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[ Christoph Zellweger ]
19 April 1962, Lübeck, Germany        

Awards:
2002     Prize of the Communauté Française de Belgique, Belgium
2002    Swiss Federal Prize for Design, Kulturamt Bern, Switzerland
2001     European Ceramic Work Centre, working grant, H'bosch, Holland
2000    Werkbeitrag des Kulturamt Bern, stipendium, Switzerland
2000     Cultural Research Institute, SHU, one semester sabbatical, Sheffield
2000    D&AD, British Design & Art Direction, membership award, England
1998    Swiss Federal Prize for Design, Kulturamt Bern, Switzerland
1995    Swiss Federal Prize for Design, Kulturamt Bern, Switzerland
1995    Herbert Hofmann Prize - International Award, Munich, Germany
1993    Prize by the Kulturamt Graz, Outdoor Installation in the City of Graz, Austria
1992    Robinson Charitable Trust Award, London, England
1988    Deutscher Schmuck & Edelsteinpreis, recommendation, Germany

Public Collections:
2004     Museum für Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Frankfurt, Germany
2004     Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zürich, Switzerland
2002     Contemporary Arts Society, England
2002       Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
2001     Musee d' Horlogerie, Geneve, Switzerland
2000     Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
1998    Middlesborough Contemporary Jewellery Collection, England
1998    ArCo Permanent Collection of Art, Lisbon, Portugal
1997    National Foundation for Contemporary Art - FNAC, Paris, France
1994    British Crafts Council, London, England
1993    Angermuseum Erfurt, Germany
1990-    work in various Private Collections

Major Group & Solo exhibitions (selected):
2005    Natural History Museum Lisbon, Ossarium rosé, personal exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal (s)
2005    Design Museum (Centre Cultural de Belem), The Nomad Room, Lisbon, Portugal (p)
2005    Swiss National Museum, Intervention Fremd-Körper, Zürich, Switzerland (s)
2004    Foundation Gulbenkian, Meeting Points, Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal (p)
2004    Musee de Design et d’Art Appliqués Contemporains, Body Extensions, Lausanne, CH
2003     SchmuckProdukt Zollverein, Fremd-Körper, Essen, Germany (s)
2003     Galerie Tactile, Fremd-Körper, Solo Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland (s)
2002     Espace Solidor, with Hanagarth (F), Mc Clure (CAN), Cagnes sur Mer, France (p)
2002     Raum für Schmuck, with Mattar (D), Gottdorf (D), Köln, Germany
2001     Gallerie V&V, with Eichenberg (NL), de Decker (B), Vienna, Austria
2000    Gallery Hnoss, Solo Exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden (pp) (s)    
2000     Jerwood Prize 2000, Crafts Council Gallery, London (p) (t)
1999    Gallery Louise Smit, Solo Exhibition, Amsterdam, Holland (pp)
1998    Centro de Arte e Comunicaiao Visual, Solo Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal (s)
1998    European Prize for Contemp. A&D-led Crafts, Vienna, Gothenburg, Paris (p) (t)
1997    Forum für Schmuck, Solo Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland (s)
1996    Gallery Poree, with Onno Boukhoudt (NL), Paris, France (s)
1995    Galerie für Schmuck, Solo Exhibition, Zug, Switzerland (s)
1994    Gallery van Krimpen, with Sigfried de Bück (B), Amsterdam (s)
1990    Galerie Off Limits, Solo Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland (s)


Exhibitions:
(t)  travelling/ touring exhibition,  (p) publication/ catalogue,  (pp) personal catalogue, (s) solo/ major exhibition
(*)  prize winner/ shortlisted, exhibitions in preparation


