Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1947.
Lives and works in Munich, Germany.
Urs Lüthi's main technique is photography. The work's substance is revealed through the most commonplace but unique things life has. His main expressive genre remains the self-portrait.
For the photography exhibition held in the gallery in 2006, Catherine Putman edited a 10-proofs portfolio, « The remains of clarity/Ce qui reste de la clarté ».
EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES (SÉLECTION)
2022
"Urs Lüthi, More or less, y un pocuiito mas...", Galeria Aural, Alicante, Espagne
"Urs Lüthi, How to get confortable in a uncomfortable world", Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne, Switzerland
"More or less", Galeria Aural, Madrid, Espagne
2021
"Urs Lüthi. Superhuman", Galerie Windhager von Kaenel, Zurich, Suisse
2020
"Urs Lüthi, Trademark", the women’s darkroom+gallery, Brooklyn / New York, US
Otto-Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2019
"Urs Lüthi at innen", innenbooks, Zurich, Suisse
OTTO-GALLERY Bologna, MIART Milan, Italie
2018
"Just Another Dance", Centre culturel suisse, Paris, France
"Urs Lüthi Facetten eines Selbstportraits. PRINTED MATTER", Kunstbibliothek Sitterwerk, St.Gallen, Suisse
"Urs Lüthi SACROSANCTUM 11", Oratorio di San Mercurio, Palerme, Italie
"Don’t ask me, if you know that I am too weak to say no Urs Lüthi", Fondazione107, Turin, Italie
2017
"Heimspiel", Museum im Bellpark Kriens, Suisse
"Transmission Error & Similar Disasters", Galerie Coucou Kassel, Allemagne
Palazzo Ducale Massa, Carrara, Italie (with Arnold Mario dall’O)
"Il mio Corpo nel Tempo", Galleria d`Arte Moderna A. Forti (with Ontani & Opalka),Verone, Italie
Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France (with Alf Schuler)
"Lost Direction V", Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania, Italy
"Transmission Error", Artothek, Munich, Germany (with Charlotte Mumm)
2016
"Lost Direction", Otto Gallery at ARTISSIMA, Turin, Italie
"Urs Lüthi–Art is the better Life", Otto Gallery, Bologne, Italie
Katz-Contemporary, Zurich, Suisse
Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano, Italie (with Arnold Mario dall’O)
2015
"Spot on Urs Lüthi", Centre Culturelle Suisse, Paris, France
Foyer, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse
"Urs Lüthi", Kunsthalle Go?ppingen, Allemagne
"Urs Lüthi", The Corridor Reykjavik, Islande
2014
"Urs Lüthi, new classics", Galerie Piece Unique & Variations, Paris, France
Urs Lüthi, Galerie Coucou, Kassel, Allemagne
2013
"Urs Lüthi & Agne Raceviciute", Viafarini DOCVA, Milan, Italie
"Lost Direction", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Allemagne
"Spazio Umano & Territories", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Allemagne
"Lost Direction", Galerie Tanit, Beyrouth, Liban
Galleria Opere Scelte, Turin, Italie
2012
"Spaces", Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Danemark
"Four Times A Loser", Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Suisse
"Spazio Umano", Galleria Edizioni Periferia, Lucerne, Suisse
"Direction East", Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, Suisse
2011
"Prototypes", Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
2009
J"ust Another Story About Leaving", Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italie
"Art Is The Better Life", Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne ; Sammlung Falkenberg, Hambourg ; Kunst Meran, Merano ; Villa Giulia, Verbania ; Galleria Continua ? Le Moulin, Seine-et-Marne
2008
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2006
"The Remains of Clarity", Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucarest, Roumanie
"Urs Lüthi: The Remains of Clarity", Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, Suisse
2004
"Urs Lüthi : The Remains Of Clarity", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Allemagne
2002
Musée Rath, Genève, Suisse
2001
49e Biennale internationale d?art de Venise, Pavillon Suisse, Venise, Italie
2000
Studio Casoli, Rome, Italie
Spazio Erasmus Brera, Mila, Italie
Städische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Allemagne
Swiss Institute, New York, USA
1999
Galerie Lötscher, Weiden, Allemagne
Galerie Hammer & Herzer, Weiden, Allemagne
Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France, France
Galleria Periferia, Poschiavo, Suisse
Graphische Sammlung der ETH, Zürich, Suisse
1998
Pari & Dispari, Reggio Emilia, Italie
Galerie Maximilian Krips, Cologne, Allemagne
Galerie Hammer & Herzer, Burg Wernberg, Weiden, Allemagne
1997
Arco di rab-Gallery, Rome, Italie
Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Barbara Claassen-Schmal, Brême, Allemagne
The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Islande
1996
Galerie Lötscher, Lucerne, Suisse
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Allemagne
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève, Suisse
Galerie Maximilian Krips, Cologne, Allemagne
1995
Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
Galerie Jamar, Antwerpen, Pays-Bas
Museum Wiesbaden
Studio Morra, Naples
1994
Galerie im Stadthaus, Klagenfurt
Kunstraum im politischen Club Colonia, Cologne
Kunstverein, Rüsselheim
Chapter, Cardiff
Galleria Civica, Modène
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Suisse
Freiburger Kunstverein, Freiburg-en-Brisgau
Galerie Maximilian Krips, Cologne
1993
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Genève
Centre d'Arts Plastiques, Saint-Fons
1992
Galerie + Edition Gutsch, Berlin
Galerie Tanit, Cologne
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienne
Neue Galerie, Dachau
1991
Galerie ak, Hans Sworowski, Frankfort/M
Galerie Kriwin, Bruxelles
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus
Cabinet des Estampes, Genève
Galerie Tanit, Munich
1990
Helmhaus, Zurich
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienne
Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
1989
"Kunstforum", Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich