Jürgen Beck is a visual artist and photographer working at the intersection of contemporary art, architecture, and research-based practice. He lives and works in Zurich and graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig.
Exhibitions/Publications
Copper Moon, Spector Books, 2026, upcoming
The leave the ornamentation of it to nature, Bauhaus Dessau, 2026
You are the end of desire, Migros Schaan, 2026
Sun Breakers, book launch, in conversation with Evelyn Steiner, Last Tango, Zurich, 2023
Empathy When, Tropez, Berlin, 2023
Sun Breakers, in conversation with Anke Dyes, New Toni, Berlin, 2023
Typ und Reihe, Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl, Zurich, 2022
Close Friends, Galerie b2, Leipzig, 2020
Local people compare it to breathing champagne, Material, Zurich, 2019
New Deal at Book Lovers’ Shelf, Camera Austria, Graz, 2019
Traversées du Marais, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2019
New Deal, book launch, UC Books & Archiv Schifferli, Zurich, 2018
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, 2018
Die Versammlung, Shedhalle, Zurich, 2017
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2017
New Deal, Ditch Projects, USA, 2017
Relatively Speaking, Galerie b2, Leipzig, 2017
Sidelights, Reto ZHdK, Zurich, 2016
Escape Architecture, Kunsthalle Luzern, 2016
Lasso No. 7, Cosmic, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, 2015
Werkschau Kanton Zürich, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich 2015
Down the Rabbit Hole, Englaenderbau, Liechtenstein, 2014
Bouquet, Kulturbuero Zurich, 2014
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, 2014
Viaggio in Italia, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., 2013 / Werkschauhalle, Leipzig, 2012
Nuova, Mzin, Leipzig, 2012 and Studio 2o46, Berlin, 2012
Schichtwechsel, Kunstverein Liechtenstein, 2011
W Sunset And Hyperion, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2010
Those Days of Dancing (Are Gone), DoMus, Schaan, Liechtenstein, 2010
Squeeze, Hinterconti, Hamburg, 2008
Even Clean Hands Can Cause Damage and Leave Traces, Westwerk, Hamburg, 2008
Die Läufer, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig, 2007
Kalte Herzen, Villa Bosch, Kunstverein Radolfzell; Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, 2007
Fellowships/Artist Residencies
Bauhaus Residency Programme, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, artist-in-residence, 2025
Atelier Berlin, Office for Cultural Affairs, Canton of Zurich, artist-in-residence, 2024
Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, research travel grant USA, 2024
Erna and Curt Burgauer Foundation, publication grant, 2024
Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, publication grant, 2022
Volkart Foundation Winterthur, project grant, 2021
Office for Cultural Affairs, Canton of Zurich, project grant, 2021
Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, research grant, 2021
SWB Experimenthaus Neubühl, Zurich, artist-in-residence, 2021
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, artist-in-residence, 2019–20
Erna and Curt Burgauer Foundation, publication grant, 2018
ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, project grant, 2017
Coast Time, USA, artist-in-residence, 2017
Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland, artist-in-residence, 2016
Atelier Genua, Office for Cultural Affairs, City of Zurich, artist-in-residence, 2015
Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Nuova, project grant, Leipzig, 2012
Teaching/Lectures
RWTH Aachen University, Department of Artistic Methods, guest lecturer, 2025
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, BA Camera Arts, lecturer, 2025-present
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, guest lecturer, 2025
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Institute of Architecture, Research Associate in Photography, 2019–present
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Department of Photography, guest lecturer, 2024
ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture and Art, guest lecturer, 2016–2019
Hochschule Konstanz, Faculty of Architecture and Design, guest lecturer, 2017–2018
Kunstschule Liechtenstein, Photography Foundation Programme, 2015-present
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Architecture, Artistic Associate in Photography, 2012–2015