Leta Peer
   

*1964 - †2012  Switzerland

1984 - 1987 Training in free painting at the School of Design in Basel with Franz Fedier
2003 Fresco Art School Florenz

Selected solo exhibitions:

2010 Leta Peer - Room for Simon, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand,
D-Ettlingen
2010 Wandering Beyond, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf
2009 Leta Peer, Along with Simon, Kehrer Verlag, Book launch with selected works, Marc de Puechredon, Basel
2009 Leta Peer, Flurs, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf
2008 Leta Peer, Along with Simon, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand,
D-Ettlingen
2008 Leta Peer, Along with Simon, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Düsseldorf
2008 Leta Peer. Mirrors, Courtesy Galerie Fabian und Claude Walter, Zürich, Δ DELTA Galerie und Kunstraum, Basel
2007 Along with Simon, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel - Zurich
2006 Leta Peer, Summer Snow, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand,
Ettlingen near D-Karlsruhe
2005 To inhabit a place, Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg,
Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, catalogue
2005 Devoted to a Landscape, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, D-Düsseldorf
2004 Devoted to a Landscape, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, D-Ettlingen
near Karlsruhe
2003 Devoted to a Landscape, Galerie Voges + Partner, D-Frankfurt / Main
2002 Devoted to a Landscape, Isabella Brancolini artecontemporanea,
I-Florence
2001 Malerei, Galerie Haus Schneider, D-Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, Book
2000 Window, Voges+Deisen, raumberlin, D-Berlin
2000 Longing, Art Frankfurt, Galerie Voges & Deisen, D-Frankfurt / Main
1999 GIFT und Closeup‘s, Galerie Voges & Deisen, D-Frankfurt / Main
1999 Window, Auktionshaus Döbritz, D-Frankfurt / Main, curated by Andreas Bee, curator at the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt / Main
1998 Second Sunday, D-Köln
1998 I like to ruminate in the dark, Gramercy Art Fair New York City, USA curated by Margrit Gass Gallery, Switzerland
1998 Marry me stranger, Margrit Gass Gallery, CH-Basel, catalogue
1997 Silkscreen prints cemetery chapel Chur, Stadtgalerie Chur, curated by the Galerie Luciano Fasciati, CH-Chur
1996 Galerie Margit Haupt, D-Karlsruhe, catalogue
1996 Balloon Frame, Kunsthalle CH-Basel, catalogue
1995 Galerie Margrit Gass, CH-Basel
1994 She and She and She, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, CH-Chur, catalogue

Selected group exhibitions:

2010

The Big World, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich,
with Andy Denzler, Arnold Helbling, Leta Peer, Tan Wei Kheng and Viveek Sharma

2010

„Gratwanderung!”: Der Berg als künstlerisches Motiv in der aktuellen Kunst - Malerei, Zeichnung und Video. With Ulrike Heydenreich/ Düsseldorf, Tilo Schulz/ Berlin, Monika Ruckstuhl/ Basel, Ralph Fleck/ Freiburg, Stefan Rohner/ St. Gallen, Gerhard Mantz/ Berlin, Leta Peer/ Basel, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg (D)

2009

Topoi, Landschaften, with Michael Bach, Magdalena Drebber, Ruth Habermehl, Leta Peer, Andreas Schön, Josef Schulz, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, D-Ettlingen

2009

Silent Spaces, Räume der Stille, with Benjamin Appel, Dan Dubowitz und Patrick Duerden, Ieva Jansone, Magdalena Jetelovà, Maik und Dirk Löbbert, Brian McKee Angelika Middendorf, Leta Peer, Nina Pettinato, Christoph Rehm, Stephan Reusse et al., H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Kunst Sammlungen und Museen Augsburg

2008

Lieux de Vie – Places of Life. Memories and Fantasies of Roots,
with Simon Boudin, Benoît Broisat, Dionisio Gonzalez, Valérie Jouve, Martin Kasper, Jan Kopp, Matthew Miller, Nicolas Moulin, Leta Peer, Laurent Sfar, Tatiana Trouvé, Barbara Visser et al., Abbaye Saint André – Centre d'art contemporain Meymac (F)

2008

Am Nabel der Welt – Kunst aus Graubünden, with Augusto, Giovanni und Alberto Giacometti, Giovanni Segantini, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Niklaus Stoecklin, Gunter Förg, Gerhard Richter, Angelika Kauffmann, Alexandre Calames, Ernst Stückelberg, Ferdinand Hodler, Daniel Spoerri, Not Vital, Leta Peer, Hans Danuser, Guido Baselgia et al., Bündner Kunstmuseum, CH-Chur

2008

Transit Basel – Nairs1 Aktuelle Kunst aus Basel, with Pascale Grau, Heinrich Lüber, Leta Peer, Michel Pfister et al., Bündner Kunstmuseum, CH-Chur

2008

Freakish Nature, with Sonja Braas, Michel Huelin, Leta Peer, Stepanek & Maslin, Hugo Suter, Ron Temperli et al., Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, CH-Zürich

2008

FLOWER POWER, with works by Judith Albert, Remo Albert Alig, Andrea Giuseppe Corciuolo, Hansjörg Gadient, Patricia Jegher, Isabelle Krieg, Otto W. Liesch, Ursula Palla, Leta Peer, Roman Signer, Jules Spinatsch, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger, Cécile Wick, Wiedemann/Mettler, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, CH-Chur

2007/2008

Certamen Internacional de Pintura, Diputación de Castellón, Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón

