KORNER UNION
Founded in 1999, this group of three artists includes: Sami Benhadj, Tarik Hayward and Guy Meldem who met at the Cantonal Art School of Lausanne where they were trained in visual communication specializing in photography and, for Guy Meldem, in publishing. For their collective pieces they use a variety of media, namely: photography, video, poetry and sculpture.
"We like Michael Jackson´s first clip and Peter Jackson´s first film. We go out by the bedroom window and pace the paths of our native villages at night, in search of an idea".
www.koernerunion.com
Main exhibitions
2012
Made of Concrete, Actual Size, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2009
La vie facile, Lausanne, Switzerland
Körner Union, La Vitrine, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
2008
Ma Biche, Milieu Galerie, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
2006
De kunstvlaai, Westergasfabrieken, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Courtisane, Kunstencentrum vooruit, Gent, Belgium (solo)
Musée CoCo im Kunstmuseum, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
Eau sauvage, Gallery Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Accrochage vaud 2006, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
Rock & pétrole, Les Complices, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Pratically Beautiful: Swiss Design Now, Shanghaï, China
We do wie du, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland (solo)
Trio Kö, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Circuit, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
Rita + Hector, Tenstakonsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Swiss art awards 2005, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
reGeneration, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Selection 2004, Ewz-Unterwerk Selnau, Zurich, Switzerland
VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis, Image house gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Körner Union and Aurélien Gamboni, L'étage, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée Coco, Les Complices, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2004
Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Germany (solo)
Flash Academ, Centre européen pour la photographie, Paris, France
Swiss Touch, Interface et Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France
Prix fédéral, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Coupures, Atelier 33, Marseille, France
33rd International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Franz Gertsch museum, Bern, Switzerland
Les yeux la nuit, Les yeux de l’ouïe, Nancy, France
Nuit Blanche, Divan du Monde, Paris, France
BFF 2004 Award Exhibition, Köln, Germany
10° Biennale de l’image en mouvement, Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Les meilleurs de Suisse, La Station, Nice, France (solo)
Virtual Frame, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Autria
Bandits-Mages, Bourges, France
Iper Festival, Basel, Switzerland
Quoi de neuf chez les Romands, ArtOne gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Concours fédéral arts plastiques, Basel, Switzerland
Diplômes, Espace lausannois d’art contemporain (elac), Switzerland
2002
Ecal, photographies and videos at the Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, France
Opening exhibition, photographies, galerie « ArtOne », Zurich, Switzerland
Film Festival, Aggrigente, Sicily, Italy
Fellowships
2005 Fellowship of the Fondation Leenaards, Switzerland
Awards
2004 Prix fédéral de photographie
2004 FF Promotion Award
Main books
2011
2012 Calendar, artist book, with Maximage and T. Rihs, ed. ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Kö>Mix Sany>Mix, artist book, with Reala, ed. Nieves, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
WE MAKE FONTS, artist book, with Régis Tosetti, texts by Pierre Keller, André Vladimir Heiz, François Rappo and Marc-André Berclaz, ed. ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, Switzerland
2004
Future Breed Machine, artist book, ed. Nieves, Zurich, Switzerland
"We like Michael Jackson´s first clip and Peter Jackson´s first film. We go out by the bedroom window and pace the paths of our native villages at night, in search of an idea".
www.koernerunion.com
Main exhibitions
2012
Made of Concrete, Actual Size, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2009
La vie facile, Lausanne, Switzerland
Körner Union, La Vitrine, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
2008
Ma Biche, Milieu Galerie, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
2006
De kunstvlaai, Westergasfabrieken, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Courtisane, Kunstencentrum vooruit, Gent, Belgium (solo)
Musée CoCo im Kunstmuseum, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
Eau sauvage, Gallery Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Accrochage vaud 2006, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
Rock & pétrole, Les Complices, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Pratically Beautiful: Swiss Design Now, Shanghaï, China
We do wie du, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland (solo)
Trio Kö, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Circuit, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
Rita + Hector, Tenstakonsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Swiss art awards 2005, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
reGeneration, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Selection 2004, Ewz-Unterwerk Selnau, Zurich, Switzerland
VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis, Image house gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Körner Union and Aurélien Gamboni, L'étage, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée Coco, Les Complices, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2004
Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Germany (solo)
Flash Academ, Centre européen pour la photographie, Paris, France
Swiss Touch, Interface et Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France
Prix fédéral, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Coupures, Atelier 33, Marseille, France
33rd International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Franz Gertsch museum, Bern, Switzerland
Les yeux la nuit, Les yeux de l’ouïe, Nancy, France
Nuit Blanche, Divan du Monde, Paris, France
BFF 2004 Award Exhibition, Köln, Germany
10° Biennale de l’image en mouvement, Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Les meilleurs de Suisse, La Station, Nice, France (solo)
Virtual Frame, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Autria
Bandits-Mages, Bourges, France
Iper Festival, Basel, Switzerland
Quoi de neuf chez les Romands, ArtOne gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Concours fédéral arts plastiques, Basel, Switzerland
Diplômes, Espace lausannois d’art contemporain (elac), Switzerland
2002
Ecal, photographies and videos at the Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, France
Opening exhibition, photographies, galerie « ArtOne », Zurich, Switzerland
Film Festival, Aggrigente, Sicily, Italy
Fellowships
2005 Fellowship of the Fondation Leenaards, Switzerland
Awards
2004 Prix fédéral de photographie
2004 FF Promotion Award
Main books
2011
2012 Calendar, artist book, with Maximage and T. Rihs, ed. ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Kö>Mix Sany>Mix, artist book, with Reala, ed. Nieves, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
WE MAKE FONTS, artist book, with Régis Tosetti, texts by Pierre Keller, André Vladimir Heiz, François Rappo and Marc-André Berclaz, ed. ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, Switzerland
2004
Future Breed Machine, artist book, ed. Nieves, Zurich, Switzerland
