Karin Hueber is a visual artist based in Zurich who creates sculptures and installations. She is co-founder of HUSCH.WORKS (a jewelry, furniture studio/showroom based in Zurich) and holds a BA from the Academy of Art and Design in Basel and an MA from the Zurich University of the Arts. In 2017 she was a joint winner of the Collection Cahiers d'Artistes from Pro Helvetia and in 2021 of a scholarship from Landis&Gyr Foundation, Zug.
Karin Hueber works with sculpture, its conditions and implications. The material and processing she employs for her often site responsive installations feature a contrast between industrial and hand made aesthetics frequently appearing within one work at the same time. This contradiction corresponds to the play with intimacy and distance; another central theme in Karin Huebers work. Both evoke a feeling of uncertainty within the viewer: we feel simultaneously attracted and rejected, we recognize something but don't identify what it really is –like knowing someones name but not getting it out.
Karin Hueber questions our relationship to architecture, fashion or interior design – to any created environments, but also to the human body and its gestures or to sculpture and its context as such. She crosses the border of art and other disciplines in her collaborations with fashion and product designers as well as co-launching the label HUSCH.WORKS with her own jewelry collection. With her work she enters a dialog about general truths regarding our perception of art and the world.
Her work has been shown in numerous international solo and group exhibitions including Helmhaus (Zurich), Kunsthaus Glarus (Glarus), Kunsthaus Baselland (Muttenz), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Bonner Kunstverein (Bonn), Tent (Rotterdam), Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (Vaduz), Aargauer Kunsthaus (Aarau), Kunsthalle Basel (Basel), Atelier Amden (Amden), Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich).
Contact for inquiries in ART
Artist studio: info@karinhueber.com
Contact for inquiries in JEWEL
Showroom: info@husch.works
Karin Hueber, co-founder of HUSCH
www.husch.works
HUSCH
Sihlquai 346
8005 Zurich
CV:
Karin Hueber
Born in 1977 in Basel
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
Education:
2014 MA Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK, Zurich
2008 Städelschule, Academy of Fine Arts, guest, Prof.Michael Krebber, Frankfurt/M
2005 BA Fine Arts, Academy of Art and Design, FHNW, Basel
2001 Goldsmith, EFZ, Bern/Biel
1998 School of Art and Design, Basel
1997 Architectural draughtsperson, EFZ, Dittingen/Basel
Teaching / Juries:
2019 - 21
Lecturer and external Mentor, Academy of Art and Design, FHNW, IAGN, Basel
2013 - 18
Jury Member of Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Awards, Honors and Recidences:
2022
Scholarship, Covid-19, Cultural Department, City of Zurich
2022
Grant, Studiovisits, Pro Helvetia
2021
Scholarship, Landis&Gyr Foundation, Zug
2021
Scholarship, Covid-19, Cultural Department, City of Zurich
2019
Art Grant, UBS Foundation for Contemporary Art
2017
Collection Cahiers d'Artistes, Pro Helvetia
2010
Scholarship, Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
2009
Artist in Residence, Iaab (Atelier Mondial Basel), Basel - Berlin
2008
Swiss Art Award
2007
Scholarship, Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Artist in Residence, B.a.d. Rotterdam
2006
Art Grant, Foundation Erich Hauser with D.Heppner, K.Rüthemann, Rottweil
Artist in Residence, Iaab (Atelier Mondial Basel), Basel - Rotterdam
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Traceur / Traceuse, curated by Ines Goldbach, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
2012
Vis à Vis, GDM, Paris
2011
Really what is not. And that is, (with Emilie Ding), curated by Reto Thüring, KunstRaum, Riehen
2010
Karin Hueber, Sculpture Roof, Hilary Crisp Gallery, London
2009
Karin Hueber, (with Alois Godinat), curated by Nadia Veronese, Le-Lieu, Trogen
in Falten ziehen, Galerie Kuttner Siebert, Berlin
2008
The Inside out Exhibition, back wall, curated by Adam Szymczyk, Kunsthalle, Basel
Die mondänen Besucher, curated by Roman Kurzmeyer, Atelier Amden, Amden
Karin Hueber, Guestroom, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich
2007
Black Out, Galerie Kuttner Siebert, Berlin
Night Waltz, Galleria Laurin, Zurich
2006
Lust, Foundation Erich Hauser, Rottweil
Sticks & Stones, Vrits, Basel
2004
no more, Schalter, Basel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Offene Beziehung. Sammlung Gegenwart, curated by Valentina Ehnimb, Philipp Selzer, Alice Wilke, Maja Wismer, Kunstmuseum Basel (upcoming)
2023
Kunst und Bau Competitions Exhibition, Stadt Zurich Amt für Hochbauten, Last Tango, Zurich
2018
Groupshow, KunstRaum, Riehen
Werk- und Atelierstipendien Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich
2016
Dilly, Reto 17, Zurich
Identify your limitations, acknowledge the periphery, Vitrine Gallery, London
