Cora Piantoni, 1975 born in Munich. | |
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1996–2002 | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
2001–2003 | University of Art and Design (ZHdK), Zurich |
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Awards and Grants | |
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2022 | Pro Helvetia Residency, Venice/IT |
2020 | Esther Matossi Foundation Award |
2017 | Artist in Residence as part of the project Artwork(ers), ECAV, Sierre/CH |
| 2015 | Artist in residence at the studio of the city of Zurich in Genova/IT |
| 2009 | HWP-Grant by the Bavarian Ministry for Research and Art |
| 2008 | Artist in residence at Stock 7, Dresden/DE |
| 2007 | Artist in residence by the borough Upper Bavaria in Klenova/CZ |
| 2004 | Bavarian State Sponsorship Award for Photography |
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| Solo Exhibitions | |
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| 2022 | Der Neugiereffekt, Archivraum, Kunstraum, Munich |
| 2016 | Buon lavoro!, Corner College, Zurich |
| 2010 | Kontrolle Irrtum, Galerie Royal, Munich (with Stefan Meier) |
| 2009 | Signs and Miracles, Entrance Gallery, Prague |
| Â | Palacze / The Stokers, Photomonth, Krypta u Pijarow, Krakow |
| 2007 | In Gesellschaft von Bäumen, Galerie Royal, Munich |
| Â | Disappearance of Now and Then, Hinterconti, Hamburg (with Dorota Lukianska) |
| 2005 | Edge Conditions, Capri, Berlin |
| 1999 | Livingrooms, Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver |
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| Group Exhibitions | |
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| 2026 | Maritime Basel, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel |
| 2025 | Ein Haus ohne Mauern bauen, Amerikahaus, Munich |
| 2023 | Apfelflug vom Stamm, Galerie der Künstler:innen, Munich |
| Â | Seefrauenparade, MS Stubnitz, Hamburg |
| 2022 | betweenEbbandFlow, MOM Art Space, Hamburg |
| 2021 | The length of a dot is one unit, Gallery of the City Library, Gothenborg Ghost Ship, Kulturfolger, Zurich |
| 2020 | Familien-Modelle, Shedhalle, Zurich |
| Â | Familienangelegenheit, Strauhof, Zurich |
| 2019 | Finaleminimale, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne |
| Â | Wo die Milane kreisen, Ganterschwil |
| 2018 | All so Near, Künstlerhaus Faktor, Hamburg |
| 2016 | If You Tell A Story You Add More, Binz 39 foundation, Zurich |
| Â | Abriss. Wir haben viel erlebt, Kunstraum, Munich |
| 2015 | Europa. The Future of History, Kunsthaus, Zurich |
|  | Streuflüsse, Haus der Kunst, Brno |
| Â | If You Tell A Story You Add More, Mira Forum, Porto |
| 2014 | The Technical Unconscious, Cooperativa dos Pedreiros, Porto |
|  | Videodox, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
| Â | UM-Festival, Uckermark |
| 2013 | Visions of Labour, Kunsthalle Sao Paulo |
|  | Looking for Video, Galérie Claudine Papillon, Paris |
| Â | Till Tomorrow. The Ideologies of the City, WYSPA, Gdansk |
|  | Wiederschall, Radiogebäude SRF, Zurich |
| 2012 | Hier beginnt die Welt, Kunsthaus Langenthal |
| Â | Homelands, Station 21, Zurich |
| Â | Inside Out, Kunsthaus Dresden |
| Â | Reality Manifestos, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna |
| Â | Expedition of Slowness, Quartair, Den Haag |
| 2011 | Labor and Leisure, WYSPA, Gdansk |
| Â | Dorothea, Ancient & Modern, London |
| Â | Angry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2010 | A Thousand Endless Tales – Dancing the Line of Flight, White Space, Zurich |
|  | Bless my homeland forever. I, too, will try to forget …, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna |
| 2009 | Event Horizon, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel |
|  | Radio Echo, Cirkulationscentralen, Malmö |
| 2008 | Turning Point, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne |
| Â | Prototypen, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin |
|  | Position Fotografie, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
| 2007 | BLOCK, Circuit, Lausanne & Les Complices*, Zurich & Substitut, Berlin |
| 2006 | Regionale 7, Kunsthalle, Basel & Kunstverein, Freiburg |
|  | Zürich 4 Paris18, Zeughaus, Zurich |
|  | The worst photos we’ve ever taken, F.A.I.T., Krakow |
| 2005 | Invasionswetterlage, Kunsthof, Zurich |
