16. January 2024

ARTIST TALK: BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER AND BRIAN PAUL LAMOTTE ABOUT THEIR NEW BOOK

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Christophe Guye Gallery in Zurich. We cordially invite you to the book signing and artist talk, taking place on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM...


15. December 2023

KUNSTHALLE BERN

I am very pleased to present my installation 'A Gaze of One's Own' in the large hall of the Kunsthalle Bern as part of this year's Cantonale Bern Jura. Opening: December 14th from 6 pm - Looking forward to seeing...


28. November 2023

HOT FROM THE PRESS: AN APPARITION OF MEMORY

    An Apparition of Memory - Brigitte Lustenberger Design: Brian Paul Lamotte Editors: Kanton Bern, Nadine Barth, Brigitte Lustenberger Texts: Chiara Agradi, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Yuri Mitsuda, Danaé...


18. October 2023

EXHIBITION ARTINSITU IN BANTIGEN

The farmhouse of the village of Bantigen will be transformed into my studio for the upcoming weekend, featuring laser copies of body images, dried flowers, and sculptures. I will be present on-site, and on Sunday, I will be...


18. October 2023

CROWD FUNDING FOR MY NEW BOOK

Support my book project « An Apparition of Memory » by securing a signed copy in advance. By purchasing my book or my artwork, you help me secure the final piece of the funding: CHF 100.00 A personally signed book will be...


A PRIVATE VIEW IN MY STUDIO

Please step in my studio and learn more about my process oriented, artistic work. I speak about my latest bodies of work An Apparition of Memory and A Gaze of One's Own in German with English subtitles. This is the link to the...


SOLO SHOW AT THE BEATRICE BRUNNER GALLERY

. . . . . . . I am thrilled to invite you to my first solo show «Between Mists of Memory» at the Béatrice Brunner Gallery in Bern from June 12 – July 3, 2021. On the opening day, June 12, I will be at the gallery from 1 to 4 pm...


SOLO SHOW AT THE CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALERIE

I am excited to invite you to the opening of my second solo show on May 5, at the Christophe Guye Galerie: «An Apparition of Memory» open from May 6 to August 28, 2021.I show new works from two series – A Gaze of One's Own und An...


FEATURE ABOUT ME AND MY WORK

«She preserves the passing» – Xymna Engel wrote a wonderful portrait about me and my work in the newspaper Der Bund (in german): link to the article Photo © Christian Pfander


THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

The Last Picture Show is the last show curated by Bernhard Giger at the Kornhausforum. I show one of my new flower images.


REVIEW WITH MINI-INTERVIEW

Link to the PDF: click here (Review in german)


WORKS AT THE KUNSTHAUS INTERLAKEN

The light bringing the dawn and Will blow away tomorrow are two collages, each made of 64 laser copies.  They are on display until April 4, 2021 at the Kunsthaus Interlaken together with other photographic works from other...


NEW WORKS AT THE CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALERIE

I am thrilled to show two new works in the showroom of the Christophe Guye Galerie as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the gallery in Zurich. H A P P Y  1 0 t h  A N N I V E R S A R Y to Christophe...


ARTICLE IN THE KUNSTBULLETIN MAGAZINE

Read the latest Edition of the Kunstbulletin about my solo show in the ancient cemetery of Monthey. Link to the article (in german)


WHAT IS LOVE? – THROUGH THE SEASONS

Enjoy the open air exhibition «What is Love?» at least four times a year so that you can experience how it changes with the seasons, although the blossoming Spring season may be among the best to explore the Baroque-minded...


WHAT IS LOVE? - OPEN AIR INSTALLATION IN AN ANCIENT CEMETERY

Opening: March 7, 2020 at 10 am in the Parc de la Torma in MontheyBrigitte Lustenberger installed 40 large-size photographs on the ground of an ancient cemetery that has been turned into a Parc. The out-door installation «What is...


NEW EDITION HOT OFF THE PRESS

My latest edition «The flower that smiles today» is now available at Benjamin Dodel Edition for CHF 220.00 and is on display this coming weekend at the book fair Edicion in Bienne. «The flower that smiles today» is printed as a...


