HANS ULRICH OBRIST
Hans Ulrich Obrist became Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes, and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery in 2006, joining Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Gallery Director and MOP CAP ’09 jurist. Obrist has curated and co-curated over 200 solo and group exhibitions and biennales internationally since 1991, including: World Soup, 1991; do it, 1994; Take Me, I’m Yours, 1995; Manifesta 1, 1996; Laboratorium, 1999; Cities on the Move, 1997; Live/Life, 1996; Nuit Blanche, 1998; 1st Berlin Biennale, 1998; Utopia Station, 2003; 2nd Guangzhou Triennale, 2005; Dakar Biennale, 2004; 1st & 2nd Moscow Biennale, 2005 and 2007; Lyon Biennale, 2007; Il Tempo del Postino, with Philippe Parreno for the Manchester International Festival, 2007; Everstill, 2008; and Yokohama Triennale, 2008. The Van Alen Institute awarded him the New York Prize Senior Fellowship for 2007-2008 and he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2009. Obrist is highly published and is contributing editor of Abitare Magazine, Artforum, Paradis Magazine and 032c Magazine.
Portrait by Juergen Teller