OLIVER TSCHIRKY
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Oliver Orest Tschirky works as an independent curator and art critic and currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied International Affairs and Law at the University of St. Gallen (MIA) as well as Art History and Spanish Literature at the University of Berne (MA). He has held positions as Assistant Curator of the Museum of Fine Art Berne, Curator of the Kunsthaus Langenthal, Director of Artvera’s Gallery in Geneva, Director of the Art & Design Academy St. Gallen, and Vice Director of Art Basel.
As an art historian, Oliver Orest Tschirky has extensive experience with museums, collections and experimental exhibition spaces, exhibitions and public art interventions, as well as catalogues and other publications. He specializes in modern and contemporary art, uses interdisciplinary and sustainable approaches and communicates in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Until today, he has realized art projects in Europe, Russia, China, the United States of America and Mexico.
The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part II), Venice 2011
Andrea Bianconi, The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part I), Shanghai, 2010
sobota 4. 6. 2011 (opening week Benátského Biennále 2011)
16-18 pm, Piazza San Marco / Viale dei Giardini Pubblici, Benátky, Itálie
The Italian artist Andrea Bianconi connects East and West by building an artistic bridge with 88 dressed models between art hot spots Shanghai and Venice with his intercultural, poetic and fascinating art project.
Public art intervention (part II) in conjunction with La Biennale di Venezia
