Leta Peer – Curriculum Vitae


1964 born in Switzerland
1984-87 studied painting at the Schule für Gestaltung in Basel, Switzerland, in the class of Franz Fedier
2002 Lecturer at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, HISK, Antwerpen, Belgium
2003 Fresco Art School Florenz, Italy

2012 died in Basel, Switzerland


Prizes and Awards


1986 Prize of the press, Jahresausstellung Chur, Switzerland
1992 Artists fellowship of the Kunstkredits, Basel city, Switzerland
1993 Studio in the Cité International des Arts Paris, Switzerland
1994 Promotional award of the Kanton Graubünden
1998 Studio in Brooklyn, New York, USA, supported from the Giovannina Bazzi Mengiardi Foundation, Scuol, Switzerland
1999 Artists fellowship of the Kunstkredits, Basel city, Switzerland
Studio in Montréal, Canada, from the IAAB Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
2000 International Studio Program ISP New York City, USA (K)
Studio in Maloja, Visarte, Switzerland
2002 Foto-Kredit from the city of Basel, Switzerland
Work support from the Canton Graubünden, Switzerland
Pollock-Krasner Scholarship, New York City, USA
2005 Premi Cultural Paradies, Ftan/ cultural award paradise, Ftan, Schwitzerland
Werkbeitrag Audiovision & Mutimedia Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft, Schwitzerland


Solo Exhibitions


2010
Room for Simon, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Wandering Beyond, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf, Germany

2009
Along with Simon, Kehrer Verlag, book presentation with selected works, Marc de Puechredon, Basel, Switzerland
Flurs, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf, Germany, (K)


2008
Along with Simon, paintings and photographs. Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Mirrors, Courtesy Galerie Fabian und Claude Walter/Zurich, Galerie and Kunstraum/Basel Switzerland


2007
Leta Peer, Along with Simon, Fabian & Claude Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland


2006
Summer Snow, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe


2005
to inhabit a place, Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany (K)
devoted to a landscape, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf, Germany


2004
Devoted to a Landscape, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany


2003
Devoted to a landscape, Galerie Voges + Partner, D-Frankfurt/Main


2002
Devoted to a landscape, Isabella Brancolini artecontemporanea, I-Florenz


2001
Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany

2000
Window, Voges+Deisen, raumberlin, Berlin, Germany
Longing, Art Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Voges & Deisen


1999
G.I.F.T., Galerie Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt, Germany, Window, Auktionshaus Döbritz, Frankfurt am Main-D, Germany, curatet by Andreas Bee, Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt/Main, Germany


1998
Galerie Margrit Gass, Basel, Switzerland, (K)
Second Sunday, Cologne, Germany
Gramercy Art Fair, New York, USA


1996
Balloon Frame, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, (K)
Galerie Margit Haupt, Karlsruhe, Germany, (K)


1995
Galerie Margrit Gass, Basel, Switzerland


1994
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland, (K)


1993
Galerie Heinrich Schmidt, Grenzach, Germany


1987
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland


Group Exhibitions (Selection)


2011
Twenty-Five, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

2010
The Big World, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Gratwanderung!, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany


2009
Hotel Bregaglia – ein Findling im Bergell, Promontogno, Switzerland
Topoi, Galerie Weigand, Ettlingen, Germany
Silent Spaces – Räume der Stille, H 2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg, Germany


2008
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, Gallery Marc de Puechredon, Basel, Switzerland
TRANSIT BASELNAIRS 1, contemporary art from Basel, Kulturzentrum NAIRS, Scuol/Engadin, Schwitzerland
Freakish Nature, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
FLOWER POWER, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Certamen Internacional de Pintura,
Diputación de Castellón
Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón, Spain


2007
10PLUS10, mit Werken von Laurent Ajina, Anthony Auerbach, Andreas Hagenbach, Marlene Haring, Iris Nemecek, Leta Peer, Will Ryman, Uwe Walther, Margret Weber-Unger, Daniel Zimmermann, Galerie Marc de Puechredon, Basel , Chur, Switzerland
Passion for Art, Mission for Money, Contemporary Collection Gallery Lumiere Seoul, Korea
Everyday Stories, Athens Bienial, HAU Athen, Greek


2006
VANITAS, Galerie Marc de Puechredon, Basel, Switzerland
Eröffnungsschau: H2 – Die Sammlung,
H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg , Germany
Mountains, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Schwitzerland

Landscape³, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf, Germany


2005
(…) et le canard était toujours vivant, with Neo Rauch und Luc Tymanns et al., Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France
Röhrender Hirsch am Bergsee, Romantik in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/BL, Switzerland
Berg-Landschaften, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland


2003
elan vital – Malerei, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf, Germany
lust&leisure, Galerie Voges + Partner, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Distance of Memory, Kulturzentrum Nairs, Vulpera-Tarasp/Engadin, Switzerland
Chambre 305,with Nan Goldin, Sophie Calle et al.,Isabella Brancolini artecontemporanea, Florence, Italy


2002
Der Berg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany


2001
Ornament and Abstraction, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland
Transatlantik, Montréal, Canada


2000
Transatlantik, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland (K)
A good Cast is worth repeating, Galerie Voges+Deisen, Frankfurt, Germany
Uebergänge, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Space Time Links, Gretels File, Baar, Switzerland
Transatlantik, Montréal, Canada


1999
Portrait, AU base, New York, USA
Leta Peer, Jules Spinatsch Leta, Cécile Wick, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Empires without States, Swissinstitute New York City, USA, curated by Xposition

1998
IN THE SUMMERTIME…, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Strictly Painting, Galerie Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt, Germany


1997
Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
…in the summertime, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany


1996
Unter 36, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland (K)


1995
Malerinnen-Musen-Modelle, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland (K)


1994
Kleines Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland


1993
Galerie Konoha, Tokyo, Japan


1992
Galerie Heinrich Schmidt, Grenzach, Germany


1991
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland


Art in public space


1998 Glas windows Bündner Kantonalbank, Arosa, Switzerland
1997 Glas windows Abdankungskapelle Fürstenwald, Chur, Switzerland
1994 Bündner Women School, Chur, Switzerland
1992 Ceeling in the Universitäty Library, Basel, Switzerland


(K) = catalogue