INSTALLATION VIEW OF A NIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHY

My works are doing particularly well in the old BLS warehouses in Bern. The work shows flowers that were fixed on fragile glass slides. Collages of over 100 laser copies hang on the old warehouse wall and invite you to explore...


A NIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHY

I cordially invite you to the Fotonacht - a celebration for photography and its diversity!Friday, November 1, 2019 from 7pmAt the Schwarzenburgstrasse 35 in 3007 BernInfo: fotonacht.chPhotographers from various fields of...


WONDERFUL REVIEW ON THE ALMANACH

The german article (read below, link below) mentions me as one a four photographers who have been shaping the scene for the last 20 years. «So viele Fotografien. So viele Fotografinnen und Fotografen, konstatieren die...


ARTIST TALK @TART

On Juli 6, 2019, I am talking about my latest works at the Tart Gallery in Zurich. Why I am so much more moved by wilted petals than by flowers in full bloom? Why is there a photograph of cherry blossoms submerged in a pool of...


TART GALLERY: TUT EN FLUR

At Tart Gallery in Zürich I  am installing my newest flower works in the water, on a coat stand and a window pane.Welcome to the opening on June 20, 2019 from 6 bis 9 pmandto my artist talk on July 6, 2019 at 4 pm. Galerie...


NEW BERNESE PHOTOGRAPHY ALMANAC

A wonderful text by Martin Bieri accompanies my images in the new Bernese Photo Almanac: «Brigitte Lustenberger forscht nach dieser unauffindbaren, dünnen Schicht von Licht, an der sich die Dunkelheit vor und hinter dem Nichts...


FLOWER STILLS IN THE GALLERY STIHL WAIBLINGEN IN GERMANY

The Gallery Stihl Waiblingen in Germany displays my new flowers works in Aufgeblüht und abgelichtet: Blumen in der Fotografie from May 11 through August 25, 2019.Galerie Stihl Waiblingen, 11. Mai bis 25. August 2019


LES BOUTOGRAPHIES AND THE PRIZE OF THE JURY

My multimedial installation This sense of wonder is part of the official selection of the Festival Les Boutographies in Montpellier and nominated for The Price of the Jury; May 4 to 26, 2019 Mehr Informationen:...


ARTSTADTBERN 2019

I’ll show three new works at ArtStadtBern mixing the genres: a portrait, a nude and a still life. Come and stroll through the old town of Bern on May 3 and 4, 2019. More info: http://www.artstadtbern.ch/


ART AWARD OF THE CANTON OF BERN 2018/19

I am awarded with the Art Award 2018/19 of the Canton of Bern for my longterm project This sense of wonder. The grant will help me to investigate more into installative and sculptural concepts of photography. Save May 3 and 4,...


AUCTION BECAUSE EVERY PENNY COUNTS

Because Every Penny CountsI donate my still life Flowers X to Every Penny Counts organized by the Swiss Television programm «Glanz & Gloria»and the Glückskette. The money made by the auction benefits children in Switzerland...


WINNING JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD FOR STILL LIFE

I am very happy to announce that I won the12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award in the category still lifes. The images are going to be shown in Barcelona next spring … I will keep you posted :-)


STILL LIFE AT KUNSTHAUS PASQUART

At the Kunsthaus Pasquart in Bienne you’ll see my mandarin still life inside the Salle Poma in the course of the Cantonale Bern Jura 2018 through December and January. Hope to see you at the opening coming Saturday.Opening:...


FOTO FESTIVAL VERZASCA

I am excited to be part of the 5th Verzasca Foto Festival with my installation Don’t look now alongside other artists. Our projects are showcased in outdoor exhibitions in dialogue with the surrounding territory reflecting one of...


INTERVIEW WITH BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER

Brigitte Lustenberger on childhood memories, Baroque style and Alfred HitchcockSwiss artist Brigitte Lustenberger – winner of the the 7,000-euro Merck Prize in 2018 – talks to Canadian film maker June Chua for the...


JUBILEE PUBLICATION TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF KUNSTHALLE BERN

Lustenberger contributed alongside 24 other artists to the jubilee publication to mark the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Bern by editing and processing the archival footage of the shows between the years 1993 and 2018. The...


