Julian Zehnder
Julian Zehnder is an artist and composer who delves into the interplay between humanity, technology, and nature through his creative endeavors. He employs a range of mediums, including sound, sculpture, and collaborative techniques, to stimulate a dynamic and reflective discourse between the real and digital realms. Zehnder’s artistry harnesses synthetic sounds and field recordings to evoke a sense of liveliness and motion, while his integration of technology underscores the constantly evolving state of our contemporary society. His artwork encourages viewers to contemplate the influence of technology on their daily existence and how it affects their perception of the surrounding world.
Among others, Zehnder’s works have been shown at Kunsthalle Basel, De Appel Museum Amsterdam, Swiss Art Awards, LT4K Cologne, Kantonale Bern, Festival Electroacoustique Monaco and Creative Media Center Hong Kong. He won several competitions such as Kiefer Hablitzel Göhner Price 2019, Bronze Award at 3D Audio Production Competition in Ambisonics 2021 and the ZHdK Grant Award 2022. He completed a BA of honours in Music Composition in 2022 at Zurich University of the Arts and is currently doing a MFA in Sound Art at Columbia University in New York.
Awards
→2022
ZHdK Grants Award
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
→2021
Honors for Bachelor’s Degree,
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
→2019
Education
→2022
MA Sound Art
Columbia University, New York
→2020
BA Computermusic
University of Arts Graz
→2019
Summer School Fabrication of Relics
City University of Hong Kong
→2018
BA CMP — Electronic Music Composition
ZHdK, Zürich
→2017
Precollege Sound-Arts
HKB, Bern
Exhibitions/Concerts
→2023
Beyond Dissolving Limits
Open Studio Columbia University New York
Spiral Cadence Series in Bbmaj7
theBlanc Gallery New York
Midsummer Dreams
Chaos Computer Club New York
Serenity in Turbulence
Jewish Museum New York
togetherness can be lonely and difficult too
Wallach Art Gallery New York
→2022
Degrees of Being
Open Studios Columbia University New York • collaboration with V. Vivas
Pleasure
Backslash Festival Zürich
Autopoiesis - The Auralisation of Connectivity
Projektraum Dietikon • collaboration with M. Hottarek
365 I'm alive
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste • collaboration with S. Becker
Post Millennium Flowerfield
Rhizom Festival Rote Fabrik, Zürich
→2021
Diacycles
School Spiegel, Köniz • collaboration with I. Schärer
sphere 1 (cancelled due to covid19)
Tonhalle Maag, Zürich
→2020
Surroundings
Schausammlung, LTK4 Köln
oh mia bambina cara
collaboration with S. Scherini
Dear D, sun has gone, night has come. Are you full of hope too?
Binz39 Zürich • collaboration with J. Etter
cats
Unanimous Consent, Zürich
Post Millennium Flower Field
From Noise To Silence, Künstlerhaus Bregenz
behind the curtain
Winkel, Luzern • collaboration with N. Bussien
→2019
Nevermore — Remix
Lange Nacht der Zeitgenössischen Musik, ZHdK Zürich
grenzen
Cantonale Bern, La Nef, Le Noirmont • collaboration with N. Bussien
Autopoiesis
Pleasure Zone, Summe Basel • collaboration with M. Hottarek
Autopoiesis
Lokal Int, Biel • collaboration with M. Hottarek
Surroundings, DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Sattelkammer, Bern
A Beautiful Summer
Milieu, Bern • collaboration with M. Almusibli
Die Nachricht
KEINRAUM, Neubad Luzern • collaboration with O. Abächerli
grenzen
JKON Olten • collaboration with N. Bussien
Advertisement
videokunst.ch, Houdini Kino Zürich • collaboration with P. Ortelli
cats, Fabrication of Relics, R.R.S.
Creative Media Center, Hong Kong
intones with a voiceless song
Swiss Art Awards Basel • collaboration with M. Almusibli
beats.001
Festival Electroacoustique Monaco
innere Chor
Aussteigen auf Zeit, Kloster Dornach • collaboration with N. Bussien / I. Schärer
beats.001 Uraufführungsabend
ZHdK Zürich
A Story of Love and Violence
Platform CACY, Yverdon-les-Bains • collaboration with M. Almusibli
→2018
Live Set
Schwobhaus, Bern
3 Stücke für Roboter und Klavier
ZHdK, Zürich