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	THOMAS KNEUBÜHLER
	Born in Solothurn, Switzerland Lives and works in Montréal, Canada and Basel, Switzerland MFA Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, 2003

	AWARDS
2022	Recognition Award Visual Arts, UBS Culture Foundation
2012	Swiss Art Award, Ministry of Culture Switzerland
2011	Pratt & Whitney Canada Prize, Conseil des arts de Montréal

	SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025	Optica, Montréal
2023	Hangar 7826, Montréal
2022	Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland
2021	Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal
2020	Maison des arts de Laval
2019	The New Gallery, Calgary
2018	Dazibao, Montreal Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal
2015	Galerie B-312, Montréal Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire, Montréal
2014	PhotoforumPasquArt, Bienne Manif d’art 7, The Québec City Biennial
2013	The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Mill Tower, Durham ON
2011	Gallery 44, Toronto
2010	Centre d'exposition de Val-David
2009	Latitude 53, Edmonton ProjexMtl Galerie, Montréal
2007	Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
2006	Axenéo7, Gatineau ProjexMtl Galerie, Montréal
2005	Platform, Winnipeg VU - centre de diffusion de la photographie, Québec
2004	Skol - Centre des Arts Actuel, Montréal
2002	Gallery 44, Toronto Observatoire 4, Montréal

	GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023	«Jahresaustellung der Solothurner Künstler*innen», Kunstmuseum Olten
2022	«Canadian (in)Vision», Museo Il Torrione, Forio IT & Galleria Magazzino Muse, Ancona IT
2021	«Perceiving Landscape(s)», KORAI Project Space, Nicosia, Cyprus «Devour the Land: Cinema, landscape, history», Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge MA «Dere schöne Aare naa», Kunstmuseum Olten
2020	«Mit Beethoven unter einem D-A-CH», Künstlerforum, Bonn «Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma», Montréal
2019	«Ohne Verfallsdatum», Kunstmuseum Bern «54. Solothurner Filmtage», Konzertsaal and Kino Canva, Solothurn «The Nightlight Screenings», curated by Chantal Molleur, White Frame, Basel «Poetische Flucht in die Wirklichkeit», Kino Kiwi Scala, Schaffhausen «Short & Loud», PAN- Palazzo Arti, Napoli
2018	«Regards critiques et nouvelle photographie», Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée, Montréal
2017	«Spot on», NAIRS Contemporary Art Center, Scuol, Switzerland «The Long Moment», Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal «Pančevo Film Festival», Pančevo, Serbia
2016	«Imagined Futures», curated by Manel Benchabane, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Point Claire «Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival», Hamilton Artists Inc. «The Compiler Screenings 2016 – Border Bounderies», Stadtkino Basel
2015	«Videonale.15», Kunstmuseum Bonn «Fieldwork», curated by Geneviève Chevalier, Oslo8, Basel «Les Rencontres International», Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin «Media City Film Festival», Capitol Theatre, Windsor «Antimatter [Media Art]», Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria BC «50. Solothurner Filmtage», Kino Capitol and Canva, Solothurn «Werkschau Videoförmig», Kaskadenkondensator, Basel «Group 6», curated by Laura Brandon, Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa «videocity.bs», curated by Andrea Domesle, Basler Innenstadt, Basel «POLARIZED! Vision», University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland «Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois», Cinematheque, Montréal
