ZIMOUN
Curriculum Vitae
Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun's minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.
Zimoun lives and works in Bern, Switzerland.
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions 2005 - 2019
* = Solo Exhibitions
2019
Figge Art Museum, Daveport, Iowa, USA. *
2018
Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, Santiago, Chile. *
2017
Alfstad& Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida, USA. *
Le Centquatre, Paris, France. *
Rå Hal, Capital of Culture, Aarhus, Denmark. *
2016
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Museum Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy. *
Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland. *
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, Mumbai, India. *
Museum of Fine Arts, Thun, Switzerland.
Calgary Contemporary, Calgary, Canada. *
Contemporary Art Museum MAC, Santiago de Chile.
BIAN Biennale, Montreal, Canada.
2015
LAC Art Museum, Lugano, Switzerland. *
Knockdown Center NYC, New York, USA. *
bitforms gallery NYC, New York, USA. *
Central for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium. *
MOTA Museum, Lublijana, Slovenia. *
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey.
2014
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China.
Museum of Fine Arts, Lugano, Switzerland. *
Beall Art Center, Los Angeles, USA. *
Kunstverein Mannheim, Germany. *
2013
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Republic Korea.
Museum of Fine Arts, Rennes, France. *
Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, USA.
Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland.
Museum Les Champs Libres, Rennes, France. *
Le Centquatre, Paris, France.
2012
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nam June Paik Museum, Soeul, Republic Korea.
Museum MIS São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. *
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey.
MSUM Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia. *
bitforms gallery, New York, USA. *
2011
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL, USA. *
Contemporary Art Museum MNAC, Bucharest, Romania. *
GAFTA Art Space, San Francisco, USA. *
Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway. *
Galerie Denise René, Paris, France. *
Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland. *
List Art Center, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, USA.
Mois Multi Arts Center, Québec City, Canada.
2010
Museum of Contemporary Art Liechtenstein. *
Museum Vasarely' Fondation, Aix en Provence, France.
Arts Center Vooruit, Gent, Belgium. *
La Rada, Locarno, Switzerland. *
Biennial of Contemporary Art ULA-2010, Venezuela.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany.
2009
Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland.
bitforms gallery, NYC, USA.
2008
Miller Fine Art Center, Mcminnville, USA.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland.
2006
Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland. *
2005
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland.
Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland.
Tonus Labor, Bern, Switzerland. *
Live Performances
Selected live Performances 2004 - 2017
2017
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark.
Orbital Garden Laboratory, Bern, Switzerland.
2016
Museum Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy.
CT::SWaM, NYC, USA.
Orbital Garden, Bern, Switzerland.
2015
Knockdown Center NYC, USA.
Dampfzentrale Bern, Switzerland.
2013
Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland.
Headfun, Presences Electroniques, Geneva, Switzerland.
2012
List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, USA.
Störung Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
2011
Nuit Blanche Art Festival, New York, USA.
Mois Multi, Québec, Canada.
Tonus Labor, Bern, Switzerland.
Weltecho Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany.
Swissnex, San Francisco, USA.
2010
Drake Underground / Yatra Arts Toronto, Canada.
Tonus Labor Bern, Switzerland.
R3s3t, Bern, Switzerland.
2009
Transmediale, Berlin, Germany.
2008
Elektra Festval, Montreal, Canada.
Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Elektroni[k] Festival,Rennes, France.
Tag, Den Haag, the Netherlands.
Yatra Arts / Interacess, Toronto, Canada.
Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg, Germany.
Ausland, Berlin, Germany.
Kornhaus, Bern, Switzerland.
RH Studio, New York, USA.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada.
Institute for Advanced Studies, Philadephia, USA.
Monkey Town, New York, USA.
Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2007
Lmak Projects, New York, USA.
Dissonanze Festival, Roma, Italy.
Zentrale Randlage, Berlin, Germany.
Theatre L'L, Bruxelles/Brussels, Belgium.
Kulturbunker Mühlheim, Cologne, Germany.
Festival de Marseille, Marseille, France.
Hörbar, Hamburg, Germany.
Intro, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Hamilton Arts Collective, Baltimore, USA.
2006
Kunstraum, Aarau, Switzerland.
osc/8 Festival, Geneva, Switzerland.
ACAF, Alexandria, Egypt.
Jesuit Art Center, Cairo, Egypt.
2005
Gallery Wandelbar, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Cave12, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland.
2004
DDM Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Yan Art Space, Beijing, China.
Mokka, Thun, Switzerland.
Tonus Labor, Bern, Switzerland.
Collections & Permanent Works
Museum of Fine Arts, Lugano, Switzerland.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA.
Contemporary Art Museum MAC Santiago de Chile.
Museum of Fine Arts, Thun, Switzerland.
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey.
Villa Datris, L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue, France.
Raja Art Collection, France.
Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy.
Art Collection Canton Bern, Switzerland.
Public Art, City of Bern, Switzerland.
Private collections.
Discography
2016
Oren Ambarchi + Zimoun «18.58» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 composition).
Zimoun «28.34» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 composition).
2015
Richard Garet + Zimoun «21.21» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 composition).
2010
Zimoun «feat. Helena Gough» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 dvd).
2008
Mahmoud Refat, Pe Lang + Zimoun «Statics III» [leerraum.ch] (4.1 dvd).
Asher + Zimoun «Untitled Movement» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 dvd).
Fourm + Zimoun «Primary Structures» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 dvd).
2007
Zimoun feat. Mik Keusen «Prepared I» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
Kenneth Kirschner + Zimoun «July 29, 2004 (4.1)» (4.1 dvd).
Leerraum [ ] «Sound Contributions I» [leerraum.ch] (5.1 dvd).
2006
Zimoun «Kabel 0.1/0.2» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
Mahmoud Refat, Pe Lang + Zimoun «Statics II» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
Mahmoud Refat + Zimoun «Statics I» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
2005
Fm3 + Zimoun «live 19.06.2004» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
2004
Zimoun «Nå» [tonus-music-records.com] (cd).
2003
Zimoun «Flachland» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
Zimoun «Viskos» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
Zimoun «Drums» [leerraum.ch] (cd).
2002
Zimoun «Momental» [ammoniac-music records] (cd)