Sonja Duò-Meyer, photo by Ethan Oelman
Sonja Duò-Meyer (Swiss, b. 1953) is a ceramic artist in the modernist/minimalist tradition; she currently lives and operates a studio in Zurich. Taking cues from traditional Modernist precepts as well as Japanese aesthetic philosophy, Duo-Meyer’s works, which includes vessels, sculptural objects, and wall installations, are a study in meditative elegance achieved by actively restricting material, form, and color. An ever-present subtle asymmetry and the delicate balance of positive and negative space yield a visual stillness inherent across her entire body of work.
SONJA DUO MEYER
Born: 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Fantasy Island: Swiss Ceramics, Kunst Zeug Haus, Rapperswil – Jona,
Switzerland
Contemporary Ceramics, Ludwigsburg Palace, Ludwigsburg, Germany
2017 Zürich Meets Hong Kong: A Festival of Two Cities, K11, Hong Kong
Book Vernissage and Exhibition, Flakenplatz, Bern
Book Vernissage and Exhibition, Interni Wohngestaltung, Wetzikon,
Switzerland
Ceramics Museum Staufen, Studio Gallery, Staufen / Freiburg, Germany
2016 Passionément Céramique du Collection Frank Nievergelt, Musée Ariana,
Geneva
2015 Galerie Art Station Isabella Lanz, Zurich
Luxe, Calme, et Volupté, Swiss Ceramics, Musée Ariana, Geneva
2014 Six Women, Hostler Burrows, New York
In & Out, Trend Fair and Exhibition, Parkhotel Langenthal, Switzerland
Blickfang, International Design Fair, Kongresshaus, Zurich
Design Exhibition, The Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Design Miami, Hostler Burrows, Miami, FL
2013 Analog and Digital Figures, 100 Years of Swiss Werkbund, Ig Halle Art
House, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Swiss Contemporary ceramics, Museo d`arte Mendrisio, Switzerland
2012 In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd Schönenwerd
2011 Galerie Art Station Isabella Lanz, Zurich
DESIGNGUT, Fair for Sustainable Design, Winterthur
In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Small Format, Villa Severin, Zollikon, Switzerland
2010 INTERNI, Space Concept and Interior Design, Wetzikon, Switzerland
In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
2009 Small Format, Villa Severin, Zollikon, Switzerland
Grand Format Monumental, Fondation Bruckner, Geneva
Contemporary Ceramics, Antikenmuseum, Basel
Porcelain-white Gold, Museum Bellerive, Zurich
In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Disegno Suizo, MOA, La Coruna, Spain
2008 Art Design, Feldkirch, Austria
In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Gallerie Art Station, Zurich
Ig hall, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Mino Museum, Tajimi, Japan
Galerie Art Station, Zurich
Gallery Frederik Bollhorst, Freiburg / iBreisgau, Germany
Artist in Residence, Mino Museum, Tajimi, Japan
2007 Type Design, Feldkirch, Austria
In & Out Space for Swiss Design, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Gallery of Applied Arts, Munich
2006 Gallery Claudia Bollag, Unterstammheim, Switzerland
Kunsthalle, Wil, Switzerland
2005 Luxury Arts, Unique, Prototype, Reproduction, Museum Bellerive, Zurich
2004 Gallery Commercio, Zurich
2003 Form, Applied Arts at Bondensee, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Gallery Claudia Bollag, Unterstammheim, Switzerland
Form, Applied Arts at Bodensee, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Art Gallerie, Rorschach, Switzerland
2002 Gallery of Applied Arts, Munich
2001 3.2.1. Gallery, Zug, Switzerland
Gallery Marianne Heller, Heidelberg
Municipal Gallery of Art and Design, Uster, Switzerland
2000 Mémoire des bols, Yverdon-les-Bains
Gallery Claudia Bollag, Unterstammheim, Switzerland
1999 Rennweg Gallery, Zurich
1998 Gallery of Applied Arts, Munich
1997 Sound and Tones, Art November, Wetzikon, Switzerland
1996 Gallery of Applied Arts, Munich
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée Ariana, Geneva
Hotel Therme, Vals, Switzerland
Clinic aarReha, Schinznach-Bad, Switzerland
Museum Bellerive, Zurich
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2015 Luxe, Calme, et Volupté, Swiss Ceramics, Musée Ariana, Geneva
2013 Swiss Contemporary ceramics, Museo d`arte Mendrisio, Switzerland
2008 Artist in Residence, Tajimi, Japan
2006 Vessels Bringing Happiness, Design Biennale
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2005 Ceramica Multiplex, International Exhibition, Varazdin, Croatia
7th International Ceramic Festival, Mino, Japan (Honorable Mention)
Concorso International della Ceramica, Faenza, Italy
2004 Chapeau Wetzikon, Culture Prize of the City Wetzikon, Switzerland
2002 International Ceramics Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2000 Biennale ASK, Luzern
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
1999 Concorso International della Ceramica, Faenza, Italy
ASK Exhibition, Solothurn, recognition award
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich
1998 Gallery Marianne Heller, Heidelberg
International Ceramics Biennale, Cairo
L'Objet du Quoditien, Yverdon, Switzerland
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
1996 Biennale ASK, Winterthur (Jury Award)
1995 Triennale de la Porcelain, Nyon, Switzerland
International Ceramics Biennale, Cairo
1994 2nd International Biennale for Ceramics, Cairo
1993 Le cendrier, Concours International Musée Carouge, Switzerland
IV. World Triennial Exhibition, Osijek Price, Zagreb
1992 Biennale Inernationale, Vallauris, France
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Interiors Magazine, March / April (cover image)
2016 Passion for Ceramics: Frank Nievergelt Collection, Arnoldsche
Art Publishers
2015 Luxe, Calme, et Volupté, Swiss Ceramics, Musée Ariana, Geneva
2014 “Spotlight on ‘Six Women’ at Hostler Burrows,” C-File, October 29
2013 Contemporary Swiss Ceramics, Museo d’arte Mendrisio
Women set a course: 30 Portraits of Women from the Hinwil District
2009 “Grand Format Monumentale,” Fondation Bruckner, Geneva
2008 von Burg, Dominique. “Nishikigoi,” IG Halle, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
2006 Nievergelt, Frank. Kunsthalle Wil
2005 7th International Ceramic Festival, Mino, Japan
Lange, Regina. “Art and Perception,” no. 57
2001 Ferstendick, Natalie. “Six of the Best,” The Times, April 6
“Art and Perception,” Swiss Ceramics, No. 44
Haack Marinoni, Simone. Ceramic Magazine, No. 3
1996 Schneider, Heidi. Ceramic Magazine, No. 5
Ceramic Friends of Switzerland