| Â | Backflash, F.A.I.T., Krakow |
| 2004 | Höhenunterschied 27cm, main station, Munich |
| Â | Bergung, Schalter, Basel |
|  | Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
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| Publications | |
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| «Ein Haus ohne Mauern bauen», Ed.: Cora Piantoni & Caroline Sternberg, Munich, 2025 | |
| «Buon Lavoro! Four Films on Workers’ Communities by Cora Piantoni», Ed.: Archive Books, Berlin, 2018 | |
| «If You Tell A Story You Add More», Ed.: Cora Piantoni, Zurich, 2016 | |
| «Europa. The Future of History», Ed.: Kunsthaus Zurich, 2015 | |
| «Mind the Gap, Kunsthof Zürich, Materialien und Dokumente 1993–2013», Ed.: edition fink, Zurich, 2013 | |
| «Visions of Labour», Ed.: Silvia Simoncelli / Kunsthalle Sao Paulo, 2013 | |
| «Hier beginnt die Welt», Ed.: Kunsthaus Langenthal, 2012 | |
| «Expedition of Slowness», Ed.: Quartair, The Hague, 2012 | |
| «Alternativa: Labor and Leisure», Ed.: Aneta Szylak / WYSPA, Gdansk, 2011 | |
| «Various Stages of Oblivion», Hg.:Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej , Przemyśl, 2011 | |
| «Bless my homeland forever. I, too, will try to forget …», Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 2010 | |
| «Photomonth in Krakow 2009», Ed.: Foundation for Visual Arts, Krakow, 2009 | |
| «Turning Point», Ed.: Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, 2008 | |
| «Prototypen», Ed.: Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 2008 | |
| «BLOCK 2008», Ed.: Les Complices* & Edition Fink, Zurich, 2007 | |
| «Photography Made in Zurich», Ed.: HGKZ, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2007 | |
| «Zürich4 Paris18», Ed.: Verein zwei mal zwei, Zurich, 2006 | |
| «Invasionswetterlage», Ed..: Kunsthof, Zurich, 2005 | |
| «Restrisiko», Ed.: Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, 2005 | |
| «Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität 23», Ed.: BBK, Munich, 2004 | |
| «Psychoscape», Ed.: HGKZ und HGBL, Leipzig, 2002 | |
| «Gendered Geographies», Editor: Kaucyila Brook, Zurich, 2002 | |
| «01 No.5 Kunst und Mode», Ed.: Manual Bonik/Undine Goldberg, Berlin, 2001 | |
| «Camera Austria», #71/2000 | |
Cora Piantoni, 1975 born in Munich. | |
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1996–2002 | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
2001–2003 | University of Art and Design (ZHdK), Zurich |
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Awards and Grants | |
| Â | Â |
2022 | Pro Helvetia Residency, Venice/IT |
2020 | Esther Matossi Foundation Award |
2017 | Artist in Residence as part of the project Artwork(ers), ECAV, Sierre/CH |
| 2015 | Artist in residence at the studio of the city of Zurich in Genova/IT |
| 2009 | HWP-Grant by the Bavarian Ministry for Research and Art |
| 2008 | Artist in residence at Stock 7, Dresden/DE |
| 2007 | Artist in residence by the borough Upper Bavaria in Klenova/CZ |
| 2004 | Bavarian State Sponsorship Award for Photography |
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| Solo Exhibitions | |
| Â | Â |
| 2022 | Der Neugiereffekt, Archivraum, Kunstraum, Munich |
| 2016 | Buon lavoro!, Corner College, Zurich |
| 2010 | Kontrolle Irrtum, Galerie Royal, Munich (with Stefan Meier) |
| 2009 | Signs and Miracles, Entrance Gallery, Prague |
| Â | Palacze / The Stokers, Photomonth, Krypta u Pijarow, Krakow |
| 2007 | In Gesellschaft von Bäumen, Galerie Royal, Munich |
| Â | Disappearance of Now and Then, Hinterconti, Hamburg (with Dorota Lukianska) |
| 2005 | Edge Conditions, Capri, Berlin |
| 1999 | Livingrooms, Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver |
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| Group Exhibitions | |
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| 2026 | Maritime Basel, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel |
| 2025 | Ein Haus ohne Mauern bauen, Amerikahaus, Munich |
| 2023 | Apfelflug vom Stamm, Galerie der Künstler:innen, Munich |
| Â | Seefrauenparade, MS Stubnitz, Hamburg |
| 2022 | betweenEbbandFlow, MOM Art Space, Hamburg |
| 2021 | The length of a dot is one unit, Gallery of the City Library, Gothenborg Ghost Ship, Kulturfolger, Zurich |
| 2020 | Familien-Modelle, Shedhalle, Zurich |
| Â | Familienangelegenheit, Strauhof, Zurich |
