SÉRA HANGA
performance, photography & concept art
ABOUT
born in the beautiful industrial city of Miskolc/ HU
lives and works in Zurich / CH
study of architecture and photography
at the Technical University, Vienna / AT
& the University of Portsmouth / UK
co-founder and curator of the urban gardening &
art project ”Merkurgarten” in Zurich
member of Visarte, the professional association of visual artists in Switzerland
Panch, the Performance Art Network CH
diezukunftkuratieren
Cabaret Voltaire
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, FESTIVALS (SELECTION)
2024
"Gast(gewerbe)" group exhibition at Castle Wolkersdorf / A
"I'm practicing to fail / Hommage à Peter Trachsel" participative performance in Küblis / CH
"Portrait knitting" at the festival 25 years of Kunstkasten, Winterthur / CH
"NO" auction at Sihlquai253 Zurich / CH
"Humanity" group show Beletage Artspace, Zurich / CH
"NO" solo show Material, Zurich / CH
"Farewell" video screening as part of the"DUO-series" with Naomi T. Salmon, Gleis70, Zurich / CH
2023
"Conversations with a Landscape" Nairs Lab, Scuol during my 2 months artist-in-residence at Nairs / CH
"Your breath is my home" Beletage Artspace Zurich / CH
"I am a bloomy garden" auction at Sihlquai253 Zurich / CH
"Dessous - Dessus / under - above" solo exhibition at Kabinett Visarte Zurich / CH
'You have the right to" participative performance at Fashion Revolution Days Zurich / CH
"Together elsewhere" live online performance with Iranian-Norwegian artist Mona Tahani, organized by PAB - Performance Art Bergen and PANCH - Performance Art Network Switzerland & HGK FHNW Basel
"Me, me & me!" Performance at the Chaostage, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich / CH
2022
"Amoeba" - performance at the "Best of" exhibition of Visarte Zürich at the Photobastei, Zurich / CH
"Conversations with a Landscape" - exhibition of our collaboration project with Anaïs Vouillamoz: landscape performances by Hanga Séra, photography by Anaïs Vouillamoz, at the Visarte Zürich gallery as part of the FRISCH series of Visarte Zürich
"Amoeba" - performance at the finissage of Kunsthaus Klosters / CH
"Von Lichtungen und Waldungen" - midissage with Anke Zürn / Biel at Kunsthaus Klosters - presentation of the results of our artistic residency at Kunsthaus Klosters
„Imaginaires vivants“ - group exhibition of Visarte Switzerland at Espace Arlaud, Lausanne / CH
"Me, me & me!" - performance at Park Solitude, Museum Tinguely, Basel / CH as part of the exhibition "BANG BANG translocal performance stories" at Museum Tinguely, Basel / CH, a project by Performance Chronik Basel and PANCH Performance Network Switzerland
"Performance as Research" - round table discussion at Park Solitude, Museum Tinguely, Basel / CH with Anette Arlander / FI, Pınar Derin Gençer / TR, Elsbeth Carolin Iten / CH, Pawel Korbus / PL, Malgorzata Sady / Pl, Hanga Séra / HU, CH, Ewa Zarzycka / PL as part of the exhibition "BANG BANG translocal performance stories" at Museum Tinguely, Basel / CH a project by Performance Chronik Basel and PANCH Performance Network Switzerland
"Weggefährten / Companions" with Peter Trachsel and Thomas Zindel at Galaria Fravi, Domat / Ems / CH
"Corona Call" - group exhibition of the shortlist of the Corona Call of Visarte Switzerland at Gallery _artundweise, Bern / CH
"Amoeba" - performance at Fashion Revolution Days Zurich at Paulus Akademie, Zurich / CH
"Found in Translation" - translating migratory experiences into art, a project of ExpotransKultur at Helmhaus, Zurich / CH
2021
"ArtThursday" - art talk with Antonella Barone at Alter Pfarrhof, Balzers / FL
"Weinviertel, mon amour" - gallery Schaufensterkunst, Schaan / FL with Harris Schweizer / CH
"Haare für die Kunst" - public art action in different places in Liechtenstein
"International performance art trends "- talk with Pınar Derin Gençer (TR/SE) at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm / SE
„Me, me & me!“ - Performance at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm / SE
"Visual exchange" - project on gender roles, Centre d'art Pasquart, Biel & Bern University of the Arts / CH
"Farewell" - action in public water, river Limmat, Zurich / CH
"I´m a bloomy garden" my photo series at Parallel Vienna Editions, Semperdepot, Vienna / A
"Corona call"- exhibition of the shortlist of the Corona Call of Visarte, at the Wasserkirche, Zurich / CH
"Mon coeur" - performance at the Fashion Revolution Week 2021, Zurich/CH
2020
my work " Corona Diaries" on the shortlist of the Corona Call, announced by Visarte
"Borderline symphony" - Performance at Window of Fame, Zurich / CH
"Me, me & me!" at FATart art fair, Schaffhausen / CH
