Severin Hallauer

Severin Hallauer
Hallauer in 2022
Born
Severin Hallauer

(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996
Basel, Switzerland
Education
Style
Websitewww.severinhallauer.com

Severin Hallauer (born 1996 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss visual artist and actor living in Mexico City and Zurich.

Biography

Hallauer was born in 1996 in Basel and grew up in the rural Northwestern Switzerland. From 2013 to 2014, he completed the preparatory course at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel.[1] In 2014, Hallauer presented an art action while Art Basel on the Messeplatz that resulted in police intervention.[2][3]

After completing the preparatory course, Hallauer worked as an actor at the Theater Basel.[4] From 2015 to 2019, Hallauer completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts[5] and in 2018 in the Jankowski class[6] of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. His early performance works often involved public interventions and the use of his own body as an artistic medium, including a 2015 performance connected to Swiss military conscription, to which he appeared naked and painted white[7] and 2019 performance presented during Sofia Art Week in Bulgaria.[8]

Severin Hallauer received the 2021 Award for Visual Arts from the Canton of Solothurn.[9] Also in 2021, Hallauer moved to Mexico, where he has since lived and worked between Mexico City and Zurich.[10]

In addition to his work as a visual artist, Severin Hallauer also appears as an actor[11] and model.[12] He appeared in the short film Heart Fruit directed by Kim Allamand, screened at the Locarno Film Festival and other festivals.[13] In 2018, Hallauer performed in The Divine Comedy by Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Fondation Beyeler.[14]

Artistic work

Hallauer's artistic practice encompasses installation, sculpture, video, photography, text, and performance. His multidisciplinary works often combine physical objects, spatial arrangements, and audiovisual elements. His practice examines themes including inheritance, memory, belonging, vulnerability, and personal and collective experience. Recent bodies of work have explored questions surrounding migration, intergenerational transmission, and the relationship between intimacy and social structures.[9][15]

Quotes

Obstacles are challenges in which one can fail iconically at best. Creating art means learning to fail better.

— Severin Hallauer

[16]

Criticism

Severin Hallauer's work polarizes and receives both recognition[17] and critical feedback. Some critics praise his work as a bold and profound engagement with social and philosophical issues.[9] Some critics have questioned the role of provocation and self-exposure in Hallauer's performance practice. In 2024, Hallauer responded to this criticism in an interview, saying, "Scandal plays no role in my work. I don't sit in my studio imagining how I can provoke my fellow humans. It's an uncompromising honesty that I demand from my art. […] If viewers feel provoked by my art, it says more about them than about me and my art."[18]

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2018: Academiae – Youth Art Biennial, Franzensfeste[19]
  • 2019: Das Unbegreifliche Schweigen Der Welt, Gasträume 2019, Zurich[20]
  • 2019: what do you want me to believe in?, Æther Art Space, Sofia Art Week, Sofia
  • 2021: InRelation, I see you now, Schlumpf, Riehen
  • 2021: Loving Switzerland, Künstlerhaus S11, Kantonale Förderpreise 2021, Solothurn[21]
  • 2022: entrée&hommage, M54, Basel[22]
  • 2023: Eros Y Ambigüedad, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Mexico City[23]
  • 2023: Eros Y Ambigüedad, Galeria Revuelta, Mexico City
  • 2024: Radical Joy, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, New York[24]
  • 2024: Kunstpause 2024, Chollerhalle, Zug[25]
  • 2026: New Skies, Induction Gallery, Los Angeles[26]
  • 2026: ForRest, Centerfold, Los Angeles[27]
  • 2026: Detlef, Art Week Basel[28]

Performances (selection)

  • 2015: L‘individue neutre, Rekrutierungszentrum, Windisch[29]
  • 2016: In between the complexes, ACT Performance Festival 16, Théâtre de L‘Usine, Geneva
  • 2017: J’ai tué mon ami, ACT Performance Festival 17, Merian Gärten, Basel
  • 2017: reflection, Kunstfreitag, Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen[30]
  • 2019: duality, Sommerfest, Kunsthalle Bern
  • 2019: nude and monument, Sofia Art Week, Æther Art Space Sofia
  • 2019: redshift, Kunstraum Aarau[31]
  • 2020: I just want to be (in)visible, Queer Sex Health Festival, Kosmos, Zurich[32]
  • 2020: Surfaces, Bagno Popolare, Baden[33]
  • 2020: Unos Pro Omnibus Omnes Pro Oeconomia, Paradeplatz, Zurich

Filmography (selection)

