ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Karin Wälchli and Guido Reichlin began working together in 1995 in Zurich, since then they have produced a diverse oeuvre in a wide range of media. Since 2018 they live and work in Göschenen. Their observations of natural phenomena and investigations of scientific archives result in diverse and complex paintings and groups of work. Their numerous residencies in Cairo as well as a longer travel residency in India have enabled them to investigate and discover the power of ornamental manifestations in everyday life of urban landscapes. They are absolute masters in capturing the commonplace and transforming this into art. The name Chalet5 stands for the superior, the third element, which emerges out of the cooperation between two artists.

Karin Wälchli und Guido Reichlin begannen ihre Zusammenarbeit 1995 in Zürich, seither ist ein vielfältiges Werk in ganz unterschiedlichen Medien entstanden. Seit 2018 leben und arbeiten sie in Göschenen. Aus Beobachtungen von Phänomenen der Natur und Erforschungen von wissenschaftlichen Archiven entstehen vielschichtige und komplexe Malereien und Werkgruppen. Bei ihren zahlreichen Residenzaufenthalten in Kairo und bei einem längeren Reisestipendium in Indien untersuchten sie die Kraft von ornamentalen Manifestationen im Alltag urbaner Landschaften. Alltägliches zu transformieren und in Kunst überzuführen, beherrschen sie virtuos. Der Name Chalet5 steht für das Übergeordnete, Dritte, das aus der Zusammenarbeit von zwei Kunstschaffenden entsteht.


Karin Wälchli, *1960 in Zürich, Guido Reichlin *1959 in Lucerne, artist couple, collaboration since 1995
living and working in Göschenen, since 2018
CV, pdf: deutsch / english

SOLO (shows and projects, selection)
2023 GÖschenen steht dazu, installation, secondo tubo Göschenen, open construction site day, September 16
  UR(i)HÜTTE, ZU GAST, Alte Kirche Göschenen, installation by Chalet5
2022 UR(i)HÜTTE, Jahrein JAhraus, Alte Kirche Göschenen, video installation by Chalet5
  UR(i)HÜTTE,*GRUSS AUS GÖSCHENEN*, Alte Kirche Göschenen, installation by Chalet5
2020 HEY-HEY-HEY, installation, Göschenen, public space
2019 HAHN 1-5, edition of 5 unique objects for Edition 5 Erstfeld
2018 ZUHAUSE IST AUSWÄRTS UND AUSWÄRTS IST ZUHAUSE (home is abroad and abroad is home)
  solo exhibition at Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, September 15-November 25
2016 An eye on two worlds, paintings, Mark Müller Gallery, Parallel #12, Zürich
  Chalet5 Pocket, artist monograph, vernissage and artist talk, with Sabine Arlitt, Museum Langmatt Baden
  proceedingsof_, works 2006-2016, lecture, WHIRLPOOL, lecture series, pool architects, Zurich
2015 NOW with you!, BON VOYAGE, Video Window 3, Bruno Z'Graggen, Bob Gysin Gallery, Zürich
  transformer, object for Edition 5 Erstfeld
2014 Whiteout, videoscreening, a gift for Gangtok, Sikkim, India
2012/2013 FIFTY FIFTY, research project with Pro Helvetia Cairo, prequel to Intersecting Territories
2012 Manisch Dekorativ, artist's book launch, Lehrerzimmer, PROGR Bern
  Instant Pattern, lecture, Call of Essence, Critical Writing Workshop Pro Helvetia, Zaad Zaghloul Cultural Center
2010 Open other end, installation, Mark Müller Gallery, Guestroom, Zürich, and
  Ornamental angefressen, artist's book launch
2009 Anne, permanent installation (-2011), Artellewa independent art space, Cairo
2005 Crazy Pavement, lecture, Konzepte der Moderne, Professur Arthur Rüegg, ETH Zürich
2002 Block i, installation, Mark Müller Gallery Guestroom, Zürich
1998 Pattern, installation, Kunsthof Zürich
1998-2002 Early Pattern, Chalet5 House of Pattern: shows, installations and editions on a regular basis
2001 Patternbeauty, installation and window intervention, Chalet5 House of Pattern and Spoerri Wallpapers, Zürich
1998 V.I.P. Very Important Pattern, opening installation and editions, Chalet5 House of Pattern
1997 Buti Shop, pop-up shop, Gessnerallee Zürich
1996 Vintage, printed T-shirts limited edition, Filiale Erben, Basel


GROUP (selection)

