Pe Lang

Pe Lang is a Swiss-born artist know for creating minimal kinetic artworks that control and put physical forces in action with a captivating elegance. His sculptures and installations combine hand made mechanized systems with a stringent constructive optimization in which each element can be deciphered with respect to its functionality.
Lang’s work have been represented in exhibitions and installations for more then a decade. After completing his certificate in electrical skills in 1994, he began creating experimental mechanical sound objects presenting them in the form of live performances / installations at various European and North America art spaces and festivals, including the Transmediale in Berlin, ISEA Singapore, sonicActs Amsterdam or the Elektra Festival in Montreal.
From 2005 to 2008, these sound objects where exhibited as part of a collaborative project under the title «Untitled Sound Objects. In 2007, Lang received an one year artist-in-Lab research residency fellowship at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM. Lang was twice honored with the prestigious swiss art award (2009 and 2010). Among other awards, Lang received the mediaprojects award in 2005, 2008 and 2011 from the Swiss Federal Department of Culture.

His has received commissions by the Villa Empain – Boghossian Foundation in Brussels and the Exploratorium in San Francisco as well as his works can be found in private, museum and foundation collections such as the EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, the Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul, the Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco, the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art in Mischigan, and the Artphilein Foundation in Liechtenstein. Exhibitions of Lang’s work include the Centro de Arte Santa Museum Mónica, Barcelona; Kunsthalle Bern; växjö art hall, Sweden; The Leonardo, Utah Museum Science and Technology Arts Museum; the InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo.

Exhibitions

2019
_Biennale des arts numériques Némo, Paris, France
_Futurium, Berlin, Germany
_Kunstmuseum basel, Rohrwerk, Basel, Switzerland
_ Fondazione Venezia Servizi, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, THE ONLY STABLE THING, Venice, Itally
_Gallery Denise René, espace marais, Paris, France
_Nadja Brykina Foundation, Dis< >Order, Moscow, Russia
_Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany *
_Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany *
_Artgenève – salon d’art Gallery Denise René, Geneve, Switzerland
_ARCOmadrid, Gallery Denise René, Madrid, Spain
_Art Brussels, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Brussels, Belgium
_Kuehlhaus-Berlin, Gallery Weekend Berlin, Germany
_Artissima, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Torino, Italy.
_Archipel, Maison communale de Plainpalais, Geneve, Switzerland *
_Gallery Denise René, espace marais, Paris, France
_EPFL, Thinking Machines. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria, Lausanne, Switzerland
_New Media Gallery, magnetic_T, New Westminster, Canada

2018
_Kunsthal Rotterdam, Action <-> Reaction 100 years of kinetic art, the Netherlands
_Gallery Denise René, espace oblique, espace marais, Paris, France
_EPFL, Thinking Machines. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria, Lausanne, Switzerland
_MuDA museum of digital art, Zurich, Switzerland *
_Gallery Denise René, espace marais, Paris, France *
_ZKM : DIA-LOGOS Ramon Llull und die Kunst des Kombinierens, Karlsruhe, Germany
_Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, USA *
_ECLAT Festival, Distanz Stuttgart, Germany
_ARCOmadrid, Gallery Denise René, Madrid, Spain
_ARTISSIMA 2018, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany
_Maddox Arts, Nature of Physic, London, United Kingdom
_Fondation François Schneider, à l’épreuve de l’eau, Wattwiller, France
_Art Berlin, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany
_Puerta roja gallery, Hong Kong, China
_Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Taming Chaos, Berlin, Germany

2017
_HeK, unREAL. Die algorithmische Gegenwart, Basel, Switzerland
_Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, China
_Museum Art.Plus, Donaueschingen, Germany*
_West Bund Art & Design, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Shanghai, China
_Gallery Denise René, Swiss selection, espace marais, Paris, France
_Gallery Denise René, on blue, rive gauche, Paris, France
_Ashmolean museum, Supersonic, Oxford, United Kingdom
_Odalys, Madrid, Spain
_The barns gallery, Oxford, United Kingdom*
_Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany *
_Art fair Tokyo, solo presentation, Galerie standing pine, Tokyo, Japan*
_Art Basel, Gallery Denise René, Basel, Switzerland
_ARCOmadrid, Gallery Denise René, Madrid, Spain
_Art Brussels, Gallery Denise René, Brussels, Belgium

2016
_Fondation Vasarely, IRISATIONS, Aix-en-provence, France
_BIAN Biennial, AUTOMATA, Montreal, Canada
_ISEA 2016, connecting spaces, Hong Kong, China
_Odalys, Interactive Prácticas Digitales Contemporánea, Madrid, Spain
_Arsenal Kremlin, Quantum entanglement 2.0, Nizhny novgorod, Russia [img]
_EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Touch, Espoo, Finland [img]
_Galerie la vitrine, Perpetuum Mobile Art Cinétique, Fribourg, Switzerland
_Art Basel, Gallery Denise René, Basel, Switzerland
_ArchoMadrit, Gallery Denise René, Madrit, Spain
_Art Cologne, Gallery Anhava, Cologne, Germany
_Art Brussels, Gallery Denise René, Brussels, Belguim

2015
_Museum Haus Konstruktiv : Quantum of Disorder, Zurich, Switzerland
_Gallery Denise René, espace marais, Paris, France *
_Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland *
_NGORONGORO – Artist Weekend, Berlin, Germany
_EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art,Touch, Espoo, Finland [img]
_Art Basel, Gallery Denise René, Basel, Switzerland
_Art Cologne, Gallery Anhava, Cologne, Germany
_Art Brussels, Gallery Denise René, Brussels, Belguim

