Biography

Taiyo Onorato (born 1979 in Zurich) and Nico Krebs (born 1979 in Winterthur) studied photography at the Zurich University for the Arts and worked together for 20 years.

Since 2023 they follow their individual practices.

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Solo Exhibitions

2021

  • Future Memories
    Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

2019

  • Future Perfect
    Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
  • Future Perfect
    Tableau, Zurich

2018

  • Defying Gravity
    KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin

2017

  • Konstruktionen
    Kunstverein Hildesheim
  • On the Other Hand
    Fotopub, Ljubljana

2016

  • Eurasia
    Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

2015

  • Eurasia
    Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
  • Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs @ Photoweekend 2015
    Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

2014

  • The One-Eyed Thief
    Contemporary Arts Center CAC, Cincinnati
  • Adding, Adding, Adding
    FOAM Amsterdam

2013

  • Ready (to be) made
    Le Bal, Paris

2012

  • Wozu Zeit
    RaebervonStenglin, Zurich
  • Light of Other Days
    FOAM, Amsterdam
  • End of an Era
    Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin
  • The Great Unreal
    MMAM, Moscow
  • End of an Era
    Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milano

2011

  • Nico Krebs vs. Taiyo Onorato
    Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz
  • Universal Studio
    Museum Bellpark, Luzern

2010

  • Tutto Incluso
    EX3 Contemporary Art Center, Firenze
  • The Secret Life of Plants
    Wardlow Gallery, Melbourne
  • The Great Unreal
    Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin
  • The Great Unreal
    Peter Lav Gallery, Kopenhagen

2009

  • Caravan: Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
    Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau
  • The Casting
    Suzie Q Projects, Zurich

2008

  • The Whole Shebang
    Swiss Institute, New York

2007

  • Factoiden
    Wartesaal Perla, Zurich

2006

  • Twilight Switch
    P.S.1 MoMA, New York

2005

  • Getflat, Fokus Switzerland
    EGO Gallery, Barcelona

Group Exhibitions

2024

  • What Things Dream About
    MMCA Seoul
  • Making Light of Everything
    Centre de la Photographie Geneva
  • GIARDINO DI ACCLIMATAZIONE
    Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona
  • In Absence
    Philara Collection, Düsseldorf

2022

  • The Sky Looks Amazing From Here
    Biennale Mulhouse, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg
  • WerkschauHaus
    Konstruktiv, Zürich
  • Zukunftserinnerungen
    GluriSuterHus, Wettingen
  • The Sweetest Patriots
    Kupper Modern, Zurich
  • Occupying Photography
    Atelier Noua, Bodø
  • C‘e tempo per le nespole
    Mueso Storico Italiano della Guerra, Rovereto
  • Davor. Darin. Danach.
    Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
  • Tiefenschärfe
    Kunstmuseum Solothurn
  • Analog Total
    Grassi Museum, Leipzig

2021

  • A Higher Calling
    White Space, Beijing
  • Swiss Art Awards
    Messe Basel
  • On Photography - New Perspectives
    Edition VFO, Zürich
  • Biennale dell‘Immagine
    Chiasso
  • Persistenze
    La Rada, Locarno

2020

  • From A to B - Von Straßen, Highways und Datenströmen
    Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
  • 5 Days for 14 Artists
    Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
  • Werkschau
    Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
  • Festival Images
    Vevey
  • Contact Photography Festival
    Toronto
  • Photo 2020
    Melbourne
  • With / Against the Flow
    G Museum, Nanjing

2019

  • Bauhaus und die Fotografie
    Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt
  • Gibellina PhotoRoad
    Gibellina Nuova
  • Swiss Art Awards
    Art Basel, Basel
  • Bauhaus und die Fotografie
    Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
  • With / Against the Flow
    Museum for Contemporary Art, Guangzhou

2018

  • Bauhaus und die Fotografie
    NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
  • Architecture Biennial
    Tbilisi
  • Werkschau
    Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
  • Back to the Future
    C/O Berlin
  • Darmstädter Fototage
    Darmstadt
  • Back to the Future
    FOAM Amsterdam
  • Aeschlimann Corti Stipendium
    Kunsthaus Langenthal
  • The Open Road
    Telfair Museum of Art Savannah, Georgia
  • Natural Artifice
    Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford

2017

  • Material Remains
    Manchester School of Art - The Holden Gallery, Manchester
  • bilder fragen
    H2 - Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg
  • 5 x 5 still lifes
    KiZ (Kultur im Zentrum), Gießen
  • 5 x 5 still lifes
    Museum Ratingen, Ratingen
  • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017
    Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
  • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017
    The Photographer's Gallery, London
  • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017
    Aperture Gallery, New York
  • Jeju Biennale
    Jeju Museum of Art, South Korea
  • Grenzerfahrungen,
    Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin
  • The Open Road
    Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
  • The Open Road
    Museum of Fine Art, St.Petersburg, Florida

2016

  • 5 x 5 still lifes
    Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt
  • Momente der Auflösung
    Marta Herford, Herford
  • Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße
    Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
  • The Open Road
    Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo
  • The Open Road
    Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit
  • The Open Road
    Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville

2015

  • Blue Moon
    Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt
  • Hello Walls!
    Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen
  • Constructeurs d‘absurde
    CAC Meymac
  • Welt in Farbe
    Museum Rietberg, Zurich
  • Comment, please
    sic! Kunstpavillion, Luzern
  • 5 Years
    RaebervonStenglin, Zurich
  • The City as Detail
    Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin

2014

  • Surfaces - Neue Fotografie aus der Schweiz
    Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • Grain, Wood, Flax, Turf,
    Voorkammer, Lier
  • Die Ausstellung
    KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
  • Festival Images
    Ville de Vevey
  • Reconstructions
    Belfast Exposed, Belfast
  • Desiderata
    Kunsthaus Aarau

2013

  • Covering One's Back
    Gezira Art Center, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
  • The Camera's Blind Spot
    Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Sardegna, Italy
  • Rythm in it
    Kunsthaus Aargau, Aarau

2012

  • Photography is Magic
    Biennale, Daegu, South Korea
  • Junge Menschen
    Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
  • La jeunesse est un art
    Jubiläum Manor Kunstpreis 2012, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • Hier beginnt die Welt
    Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
  • Art and the City
    Zürich, Switzerland
  • Peripheral Views: States of America
    MoCP, Chicago, USA
  • Vom Photo
    Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • State of the Art
    NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Silverstein Annual
    Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
  • Aperture Remix
    Aperture Gallery, New York
  • Lichtsensibel
    Kunsthaus Aargau

2011

  • Time to Meet
    De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 30 Best Photobooks of the Decade
    selected by Martin Parr, PhotoIreland, Dublin, Ireland
  • Walking Through… MUDAM Collection
    MUDAM Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Un’ Espressione Geografica
    Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
  • Vom Photo
    Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany

2010

  • Karaoke
    Fotohof, Salzburg
  • Antifoto
    Kunstraum, Düsseldorf
  • Chasing Dreams
    Kunstraum Riehen
  • Ort
    Kunsthalle, München

2009

  • Karaoke
    Fotomuseum, Winterthur
  • Nail Soup
    Peter Lav Gallery, Kopenhagen

2008

  • The Language of Humour
    SOGA Gallery, Bratislava
  • Journées photographiques de Bienne
    Biel/Bienne
  • ART Bingo
    Atelier Leimbach, Zurich

2007

  • Block
    Les Complices, Zurich
  • Het Totaal Rappel
    MoMu, Antwerpen
  • Terrains d’Entente / Paysages Contemporain
    Rencontres d’Arles, Arles
  • This Modern Life
    Senko Gallery, Viborg

2006

  • Musee Coco
    Kunstmuseum, Thun

2005

  • Backflash
    F.A.I.T. Gallery, Krakow
  • Moment of Truth
    Design Center, San Francisco
  • Swiss Folks
    Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva
  • XXème International Festival of Photography
    Villa Noailles, Hyères
  • Musée CoCo
    Les Complices Galerie, Zurich

