Rooted in her early studies of stage design, Fischli’s practice engages familiar mechanisms of sculpture and space with alternative processes of production, often using craft-related techniques and unusual materials. She transforms banal subjects - including animals, household objects, and clothing - into objects of desire. By example of Theodor Fontanes fables Fischli plays with representations of animals and their role as placeholders for human traits and experiences. This body of work grew from an earlier unrealized project of window displays inspired by dioramas at the Museum of Natural History in New York. Interrupted by the pandemic, Fischli instead found herself trapped indoors surrounded by pillows and plush surfaces within her own domestic diorama, viewable to the outside world through exterior windows and computer screens. She started to create animal sculptures that felt more human-like—constructed and fully dressed.

Gina Fischli (b. 1989, Zurich) lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. She received her MFA from the Royal Academy of Art, London in 2018 and her BFA from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg in 2015. Recent solo exhibitions include Galerie Hussenot, Paris; Das Gericht, Frankfurt; Karma International, Zürich; Swiss Institute, New York; Soft Opening, London; SANDY BROWN, Berlin; Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen; 303 Gallery, New York; SUNDY, London; DELF, Vienna; and Forde, Geneva. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Schaulager Laurenz Foundation, Basel; Galerie Senn, Vienna; City Salt, Basel; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; suns works, Zurich; Sentiment, Zurich; Geneva Biennale, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva; Fri Art, Fribourg; and Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg; among others.

GINA FISCHLI

Born: 1989, Zurich, Switzerland
Lives and works in Zurich

EDUCATION
2018 MFA, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2015 BFA, University of Fine Arts Hamburg, Hamburg
2011 Stage Design, Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg, Hamburg

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Gina Fischli - Mike Kelley, Galerie Hussenot, Paris
2023 Rabies Babies, Das Gericht, Frankfurt
2023 Pride and Prejudice, Karma International, Zürich
2022 I love being creative, Swiss Institute, New York
2022 No Rest For The Wicked, Chapter, New York
2021 Deep Water, Soft Opening, London
2021 Love After Lock-up, Sandy Brown, Berlin
2021 Ravenous and Predatory, Cork Street Banners Commission, London
2020 Good Girl, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen
2020 Gina Fischli, Project Room, 303 Gallery, New York
2018 Interior Living, Sundy, London
2017 Molto Suggestivo, D.E.L.F., Vienna
2016 London Today, Forde, Geneva
2016 Sufficient Joy, w. Issy Wood, Greatorex, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Inversion 2, Galerie Conradi, Hamburg
2023 Out of the Box: 20 Years Schaulager, Schaulager Laurenz Foundation, Basel
2023 Ja, wir kopieren!, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
2023 Greetings, curated by Antonio de Martino and Edoardo Marabini, Galerie Hussenot, Paris
2023 Basel Social Club, Basel Social Club, Basel
2023 Jahresgaben, Bonner Kunstverein
2022 Homestory, Super Super Markt, Berlin
2022 Even a Cat Can Look at the Queen, Mrs., New York
2022 Autofiction, curated by Melanie Bühler, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2022 Beauty & Room, PALP Festival, Valais
2022 To be sitting on the fence, TNT, Paris
2022 KELET, Galerie Senn, Vienna
2022 THE GINA SHOW, City Salt, Basel
2022 Paint-by-numbers, cur. Gianni Jetzer, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2022 Miniatur Biennale Düsseldorf
2022 Nothing to Write Home About, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
2021 Contention, Scheusal, Berlin
2021 Striving After Wind, Chapter, New York
2021 Hotline 3, Forde, Geneva
2020 Winterfest, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
2020 Winter Solstice, suns works, Zurich
2020 Grand Miniature, Sentiment, Zurich
2020 Una Sta Con, Stalla Madulain, Engadin
2020 Gegenwart: Doing Youth, Hamburg
2020 After Image, Mamoth Gallery, London
2020 Eigenheim, Soft Opening, London
2020 Sculpture Garden, Geneva Biennale, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva
2020 Love Sign, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin
2019 Jahrensgaben, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen
2019 A home is not a house, Fri Art, Fribourg
2019 Die Läden sind geschlossen, Weiss Falk, Basel
2019 Hi Ventilation, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
2019 A house is not a home, Fri Art, Fribourg
2019 The Garden, Royal Academy, London
2019 Viel Glück, Amtsgericht Frankfurt (Oder)
2019 SI ONSITE, Swiss Institute, New York
2019 NEW RUINS, Soft Opening, London
2019 Good Service, 14a, Hamburg
2019 Habits of Modern Dwelling, Lungley Gallery, London
2018 Ties and Fries, Her Gallery, London
2018 Trout and Steel, Horse Hospital, London
2018 Way Out, Jenny’s, London

PUBLICATIONS
2022 Good Service, pub. Soft Opening, London
2020 CATALOGUE 4.5, ed. Hans Ulrich Obrist, pub. Cork Street Galleries, London
2018 Bad Timing, pub. Hacienda Books, Zurich