Schang Hutter

1934 born in Solothurn, Switzerland

1950-54 trained in stone sculpture and applied arts at "Kunstgewerbe Schule" in Bern

1954 Attended the Fine Arts Academy (Akademie der Bildenden Künste) in Munich under the tutelage of Prof. J. Henselmann

1958 Confederate Swiss Art Scholarship of the State of Bavaria

1969 Studied lithography at the Warsaw Art Academy (scholarship)

1970 Trained sand casting in his own litho-workshop

1971 Joined Social Democratic Party (j)

1974-76 Member of cantonal art commission

1978 Member of the commission on the international “Sculptor Symposium 79” in Bochum

1982-1985 Studio in Hamburg

1985-1991 Studio in Berlin

1988-1989 Guest professor at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich

1988-99 Studio in Derendingen (CH)

1990 “Stiftung für die graphische Kunst in der Schweiz” prize (Swiss graphic arts foundation)

Since 1999 he lives in Genoa

Exhibitions (selection)

1971 Galerie Bernard, Solothurn

1972 "Junge Schweizer Kunst", Kunstgalerie Bochum / "Schweizer Kunst heute", Neue Galerie Graz

1973 Galerie Scheidegger & Maurer, Zürich / Galerie Medici, Solothurn / Kunstmesse Basel / IKI Düsseldorf

1974 Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg / Galerie Kammer, Hamburg / Kunstmesse Basel

1975 "Der einzelne in der Masse", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen / 22. Biennale "Fiorino", Florenz (Preis)

1976 Biennale Venedig

1977 Kunstmesse Basel

1978 Galerie Vieler und Bender, Düsseldorf / "Schweizer Kunst der Gegenwart", Helmhaus Zürich

1980 "Réalisme, réflexion – explosion", Pro Helvetia, Le Havre / Galerie Medici, Solothurn

1981 Hammer II, Basel

1983 Galerie Poll, Berlin-West

1984 "Huldigung an Max Beckmann", Galerie Poll / Berlin-West, Leipzig / Centro De Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian-Stiftung, Lissabon

1985 Galerie Poll, Berlin-West

1986 Galerie Schneidegger, Zürich / Galerie Muda 2, Hamburg / Tabor-Presse, Berlin-West

1987 Galerie Poll, Berlin-West / Institut für Moderne Kunst in der Schmidt-Bank-Galerie, Nürnberg

1988 BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen

1989 Kunstmuseum Solothurn (Retrospektive) / Neue Berliner Galerie im Alten Museum, Berlin-Ost (Retrosp.)

1989-91 Centre Cultur Swiss, Paris (Retrospektive)

1993 Porzellanfabrik Langenthal

1995 Galerie Rähnitzgasse der Stadt Dresden / Galerie Silvio Baviera, Zürich

2004 "Schang Hutter zum 70*", POLLstudio, Berlin