2014
_Hommage à Denise René, Espace Expresion, Miami, USA
_Thingworld: International Triennial of New Media Art 2014, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
_meta.morf biennale, Trondheim art museum, Trondheim, Norway
_Transiente, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
_Aarhus Kunsthalle, Spor Festival, Aarhu, Denmark *
_Events in nature, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
_Art Basel, Gallery Denise René, Basel, Switzerland
_Fiac, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
_ArchoMadrit, Gallery Anhava, Madrit, Spain
_Market, Gallery Anhava, Stockholm, Sweden
_Chart, Gallery Anhava, Copenhagen, Danmark
_Volta10, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Basel, Switzerland
_Art Copenhagen, Gallery Anhava, Copenhagen, Danmark
_Art Brussels, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Brussels, Belguim
_Art Rotterdam, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2013
_Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland *
_Kunsthalle Arbon, Arbon, Switzerland *
_Standing Pine Cube, Nagoya-City, Japan *
_Gallery ABC Contemborary, Zürich, Switzerland *
_Open Space 2013, ICC, Tokyo, Japan.
_Los maquinistas, Centro de Arte Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
_Turbulences II, Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussel.
_Art cinétique – Art numérique, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France.
_Construction, Standing Pine Cube, Nagoya-City, Japan
_Contact, La briqueterie, Saint-Brieuc,France.
_Art Basel, Gallery Denise René, Basel, Switzerland
_Fiac, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
_Art Copenhagen, Gallery Anhava, Copenhagen, Danmark
_Art Brussels, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Brussels, Belguim
_Artissima, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Torino, Italy.

2012
_ Gallery S O, London, United Kingdom*
_ Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany *
_ Volta – Solo presentation, Basel, Switzerland *
_Think Art – Act Science, The Leonardo: A Utah Museum for Science, Technology and Art ,Salt Lake City, USA.
_Yebis International Festival for Art & Alternatives Visions, Tokyo, Japan
_Artefiera bologna, Art Fair, Galerie mario mazzoli, Bologna, Italy

2011
_Art@work, BSgroup technology innovation, Zürich and Bern, Switzerland *
_]interstice[, Artotheque, Caen, France *
_]interstice[, City Hall, Caen, France *
_Kinetica – Solo presentation, London, United Kingdom *
_Think Art – Act Science, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA.
_Biorhythm (TEZ, optofonica capsule), Eyebeam Gallery, NYC, USA.
_Think Art – Act Science, Kunsthalle Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland.
_Kornschütte, Visarte, Duo exhibhition, Luzern, Switzerland
_The road to contemporary, Art Fair, Galerie mario mazzoli, Rome, Italy.
_ PreviewBerlin, Art Fair, Galerie mario mazzoli, Berlin, Germany
_ Artverona, Art Fair, Galerie mario mazzoli, Verona, Italy
_ Kunst 11 Zürich, Art Fair A|B|C ontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland.
_Art Amsterdam, Art Fair, Galerie mario mazzoli, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
_Störung festival , Barcelaona, Spain.
_Performaing the exhibition, Chàteau Mercier, Sierre, Switzerland
_Sonm – Sound archive of experimental music and sound art, Murcia, Spain.
_Zang Toumb, l’Ecole d’Architecture, Rennes, France.
_Decay, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany
_Sankturbanhof, Sursee, Switzerland.
_Think Art – Act Science, Centre d’art santa monica, Barcelona, Spain.

2010
_Moving Objects, Sound and Space, Tokyo, Japan *
_Hanareproject, Kyoto, Japan.
_Dienstgebäude, Zurich, Switzerland.
_Plattfon, Basel, Switzerland.
_Hanareproject, Kyoto, Japan.
_Nuit Numérique#8, Centre Culture Saint-Exupéry, Raims, France.
_Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland.
_Starkart Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
_Durch die Wand, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg, Germany.
_Energy, AV Festival 10, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
_Sankturbanhof, Sursee, Switzerland.

2009
_Falling Objects, Växjö Art Hall, Växjö, Sweden *
_Unpredictable Forms of Sound and Motion, bitforms Gallery, New York, USA.
_Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland.
_Stuttgartner Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany.
_Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland.
_Sounds to Tabakalera,Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain.
_Lentos Art Museum (optofonica capsule), Linz, Austria.
_Jubiläumspavillon Balgrist, Zürich, Switzerland.
_Untitled (plate tectonics), Program, Berlin, Germany.
_Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn New York, USA.

2008
_Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, USA *
_Bon Accueil / Elektroni[k] Festival, Rennes, France *
_Sonicacts XII, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
_Lucid Fields, ISEA 2008, Singapore, Singapore.
_Nemo Festival, Paris, France.
_Version beta, Centre pour l’image contemoraine, Geneva, Switzerland.
_Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland.
_Miller Fine Arts Ccenter, Mcminville, USA.
_Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
_Syncronie Festival, Milano, Italy.
_Prog., Bern, Switzerland.

2007
_Espacio Menosuno, Madrid, Spain *
_Die Schachtel, Milano, Italy *
_Artis Gallery, Büren a.A., Switzerland *
_Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2006
_Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland *
_Leerraum [ ], Bern, Switzerland *
_Sound of Music, Volksystem, Toulouse, France.
_Cybersonica 06, London, United Kingdom.
_Intersolar, Freiburg, Germany.
_Kunstexpander, Aarau, Switzerland
_S11, Solothurn, Switzerland.

2005
_Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland *
_Kunstraum, Aarau, Switzerland *
_Freie Internationale Tankstelle, Berlin, Germany *
_Marks Bblond Gallery, Bern, Switzerland *

2004
_Galerie Anton Meier, Geneva, Switzerland *

solo exhibition *