2007

Passion for Art, Mission for Money, with works of Eelco Brand, Leta Peer, Yun Lee, Josef Schulz, Loretta Lux, Irving Penn, Teun Hocks
Gallery Lumière Seoul, Korea

2007

10PLUS10, with works by Laurent Ajina, Anthony Auerbach, Andreas Hagenbach, Marlene Haring, Iris Nemecek, Leta Peer, Will Ryman, Uwe Walther, Margret Weber-Unger, Daniel Zimmermann, Gallery Marc de Puechredon, CH-Basel

2006

VANITAS, with works by Laurent Ajina, Leonard Bullock,
Francesca Gabbiani, Marlene Haring, Leta Peer, Mario Spada,
Uwe Walther, Margret Weber-Unger, Christina Zurfluh
Gallery Marc de Puechredon, CH-Basel

2006

Gallery Opening: H2 - Die Sammlung, with works of Tony Cragg, Rupprecht Geiger, Christian Hörl, Christopher Kochs, Maik und Dirk Löbbert, Leta Peer, Tobias Rehberger, Felix Weinold, Klaus Zöttl etc.,
H2 - Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg (D)

2006

Mountains, with Robert B. Käppeli, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Leta Peer, Richard Serra, Stephan Spicher, Not Vital, Galerie Beyeler, CH-Basel

2006

Landscape, with Gerhard Mantz, Benjamin Nachtwey, Leta Peer,
Galerie Ruth Leuchter, D-Düsseldorf

2005

(...) et le canard était toujours vivant, with Dexter Dalwood, Andreas Dobler, Tina Gillen, Olivier Masmonteil, Markus Muntean/Adi Rosenblum, Leta Peer, Neo Rauch, James Rielly, Wilhelm Sasnal, Adrian Schiess, Luc Tymanns et al., Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain, F-Meymac

2005

Röhrender Hirsch am Bergsee – Romantik in der zeitgenössischen Kunst , with Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Marica Gojevic, Isabel Schmiga et al., Kunsthalle Palazzo, CH-Liestal / BL

2003

elan vital – Painting, with Michael Bach, Franz Ulrich Göttlicher, Josef Felix Müller et al., Galerie Ruth Leuchter, D-Düsseldorf

2003

lust&leisure, with Tracy Nakayama, Helmut Newton, Chloe Pine et al., Galerie Voges + Partner, D-Frankfurt / Main

2003

Distance of Memory, with Frances Goodman and Markus Rottmann,
Kulturzentrum Nairs, CH-Vulpera-Tarasp / Engadin

2003 Chambre 305, with Nan Goldin, Sophie Calle, Ettore Sottsass et al., Isabella Brancolini artecontemporanea, I-Florence
2002 Der Berg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, D-Heidelberg, catalogue
2001 Ornament und Abstraktion, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen bei Basel, the work was produced by the Fondation Beyeler as an edition, Leta Peer, Chinoiserie, available from the Fondation Beyeler
2001 Transatlantik, Montréal, Canada
2000 Uebergänge, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, CH-Chur
2000 A good Cast is worth repeating, Galerie Voges+Deisen Frankfurt / Main
2000 Transatlantik, Kunstraum CH-Riehen, catalogue
1999 Empires without States, Swissinstitute New York City, USA, curated by Xposition
1999 Leta Peer, Jules Spinatsch, Cécile Wick, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, CH-Chur
1999 Portrait, AU base Art Space, New York City, USA
1998 Strictly Painting, Voges & Deisen, D-Frankfurt / Main, catalogue
1998 Summertime, Galerie Haus Schneider, D-Ettlingen bei Karlsruhe
1996 Unter 36, Bündner Kunstmuseum CH-Chur, catalogue
1995 Malerinnen-Musen-Modelle, Bündner Kunstmuseum CH-Chur, catalogue
1994 Galerie Irena Kain, CH-Riehen
1994 Arnold Helbling, Leta Peer, Harry Jo Weilemann, Kleines Helmhaus, CH-Zürich

Art in public space:

1998 Glass window Bündner Kantonalbank CH-Arosa
1996 Glass window Fürstenwald cemetery chapel CH-Chur
1993 Wall design, new building of the Bündner Frauenschule CH-Chur
1990 Ceiling design, university library CH-Basel

Sponsorship and Scholarships:

2005 Premi Cultural Paradies, Ftan/ cultural award paradise, Ftan
2005 Grant for multimedia city of Basel and Basel-Land, Switzerland
2002 Foto-Kredit from the city of Basel, Switzerland
2002 Work support from the Canton Graubünden, Switzerland
2002 Pollock-Krasner Scholarship, New York City, USA
2000 International Studio Program New York City, USA, catalogue
2000 Atelier in Maloja, CH-Visarte
1999 Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit CH-Basel-Stadt
1999 Atelier in Montréal, Kanada, through the IAAB Christoph Merian Foundation, CH-Basel
1998 Atelier in Brooklyn, New York, through the Foundation Giovannina Bazzi-Mengiardi, CH-Scuol
1994 Sponsorship prize from the Canton Graubünden, CH
1992 Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit CH-Basel-Stadt
1992 Atelier at Cité International des Arts Paris, through the Canton Graubünden, CH
1986 Press award, annual exhibition of the Bündner Kunstmuseum
CH-Chur

Professorships:

2002

Guest lecturer at the Higher Istitute for Fine Arts, HISK,
B-Antwerpen