2014	«Currents, Curtains, Code», curated by Raffael Doerig , Triennale 2014 Valais, Fully VS «Energy», The Foreman Art Gallery, Sherbrooke «Home Sweet Home», Dazibao, Montréal «Les Rencontres internationales», Gaîté Lyrique, Paris and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin «Canada Off», Centre culturel canadien, Paris «Landscape», dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton «Work'PLACE'», curated by Lynda Gammon, Open Space, Victoria BC «Septentrional», Centre Bang, Chicoutimi «Ballads», curated by Chloé Dragna, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid «Zoom – Basler Filme im Fokus», kult.kino atelier, Basel
2013	«Streulicht», Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel «Babel», curated by Dorothee Messmer, Kunstmuseum Olten «Video Window - Imagination & Urban Space», curated by Bruno Z‘Graggen, OG9 Zürich «The world as we know», curated by Daïchi Saïto, Daïmôn, Gatineau «View», Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
2012	«Au milieu de nulle part, curated by Catherine Bédard, Centre culturel canadien, Paris «Babel», curated by Régis Cotentin, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, and Botanique, Bruxelles «Swiss Art Awards», organized by the Swiss Ministry of Culture, Messezentrum, Basel «Under The Radar», curated by Janine Armin, Guided by Invoices Gallery, New York «Contested Site: Archives and the City», FOFA Gallery, Montréal
2011	«The Québec Triennial 2011: The Work Ahead of Us», Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal «Metropolis», Noorderlicht Photofestival, curated by Wim Melis, Der Aa-kerk, Groningen, and The Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn «Made in Montreal: Recent Films & Videos», CinemaSpace Seagle Centre, Montréal
2010	«Art Montreal Contemporary», Times Square, Shanghai
2009	«People in the City», curated by Dr. Andrea Domesle, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal «Ernte 08», Dreispitzhalle, Basel «Monumental», ProjexMtl Galerie, Montréal «Preoccupations», curated by Martha Langford, FOFA Gallery, Montréal
2008	«Real Estate», curated by Claudia Spinelli. Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland «Rythmes urbains», Travelling exhibition, organized by VOX contemporary image Centre culturel de Verdun, Montréal
2007	«Flash», Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montréal «Acting Between», curated by Lynn Beavis, FOFA Gallery, Montréal «Visages», ProjexMtl Galerie, Montréal «Rythmes urbains», Travelling exhibition, organized by VOX contemporary image Galerie d'art Stewart Hall, Point-Claire; Salle de diffusion Parc-Extension, Mdc Rosemont et Ahuntsic, Galerie Port Maurice, Montréal; Pavillon de l’Entrepôt, Lachine
2004	«Nazar», curated by Wim Melis, De Manege, Leeuwarden, Holland «VIA Conception», curated by Bernd Künzig, Friedrichsbau, Bühl, Germany
2003	«Regionale 4 - Art contemporain trinationale», FabrikCulture, Hégenheim, France «Lieux anthropiques - Lugares antrópicos», VOX contemporary photography, curated by Claudine Roger, Centro Cultural Casa Vallarta, Guadalaraja, Mexico «Persona Grata», curated by Maurice Forget, Galerie d'art Stewart Hall, Montréal, and Arts Sutton, Sutton «SIX», curated by Penny Cousineau-Levine, Observatoire 4, Montréal
2001	«Life in Real Time: Quick mode», curated by Élène Tremblay, L'espace VOX, Montréal