7TH MERCK PREIS GOES TO BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER

At the 10th Darmstädter Days of Photography the jury awards Brigitte Lustenberger with the 10.000 Euro Merck Award for her work This sense of wonder. After seeing the exhibition at the museum Künstlerkolonie on Mathildenhöhe in...


JUST WAIT AND SEE …

… the transformation of the photographic print under water. Don’t look now is on view at the 10. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (Darmstadt Days of Photography) from April 20 to 22, 2018. The disturbingly beautiful decay of the...


NOMINATED FOR MERCK PRIZE 2018

The decicion is made! The Darmstadt Days of Photography proudly present the nominees for the 7th 10.000 Euro Merck-Award: Hanna Becker, Brigitte Lustenberger and Michael Schmid. On 20 April 2018 the winner will be chosen by the...


REVIEW IN KUNSTBULLETIN MAGAZINE

The magazine Kunstbulletin publishes in its latest edition a review about my show Sneak Peek at  Christophe Guye Galerie in Zurich. Big thanks to the editorial team and to Mechthild Heuser!Here the link to the PDF-file of...


BUTTERFLY AND LEMON @ BEATRICE BRUNNER GALERIE

Béatrice Brunner Gallery shows a compilation of new and older flower and still life photographs of mine in the group show Butterfly and Lemon – Still lives in contemporary photography alongside Maurice Ducret, Gabriella Gerosa,...


NEW INSTALLATIONS

An in water submerged portrait surprises the viewer with an enraptured yet most unsettling and intense gaze – until it dissolves. Little holes in a table reveal the grace of a crumbled fly and the tenderness of an insect’s wing –...


SNEAK PEEK @ CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALLERY

Dead insects are transfigured in disturbingly beautiful projections. In a special exhibition at Christophe Guye Gallery artist Brigitte Lustenberger shows further elaborations on her analog multimedia installation This sense of...


MUSEUM OF ART IN INTERLAKEN AND MUSEE JURASSIEN DES ARTS

Within the Cantonalen Bern Jura I present two installations at the Museum of Art in Interlaken and at the Musée jurassien des arts in Moutier. In Interlaken I show a new compilation of photographs and light boxes, in Moutier I...


NEW INSTALLATION VIEWS

Installation views of This sense of wonder at the St Peter and Paul Church in Bern. I collect dead insects and fix them to glass slides with salt, hairspray, or glue. The bright light of old slide projectors transform their...


SUMMER SHOW AT BÉATRICE BRUNNER GALLERY

Excited to invite you to the summer show Flowers I at Béatrice Brunner Gallery in Bern:Opening on Friday, June 16, 2017 at 6pmThe show is on from June 17 to July 8, 2017Paintings and photography in dialogue with flowers.More...


IMPRESSIONS ARTSTADTBERN 2017

A wonderful place with incredible atmosphere!! Thanks to all the visitors who came by my installation This sense of wonder in the crypt of St. Peter and Paul church in Bern. I enjoyed all the encounters with people and exciting...


ARTSTADTBERN

In the heart of the city of Bern, in the underground crypt of St. Peter and Paul Church I present my analog multimedia installation This sense of wonder. The exhibition takes place in the context of ArtStadtBern. ArtStadtBern...


27. December 2016

INSTALLATION VIEWS: THIS SENSE OF WONDER

My project This sense of wonder is still at the very beginning ... nevertheless it has been shown in several places already: Musée de l'Elysée, Galerie Christophe Guye, La Filature, Dienstgebäude or at the Kunsthaus Langenthal....


08. December 2016

PRESSE: «FEROCE AND CHARMANT» with some »NOIRCEUR CANDIDE»

I am thrilled about the great press the show STILL-LEBEN at La Filature has gotten. «Et la noirceur candide des propositions de la Suissesse Brigitte Lustenberger: fleurs, insectes, papillons … Mais fanées et morts! Elle guette...