2022 Urban stories, Video Art Screening, KOLKATA TRILOGY
 

Video Window as a guest at Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2021 Werk- und Förderausstellung Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Uri, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, VOR ORT 1.0, Förderpreis
2020 Urban stories, Video Art Screening, KOLKATA TRILOGY
  Video Window Zurich and Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, February 6 and 7 and B74 Raum für Kunst, Lucerne, March 7
2019 NATUR - Zwischen Sehnsucht und Wirklichkeit, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, The Haves and the have-Nots
  SILENT GREEN, Villa Renata, Basel, TROPHY ROOM
  Werke aus der Sammlung Hürlimann Thalmann, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur
2018 Jahresausstellung Steindruckerei Wolfensberger und Wolfsberg Verlag, Zürich
2017 Jahresausstellung Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen, Kunsthaus Luzern, Evidence for Evolution
  Impression 2017, Kunsthaus Grenchen, MISCELLANEA
  Werkschau Kanton Zürich, Haus Konstruktiv, Champions of Disguise (Miscellanea)
  Stipendienausstellung Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Profoundly self
2016 der Totentanz, Basel, ADAM UND EVA, Ein Markt von Gerda Steiner und Jörg Lenzlinger
  Dall' Altra Parte, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, PAINTINGS
  and Fondazione Sasso San Gottardo, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, multimedia installation
2014-2015 Intersecting Territories, internet pilot project hosted by Pro Helvetia Cairo, six series of one video and five fotos
2014 Das Ding an Sich, Galerie Rosenberg, Zürich, Ablage, sculpture
  Durch die Blume, Museum Bellerive, Zürich
2011 Bloomingsikkim, Public Art Festival in Gangtok, Sikkim, White Space/Whiteout, performance
  Permanent Exhibition, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum - Swiss National Museum
2010 Impression, Kunsthaus Grenchen, It's like déjà vu all over again, print series
2009 Where are you?, installation and scupltures, Pro Helvetia Cairo Liaison Office, Cairo, at Townhouse Gallery
  Villa: Karin takes a stand, installation, Factory Space: Anne and Sherif, sculptures
  In the Shadow of the Pyramids, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, KARIN STEHT DAZU, installation
  Dream and Reality, Contemporary Art from the Middle East, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Palace of Light, installation
  Princess Lulu, Les Complices* Zürich. Zeitschrift #16: Chalet5 guest starring: Amira (sculpture)
2004 Art? Design?, Kunsthaus Langenthal
2003 MustergÜltig, Collection Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, project Cookuk
2000 EX 25, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Abstract/Landscape, installation
  Submeet, visual arts/creative industry, Migrosmuseum for Contemporary Art Zürich, Landscape, print


RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2021 Förderpreis/grant award, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Uri, VOR ORT 1.0
2016/2017 Stiftung Kunstdepot GÖschenen, studio residency, April/May; August - October 2016, April/May 2017
2011 Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi, studio residency, part of the India travel residency:
  Pro Helvetia India: Jaipur, New Delhi, Jodhpur, Varanasi, Gangtok, Kolkata, February-May 2011
2009 Pro Helvetia Cairo, follow-up research project, September-October, group exhibition Where Are You?
2006 Pro Helvetia Cairo, studio residency, September-December 2006
2003 The Best in Architecture Landscape and Design, Hochparterre and swiss television, bronze award for Cookuk
  Karin WÄlchli
1992 Stipendium, Eidgenössischer Wettbewerb für Gestaltung, Bundesamt für Kultur
1991 Leistungspreis der Schule für Gestaltung Zürich (today ZHdK)
  Stipendium, Werkjahr IKEA Stiftung
1990 Stipendium, Eidgenössischer Wettbewerb für Gestaltung, Bundesamt für Kultur


ART and ARCHITECTURE

2022 ICONS, art and architecture, with Burkhalter and Sumi architects, Überbauung Rigiblick, Walchwil, privat
2014 UR (Ex Oriente Lux), Rickenbach-Sulz, Kanton Zürich, Mehrzweckhalle
2014 STERNEN OERLIKON, color intervention, Landibank, commissioned by Tiefbauamt Kanton Zürich
2012 In Alle Welt, Kanton Zürich Hotel Sportzentrum Kerenzerberg, Filzbach GL
2009 Heute fand ich in der Tuffsteinhöhle ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt, Stadt Zürich, Kreisgebäude 3, Status: 2. Rang
2005 Portal, study for Swiss Art Awards, Bundesamt für Kultur BAK, Competition by invitation
  Querbeet, Redesign Pestalozzi School Stadt Aarau
  Curtain, site specific installation, Zürich, Privat
2004 31 Colors, Stadt Zürich, Kantonsschule Birch, with pool Architects Zurich
  Z#1, Stadt Zürich, competition by invitation CI for pet architecture, Pool Architects/Chalet5, Status: project
2003 Panorama, site specific mural and colour concept, Cookuk Studio, Aarau
  a rose is a rose is a rose, site specific mural, Rüschlikon Zurich, privat commission
2000 Bellevue, surface pattern by Chalet5, Stadt Zürich, Opera parking, competition by invitation, Status: study
1996 Davos, Sportcenter Davos, Hotel, With Gigon & Guyer Architects


ACQUISITIONS (works in the collections of)

2018 Credit Suisse Art Collection, 3 Collages from the series Larger than Life
  Kanton Uri, Hellscape left, painting
2017 Kanton Zürich, MISCELLANEA, 5 unique lithographies
2016 Kanton Zürich, I FEEL THE PULL OF THE UNKNOWN, acrylics on cotton, from the exhibition an eye on two worlds
Mark Müller Gallery, Parallel #12, Zürich
2012 Kanton Zürich, In Alle Welt 23 objects and 23 curtains
2011 Kanton Zürich, It's like déjà vu all over again, 14 prints
  City of Grenchen, It's like déjà vu all over again, 2 prints
2006 UBS Art at Work, Block I, edition 3/9
2004 BAK Bundesamt für Kultur - Swiss Federal Departement of Culture: Project Cookuk
1998-2002 Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum - Swiss National Museum, patternprints, editions 1998-2002
 

Museum für Gestaltung Design Museum Zürich, patternprints, editions 1998-2002

1995- various private collections

 


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