Yves Netzhammer (born 1970) is a

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artist who lives and works in

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. Born in

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, he studied

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

there and later obtained a diploma at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, department of visual

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. He has been working with video installations, slide projections, drawings and objects since 1997. Since 2006 Netzhammer publishes online in the blo
''Journal for Art, Sex and Mathematics''
In 2007 he represented

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at the 52nd Venice Biennale together with

Ugo Rondinone Ugo Rondinone (born November 30, 1964) is a Swiss-born contemporary artist. Rondinone is known for his temporary, large-scale land art sculpture, '' Seven Magic Mountains'' (2016–2021), with its seven fluorescently-painted totems of large ...

, Urs Fischer and Christine Streuli.

External links

SourceYves Netzhammer's homepageAnita Beckers' GalleryFrequent contributions by Netzhammer to the Journal for Art, Sex and MathematicsBio, Sites, ExhibitionsExhibitions, Group shows
Swiss artists 1970 births Living people Zurich University of the Arts alumni People from Schaffhausen Swiss contemporary artists {{Switzerland-artist-stub