"Death by a sewing machine" - Gallery STP Greifswald / DE
„Me, me & me!“ Performance at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm / S (cancelled due to the Corona crisis)
2019
„Mon coeur" - Performance at Window of Fame, Zurich / CH
„Me, me & me!“- Performance at the Kunstkiosk Baar / CH
„Tattled Queen“ - Performance in public space in Venice / IT
„Me, me & me!“ - Performance at Schiffbau / Fashion Revolution Days Zurich / CH
„Me, me & me!“ - Performance at Window of Fame, Zurich / CH
2018
"Du hast das Recht" - Galerie Window of Fame, Zurich / CH
"Kunstmeeting" - Gallery Die Schöne in Vienna / AT
"Death by a sewing machine" - Performance at the Fashion Revolution Day, EWZ Selnau, Zurich / CH
"A room of it´s own" - at the Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest / HU
with Ewa Kaja, Karin Maria Pfeifer, Sula Zimmerberger
2017
"Nobody sees me / Ophelia" - at Atelier 4 Grazien, Vienna / AT
"Portrait knitting" - at Fashion Revolution, Photobastei, Zurich /CH
“A room of it´s own” - at Villa Renata, Basel / CH
with Ewa Kaja, Catherine Lambermont, Karin Maria Pfeifer, Anne F. Staehelin, Mirjam Wanner, Sula Zimmerberger, Waschmaschine Gruppe
2015
“Babysittercaretakerwhore” - at Gallery Flat 1, Vienna / AT
"Death by a sewing machine" - at the international art fair Huntenkunst in Doetinchen / NL
„Archaeology of memories“ – installation in public space at Merkurgarten, Zurich / CH
2014
„Portrait Knitting“ – at „Chambers of Fine Art“ in Zurich / CH
„Archaeology of memories“ – installation in public space at the art festival ZooArt Cuneo / IT
„Portrait Knitting“ – public art action at „Buskers Bern“ in Bern / CH
2013
„Always something missing“ – with the „desperate artwives“ at the Liget Gallery Budapest / HU
„Portrait knitting“ - at Ars Electronica Linz / A
„Entry_Exit_Biel_Urbanize“ – with the „desperate artwives“ at the gallery Lokal_Int, Biel / CH
2012
„The Story of Z.“ – gallery Zieglerzwei, Zürich / CH
international art fair „Huntenkunst“ in Doetinchen / NL
"knitted portraits" - at Kunstpause, Zug / CH
„Portrait knitting“ – public art action at „Buskers Bern“ in Bern / CH
2011
“Weinviertel, mon amour” – video & photography from Hungary & Austria
Schloss Wolkersdorf / AT and Gallery of the City Council of Miskolc / HU
“Portrait knitting” - at Künstlerhaus Vienna / AT
2010
„Nothing against living…“ – installation with the group „Was wohnst du“
at the art festival Soho in Ottakring, Vienna / AT & at the Festival of the Districts, Vienna / AT
„Barcode“- group exhibition with the artist collective „desperate artwives“
Gallery Su de Coucou, Neukölln, Berlin / DE
2004
„Dictionary of the Street“ – research project about the street through literature
one of the 8 winner projects of the competition “Language of the Street” of
„Making it 2“ and the municipality of the 5th dictrict of Vienna / AT
2003
„In one room and a half” – multimedia installation with Thomas Dimov
kArton Gallery, Budapest / HU
research project about the diversity of time layers existing in a room
based on an essay of Nobel Prize winning author Joseph Brodsky
combining literature, design, sound installations, photography and video
SOLO SHOWS, SOLO PUBLIC ART ACTIONS (SELECTION)
2018
"Burning mon pére" - Happening in public space, Transition Base Vienna / AT
2017
"Mon pére" - at Helferei, Zurich / CH
"The sky is the limit" - at Merkurgarten, Zurich / CH
2016
“The Story of Z.” - Installation at Merkurgarten / CH
2015
“The Story of Z.” - Photobastei Zurich / CH
„Archaeology of memories“ – installation in public space at Merkurgarten, Zurich / CH
2013
„1-day Portrait Knitting“ in Chur / CH
as part of the art project „Chur Durchwühlen“ of diehasena and the Theatre of Chur
„Archaeology of memories“ – Installation in public space
as part of the urban art project „Invisible Zurichs“, Zurich / CH
2012
"In October the Angels" - at STP-Gallery for Eastern European Photography, Greifswald / DE
2010
“In October the Angels“ – Albert Schweizer House, Vienna / AT
2009
„In October the Angels” – Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin / DE
2008
„In October the Angels” – Nyitott Mühely, Budapest / HU
PUBLICATIONS
2004
“Contemporary buildings with clay in Austria” DVA / DE
2005
“Language of the Street” Sonderzahl Publishing House, Vienna / AT
AWARDS, ARTIST -IN-RESIDENCIES
2022
artist-in-residence at Kunsthaus Klosters, Kloster / CH
2021
artist-in-residence invited by Amt für Kultur Liechtenstein at Balzers / LI
2017
Micro-residency at Microcollection, Milano / IT
2004
Art Residency of Making it2 and the City of Vienna, for the project “Dictionary of the Street” with Thomas Dimov