Über alle Massen, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil
2015
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel
Fit for Purpose, curated by Sabine Rusterholz, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus
2014
Der Elefant ist da, curated by Muda Mathis / Sus Zwick, Helvetiaplatz, Bern
Master Fine Arts Degree Show, curated by Alexandra Blättler, Shedhalle, Zurich
2013
Just a perfect year, GDM, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2012
Jahresgabe, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Between the Map and the Territory, curated by Mariette Dölle, Tent, Rotterdam
Massnahmen, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
2011
Unbounding and Crossing Over as Art, curated by Roman Kurzmeyer / Friedemann Malsch, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Queen of Sciences, curated by Ghislain Amar / Joshua Thies, DEK22, Rotterdam
2010
radikal subjektiv, Regionale 11, curated by Eric Hattan / Sabine Schaschl, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel
Wood you rather, K3 Project Space, Zurich
New Graffiti, Old Revolutions, MK Gallery, Rotterdam
Drinnen und Draussen, Chert, Berlin
Reception Room, Wolfart Project Space, Rotterdam
Ich habe mich geweigert einen Baum zu zeichnen, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2009
Wall Table Chair, Lange & Pult, Zurich
Point of View, Galerie Kuttner Siebert, Berlin
3 x 3 x 3 x 3, curated by Fanny Gonella, GDM, Paris
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel
Vordemberge-Gildewart Art Grant, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Rair I, former Netherlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
a certain indefinable weltschmerz, Galerie Lutz Becker, Köln
2008
Die Kugeln! Die Kreise! Die Räder!, curated by Christiane Rekade, Kurator, Rapperswil
Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel
Sometimes you fall in Love with a Idea, curated by Petra Reichensperger, Cluster, Berlin
Shifting Identities – (Swiss) Art now, curated by Mirjam Varadinis, co cur. Alexandra Blättler, Kunsthaus Zurich
2007
Regionale 8, KunstRaum, Riehen
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
Fireflies, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel
Poor Thing, curated by Simone Neuenschwander, Kunsthalle Basel
Vrits, Vrits Basel
2006
Regionale 7, KunstRaum, Riehen
Parallax, Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
2005
Regionale 6, Kunsthalle, Basel
Projects:
2023 - present
HUSCH showroom, husch.works, Zurich
2022
our shop Sabato with Husch and La Cri, Zurich
2021 - present
HUSCH, husch.works, Project with David Schäublin, Zurich
2019
Collection SS19, collaboration with La Cri, Zurich
2013
Mobiler Display for the Serie «5 Uhr These», collaboration with Designer David Schäublin, Helmhaus Zurich
2012
Musterzimmer, collaboration with Designer David Schäublin, Depot Basel
2009
Choice, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2007-09
Vrits, Artist-Space, Basel
2005
Enough Room for Space, Part 2, Filiale, Basel
2004
Regionale 5, Schalter at Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
2004-05
Schalter, Artist-Space with Dagmar Heppner and Kilian Rüthemann, Basel
Art in Public Space Competitons:
2022
Kunst und Bau, Schule Dufour, Biel (invited competition)
2022
Kunst und Bau, Schulhaus Borrweg, Zurich (invited competition)
2021
Kunst und Bau, BVL, Braunschweig, DE (invited competition)
2016
Kunst und Bau, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel (invited competition, realized)
2016
Kunst und Bau, Schulhaus Pfingstweid, Zurich (invited competition)
Collections:
Sammlung Kunstkredit, Basel-Stadt
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Sammlung Ricola, Laufen
Kulturelles Baselland, Liestal
Privat Collections
Exhibition Catalogues, Publications, Artist Books:
2025
Artist Book, published by Jungle Books, St.Gallen (upcoming)
2017
Cahiers d’Artistes, edited by Pro Helvetia, Edizioni Periferia, Luzern/Poschiavo
2015
The Amden Atelier 1999-2015, edited by Roman Kurzmeyer, Basel, Edition Voldemeer Zurich, De Gruyter, Berlin
2012
Fanzine, Karin Hueber/Tamarin Norwood, edited by Manuela Schlumpf, Nadine Rinderer, Zurich
Massnahmen, edited by Kunstgaleriebonn, Weidle Verlag
2011
Example: Switzerland / Unbounding and Crossing Over as Art, edited by Roman Kurzmeyer, Friedemann Malsch, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Hatje-Cantz Verlag
Private view n2, Published by Pond editions
Basel - Rotterdam/Rotterdam - Basel, Folded Posters, published by post editions, Rotterdam
2010
Drinnen & Draussen, edited by Chert & Motto, Berlin
Kunst Zeitung, Adam Szymczyk, Annette Amberg, Roos Gortzak, edited by Basler Zeitung
2009
Younger Than Jesus, Artist Directory, Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman, Phaidon
2008
Kurator, edited by Gebert Stiftung für Kultur, published by Edition Fink
Shifting Identities (Swiss) Art Now, edited by Kunsthaus Zurich
2006
Lust, edited by Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil