Biography

Marie José Burki was born in Bienne, Switzerland. She enrolled at the University of Geneva in 1981, where she studied French literature and history. Starting in 1983 she simultaneously attended classes at Ecole supérieure d’art visuel. She completed her university education in 1988 with a dissertation about Raymond Roussel. She spent a year in New York City within the framework of the PS1 Studio Program in 1998, and lived in Paris and Geneva after her return to Europe. Marie José Burki has lived and worked in Brussels since 1993. She has been a visiting artist at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam several times since 1994. Burki directed the postgraduate program at the Ecole nationale des beaux arts de Lyon from 2000 to 2002. She has held a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg from 2003 to 2008. Since 2009 she held a professorship at the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux arts in Paris. Marie José Burki lives in Brussels and Paris.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Among Others, Flowers, Horses, Shade , and Wind, galerie Baronian, Brussels

2021
Exposure: figures of speech, Popup (gallery Xippas), Geneva
Exposure : Dusk, Gallery Ceysson&Benetière, Luxembourg

2019
Petit Grand Monde, Gallery Xippas, Geneva
Exposure : Dusk, Gallery Albert Baronian, Brussels

2018
Marie José Burki, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels

2017
Sometimes shade, sometimes light, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Where was I born and what is my name, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Bienne
Un chien sur la route, au passage du promeneur, Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord Pas-de-Calais, Douchy les Mines 

2014
De nos jours, Théâtre de Liège

2013
Au jour le jour, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva
Une place sur la terre, Gallery Baronian, Brussels

2011
In der Nähe, Gallery Konrad Fischer, Berlin

2008
Marie José Burki, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva

2007
De nos jours, par ici, Centre d’art contemporain, Sète
Marie José Burki, Gallery Nelson-Freeman, Paris
Marie José Burki, Gallery Friedrich, Basel
De nos jours, Helmhaus, Zurich
Horizons of a world, Château des Adhémar, Montélimar, France
Marie José Burki, Gallery Baronian Francey, Brussels
2004 Marie José Burki, Gallery Lehmann Maupin, New York
Marie José Burki, Gallery Baronian Francey, Brussels

2003
Mais que pouvait bien raconter saint François aux oiseaux, Musée des Arts Contemporains du Grand Hornu
Where was I born and what is my name, Kunsthof mit 2 Elefanten, Kunsthof,   Zurich
Horizons of a world, Argos, Brussels

2002
Horizons of a world, Metronom, Barcelona
Marie José Burki, Studio gallery Lambert, Paris
Marie José Burki,  Les Halles, Porrentruy
Marie José Burki, Gallery Nelson, Paris

2001
Marie José Burki, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Bienne
Time After, Time Along, The River, La Lettre Volée, Brussels
Time After, Time Along, The River, (Hudson) outdoor projection and cd audio, New York, commissioned by Minetta Brook

2000
Mais que pouvait bien raconter Saint François aux oiseaux, Musée d’art et  d’histoire, Geneva
Time After, Time Along, The River (Thames), outdoor projection and radio   broadcast, London, commissioned by Public Art Development Trust

1999
Marie José Burki, Ateliers d’Artistes, Marseille
Marie José Burki, Württenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Marie José Burki, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense

1998
Marie José Burki, Kunstverein, Bonn
Marie José Burki, Kunsthalle, Bern
Marie José Burki, Camden Arts Centre,London
Marie José Burki, Gallery Lehmann Maupin, New York

1997
A Dog in my Mind, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Exposure : Dawn, Gallery Nelson, Paris

1996
Vidéaux, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Valence

1995
Time after time, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
Sans attribut, Kunsthalle Basel
Marie José Burki, De Appel, Amsterdam

1994
Marie José Burki, Musée d’Art  Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva
Marie José Burki, Gallery Rachel Lehmann, Lausanne
Marie José Burki, Gallery Bruges la  morte, Brugge 

1993
Marie José Burki, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Wien
Blindsight, Gallery Zeno X, Antwerpen
Marie José Burki, Vereniging voor het museum van hedendaagse kunst, Ghent

