I have been working as an artist for more than 25 years with different Polaroid instant Cameras and films. My preference goes for the Polaroid SX 70 and the SLR 680 cameras. I have shot thousands of Polaroid photographs all over the world encompassing different subjects and themes.

My works have been exhibited in different venues both in my native country (Switzerland) and abroad.

In my exhibitions I show original Polaroid shots as well as “blown up” Polaroid prints
(ex : 2m x 2m / 79 ‘ x 79‘).
refer to the series "Cold Drinks" in ARCHIVES
for exhibition views

I also combine Polaroid Instant Photos with video. Three videos and a screensaver were made with this technique. An exhibition of mine may be accompanied by a sound installation and/or at the opening by a performance with avant-garde electronic sound musicians.

The sound for my existing videos was created together with musicians from the electronic avant-garde such as : Andres Bosshard, Andy Guhl, Tomas Korber, Sachiko M, Norbert Möslang Günter Müller, Toshi Nakamura, Keith Rowe, Otomo Yoshishide etc. to cite only theses few.

Using mainly the Polaroid for the facility to improvise directly on hand and in situ, I feel very close to the work of the noise musicians, who -in addition to their former experiences- draw their improvisation from the simultaneity of sound and emotions of the moment. The sound, ephemerally part of a site, becomes integrally part of the video. “Home Sweet Home”, 8 min 52, 2001 and “Enjoy the Ride”, 6 min 59, 2004 are 2 videos that explore this relationship between noise and improvisational music, on one hand, and image, sound and the impact of life environment, on the other.

Part of my work has been published in a book edited by Dolmen and sponsored by Pro Helvetia (Swiss Art Council). The publication “DOLMEN: A SHORT HISTORY” is a short history of experimental musical and visual events from 2000-2005. Mainly all photos, in this 400-page publication, are Polaroid shots.

Working in the field of Contemporary Art and Music (please see CV), gave me also the opportunity to make Polaroid snapshots of world-known contemporary artists both from the visual and musical media.

DANIELA GRÜNINGER

Born 1960 in Luzern, Switzerland
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland

EDUCATION:

1987-1992
HEAD, Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland (formerly Esba)

1983-1987
University of Bern, Switzerland / Diploma in Artistic Education

AWARDS:

2002
UBS ART AWARD

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS:

2010
« JETLAG » SOUND & PHOTO PERFORMANCE / COINTRIN, GENEVA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Switzerland
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Sound:
Andy Guhl | Lionel Marchetti |
Günter Müller | Frederick Quennoz l
Keith Rowe

2009
« BROKE »
TEO JAKOB, Geneva, Switzerland

2008
« AFRICA »
LES ATELIERS COLOGNY
Geneva, Switzerland
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Art:
Malick Sidibé
Sound :
Andy Guhl,Richard Jean, Günter Müller, Keith Rowe, Frederick Quennoz

2006-2007
DOLMEN « A SHORT HISTORY »
–Dolmen Publication–

2005
« ENJOY THE RIDE »
LÖTSCHBERG TUNNEL
Valais, Switzerland
Video_Performance 6mn59
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Art:
Haluk Akakce | Olaf Breuning |
Robert Frank | Peter Fischli &
David Weiss | Esther Hiepler |
Norbert Möslang | Tony Oursler |
Pipilotti Rist | Roman Signer
Sound:
eRikm | Charlotte Hug | Richard Jean |
Hans Koch | Tomas Korber |
Sachiko M | Lionel Marchetti |
Norbert Möslang | Günter Müller |
Toshi Nakamura | Keith Rowe


2004
« SWEEP »
16, RUE CHAUSSE COQ,
Geneva, Switzerland
Video_Performance 3mn52
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Sound:
Patrick Donzé l Richard Jean |
Tomas Korber | Günter Müller |
Frederick Quennoz l Keith Rowe

2003
« I’M BORN TO PLAY »
FORMER STATE PENITENTIARY Sion, Switzerland
Series of 19 works
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Art:
Haluk Akakce | Olaf Breuning |
Nobuyoshi Araki | David Amstrong |
Larry Clark | Tracey Emin |
Walker Evans | Robert Gobert |
Nan Goldin | Damien Hirst |
Mike Kelley | Zoe Leonard |
Sarah Lucas | Gordon Matta-Clark |
Paul McCarthy | Richard Prince |
Wolfgang Tillmans
Sound:
eRikm | Andy Guhl | Charlotte Hug |
Richard Jean | Tomas Korber |
Sachiko M | Günter Müller |
Toshi Nakamura | Frederick Quennoz |
Yan Castelli | Patrick Donzé |
Otomo Yoshihide

2002
« NATURAL PARK »
DERBORENCE,
Valais, Switzerland
Series of 47 works
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Sound:
Said Atabekov | eRikm | David Gattiker |
Charlotte Hug | Richard Jean |
Tomas Korber l Chantal Laplante |
Günter Müller | Moldacul Narymbetov |
Frederick Quennoz | Saadet Türköz

2001
« HOME SWEET HOME »
CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN
Geneva, Switzerland.
Video_Performance 8mn52
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Sound:
Andy Guhl | Jason Kahn | eRikm |
Norbert Möslang | Günter Müller |
Frederick Quennoz