22. November 2016

STILL–LEBEN AT LA FILATURE IN MULHOUSE

I am thrilled to invite you to STILL–LEBEN, a group show @ La Filature in Mulhouse/France.Opening: Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 8pmThe show runs through from November 15 to December 18, 2016 and is part of the Regionale 17 and...


04. November 2016

PRESS REVIEWS

Art historian Mechthild Heuser chose the most wonderful words to review my show «This sense of wonder» at the Christophe Guye Gallery. The article has been published in the feuilleton magazine Ensuite. And what a surprise to find...


23. September 2016

UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR IN AMSTERDAM

I am excited to show new works at the UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR in Amsterdam with Christophe Guye Gallery. If you can't travel that far: You still have the chance to see even more works of mine – photographs, light boxes and projections...


24. August 2016

SOLO SHOW – CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALLERY

The long awaited moment arrives: I show my slightly different and analog Multimedia-Installation «This Sense of Wonder» at the Gallery Christophe Guye in Zurich, next to new flower still lives and light boxes.The solo show opens...


05. July 2016

SNEAK PEEK AT MY BOOK «STILL»

Leafing virutally through my publication «Still» is a beautiful way to experience my works. Please click on the this link: STILL The book is an edition edited by NEAR, a swiss association for contemporary photography, and...


15. June 2016

LA NUIT DES IMAGES – MUSEE DE L'ELYSEE

Recognised on the international scene, the Musée de l'Elysée is one of the most important museums dedicated entirely to photography. La Nuit des Images is held in the magnificent gardens of the Elysée in June of every year, the...


01. June 2016

17 SHOTS IN A BOX#1

This box contains 17 photographs from NEAR-photographers edited as postcards. I am proud to have my image Bugs Unknown II among them. This limited edition include photographs from Léonore Bau, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Sophie...


08. December 2015

CANTONALE BERN JURA @ Kunsthaus Langenthal

The annual Cantonale is coming up and I am happy to show at the Kunsthaus Langenthal. Three slide projections with real, found insects question our notion of beauty and repulsion, of transitoriness and of a medium that is about...


26. November 2015

CATCH OF THE YEAR 2015

I am thrilled to show my work at this year’s Catch of the Year im Dienstgebäude. A real fly as a projection raises more than one question … curious? Come and see:Catch of the Year 2015 at the DienstgebäudeOpening: Friday,...


26. November 2015

BOOK SIGNING AT THE MUSEE DE L’ELYSEE

What a wonderful event!! Nathalie Choquart and Nassim Daghighian organised this book signing at the Musée de l'Elysée Bookshop with four artists: Graziella Antonini, Delphine Burtin, Olivier Lovey and Brigitte Lustenberger....


07. October 2015

MUSEE DE L’ELYSEE CELEBRATES ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

To celebrate the 30th anniversary the Musée de l’Elysée has published two sets of postcards with each 30 photographs from their private collection. I am honored that my work Ansicht #2 has been chosen for this publication....


23. June 2015

CAMERA WORK

I am so proud to be part of CAMERA WORK shown in New York City. Sarah Hasted and Joseph R. Wolin have curated works of 15 photographers who have received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the photography program at Parsons The...


18. May 2015

PHOTO LONDON 2015

I am excited to have my first show with Christophe Guye Gallery at the PHOTO LONDON 2015.The international art photography fair has been curated by Tobia Bezzola (Museum Folkwang, Kunsthaus Zürich) and Bill Ewing (until 2010...


12. May 2015

SHORTLISTED FOR SWISS PHOTO AWARD 2014

My works have been shortlisted for the Swiss Photo Award. I am very honoured by this commendation. The show opens with a grand Award Night (for the last time) at the EWZ-Unterwerk-Building in Selnau/Zurich on May 13 at 7pm. The...


23. March 2015

ON A PANEL DISCUSSION: BERN – A SUITABLE PLACE FOR ARTISTS?

I am thrilled to be part of a round table discussing: Bern - a suitable place for artists? this coming saturday at 2pm at the Zentrum Paul Klee. Beate Engel will host the panel, participating artists and curators are Michael...


21. February 2015

DELIGHTED TO BE REPRESENTED BY CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALLERY

I am so happy to be working with Christophe Guye and his team. The gallery located at Dufourstrasse in Zurich shows an extremy thrilling program. I am so proud to be part of it. Christophe Guye GalleryDufourstrasse 31CH-8008...