Awards / Grants /
Residencies

2022

  • Artists in Labs Residency KAUST, KSA
  • Landis & Gyr Stipendium

2020

  • ProHelvetia Werkbeitrag
  • Freiraumbeitrag, Kanton Zurich

2019

  • UBS Grant, Zurich

2018

  • Werkstipendium Kanton Zürich
  • Schönste Schweizer Bücher, Bundesamt für Kultur

2017

  • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize Nomination

2013

  • Foam Paul Huf Award, Amsterdam
  • Kindle Project Award, Santa Fe

2011

  • Swiss Design Award, Bundesamt für Kultur

2010

  • Selection Best Photobooks of 2009, Photoeye USA
  • Schönste Schweizer Bücher, Bundesamt für Kultur
  • Wardlow Art Residency Melbourne

2009

  • Jury Selection, Plattform 09, Fotomuseum Winterthur

2005

  • New York Studio Grant, City of Zurich
  • Magazin Award, The Selection, Zurich
  • Second Price, vfg Young Talents, Zurich
  • Festival Grand Prix, International Festival of Photography, Hyères

Publications (selection)

2024

  • What Things Dream About, Catalogue MMCA Seoul

2023

  • WATER COLUMN, Artist Book, Edition Patrick Frey

2022

  • Tiefenschärfe, Catalogue, Scheidegger & Spiess

2021

  • Future Memories, Artist Book, Edtion Patrick Frey
  • Off Camera, Roma Publishers

2017

  • Continental Drift, Artist Book, Edition Patrick Frey

2015

  • Self Publish, Be Happy, Aperture Foundation
  • Experimental Photography, SHS Publishing
  • Photography is Magic, Aperture Foundation

2014

  • Open Road - Photography and the American Road Trip, Aperture Foundation
  • Lightning Tree, Artist Book, self published

2013

  • Light of Other Days, Artist Book, Kodoji Press
  • Raise the Bar, Artist Book, RVB Books
  • The Cameras Blind Spot, Catalogue MAN

2012

  • Photographic, Catalogue Biennale Daegu
  • Hier beginnt die Welt, Catalogue Kunsthaus Langenthal
  • La Jeunesse est un art, Catalogue, Edizione Periferia
  • Art and the City, Catalogue, JRP Zurich
  • State of the Art Photography, Feymedia / NRW Catalogue

2011

  • AS LONG AS IT PHOTOGRAPHS / IT MUST BE A CAMERA, self published
  • 100 New Artists, by Francesca Gavin, Laurence King Publishing
  • 30 Best Photobooks of the Decade, selected by Martin Parr, PhotoIreland, Dublin,
  • Un’ Espressione Geografica, Catalogue, Fondazione Rebaudengo, Turin
  • Vom Photo, Ausstellungskatalog, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

2010

  • AntiFoto, Boehm Kobayashi / Kunstraum Düsseldorf
  • Made in Italy, Artist Book, Rollo Press, Zurich and Ex3, Florence

2009

  • THE GREAT UNREAL, Artist Book, Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich
  • Karaoke, Exhibition Catalogue, Kodoji Press / Fotomuseum Winterthur

2008

  • The Whole Shebang, Exhibition Catalogue, Swiss Institute

2007

  • Het Totaal Rappel, Exhibition Catalogue, Momu Antwerpen
  • BLOCK, Les Complices & Edition Fink
  • Photography Made in Zurich, Thomas Weski, Scheidegger & Spiess Verlag

Collections

  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
  • CNAP, Paris
  • MOCP, Chicago
  • Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur
  • Sammlung Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • MUDAM – Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
  • Collection Kunsthaus Aargau
  • Collection Museum Bellpark, Kriens
  • Collection Stadt Biel
  • Collection Stadt Zurich
  • Collection Kanton ZürichThe National Museum of Photography, Denmark
  • FOAM, Amsterdam
  • Vontobel Collection, Zurich
  • Post Collection, Bern
  • Julius Bär Collection, Zurich
  • GVB Bern
  • Roche, Basel