	RESIDENCIES
2018	Fondation Landis & Gyr, Residency in Sofia, Bulgaria
2017	NAIRS Foundation, Scuol, Switzerland
2013	Canadian Forces Artists Program, CFS Alert

	COLLECTIONS
	Basler Kunstkredit
	Canada Council Art Bank Canada House London UK
	Canton of Solothurn
	Cheuvreux Notaires
	Christoph Merian Stiftung
	Cirque du Soleil
	Collection prêt d'oeuvres d'art, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
	Concordia University
	Conseil des Arts de Montréal
	Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
	Kunstmuseum Olten
	Kunstsammlung Basel-Landschaft
	Kunstsammlung Migros Aare
	RBC Royal Bank of Canada
	Time Equities Inc. Art-in-Buildings Collection

	GRANTS
	Canada Council for the Arts
	Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
	Arts Council of Basel
	Arts Council of Solothurn

	PUBLICATIONS
2024	«Spatial Violence and the Documentary Image». Text by Patrick B. Smith. Legenda, Oxford UK.
2022	«Against Nature». Text by Louis Perreault. Ciel Variable #119, Montreal.
2021	«Alpine Signal - Twentysix Cell Towers in the Engadin». Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Vienna.
2020	«Polar Ideas». Edited by Scott McLeod. Prefix Photo, Vol 21, Number 2
2019	«After The Night Shift». Edited by Ji-soo Park. Vostok Magazine Vol. 15, Seoul.
2017	«Spaces of Power». Edited by Rosa Olivares. Exit Imagen y Cultura #65, Madrid.
2016	«Géopolitique». Text by Dominique Allard. esse arts + opinions #86, Montréal.
2015	«Videonale 15 - The Call of the Wild». Edited by Tasja Langenbach. Revolver Publishing, Berlin. «Group6». Edited by Laura Brandon. Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa
2014	«Manifd'art 7: Resistances». Edited by Vicky Chainey Gagnon. Manif d’art, Quebec. «Home Sweet Home: À propos de l'inquiétude». Les éditions Dazibao, Montréal.
2012	«True North», Text by Pierre Dessureault, Ciel Variable #92, Montreal. «Swiss Art Award 2012: Twisted Realism», Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern.
2011	«La Triennale québécoise 2011. Le travail qui nous attend». Text by Marie Fraser, Lesley Johnstone, Mark Lanctot et al. Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal. «Being There». Text by Simone Jones. Gallery 44, Toronto. «Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age». Edited by Ton Broekhuis and Wim Melis. Stichting Aurora Borealis, Groningen.
2010	«Nordicité». Edited by Pierre Dessureault. Éditions J'ai VU, Quebec City.
2009	«Sur la piste du social». Text by Nicolas Mavrikakis. Next Level Magazine #18 (Montreal Issue), London UK. «Ernte '08». Text by Letizia Schubiger. Kulturelles BL, Liestal. «Préocupations». Text by Martha Langford. FOFA Gallery, Montréal.
2008	«Real Estate». Text by Claudia Spinelli et al. Kunstverein Solothurn.
2007	«Deux relèves: ETC 1987 - 2007». Text by Eric Chenet. ETC, Montréal. «Made in Quebec». View Magazine#8, Bruxelles, Belgium. «Replaying Narrative». Text by Marie Fraser et al. Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. «Rythmes urbains». Text by Claudine Roger. VOX contemporary image, Montréal.
2006	«Private Property / Propriété Privée». Text by Sylvain Campeau. Axenéo7, Gatineau. «Carte Blanche, Vol. 1: Photography». The Magenta Foundation, Toronto. «Private Property / Propriété Privée» (artist book). Les éditions Dazibao, Montréal. «Skol 2004-2005». Text by Sylvain Campeau and Eric Chenet. Centre Skol, Montréal.
2005	«Thomas Kneubühler - Office 2000». Text by Claudine Roger. Centre VU, Québec.
2004	«Nazar - Photographs from the Arab World». Text by Wim Melis. Stichting Aurora Borealis, Groningen, and Aperture, New York.
2003	«Lieux Anthropiques». Text by Claudine Roger. VOX contemporary photography, Montréal.
2002	«Optica». Text by Jeremy Todd. Gallery 44, Toronto.
2001	«La vie en temps réel: Mode ralenti». Text by Élène Tremblay. L'espace VOX, Montréal.

