: 1 April – 22 May, 2004, cataloge, Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok, 2004 
  • Ark Fongsmut: Where? When? Why?, Mars Magazine, p.98-99, May, 2003 
  • Liliane Zumkemi: Where? When? Why? A Portrait of Vasan Sitthiket, book, 2003
  •  Cheng Zu: Brand new breed, Bangkok Post, Outlook, p.8, January 23, 2003 
  • Cheng Zu: Body work, Bangkok Post, Outlook, p.8, November 21, 2002 
  • Gridthiaya Gaweewong: Story of the “I”, catalogue, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Thailand 
  • Brand New, exhibition catalogue: Bangkok University Art Gallery, Si-Am Art Space, Space Contemporary Art Gallery Bangkok, 2003
  • NRLA, international festival of live arts, Glasgow, Scotland, 2006 
  • Siriwat Pokrajen: An inspired people, Herald Tribune, Living, p. 5, May 5, 2006
  • David The: Art buoys Andaman spirits, Bangkok Post, outlook, October 19, 2005

 

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