Peter Hauser, born 1981 in Glarus (Switzerland), attended Lucerne Art School (HGKL), the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in The Hague (NL) and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) from where he graduated. His body of work mainly centers around the medium of photography, which, for him, represents a field where he can experiment, discover and shape the intangible to create a visual storyline. The role as a photographer leads him to places away from the known. The examination of the unknown, searching and finding, to illuminate and to extract the essence of places, non-places, landscapes, vegetations, objects, surfaces and forms is what drives him. The analog principle of operation along with the final image, aims to achieve both chemical and physical synthesis within the medium itself. He still is running his own analog darkroom where he dedicates his time to handmade printing and experimenting with the processes of analog photography. In 2007 he founded Püré Bildmagazin, a self published fanzine in which he finds a platform to publish his projects. His first monograph “Hello, I am not from here” was awarded “The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2016”. Peter lives and works in Zurich.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Sympoiesis, Images Vevey at Espace Indiana, Vevey
2022 21 Sunsets, Reseda Open Space Zürich
2022 Tastes great feels good, Tableau Zürich
2022 Hauser & Herzog – Geometrie der Existenz, OXYD Winterthur
2021 Unseen Amsterdam (representing Electric Art Collective), Amsterdam
2020 INQUET, Chesa Planta, Engadin Art Talks, Zuoz
2018 Acid Test, 123 Offspace, Zürich

2016 Vanity Fair, Kunst 16, Zürich

2016 Vanity Fair, Kulturfolger Artspace, Zürich

2015 Hello, I am not from here, Künstlerhaus S11, Solothurn

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 ALT+1000, La Vue-des-Alpes, Neuchâtel
2024 Reading Earth, Coalmine, Winterthur
2024 Making light of every thing, Centre de la photographie, Genève
2021 Heimspiel, Kunsthalle Appenzell
2021 KSW7, Museumbickel, Walenstadt
2021 Down the Rabbit Hole, TOXI Offspace, Zürich
2020 Werkstipendien Stadt Zürich
2020 The Chedi Hotel, Andermatt
2020 EAC Peep Show, Studio Stalder, Zürich
2019 Prix Photoforum 2019, Photoforum Pasquart, Bienne
2018 The Photographic, UG im Folkwang, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2018 Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus Zürich
2017 Swiss Federal Design Awards, Art Basel

2017 The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2016, Helmhaus, Zürich
2017 Throwing snow into a circle, Kunsthaus Glarus, in collaboration with Claudio Landolt

2017 Ein Augenschein von 1944–2017, Auszüge Kunstsammlung Kt.ZH, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
2016 Many Natures, Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco

2016 Kunstschaffen Glarus, Kunsthaus Glarus

2013 Jungkunst 2013, Winterthur
2010 VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis

Selected Books:
2026 A Wandering Soul, About Books, Zürich, w/ Sandra Nedvetskaia & Avoiska van der Molen
2020 Peter Hauser – ANGST, published by Sturm & Drang, Zurich
2016 Peter Hauser – Hello, I am not from here, published by Sturm & Drang, Zurich