04. February 2015

ARTICLE IN KUNSTBULLETIN

What a beautiful text pulished in the art magazine Kunstbulletin about my works at the gallery Kunstkeller run by Dorothe Freiburghaus (only in german): «Brigitte Lustenberger indes schafft fotografische Porträts, Blumenstücke,...


12. January 2015

SHOW AT THE GALLERY KUNSTKELLER

I am pleased to announce my show at  Dorothe Freiburghaus's gallery Kunstkeller in the old town of Bern. The old basement vaults are a wonderful place to show new and older works of mine. I'll be present at the gallery...


05. January 2015

A four-page spread article in French BSC News magazine

The article Brigitte Lustenberger – Le goût des autres ou Elégie en clair-obscur has been pulished in the french magazine BSC News issue of December 2014. The four-page spread article is written by art historian Julia Hountou....


05. December 2014

RENCONTRES - a projection of photographs in Lyon

Tonight the gallery L'Abat-Jour presents as part of the Festival de la Lumière a projection of works of different photographers in Lyon (France). I am excited that my series Watching is part of this...


27. October 2014

UNTITLED STILL – ArtStadtBern

ArtStadtBern invites artists to work with living and working spaces in the old town of Bern. For two days visitors can explore theses works and places the public does not have access to. «Behind thick brickworks in a deep well a...


27. October 2014

MAKING OFF: Untitled Still – ArtStadtBern

«Behind thick brickworks in a deep well a gaze is waiting to question your one reflection. Dare to tempt your vanitas.» Together with works from artist Boris Billaud I am showing a sunken photograph and some projections that are...


21. August 2014

KRASIS – MONUMENTAL OPERA-VIDEO-INSTALLATION

I am so excited! I Krà£sis – a monumental Opera-Video-Installation – is shown during five days on the Münsterplatz in Bern. Based on an idea by Julie Beauvais and after three years of working together on this project:Opening:...


21. August 2014

L'HARMONIE DES EXTREMES – STADTGALERIE

Inspired by Krasis the group show L'harmonie des extrèmes at the Stadtgalerie Bern is all about the four temperaments incorporated by Hippokrates. The differents works deal with the ancient medical concept that the four...


21. August 2014

MAKING OF KRASIS - FILMING IN BERLIN TOLD IN PICS

Informationen:Krà£sis – Opera urbain: August 21 to 25, 2014Every evening from 8.30pm Uhr to midnight on the Münsterplatz in BernFree and barrier-free Supported by: Pro Helvetia, Loterie romande, Kulturprozent ...


18. June 2014

SICHTWEISEN – PERCEPTIONS

Together with photographers Martin Guggisberg, Alexander Jaquemet and Caspar Martig I will show new works at the Kornhausforum as one of four photographic positions. Next to documentary, essay and commercial photography my works...


18. June 2014

SHANGHAI: HYPER-ACTIVE

HYPER-ACTIVE: AN EXHIBITION BY PARSONS PHOTOGRAPHY ALUMNIInaugurating the Parsons Design Center, Shanghai Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30pmExhibition: June 18 to September 30P.M. at the Parsons Design CenterNo. 652...


28. May 2014

WE MADE IT

Thank you so much for supporting my publication project. Over 80 people have helped to get my book «STILL» with my works «Previously on …» and «Still Untitled» printed in the next couple of weeks. The book contains 64 pages with...


21. April 2014

SUPPORT MY PUBLICATION PROJECT «STILL»

In «STILL» two of my works,  «Previously on …» and «Still Untitled», are going to be published. Please, support the project and get a signed copy of the book or be taken by the artist through her upcoming show. Follow the...


20. April 2014

INTERVIEW WITH BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER

What you always wanted to know about Brigitte Lustenberger and photography: Have a glimpse at the interview done by LAATIKKOMO and get to know more about the photographic backgrounds of the artist. Link to the interview:...