« MEMORY’S GAME »
TIRANA BIENNALE 1 « The Escape »
Tirana, Albania
Series of 14 works
With the the participation of:
300 International Artists including
Vanessa Beecroft, | Olaf Breuning |
Maurizio Cattelan | Rineke Dijkstra |
Micha Klein | Shirin Neshat | Rob Pruitt |
Gregor Schneider

« HEARTBEAT CONSTRUCTIONS »
JESUITS CHURCH
Sion, Valais, Switzerland
Quickshow / Work in progress
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Art: Olaf Breuning | Peter Fischli &
David Weiss | Herve Graumann |
Carl June | Jérôme Leuba
Sound:
Andres Bosshard | Andy Guhl |
Richard Jean | Günter Müller |
Norbert Möslang | Frederick Quennoz |
Margrit Rieben | David Scrufari

« COROMONDEL PRESS »
Participation in the publication / presentation at Paris Photo, France

2000
GRANDE DIXENCE DAM
Sion, Switzerland
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Art:
Peter Fischli & David Weiss l
Enrique Fontanilles l Jean-Luc Godard l
Hervé Grauman
Sound:
Andy Guhl l Charlotte Hug l
Richard Jean l Norbert Möslang l Günter Müller l Margrit Rieben l
Frederick Quennoz

« THE PALACE OF WISDOM »
CENTRE POUR L’IMAGE CONTEMPORAINE, CIC Saint Gervais,
Geneva, Switzerland.
Screensaver
With the participation of :
Stefan Altenburger l Henri Burkhard l
General Document l Peter Friedl l
Hervé Grauman l Miltos Manetas l
Julien Opie l Uri Tzaig l Markus Wetzel l
Johannes Wohnseifer l Erwin Wurm l
(publication catalogue : Version 2000)

1999
« COLD DRINKS »
CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Geneva, Switzerland
Series of 21 works


UNDERGROUND LAKE
Saint Léonard, Valais, Switzerland
–Dolmen Event–
With the participation of :
Sound:
Laurent Constantin | Richard Jean | Jean-Luc Pillet l Frederick Quennoz

« CONTEMPORARY SWISS ART »
LUDWIG MUSEUM, Budapest, Hungary
With the participation of :
Stefan Altenburger l Stefan Banz l
Nicolas Faure l Peter Fischli &
David Weiss l Sylvie Fleury l L&B l
Christian Philipp Müller l
Claudia & Julia Müller l
Guido Nussbaum l Pipilotti Rist l
Adrian Schiess l
Jean Frédéric Schnyder l
Erik Steinbrecher l Beat Streuli

HALL PALERMO
Geneva, Switzerland
Switzerland, Group exhibition

1997
GALERIE EQUINOXE
Geneva, Switzerland
Group exhibition

1996
GALERIE BROT & KÄSE
Geneva, Switzerland

1993
NOVOSIBIRSK STATE ART MUSEUM
Novosibirsk, Russia
With the participation of :
Coghuf l Yves Voirol l Armand Stocker

PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

LAC COLLECTION
(Lambert Art Collection)
FOND CANTONAL D‘ART CONTEMPORAIN l GENEVA
DOLMEN PRODUCTIONS
ZONNEQ HOLDING COLLECTION
GHR RECHTSANWÄLTE AG

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

« A SHORT HISTORY »
DOLMEN
edited by Steve Donzé, Patrick Donzé, Daniela Grüninger, Frederick Quennoz

« CONTEMPORARY SWISS ART »
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Catalogue edited by Hegyi Dora, Curator

« THE ESCAPE »
TIRANA BIENNALE 1
Catalogue edited by Giancarlo Politi.

« VERSION 2000 »
edited by the Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine, André Itten

PRESS:

Kunstbulletin
Flash Art
Le Courrier
Le Temps
le Nouveau Quotidien
Le Nouvelliste
Jazz’n’more
Faxculture (Swiss Television)

PROFESSIONAL RECORD:

2003-
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
LAC Collection l ZONNEQ Holding
Database Creation & Administration, Coordination Transport, Insurances/ Loans,Commercial follow-up with galleries and artists, Assistant setup of exhibitions in New York, Rome, Istanbul and Athens.

2005-2008
HEAD/
Geneva University of Art & Design
Expert for the jurys.

2003-2004
PHILLIPS, DE PURY & LUXEMBOURG
Head of Geneva office,
International Expert in Modern and Contemporary Art

2000-
DOLMEN PRODUCTION
(Experimental performances with Music, Art & Architecture)
Artistic Direction
Publication: A Short History 2000-2005
www.dolmen.ch

1995-2002
CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, GENEVE/ KUNSTHALLE GENEVA

AD INTERIM DIRECTION | 2002
Transforma | Exhibition of Central Asian artists in coordination with the DFAE/ DDC Bern
Prospection in –situ (Kasachstan, Kirgistan, Ouzbekistan, Tadjikistan)

EXHIBITION COMMISSIONER
Collaborator and Assistant to Paolo Colombo: Selection of Swiss and International artists |

Technical Director & Curator: Coordination and installation of all exhibitions |
Responsible for Human Ressources |
Responsible for the exhibition setup of the City Grants and member of the Jury: Bourses Berthoud, Lissignol, Chevalier&Galland, City Ateliers Grütli l
CO-Responsible for the Program ECHANGES, Société Suisse des Beaux- Arts (SSBA)
Assistant to Paolo Colombo for the Istanbul Biennial |