Otto Künzli
Otto KünzliOtto Künzli was born in 1948 in Zurich, Switzerland. 1965-70 Studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich. 1972-78 Studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich . Since 1985 lectures, workshops and guest teaching in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe. 1991 receives professorship for jewellery at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich. 1992 Honorary Fellow of Bezalel Academy Jerusalem. 2000 Artist in residence at the Curtin University Perth, Western Australia. 2008 receives appointment as visiting professor at the Royal College of Art London
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 1991 Stedelijkmuseum Amsterdam; 1991/93/98/02/04 Galerie Wittenbrink Munich; 1995/99 Galerie Ra Amsterdam; 1992 Zilkha Gallery Middletown, USA; 1992 Museum Kelvingrove Glasgow; 1996 RAM Galleri Oslo; 1997/03 Gallery Funaki Melbourne; 1998 Galleri hnoss Göteborg; 1999 Galerie Sophie Lachaert Antwerpen; 1999 Kunstforum Kirchberg/Bern; 2000 John Curtin Gallery Perth; 2004 La Chaufferie Strasbourg; 2006 Galerie SO, Solothurn; 2007 Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, Die Neue Sammlung - the Design Museum Munich 2013, MUDAC Lausanne 2014, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 2015, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur 2016 (zus. mit Therese Hilbert)
Work in Public Collections (selection): American Museum of the Arts and Design New York; Auckland Museum, Auckland; Design Museum London; Die Neue Sammlung Munich; Israel Museum Jerusalem; Kunstgewerbemuseum Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Centre National des Arts Paris; Lenbachhaus München; Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt; National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne; Power House Museum Sydney; Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim; Stedelijkmuseum Amsterdam; Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; The Art Institute Detroit; The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo; The Royal College of Art London; Victoria & Albert Museum London.