02. March 2014

LAATIKKOMO – SIX DEGREES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Laatikkomo can be translated into English as «Box»: it is a large, outdoor, glassed-in, box-frame-GALLERY in Jyväskylä, Finland. This project is inspired by the theory tested by American social psychologist Stanley Milgram that...


09. February 2014

INTERVIEW ON TRANSFORM

Radio SRF 2 features the first week of Transform with artists Peter Zumstein, Rebecca Rebekka, Valentina Vuksic and Brigitte Lustenberger. Sibylle Heiniger and Franz Krähenbühl speak about the conept of this interdisciplinary art...


16. January 2014

INTERVIEW ON RTS ESPACE 2

Today Julie Beauvais and Brigitte Lustenberger will talk about their project Krà£sis with Yves Bron in MAGMA on Radio RTS Espace 2 at 12.06pm. Krà£sis is a series of four video portraits of opera singers in monumental format...


14. January 2014

TRANSFORM – an interdisciplinary art project

During this week I am working with sound artist Valentina Vuksic, the artist duo Rebecca Rebekka and performer Peter Zumstein in this wonderful space at Güterstrasse 8 in Bern. This interdisciplinary art project is part of...


14. December 2013

CANTONALE BERNE JURA 2013/14

Two of my work groups are shown in the context of the Cantonalen Berne Jura 2013/14 at the Kunstmuseum Thun and the Musée Jurassien des Arts in Moutier. Both shows open on december 14, 2013. Hope you have fun and lots to explore...


29. November 2013

EXTRAVAGANZA – the body mis en scène

Art historians Julia Hountou and Ariane Pollet curate EXTRAVAGANZA, a show on the mise on scène of the body in contemporary photography. I am happy and proud to be part of this great selection. A beautiful catalog is available...


07. November 2013

NEAR BY NIGHT

I am happy to be part of the seventh edition of NEAR BY NIGHT that takes place this autumn at the Zinema with fourteen artists and a selection of about 300 images. Held every year by the association NEAR, these events are a...


29. October 2013

AT THE ARTFAIR KUNST 13 ZUERICH WITH WALTER KELLER GALLERY

I am thrilled to show my images which just have been granted with the Fotopreis 2013 des Kantons Bern at the artfair KUNST ZÜRICH 2013 at Walter Keller Gallery. Welcome to Booth B7!The Zurich Artfair takes place at the ABB halls...


25. October 2013

GEWINNERIN FOTOPREIS DES KANTONS BERN 2013!!!

Ich freu mich riesig über diese Anerkennung meiner Arbeiten! Herzlichen Dank der Jury und dem Team des Kornhauses! Und ein riesengrosses Merci an meine Familie, meine Freunde und Freundinnen und all die Personen, die mich in den...


24. October 2013

SELECTION PHOTO AWARD 2013 OF THE CANTON BERN

I cordially invite you to opening of «Selection Photo Award 2013 of the Canton Bern»:Thursday, October 24 3014 at 7pmat the Kornhaushforum in Bernwhere I will present three new works.Part of the show are Dorothée Baumann, Marion...


11. October 2013

BLOW FLIES

Blow Flies has been co-curated by Danaé Panchaud, Nadine Wietlisbach and myself. The show at the Photoforum PasquArt includes seven artists who have been working on new ideas about the still life: Emile Barret, Vanessa Billy,...


25. July 2013

LAGO FILM FEST

Widespread Exhibition shows works of mine in shop windows in the old town of Revine Lago in Italiy during the LAGO FILM FEST. Having my images exhibited during a Film Festival shows my close relation to movies, their aesthetics...


24. July 2013

NUIT DES IMAGES at the Musée de l'Elysée

24 image/s is a projection of 24 photographs from 22 artists, all member of NEAR, the Swiss association for contemporary photography. On a formal or content-based level, the images form a narative. The viewer is floating from a...


26. April 2013

NEAR BY NIGHT IN BERLIN SHOWS LUSTENBERGER

I am looking forward to seeing my works here in Berlin during the gallery weekend. There will be new works among the images that are going to be projected. NEAR BY NIGHT A Projection of photographs organised by  NEAR in...


