ART

from 29 June 2026

Exhibition at Boutique & Art Hotel Helvetia, Stauffacherquai 1-3, Zurich

Katja Schenker (born 1968 in St. Gallen; lives and works in Zurich and Paris) works across performance, drawing and sculpture. Her practice explores the body as a site of resistance, relation, and transformation. «For me, the body is both material and subject,» says Schenker. «It keeps us upright, allows us to remain present and in motion, to connect with others, and to create spaces of freedom.»

Schenker is known for iconic performances like sauvée, the transformation of a parachute into a lifebuoy which is on view at the hotel. She has realized acclaimed large-scale works in public space, including Kerberos, the 250-metre-long intervention surrounding the incineration plant in Winterthur, and Dreamer (Wie tief ist die Zeit?), the monumental 11-metre-high, 100-ton concrete A installed at the FHNW Campus in Muttenz near Basel.

At Hotel Helvetia, the documentary film on the making of Dreamer offers insight into Schenker’s sculptural process over four years. Parallel to the showcase at Hotel Helvetia, Schenker presents a solo exhibition at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, featuring a new series of striking red large-format oil pastel drawings: Caryatids Go for a Swim (June 3–September 6, 2026).

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