Biography
San Keller was born in 1971 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. He is well known for his participatory performances and ephemeral actions that frequently approximate social experiments. The overall tone of Keller’s oeuvre is critical, conceptual and playful and reflects on the relationship between art and life. His investigation of art as a service ultimately gives the audience the opportunity to question out-dated paradigms and experience them in a new way, while also placing them under critical scrutiny. His actions start off with contractual arrangements that set up the rules for his works, but since they rely on the participation of others, the course they take and their ultimate outcome is unpredictable.
Recent exhibitions include: : Performance Process, Museum Tinguely, 2017; Action!, Kunsthaus Zürich, 2017; Oben ohne, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich (2016); Invent The Future With Elements of the Past, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (2015); Twisting C (r) ash, Le Commun, Geneva (2015); Disteli – Keller – Warhol, Art Museum Olten, Switzerland (2013).