04. April 2013

FOTOSALON III: TOBIAS ZIELONY & BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER

Young and talented photographer Lina Ruske not only shows her works at erstererster but invites people into her show to discuss different aspects of photography. I'll be talking to German photographer Tobias Zielony on April 4 at...


24. July 2013

ON A PANEL WITH KATHLEEN BÜHLER KUNSTMUSEUM BERN

Kathleen Bühler, curator at the Kunstmuseum Bern talks with  Gregor Graf, Alain Jenzer and Brigitte Lustenberger about cultural exchange in form of residency awards at the Berner Stadtgalerie.Thursday, March 21, 2013 at...


07. March 2013

LANDIS&GYR RESIDENCY: and then we take Berlin!!

Beginning of February me and my family moved to Berlin where we live and work for the next 6 months. Thanks to the Landis&Gyr Residency I have time to work and dwell very intensely on my projects, to discover history and...


07. February 2013

STADTGALERIE BERN Mitbringsel

MITBRINGSEL brings together artists who have been on a residency in a foreign country. 2008 I spent half a year in Cairo and produced works that are shown at the Stadtgalerie im PROGR for the first time. To meet and work with...


05. December 2012

CENTRE PASQUART, DIENSTGEBÄUDE AND KUNSTHAUS INTERLAKEN

As always over Xmas the art houses and museums focus on the local art scene. I am very excited to show two different group of works at the Art Museum Centre d'art in Bienne and at the Art Museum Interlaken. At the Dienstgebaeude...


25. October 2012

SOIRÉE GRAPHIQUE – TSI NAN FU

Adeline Mollard's poster TSI-NAN-FU is a free comment about how the early film of 1900 was fascinated by hypnosis and its representation and how this practice can be considered as a metaphor for the film medium itself. Brigitte...


05. October 2012

SOIRÉE GRAPHIQUE N°5 – Art meets Design

SOIRÉE GRAPHIQUE N°5 27 Artists – 27 Photographers – 4 Filmmakers – 5 Illustrators realized different Remakes of posters made by 28 Graphic designers!You are welcome to see all the remakes at the Kunsthalle Bern on Saturday or...


06. September 2012

NEW BOARD MEMBER OF THE KUNSTHALLE BERN

I am very excited to be a new board member of the association of the Kunsthalle Bern. It will be my pleasure to engage myself for a nationally and internationally known institution. I replace the artist Gartentor as...


24. August 2012

CENTRE PASQUART – A PROJECTION

The  Centre PasquArt is celebrating this coming saturday from 2pm to 2am. There is free entry to all the ongoing shows and a lot of cultural events are happening in and around the six institutions of the Center PasquArt....


12. July 2012

ELIZA'S EATING ELEPHANTS AND HATES TO DRAW TREES. STORYTELLERS II at sic! Raum für Kunst

Nadine Wietlisbach has curated this group show around narrative positions in contemporary art including Liudvikas Buklys, Ane Hjort Guttu, Bettina Graf, Dominik Hodel, Lucie Kolb, Brigitte Lustenberger, Reto Leuthold und Tine...


21. June 2012

NUIT DES IMAGES at the Musée de l'Elysée

I gladly invite you to NUIT DES IMAGES at the Musée de l'Elysée at Lausanne – the night of images. 40 projections with previously unreleased images of different photographers are shown in the museum's gardens. Art and photography...


14. June 2012

NEW MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE PHOTOFORUM PASQUART

Thank you for my election into the executive board of the Photoforum PasquArt in Bienne. I am looking forward to working together with all the other board members to keep up the very high level of this exhibition space devoted to...


23. May 2012

NEAR BY NIGHT

The forth edition of  NEAR BY NIGHT will take place at the Zinéma with thirty artists and more than 400 images. Held twice a year by the association NEAR, these events are a unique opportunity to discover the latest...


27. March 2012

THE NARRATIVE ELEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHY at the Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren in Germany

I am very excited to have four images out of three work groups included in the group shot at the Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren in Germany!! The Narrative Element in Photography March 31 to July 1, 2012 Opening: March 30 at...


16. March 2012

Images in the March-Issue of NEXT_38

NEXT is the monthly magazine of NEAR, a digital magazine of news concerning mainly contemporary photography in Switzerland. I am very proud to have my images published in the...


