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 (Switzerland).
Art Education
1992-1994 Ecole Cantonale des Beaux-Arts Sion, Valais, Switzerland
1994-1998 University for Art and Design, 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
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 LICHENS, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2014 FLECHTEN, Kunstdegustation, Kochgarage Grüningen, Switzerland
BOTANICAL MEMORIES, mit Sigi Schwob, Galerie Art and Context, Basel
Aria Buona, Fletschhorn, Simplon-Dorf, Switzerland
2013 Different Shades of Europe mit Massimo d'Orta, Palazzo Rava, Ravenna
2012 SWEET AND
SALTY SMILES, Gallery Art and Context, Basel
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
2020 Regionale 21, (X)Y, Z, , Cargobar, Basel
2016 Liste Total, Dr. Kuckuckslabrador, Liste, Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Passage, FabrikCulture Hégenheim, France
2014 Schmu, Galerie Plan D, Düsseldorf, German
Menschliche Verflechtungen, Reservat, Düsseldorf, Germany
WERK:SCHAU, FabrikCulture, Hégenheim, France
2013 Naturally Connected, Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux
Entreé & Salon, M54, Basel, Switzerland
The lying on the floor, abandoned to lie, Künstlervereinigung MAERZ, Linz
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
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
Bibliography
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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