Exhibitions

L`Amour Magique - Soloshows Futura

Soloshow - part of the collective exhibition at Barbatti Haus organised by Network of Arts

Lucerne, Switzerland, 2021, August 28th - January 25th, 2022

Curated by Florian Paul Koenig and Aniko Koltai

Supported by: NOA Förderprozen and Casimir Eigensatz Foundation

INTIMATE LANDSCAPE

Group Exhibition at Go-Green-Art Gallery

Seestrasse 2, 8703 Erlenbach, Switzerland

2021, September 2nd - November 13th

Galerist Barbora Gerny

Voyage – Voyeur at IG Halle at the Museum Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil

Rapperswil, Switzerland, 2021, May 30th - August 8th

Artists: Clio Newton, Annatina Graf, Sonja Lackner, Janet Mueller, MARCK and Helena Wyss-Scheffler

Curated by Guido Baumgartner

Supported by: Susanne and Martin Knechtli-Kradolfer Foundation and Hans and Wilma Stutz Foundation

Photos: Guido Baumgartner

Muse gesucht at Visarte Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland, 2020, October 15th - 17th

Curated by Chiara Giardi

Muse gesucht

(Open to a Muse)

“The white father told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us – the poet – whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.”

(Audre Lorde, Poetry is not a Luxury, 1985)

Close-ups of organic forms into abstract lines, a fluffy feather labyrinth and breaking spheroid-waves. Sonja Lackner’s work is a journey into the sublime of inner places, into the depths of female power and awe. Where to start a sensual voyage if not from the body, the original and closest, the most intimate and alienating of spaces?

With the scientific eye of a chemist, the artist scrutinizes the body as the object and subject of her research. Yet, she doesn’t rationalize its poetry, its secretive, unpredictable power.

She focusses on the sensuality of touch, on the immediacy of skin against skin, as well as on the multifaceted emotions which arise during this playful expedition. Her bright, deep, and carnal palette conveys a red mystery: ‘Who dares to enter?’. Lackner pushes us, viewers, in an uncomfortable position by laying bare an obscure intimacy. We want to understand, to neutralize the mix of voyeurism and visceral curiosity that simultaneously attracts and scares us away. But the tension won’t be released, so let it bewitch you.

Muse gesucht (Open to a Muse) - 15th-17th October 2020 - is Sonja Lackner’s first solo exhibition. Embedded in the Frisch series by Visarte Zurich at Schoffelgasse 10, it brings together a selection of recent works (2019-2020) on different media: photography, video and installation. Each visitor brings his/her own story and character and can step into the position of a Muse during the Polaroid live events. Curiosity and playfulness are the key to this unique experience and will intensively influence the content of the new Polaroid series.

After a master’s degree in Chemistry (2010), Sonja Lackner (b. 1983, Kufstein/Austria) studied at the F&F School of Arts and Design and the Zurich University of the Arts. She currently lives and works in Thalwil/Zurich. Her work has been featured at "Kunsthalle Zurich" (2020, CH), "photo Schweiz" in Zurich (2020, CH), "ARTBOX.SCREEN" at ARTBOX Gallery Zurich (2019, CH), "Walk of Art" during Swiss Art Expo at central station Zurich (2019, CH), "A touch of" at Estudio Nomada in Barcelona (2019, ESP) and "Young Blood 3" at Gallery Macelleria d`Arte in Saint Gallen (2018, CH). In winter 2019 the artist joined “Estudio Nomada” during her residency in Barcelona followed by a residency in Iran.

Text: Chiara Giardi