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Short Introduction

My name is Peter Erni, I'm an former art student (Bachelor of Arts in New Media Art & Master of Arts in Art Education, Curation and Museum Education) of the Art School Zurich (ZHdK).

I've worked as graphic designer, photographer, curator for an art gallery, project manager for a promotion company and assistant in a communication company.

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Education & Experience

University & Secondary School

ZHdK / Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Bachelor of Arts in New Media Art
Master of Arts in Art Education (Curating & Museum Education)
Length of time: Autumn 2007 - January 2011

www.unisg.ch
Assessment semesters 1-2
Length of time: Autumn 2001 - Winter 2003

Gymnasium Immensee '00

Employers

Nadja Brykina Gallery
Position: curator & assistant to the manager (Feb. 2007 - Jan. 2011)
Position: curator & deputy CEO (Feb. 2011 - present)
Length of time: February 2007 - present
Description: Nonconformist Russian Art of the second half of the 20th century

Erni Art & Photography
Position: owner-manager
Length of time: January 2006 - present
Description: art, photography, design, portraiture, etc.

Serpentine Gallery London
Internship: assistant to the project curator Janna Graham
Length of time: August – October 2010
Description: Centre for Possible Studies (Edgware Road Project)

Spool AG
Position: executive manager
Length of time: July 2001 - June 2007
Description: Spool is one of Switzerland's biggest and most successful promotion companies. I worked as freelance executive manager for various promotions for clients as Coke Zero, Heute Newspaper, Concordia Insurance, IKEA, KENT, etc.

www.scheffold.vizner.com
Position: photography assistant & graphic designer
Length of time: January 2004 - December 2005
Description: advertisement photography

Bohnenblust, Haas Kommunikation
Position: advertisement assistant
Length of time: 2003
Description: communication and advertisement company

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Exhibitions & Publications

Group Exhibitions

"Diesseits von Eden"
Galerie Nordstrasse
Fr. 26. Jan. - Sa. 17. Februar 2007
Eveline Ackeret, Peter Erni, Zahida Huber, Roland Koch, Sarah Lloyd, Estelle Obrist, Marion Walz
Web: www.galerie-nordstrasse.ch

"Jahresausstellung ZHdK 2009"
VBK Bildende Künste 1. Stock
Do. 28. Mai - Do 4. Juni 2009
Web.: www.zhdk.ch, Das Bilderrauschen

Solo Exhibitions

"Sex & Murder"
Dachstock-Galerie @ NG52
Neugasse 52, 5. OG
Fr. 29. - So. 31. Mai 2009
Web.: Sketches & Paintings

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Exhibitions curated or co-curated
@ Nadja Brykina Gallery:

Jun., 2011 | Francisco Infante, Severin Infante - Artefacts
Mar., 2011 | Yuri Zlotnikov - Movement. Space
Jan., 2011 | Marlen Spindler - Portraits and Signs
Mar., 2010 | Marlen Spindler - Marlen Spindler's Russia
Apr., 2009 | Var. Artists - Russian Landscape (realistic to abstract)
Mar., 2008 | Vladimir Sosciev - Retrospective
Dec., 2007 | Mikhail Krunov - Retrospective
Sept., 2007 | Alexei Kamensky - Retrospective
May., 2007 | Vladimir Andreenkov - Retrospective

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Publications
@ Nadja Brykina Gallery:

Gusev, Vladimir & Yevgenia, Petrova (2011): Unofficial Meeting - from the Brykina Collection, Switzerland. St. Petersburg, Palace Editions. ISBN 978-3-86384-038-9.
My responsibility: layout & book design, photography, structure and consultant with regard to the contents
Brykina, Nadja (2009): Valery Yurlov - Diary of an Artist. Zurich, Nadja Brykina Editions. ISBN 978-3-9523523-9-7.
My responsibility: photography, cover design and consultant with regard to the design and layout
Brykina, Nadja (2009): Marlen Spindler - Wandering in an Ancient Land. Zurich, Nadja Brykina Editions. ISBN 978-3-9523523-0-4.
My responsibility: photography, cover design and consultant with regard to the design and layout
Brykina, Nadja (2009): Marlen Spindler - Behind Prison Bars. Zurich, Nadja Brykina Editions. ISBN 978-3-9523523-2-8.
My responsibility: photography, cover design and consultant with regard to the design and layout
Brykina, Nadja (2009): Marlen Spindler - Painting in Freedom. Zurich, Nadja Brykina Editions. ISBN 978-3-9523523-4-2.
My responsibility: photography, cover design and consultant with regard to the design and layout
Brykina, Nadja (2007): Vladimir Soskiev. Zurich, Nadja Brykina Gallery. ISBN 3-9523155-8-3.
My responsibility: photography and consultant with regard to the design and layout

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My Blogs & Pages
Pgart (my blog about my works and projects)
Museum 2.0 (my work-blog for my Master Thesis)
Issuu (my portfolios on issuu.com)
Flickr (my photographs)
Lost & Found (my blog to collect interesting stuff from the web)
Facebook (my personal page on facebook)
Twitter (my twitter account)
ZuriGo! (a collaborative blog for sports, friends and leisure)