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Benedikt Wyss (*1984) is a Basel-based curator known for his innovative and dynamic curatorial practices. His exhibitions and happenings often take place in unconventional spaces and follow a serial format. Since 2020, Benedikt Wyss has been Exhibition Director and Curator at the Kunstverein SALTS in Birsfelden and Bennwil. In parallel, he curated two major year-long projects at Theater Basel: Foyer Public and Social Fight Club, Mustermesse der Gewalt. Wyss has founded numerous innovative initiatives, including the artist race Draisine Derby on disused railway tracks, the Explorers Film Club for artistic research on urban transformation (both in Basel’s Dreispitz district), the Lago Mio artist residency in Lugano, and the Basel branch of Berlin-based Social Muscle Club for strengthening social networks. Wyss’s work includes hybrid projects bridging digital and analog spheres, such as Primo Print in Motion, an augmented-reality app for printed media, and Kokon, a series of hybrid conferences. Alongside his curatorial practice, he is active as a foundation board member (Stadt.Geschichte.Basel), association board member (Kinderhaus Gampiross), juror, author, and lecturer. He is the father of two children.
Wyss completed a certificate in Curatorial Studies at the Berlin University of the Arts and studied Art History in Basel and Berlin. Before that, he earned a teaching diploma at the School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), specializing in the mediation of image and video sources, after completing a Master’s degree in History and Sports Science with a focus on African Studies at the University of Basel.
Wyss completed a certificate in Curating at the Berlin University of the Arts and studied Art History in Basel and Berlin. He previously earned a Teaching Diploma from the School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, focusing on the mediation of images and video, after completing a Master’s degree in History (with a focus on African Studies) and Sports Science at the University of Basel.
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Benedikt Wyss (*1984) ist ein Basler Kurator, bekannt für seine innovativen und dynamischen kuratorischen Praktiken. Seine Ausstellungen und Happenings finden ost in unkonventionellen Räumen statt und sind seriell angelegt. Seit 2020 ist Benedikt Wyss Ausstellungsleiter und Kurator am Kunstverein SALTS in Birsfelden und Bennwil. Parallel kuratierte er am Theater Basel zwei grosse Jahresprojekte: Foyer Public und Social Fight Club, Mustermesse der Gewalt. Wyss initiierte zahlreiche innovative Unternehmungen, darunter das Künstler:innenrennen Draisine Derby auf stillgelegten Eisenbahnschienen, den Explorers Film Club zur künstlerischen Forschung über urbane Transformation (beide im Basler Dreispitz), die Künstlerresidenz Lago Mio in Lugano und den Basler Ableger des in Berlin stationierten Social Muscle Club zur Stärkung sozialer Netzwerke. Wyss Arbeit umfasst hybride Projekte zwischen digitalen und analogen Sphären, wie Primo Print in Motion, eine Augmented-Reality-App für gedruckte Medien, oder Kokon, eine Reihe hybrider Konferenzen. Neben seiner kuratorischen Tätigkeit engagiert er sich als Stiftungsrat (Stadt.Geschichte.Basel), Vereinsvorstand (Kinderhaus Gampiross), Jurymitglied, Autor und Dozent. Er ist Vater zweier Kinder.
Wyss absolvierte an der Universität der Künste Berlin ein Zertifikat in Kuratieren und studierte Kunstgeschichte in Basel und Berlin. Zuvor erwarb er an der Pädagogischen Hochschule FHNW ein Lehrdiplom mit Schwerpunkt auf der Vermittlung von Bild- und Videoquellen, nachdem er an der Universität Basel ein Masterstudium in Geschichte (Schwerpunkt African Studies) und Sportwissenschaften abgeschlossen hatte.
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2013–2018 Studies Art History, Uni Basel, FU Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
2013–2014 Certificate Curating, UdK Berlin University of the Arts
2009–2012 Teaching Diploma Grammar Schools, FHNW Basel
2003–2010 M.Sc. History, University of Basel
2020– SALTS Exhibtion manager, Curator
2024–2025 Theater Basel Festival curator
2022–2023 Theater Basel Foyer Public, Curator
2018–2023 Lago Mio Lugano Artist Residency, Co-Director
2014–2020 Social Muscle Club Basel Happening, Director
Jury Kunsttage Basel und Erle Perle (since 2023)
Stiftungsrat Stadt.Geschichte.Basel (since 2016)
Vorstand Kinderhaus Gampiross (since 2025)
Jury MA Institut Kunst HGK Basel FHNW 2025
Jury HGK Basel FHNW Civic Billboard 2025
Jury Research & Development Grants Basel-City (2023/24)
Coach Pro Helvetia Shanghai (2022/23)
Author Kunstbulletin and Louis Vuitton City Guide
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