	ARTICLES & REVIEWS
2022	Dürrwang, Adrian. «Thomas Kneubühler – Erhellende Bilder». Kunstbulletin No 5 Janzen, Edwin. «Thomas Kneubühler, Alpine Signals». Espace art actuel No 131 Clément, Éric. «Dans l’atelier de… Thomas Kneubühler». La Presse, May 7, 2022 Simili, Vanessa. «Brisante Landschaftsbilder». Oltner Tagblatt, March 5, 2022
2021	Gugger, Bettina. «Kommunikationsgiganten an Unorten». Engadiner Post, September 23. Truttmann, David. «Las 26 antennas da Kneubühler». La Quotidiana, October 7. Heim, Christoph. «Die subversive Kraft der Bilder». Sonntagszeitung, December 19.
2020	Smity, Patrick Brain. «Documenting Extractive and Indigenous Futurities». Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism Vol. 47, No 4.
2019	Cahill, Susan. «Visual Art, Corporeal Economies, and the “New Normal” of Surveillant Policing in the War on Terror». Surveillance & Society, Vol 17 No ¾ Smith, Patrick Brain. « Absence and Landing Sites». Ciel Variable No 112.
2018	Mavrikakis, Nicolas. «Prisonnier de la Toile». Le Devoir, December 15.
2017	Flurin, Andry. «Artist a Nairs han drivi lur ateliers». Engadiner Post, October 24.
2016	Campeau, Sylvain. «Land Claim and Day in Night». Ciel Variable No 103. Bach, Caroline. «Stratégies photographiques». Nouvelle revue du Travail, No 9.
2015	Kaufmann, Andreas. «Wie man die Dunkelheit in Bild setzt». Solothurner Zeitung, January 28. Uzel, Jean-Philippe. «L’autochtonie dans l’art actuel québécois. Une question partagée». Globe : revue internationale d’études québécoises, vol. 17, n° 1.
2013	Hoffmann, Annette. «Perspektivische Wahrheiten». Basler Zeitung, April 12. Bonnet, Frédéric. «Ici et ailleurs». Le Journal des Arts, No 383, January 18. Desmet, Nathalie. «Au milieu de nulle part». esse arts et opinions, No 78. Gerig, Karen N. «Am Schnittpunkt zwischen Kunst und Realität». Tageswoche, April 30.
2012	Henkes, Alice. «Kleine Welten statt grosser Gesten». Tages-Anzeiger, June 12. Rütti-Saner, Fränzi: «Immer gehen lange Recherchen voraus», Der Sonntag, Nr. 28, July 15
2011	De Julio-Paquin, Jean. «La Triennale québécoise 2011 au MAC». Vie des Arts No 225.
2009	Campeau, Sylvain. «Electric Mountains». CV Ciel Variable No 83.
	Poulin, Patrick. «Trivial Pursuit». ETC - Revue de L'Art Actuel, No 87.
	Delgado, Jérome. «De tout autres gratte-ciels». Le Devoir, May 23.
	Hamilton Sarah. «Exploring security risks». Edmonton Journal, August 7.
	Weber, Marliss. «Watching The Watchmen». SEE Magazine, August 6.
	Griwkowsky, Fish. «Under Watch». The Edmonton Sun, August 4.
	Hamilton, Sarah. «Thomas Kneubuhler keeps an eye on». Vue Weekly, August 27.
	Paquet, Suzanne. «La ville, d'ores et déjà photographique». CV Ciel Variable, No 82.
2008	Friedli, Isabel. «Real Estate im Kunstmuseum Solothurn». Kunstbulletin No 5, May.
	Hofmann, Annette. «Vom White Cube zum White Fence». Regioartline, April 22.
	Rodriguez, Pablo. «Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal». Canadian Art, Spring 2008.
2007	Dezainde, Line. “Dualités, Ambiguités”. Vie des Arts No 205, Winter issue 2007.
	Tousignant, Isa. “Thomas Kneubühler's Access Denied.” Hour, September 6.
2006	McIlroy, Randal. “Office 2000”. Carnet - Visual Arts in Manitoba. January 2006.
2005	Campeau, Sylvain. «Le site insigne». ETC - Revue de L'Art Actuel, No 69
	Edwards, SB. «Thomas Kneubühler - Office 2000». CV Ciel Variable, No 66
	Roberts, Lorne. «Highrise contradictions». Winnipeg Free Press, October 27.
2004	Crevier, Lyne. «La ruche». ICI, Septembre 30.
	Delgado, Jérome. «Montréal, la nuit» La Presse, September 9.
	Lamarche, Bernard. «Des Espaces sans qualités». Le Devoir, September 11.
	Mavrikakis, Nicolas. «Kneubühler chez Skol». Voir, September 9.
	Tousignant, Isa. «Thomas Kneubühler gets stuck at the office». Hour, September 9.
2002	Crevier, Lyne. «Ca plane pour nous». ICI, November 28.
	Delgado, Jérome. «Hors du monde» La Presse, November 24.
	Hirschmann, Thomas. «Generation next». Now Magazine, November 21.
	Mavrikakis, Nicolas. «Sur les ailes d'un ange». Voir, November 21.
	Woodley, Matthew. «Fasten your seatbelts». Montréal Mirror, November 22.