01. February 2012

Show at Walter Keller Gallery extended

My Solo Show Previously on … at the Walter Keller Gallery in Zurich has been extended until the end of february. Walter Keller and Barbara Egli are looking forward to your visit. The images on display are from...


27. January 2012

TV-Interview over 1000 Views!!!

The TV-Interview about my Solo Show in Strasbourg has had over 1000 views!! The interview was held in english with french subtitles. The Introduction is in french. The show included five of my series, shown in these most...


06. December 2011

Solo Show at the Walter Keller Gallery in Zurich

I am thrilled to be back with new works at the Walter Keller Gallery: With her multi-layered body of works Previously on ...  artist Brigitte Lustenberger takes inspiration in Baroque paintings, in their imagery...


15. November 2011

New catalog accompanies the show Première de Couv'

The collective Chambre à  Part from Strasbourg has published a wonderful catalog accompaning the group show Première de Couv'. The artists go back to books that had crucial influence on their works. Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The...


16. September 2011

Honorable Mention at the IPA Photography Awards 2011

At the IPA International Photography Awards 2011 three images of mine got an Honorable Mention: Flowers X, Still Untitled 1 and It Stank.


30. August 2011

Brigitte Lustenberger has been awarded with the prestigious Landis & Gyr Residency Award

I have been awarded by the foundation board of the Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr with a residency award for Berlin in 2013. This is a big compliment - thank you very much!


12. July 2011

UNEASY PLEASURE - Group show at the Red House in New York

UNEASY PLEASURE is a group show at the Red House including works of Meredith Allen, Sherry Griffin, William Lamson, Brigitte Lustenberger and Jim Ramer. Opening: Friday, July 15th 2011 from 6 to 9 pm Exhibition open from July...


06. July 2011

FAMILY VALUE - Group Show at Michael Mazzeo Gallery in New York

I am very excited that three of my images from the series Previously on … are shown at the Michael Mazzeo Gallery in FAMILY VALUE. The group show presents observations and interpretations of contemporary family relationships. A...


05. June 2011

PWP 35th Anniversary Photography Exhibition: Jury's Selection

The Jurors Elinor Carucci and Stephen Perloff have chosen my image I Am Watching You #1 from over 1000 submissions for the PWP 35th Anniversary Photography Exhibition. Opening: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 6 to 8 The show runs from...


10. May 2011

Red House Gallery - Group Show in New York

Aziz&Cucher, Brigitte Lustenberger, David Shull, Eli Ping and Lisa Biedlingmaier show works at the Red House Gallery Opening hours: May 21 to May 29, 2011, from 12am to 7pmOpening: Friday, May 20, 2011 from 6 to 9...


04. March 2011

After Dark

I am showing a new group of works in After Dark, a group show curated by Natahlie Herschdorfer (Alt. + 1000 Festival de photographie de montagne, previously curator at the Musée de l'Elysée) - with the friendly support of pro...


24. January 2011

Review in the Kunstbulletin 12/2010

Read the review on my solo show Gelenkte Blicke in the December issue of the art magazine Kunstbulletin:  www.kunstbulletin.ch


18. December 2010

Group show at the Alpineum Produzentengalerie in Lucerne

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I'll show new work in the group show Copies and Quotes at the Alpineum Produzentengalerie in Lucerne. Dezember 19, 2010 - January 8, 2011. More information:www.alpineum.comwww.sic-raum.ch


07. November 2010

Read the phantastic reviews on my Solo Show «Gelenkte Blicke»


20. August 2010

SOLO SHOW: Gelenkte Blicke

Gelenkte Blicke

Brigitte Lustenberger's images seduce the spectator's gaze into a wonderful universe. Her visual language is closely related to art history. Images of alleged scenes of crime confuse us as they look so familiar to us. Our own...


01. June 2010

inside out part II at the Kunsthalle Luzern

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Group Show at the Kunsthalle Lucerne from June 5 until July 11, 2010. In Previously on … Lustenberger works with three different genres: the portrait, the still life and the tableau vivant. She references Baroque paintings by...