Peter Fischli, lives and works in Zurich

1979 Beginning of the collaboration with David Weiss

1952 Born in Zurich

EDUCATION

1976-77 Academia di Belle Arti, Bologna

1975-76 Academia di Belle Arti, Urbino

SHOWS (before the collaboration with David Weiss)

1978 Group Exhibition, Academia di Belle Arti, Bologna

David Weiss

1979 Beginning of the collaboration with Peter Fischli

1946 Born in Zurich

2012 Deceased in Zurich

EDUCATION

worked as sculptor by Alfred Gruder (Basel) and Jaqueline Stieger (England)

1964-65 Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel (sculpture class)

1963-64 Vorkurs, Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich

SHOWS (before the collaboration with Peter Fischli)

1979 Galerie Gugu Ernesto, Cologne

1979 Galerie t’Venster, Rotterdam

1976 Galerie Stähli, Zurich

1975 The Desert is Across the Street, de Appel, Amsterdam

1975 The Desert is Across the Street, Galerie Stähli, Zurich

Peter Fischli / David Weiss - Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

2010 Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis, Cologne

2006 Roswitha Haftmann-Preis, Zurich

2003 Leone d’Oro, 50. Biennale di Venezia

2000 Günther-Peill-Preis, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren

1994 Preis für Bildende Kunst der Stadt Zürich, Zurich

1993 Prix d'art contemporain de la Banque cantonale de Genève, Geneva

1993 Prix de la Banque hypothécaire du Canton de Genève, Geneva

1989 Prix Caran d'Ache Beaux-Arts, Geneva

1988 Study Award DHA for Der Lauf der Dinge

1985 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium, Bern

1984 Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium, Rapperswil

1983 Study Award DHA for Der rechte Weg

1982 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium, Bern