Eva Presenhuber

Eva Presenhuber is an Austria-born,[1] Zürich-based art dealer, owner of Galerie Eva Presenhuber, based in Zürich, Switzerland and a second space in New York City.

Eva Presenhuber
Born
Austria
NationalityAustrian
OccupationArt dealer

Career

In 1989, Presenhuber became director of Galerie Walcheturm, a non-profit exhibition space in Zürich, which she transformed into a respected program showcasing Swiss artists such as Fischli Weiss and Ugo Rondinone. Presenhuber also gave international artists such as Sue Williams, Douglas Gordon, and Angela Bulloch their first gallery exhibitions in Switzerland.

In 1996, Presenhuber founded LISTE art fair alongside Peter Kilchmann and Peter Bläuer, as she felt Basel needed a younger fair to run parallel to Art Basel.[2]

After a five year long partnership with Hauser & Wirth,[3] Presenhuber founded her own company, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, which opened with a Verne Dawson exhibition in October 2003.[4]

After several years exhibiting in the Löwenbräu Areal, Presenhuber opened a secondary space in the Diagonal building at the former Maag Areal. The new gallery – designed by Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler architects – opened with a major exhibition by Austrian artist Franz West in April 2011, and was Presenhuber's only Zürich location from late 2017 to early 2020.[5]

In 2014, The Guardian named her in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".[6] Presenhuber has a reputation for museum-calibre exhibitions and art fair booths, and she was on the Art Basel selection committee for several years.[7]

In Spring 2017, Presenhuber opened an exhibition space in New York, with an inaugural show by Austrian painter Tobias Pils.[8]

In November 2019, Presenhuber announced a second Zürich gallery.[9] The new gallery at Rämistrasse 33 opened with an exhibition by Swiss artist Valentin Carron in January 2020.[10]

The gallery presents artists including Doug Aitken, Joe Bradley, Carroll Dunham, John Giorno and Wyatt Kahn.

References
  1. "Eva Presenhuber". ArtReview. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "The LISTE Interviews: Eva Presenhuber / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. "Eva Presenhuber / Zürich". Flash Art. 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. "Inside the World's Top Galleries: Eva Presenhuber". blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. "Art Dealer Eva Presenhuber Is Expanding Her Footprint With a Second Location in Zürich". artnet News. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  6. Farago, Jason (8 May 2014). "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. "Europe's 10 Most Respected Art Dealers". artnet News. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  8. Smith, Roberta; Farago, Jason; Schwendener, Martha; Heinrich, Will (2017-06-08). "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  9. Brown, Kate. "Art Dealer Eva Presenhuber Is Expanding Her Footprint With a Second Location in Zürich". artnet News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  10. Hosmann, Annik (2020-01-24). "Das Löwenbräu kriegt Konkurrenz". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
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