Group exhibitions (selected)
In recent years he has exhibited his works at many group shows around the world, including The Somerset House, London; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; Tinguely Museum, Basel; Nelson–Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; Musée Rath, Geneva and many other venues. Some of them are listed below:
2014
2013
- Ursula Palla und Olaf Breuning. Hin und Her, Binz 39, Zurich, CH
- Métamatic Reloaded, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
- La realtà non è un luogo comune. Fotografie e video della Collezione d'arte della Julius Baer, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, CH
2012
- Holzwege. Sentieri erranti. Arte svizzera dalla collezione della Mobiliare, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, CH
- Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AU
- Through the Looking Brain, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
- Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, CH
2011
2010
2009
- Darkside II. Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
- 200 Artworks. 25 Years Artists, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, JP (catalogue ISBN 390758225X)
2008
- When fears become form, Centre d'art Neuchâtel (CAN), Neuchâtel, CH
- Sammlung/Collection Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst Zürich 1978-2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
- Whitney Biennial 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
2007
- 12e Biennale de l'Image en mouvement, Centre pour l'image contemporaine (CIC), Geneva, CH
- What we bought, Camera Austria, Graz, AU
- All about Laughter: humor in contemporary art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
- Six Feet Under. Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten. Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, CH
2006
- Imagination becomes reality. Part IV. Borrowed images, Sammlung Goetz, München, DE
- Cindy Sherman, Gianni Motti, Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, CH
- Some tribes, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH
2003
- Urban Diaries. Young Swiss Art, Alcalá 31, Madrid, ESP
- M_ARS. Kunst und Krieg, de:Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AU
2002
2001
2000
- Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 2000, Kunsthalle Fri Art, Freiburg, CH
- Let's be friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Zurich, CH
- EX25 Hochschule und Museum Für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich die Letzten 25 Jahre Halle, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich, CH
- Reality Bytes. Der medial vermittelte Blick, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, DE
1999
1998