| 2019 | Finaleminimale, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne |
| Â | Wo die Milane kreisen, Ganterschwil |
| 2018 | All so Near, Künstlerhaus Faktor, Hamburg |
| 2016 | If You Tell A Story You Add More, Binz 39 foundation, Zurich |
| Â | Abriss. Wir haben viel erlebt, Kunstraum, Munich |
| 2015 | Europa. The Future of History, Kunsthaus, Zurich |
|  | Streuflüsse, Haus der Kunst, Brno |
| Â | If You Tell A Story You Add More, Mira Forum, Porto |
| 2014 | The Technical Unconscious, Cooperativa dos Pedreiros, Porto |
|  | Videodox, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
| Â | UM-Festival, Uckermark |
| 2013 | Visions of Labour, Kunsthalle Sao Paulo |
|  | Looking for Video, Galérie Claudine Papillon, Paris |
| Â | Till Tomorrow. The Ideologies of the City, WYSPA, Gdansk |
|  | Wiederschall, Radiogebäude SRF, Zurich |
| 2012 | Hier beginnt die Welt, Kunsthaus Langenthal |
| Â | Homelands, Station 21, Zurich |
| Â | Inside Out, Kunsthaus Dresden |
| Â | Reality Manifestos, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna |
| Â | Expedition of Slowness, Quartair, Den Haag |
| 2011 | Labor and Leisure, WYSPA, Gdansk |
| Â | Dorothea, Ancient & Modern, London |
| Â | Angry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2010 | A Thousand Endless Tales – Dancing the Line of Flight, White Space, Zurich |
|  | Bless my homeland forever. I, too, will try to forget …, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna |
| 2009 | Event Horizon, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel |
|  | Radio Echo, Cirkulationscentralen, Malmö |
| 2008 | Turning Point, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne |
| Â | Prototypen, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin |
|  | Position Fotografie, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
| 2007 | BLOCK, Circuit, Lausanne & Les Complices*, Zurich & Substitut, Berlin |
| 2006 | Regionale 7, Kunsthalle, Basel & Kunstverein, Freiburg |
|  | Zürich 4 Paris18, Zeughaus, Zurich |
|  | The worst photos we’ve ever taken, F.A.I.T., Krakow |
| 2005 | Invasionswetterlage, Kunsthof, Zurich |
| Â | Backflash, F.A.I.T., Krakow |
| 2004 | Höhenunterschied 27cm, main station, Munich |
| Â | Bergung, Schalter, Basel |
|  | Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität, Galerie der Künstler, Munich |
| Â | Â |
| Â | Â |
| Publications | |
| Â | |
| «Ein Haus ohne Mauern bauen», Ed.: Cora Piantoni & Caroline Sternberg, Munich, 2025 | |
| «Buon Lavoro! Four Films on Workers’ Communities by Cora Piantoni», Ed.: Archive Books, Berlin, 2018 | |
| «If You Tell A Story You Add More», Ed.: Cora Piantoni, Zurich, 2016 | |
| «Europa. The Future of History», Ed.: Kunsthaus Zurich, 2015 | |
| «Mind the Gap, Kunsthof Zürich, Materialien und Dokumente 1993–2013», Ed.: edition fink, Zurich, 2013 | |
| «Visions of Labour», Ed.: Silvia Simoncelli / Kunsthalle Sao Paulo, 2013 | |
| «Hier beginnt die Welt», Ed.: Kunsthaus Langenthal, 2012 | |
| «Expedition of Slowness», Ed.: Quartair, The Hague, 2012 | |
| «Alternativa: Labor and Leisure», Ed.: Aneta Szylak / WYSPA, Gdansk, 2011 | |
| «Various Stages of Oblivion», Hg.:Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej , Przemyśl, 2011 | |
| «Bless my homeland forever. I, too, will try to forget …», Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 2010 | |
| «Photomonth in Krakow 2009», Ed.: Foundation for Visual Arts, Krakow, 2009 | |
| «Turning Point», Ed.: Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, 2008 | |
| «Prototypen», Ed.: Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 2008 | |
| «BLOCK 2008», Ed.: Les Complices* & Edition Fink, Zurich, 2007 | |
| «Photography Made in Zurich», Ed.: HGKZ, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2007 | |
| «Zürich4 Paris18», Ed.: Verein zwei mal zwei, Zurich, 2006 | |
| «Invasionswetterlage», Ed..: Kunsthof, Zurich, 2005 | |
| «Restrisiko», Ed.: Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, 2005 | |
| «Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität 23», Ed.: BBK, Munich, 2004 | |
| «Psychoscape», Ed.: HGKZ und HGBL, Leipzig, 2002 | |
| «Gendered Geographies», Editor: Kaucyila Brook, Zurich, 2002 | |
| «01 No.5 Kunst und Mode», Ed.: Manual Bonik/Undine Goldberg, Berlin, 2001 | |
| «Camera Austria», #71/2000 | |