  • 2017: Carvel – Fall For Me (Music video)[34]
  • 2017: Len Sander – Woman on the Run (Music video)[35]
  • 2017: Space Tourists – Dagger Child (Music video)[36]
  • 2018: Enoxaiar (Short film)[37]
  • 2019: The Burden Remains – Fluid (Music film)[38]
  • 2021: Heart Fruit (Short film)[39]
  • 2021: Livia Rita – Muscle of Freedom (Music video)[40]

Theater (selection)

  • 2015: Hamlet, Theater Basel
  • 2016: Médée, Opera, Theater Basel
  • 2017: Es war ein mal ein Einsam, Theater in allen Räumen 17, Theater der Künste, Zurich[41]
  • 2018: Lachsfrühstück für 1 Person, Theater in allen Räumen 18, Theater der Künste, Zurich[42]
  • 2019: I say I shoot you. you are dead, Gruppe CIS, Theater Rampe, Stuttgart, Sophiensääle, Berlin[43]
  • 2020: Abschied, Festival der Liebe VI, Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich[44]

References

  1. ↑ "Severin Hallauer — Kunstraum Aarau". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "The operation against art students is absurd" (in German). 26 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ↑ ""Concrete allegations against one person" in the paper plate affair" (in German). 16 November 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hamlet 2014/15 | Theater Basel Archive" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Media Archive". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Academiae Youth Art Biennial – "Where Plato Taught"". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Michael Hunziker (30 October 2015). "Windisch – Student Severin Hallauer: All in White with a Service Booklet" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Диана Петкова (23 July 2019). "Naked man climbs one of the lions in front of the Palace of Justice". Искра.бг (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "SOKULTUR – Cantonal Curatorium for Cultural Promotion". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Martin Rohde (3 December 2021). "Awards 2021" (PDF). www.s11.ch. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Dominik Wolfinger (26 January 2017). "The Fool's Freedom of Theater Students" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Disocihada by Hadito | Y-NOT Magazine" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Heart Fruit" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Public Day:". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "severin hallauer". Artsy. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Severin Hallauer". Kunstpause (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "The 10 Best Influential LGBTQ+ artists, according to Jimi Jules". Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Severin Hallauer" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "Academiae Youth Art Biennial – "Where Plato Taught"". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Projekte 2019 – Stadt Zürich" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  21. ↑ "Kantonale Förderpreise 2021". S11. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "Visarte | entrée&hommage 2022". Visarte | entrée&hommage 2022 (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  23. ↑ "Severin Hallauer: Eros y Ambigüedad". Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  24. ↑ "Radical Joy". Yonkers Public Library. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  25. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "severin hallauer — induction gallery". induction-gallery.com. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  27. ↑ "forrest.la". forrest.la. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  28. ↑ "https://detleff.netlify.app/". detleff.netlify.app (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2026. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  29. ↑ Michael Hunziker (30 October 2015). "Windisch – Student Severin Hallauer: Ganz in Weiss mit einem Dienstbüchlein". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  30. ↑ Harald Ruppert und Thomas Kapitel (6 March 2017). "Vielfältig und jung wie nie: Kunstfreitag zieht auch die Generation U30 an". suedkurier.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  31. ↑ "Severin Hallauer — Kunstraum Aarau". kunstraumaarau.com. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  32. ↑ "Reden über die sexuelle Gesundheit der queeren Community" (in German). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  33. ↑ "28. Nov. 2020: Finissage Körper.Baden.Flow". Bagni Popolari Baden (in German). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  34. ↑ CarvelOfficial (1 September 2017). "CARVEL' – Fall For Me [Official Music Video]". Retrieved 23 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  35. ↑ Len Sander (7 November 2017). "Len Sander – Woman On The Run". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  36. ↑ Space Tourists (28 February 2017). "Space Tourists – Dagger Child". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  37. ↑ "ENOXAIAR by Lea Gygli". Weird Wednesday 0711. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  38. ↑ "EXIT Filmkollektiv / TBR – FLUID". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  39. ↑ Doreen Kaltenecker (23 June 2023). ""Heart Fruit" (2022)" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  40. ↑ Livia Rita (2 December 2021). "Livia Rita : Muscle of Freedom". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  41. ↑ Dominik Wolfinger (26 January 2017). "Die Narrenfreiheit der Theaterstudierenden" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  42. ↑ Urs Bühler (7 May 2018). "Fieber in Zürich: Die Schweiz zum Auslachen". Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  43. ↑ "August 2019". kuhlerampe.wordpress.com (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  44. ↑ "Festival der Liebe Teil VI – Wohlan denn, Herz, nimm Abschied ABGESAGT! | Kulturhaus Helferei | Ausstellungen | kulturzüri" (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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