1992
Vidéaux, Le creux de l’enfer, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Thiers

1991
Marie José Burki, Gallery Rachel Lehmann, Geneva

1989
Marie José Burki, Shedhalle, Zurich 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Les professeurs gribouillent aussi…, Beaux-Arts, Paris (publication)
Quinquagesimum, fondantion Cab , Brussels
Hérétiques, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris
2022
Les Fabriques du coeur et leur usage, Mac’s, Grand Hornu, (publication)
Mouvements,  Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Neuchâtel

2021
Sometimes Moon, Gallery Xippas, Geneva

2020
Infinite Sculpture. From the Antique Cast to the 3D Scan, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon

2019
Slow (36H), Concertgebouw, Brugge
writing in art, Gallery Baronian/Uhoda, Knokke
Sculptures infinies, Beaux-Arts, Paris (publication)

2018
The women behind, Museum on the seam, Jérusalem
Affiniteiten #1, LLS Paleis, Antwerpen
Shaping Light, fondation Cab, Brussels

2017
wordswordswords, Gallery Sofie van de Velde, Antwerpen
Private Choices, Centrale for contemporary art, Brussels 

2016
le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes (Ch. Baudelaire)
Gallery Albert Baronian, Brussels

2015
Rideaux/Blinds, Institut d’art contemporain, Lyon
Biens publics, Musée Rath, Geneva
remember me, Gallery Michel Rein, Brussels

2014
Bande à Part, CAB Art Center, Bruxelles (publication)
Ohne Achtsamkeit beachte ich alles , Kunsthaus, Aarau (publication)
partis pris, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva

2013
Le pont, Musée d’art contemporain, Marseille
Feu sacré, Kunstmuseum, Bern (publication)

2012
Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue ? La maison rouge, Paris
Neon – la materia luminosa dell’arte MACRO, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Rome (publication)
Locus solus domesticus , A.VE.NU.DE.JE.TE – Institut de Carton,       Brussels

2011
Animaux/Animots, Frac des Pays de la Loire, France
Je suis seul, avec vous, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu
The eye is a lonely hunter : images of humankind  4.fotofestival
Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg (publication)

2010
Dans un jardin, Frac Haute-Normandie (publication)
A table, abbaye de Frontevraud, France

2009
Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, LLS 387 Ruimte voor
actuele Kunst, Antwerp
Nothing is permanent, La centrale électrique, Brussels (publication)
Ferne Nähe. ›Natur‹ in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum, Bonn (publication)
Into the light, Antwerp 

2008
Schweizer Videokunst der 70er und 80er Jahre. Eine Rekonstruktion,
Kunstmuseum Luzern (publication)
Nao te quero ver nem pintado , Fondation Berardo, Lisbon

2007
Touch-Down, gallery Friedrich, Basel
The projection Project, Budapest episod, Kunsthalle, Budapest

2006
Charpente, Château de Nyon, Nyon
Zoo, la centrale électrique, Brussels (publication)
Bêtes de style, Musée de design et d’art appliqué, Lausanne (publication)
The projection Project, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp,   Antwerp
Equal and Less Equal, Museum in the Seam, Jerusalem   (publication)

2005
Voisins officiels, Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Asq (publication)
Animaux…animaux, musée d’art contemporain, Lyon
Gesehene Worte Kunst mit Literatur, Kunsthaus Langenthal, (publication)
Nützlich- süss-museal, das fotografierte Tier, Museum Folkwang, Essen (publication)
The Feast : food in Art, Art gallery of Hamilton, Canada

2004
Le proche et le lointain, Le Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, France
ANIMAUX. Von Tieren und Menschen, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon (publication)

2003
Imago, Musée des Beaux-arts, Dole
Le beau corps de la mémoire, musée des arts contemporains, Grand- Hornu (publication)

2001
Close up, Kunstverein Hannover (publication)
…troubler l’écho du temps, musée art contemporain, Lyon
Milano Europa 2000. Fine secoro. I semi del futuro, Trienale, Milan (publication)

2000
Close up, Kunstverein Freiburg, Kunstverein Baselland,(publication)
Une mise en scène du réel: artiste/acteur, Villa Arson, Nice (publication)

1999
Encounters off the Block, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimor. Ecstatic memory, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
International photography Biennale, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, (publication)
Serialität:Reihen und Netze, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen

1998
Artificial, Figuracions contemporanies , MACBA, Barcelona (publication)
I looked at the Ceiling and I Saw the Sky, Kleines Helmhaus, Zurich,
Travelling without moving, gallery Friedrich, Bern
Freie sicht aufs mittelmeer, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (publication)
Reservate der Sehnsucht, Dortmunder U, Dortmund (publication)

1997
ANIMAUX ET ANIMAUX, Museum zu Allerheiligen Kunstverein Schaffhausen (publication)

1996
Anima-l, Kunstverein Eislingen, (publication)Rules of the Game, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley
The event horizon,The Irish Museum of  Modern Art, Dublin (publication)
In Etappen , Videonale 7, Kunstverein, Bonn

1994
Video Suisse , Kunsthaus Langenthal (publication)
Prospekt Schweiz II-Natur, Kultur, Kunsthalle, Basel, (publication)
Beeld/beeld, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
Dialogue with the other, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, (publication)
Insomnie, Le Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d’Art  Contemporain, France
Fagel fisk  eller mittemellan,  Art museum of Västeras, Västeras

1993
L’objet théorique-de la main à la tête, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, France
Transitt, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, (publication)

1992
Galerie Bruges lamorte, Brugge
10th World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag
Documenta IX, Kassel (publication)

1991
Extra Muros-Art Suisse Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Neuchâtel, ELAC, Lyon (publication)

1989
Kunstverein, Freiburg
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers (publication)
Swiss Institute, New York (publication)
Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp

1988
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (publication)
19&&, CNAC  magasin, Grenoble

1987
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (publication)
Wind  im Getriebe, Gallery Grita Insam, Wien (publication)

1986
Von Bildern, Kunsthalle, Bern (publication)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst de Ghent
Musée de Rochechouard
FNAC (commande publique) Paris
FNAC collection
Kunsthaus de Zürich
Musée d’Art  Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva
Collection de la ville de Bienne,
Centre Pasquart, Bienne
Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva
FRAC, Bretagne,
FRAC Jura,
FRAC Corse,
Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu
Collection du château de Nyon,
Musée des beaux arts, Lausanne,
OFC, Bern,
Ville de Bienne,
Calouste Gulbenkian Fondation, Lisbon

 

SOUND PIECES

1999   Pièce radiophonique en trois actes et quelques trous, in Other rooms, other voices, Radio DRS
2000 Time After, Time Along, The River (Thames)
2001  Time After, Time Along, The River (Hudson)

PUBLIC ART PROJECT

1995   Die Vögel, Siège central, UBS, Opfikon, Zurich
2000  Time After, Time Along, The River (Thames), outdoor projection and radio broadcast, London, commissioned by Public Art Development Trust
2001  Time After, Time Along, The River, (Hudson) outdoor projection and cd audio, New York, commissioned by Minetta Brook, New York
2003  Des mains à la tête, Reithalle, Bern
            Where was I born and what is my name, Kunsthof mit 2 Elefanten,      Kunsthof, Zurich
2009  Into the light, Antwerpen
2010  Par ici, Lycée Adrien Testud, Chambon Feugerolles

CURATING

2018 Robert Walser Grosse kleine Welt Grand petit monde, Beaux Arts,Paris
2021 Autumn is a new spring, co-curating at A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE – INSTITUT DE CARTON

GRANTS,AWARDS 

1989 Bourse Simon Patino: séjour à la Cité, Internationale des Arts, Paris
1989 Swiss Award, Switzerland
1989-90 Swiss Award forPS1 Studio Program, New York
1990 Award Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas
1992 Swiss Award, Switzerland
1985 Unesco Award, Festival de Vidéo, Locarno
1998 Award Société de Banque Suisse”200anniversary”
1998 Award MUBA
1988 Award at 3. Videonale Bonn
1992 Recognition award fondation, Vordemberge-Gildewart
1993 Nordmann Award, Geneva
1996 Award video Art, UBS, Suisse
2000 Award Banque Cantonale de Geneva
2002 Award Meret Oppenheim, Office fédéral de la culture, Switzerland
2017 Award Pro Litteris
2018 Sabam Award, Belgium