Publications:
2005     Catalogue: Black Dog Publishing, London England
Catalogue: The Nomad Room – international …   Lisbon, Portugal    
Artikel: Review of Ossarium Rosé -exhibition in Lisbon, by Liesbeth den Besten NL
Vormberichten: Amsterdam, BNO 2005, Issue September 2005, page 10
2004     Catalogue: 1000 Rings – Inspiring Adornments for the Hand,
Publisher: Lark Books, USA; Page: 170, 202
ISBN: 1-57990-508-0
Catalogue: Meeting Points - 25 Years of Interventions at ArCo, Lisboa, Portugal  
Publisher: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian
ISBN:  972 – 635 – 153 - 7
2003     Catalogue: Crafts Now - 21 Artists Each from America, Europe and Asia        World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Special Invitational Exhibition, Kanazawa World Craft Forum, Japan
ISBN ? 920-8550
Catalogue: Inner Luxury - Joieria Contemporania Internacional
Publisher: Fundacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
ISBN:  84 – 7664 – 814 - 6
Catalogue: Corporal Identity – Body Language, 9th Triennial for Form & Content, USA and Germany, MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst / Klingspor Museum Offenbach / Museum of Art & Design New York
Published by the Museums as above:
ISBN:  3 – 88270 – 098 – X
Magazine: Article in Handwerk&Schmuck, by Dr Barbara Maas
Four pages:
Catalogue: Experiment Schmuck: Das Erfurter Schmucksymposium 1984 – 2002
Angermuseum Erfurt, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Galerie V&V , Wien
Publisher: Kulturdirektion der Stadt Erfurt,
ISBN:  3 – 9808816 – 0 - 1
Catalogue: Masterpieces/Capolavori, l'artista artigiano tra Picasso e Sottsass,
World Crafts Council, Publisher: Fondazione per il Libro la Musica la Cultura,     Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy, page 149
Catalogue: by EKWC, European Ceramic Work Centre in S'Hertogenbosch,     Holland, published by EKWC
2002     Catalogue: Swiss Design 2002
Bundesamt fur Kultur, Verlag Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN: 3 – 03778 – 001 - 0
Catalogue: Slip: Artists in the Netherlands and Britain working with Ceramic.
Frans Hals Museeum, Haarlem, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
ISBN: 90 – 8044 – 564 – 9
Catalogue: Nature and Time …
Catalogue: Art Jewellery in Switzerland in the 20th Century, La Bibliotheque des     Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
ISBN: 2 – 88453 – 094 - 0    
Catalogue: Silver in the Field, experimental workshop, Bishopsland
ISBN: 1 - 899764 - 259
Catalogue: European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery 2002
World Crafts Council, Mignault, Belgium
IBSN: noD / 2002 / 6269 / 3
Catalogue: Trois Visions d' un Corps, Bijou Contemporain, Cagnes sur Mer,
Direction des Affaires Culturelles, par la Ville de Cagnes sur Mer, France
2001     Catalogue: The Breath of Nature, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2001,     Jikji Publishers, South Korea
ISBN: 89 – 89011 – 07 – 8  93600
Catalogue: The Art of The Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Produced and Published by Mobilia Gallery, 9/2001
2000    Catalogue: The Ego Adorned, 20th Century Artists’ Jewellery
Koningin Fabiolasaal, Antwerp, pages 268 / 269
ISBN: 90 - 6625 - 024 - 0
Catalogue: Kunst hautnah, Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
ISBN: 3 - 900926 - 07 - 7
Catalogue: Alles Schmuck, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Verlag Lars Müller
ISBN: 3 - 907078 - 32 - 2
Catalogue: Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2000, British Crafts Council
ISBN: 1 - 870 - 145 - 860
1999    Personal Catalogue: Christoph Zellweger  1990 - 1999
ISBN: 0 - 9534957 - 0 - 1
- Creative Review / Magazine, March 99 issue, feature of catalogue
- Unfold magazin, Spring/ Summer 1999 issue, review of catalogue
- Graphic magazin, November 1999 issue, review of catalogue
- Bound for Glory, graphic design year book 1999, Printed Matter
- British Art & Design Direction, Award 2000, publication
Catalogue, 20th Century Swiss Art Jewellery, A. Riklin-Schelbert, VGS St Gallen  
ISBN: 3 - 7291 - 1093 - 4
Catalogue, Nature in Design, Alan Powers, Conran Octopus Publishing
ISBN: 1 8409 1046 1
Catalogue, Memento Mori / reminder on death, Forum für Schmuck und
Design, Cologne, Germany,  ISBN: 3 - 00 - 003353 - x
Catalogue, 25 Years ArCo- Centro de Arte e Communicacao visual, Lisbon
ISBN: 972 97987 0 2
Catalogue, 100 years at the RCA, Art and Design, by Christopher Frayling
ISBN: 1 85585 7251
1998    Catalogue, Dictionaire International Bijou, Edition du Regard, Paris
pages 557 / 560,  ISBN: 2 - 903370 - 98 - 2
Catalogue, European Prize for Contemporary Art & Design-Led Crafts
World Crafts Council - Europe
Catalogue, The Ring, Design: Past & Present, Sylvie Lambert, France
ISBN: 2-88046-317-3
Catalogue, The Royal College of Art, Postgraduate Art & Design, London
Catalogue, Eidgenossischer Preis fur Gestaltung, Casorella, Castello Visconteo,
Locarno, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Bern, Switzerland
1996    Catalogue, 24/8/1997, Alchemy - The Stone of Wisdom, Lappenranta, Finland
ISBN: 952 - 5155 - 09 - 9
Catalogue, RCA on display, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Catalogue, Broschen, 3/5/1997, Ausstellung im Kunstforum Kirchberg /     Desinfarkt, Switzerland  
Catalogue, 27/07/97, published by CINABRE, 36360 Lucay-Le-Male, France
1997    Catalogue, Objects of Our Time, The Crafts Council, London, Martina Margetts ISBN: 1- 870145 - 63 - 1
Catalogue, Jewelry - in Europe & America / New Times New Thinking
ISBN: 0 - 500 - 27879 - 2  by Ralph Turner, Thames & Hudson,
Catalogue, Design of the times: One hundred years Royal College of Art  
ISBN: 0 -  903685 - 42 - 6
Catalogue, Schmuck ‘96, Intern. Handwerksmesse Muenchen, Germany
Published by the 1996 Bayerischer Handwerkstag e.V.
Catalogue, The Capture of Europe, Cologne - Haxham, Germany -  England     
ISBN: 3 - 930246 - 07 - 4
1995    Catalogue, Priestory Duse - Seelenraeume, Bratislava, Slovakia
ISBN: 80 - 85694 - 79 - 4
Catalogue, SchmuckSzene ‘95, Inter. Handwerksmesse Muenchen, Germany     
Published by the 1995 Bayerischer Handwerkstag e.V.
Catalogue, Schmuckkunst der Moderne, Mainz, Germany
ISBN: 3 - 9803605 - 3 - 9
Catalogue, Obverse - Reverse, RCA / Royal Mint, London, England
ISBN: 1 - 874175 - 01 - 2
1994    Catalogue, Work / Ethics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England
ISBN: 0 - 86339 - 4361

Catalogue, Contemporary Art Medals of the World, FIDEM XXIII
British Museum, London, Published by FIDEM XXIII, Page 116
1992    Catalogue, 5 th International Symposium on Jewellery, Erfurt, Germany
Published by the Landesversicherungsanstalt Thueringen
Catalogue, 3 eme Triennale du Bijou, Musee des Arts Decorative, Paris, France
ISBN: 2 - 906 450 - 86 – 3
Catalogue, Ringfrei - Mitgliederausstellung des Forum, Cologne, Germany
Published by the Forum fur Schmuck und Design e.V. Köln