Dominique Lämmli

Born 1964 in Zofingen, Switzerland.

She was trained at the School of Design, Lucerne, at the Printing Department, School of Visual Arts, New York, and at the College for Design, Zurich. Beginning in 1992, she studied philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Zurich.

Grants: canton Aargau 1991; Kiefer Hablitzel Scholarship, Basle 1994; studio in Paris granted by the city of Zurich 1995; city of Zurich 1997.

Numerous exhibitions, including: Galerie mariahilf, Altdorf 1993; Kunstraum Aarau 1994; Kunsthof Zurich 1994; Galerie Hofmatt, Sarnen 1995; Picaron Editions, Paris 1996; “Octopus became potato in a cellar”, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich 1996; “sweetie”, Akademie Schloss Solitude 1998; “freie Sicht aufs mittelmeer”, Kunsthaus Zurich 1998; “I looked at the ceiling and I saw the sky”, Zurich 1998; “aussichtslos in deine blauen beine vertieft”, Akademie Schloss Solitude 1998; “D.L.” (with Nicolas Fernandez und Andrea Crociani), Frankfurt and Akademie Schloss Solitude 1998; “Keiner kommt ans Ziel”, Galerie K&S, Berlin 1998 and Akademie Schloss Solitude 1999; Galerie Friedrich, Bern 1999; “Ein kleiner Schneeball ertränkt sich in seiner Unschuld”, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau 2000.

“zauberhaft pralle Seifenblasen”, concept and realisation for the external area of the city hall in Cham 1998; “Cobra” (with Angela Reinhard), concept for the vocational school EPSIC, Lausanne 1999; image production for the opera “Le bellezze dÇhortensia” by Matteo Fargion, Theaterhaus Stuttgart 1998; concept and realisation for the hospital Rheuma- und Rehabilitationsklinik Bad Schinznach 2000.