Daniel Amberg
Born in 1961.
His documented career spans theatre, costume and set design, the making of objects and painting. After attending the Kunstgewerbeschule in St. Gallen in 1976, he founded his own touring theatre company, COMEDIAN COMPANY, in 1984. His work as an actor is also attested to by two Armin Ziegler Awards for Best Young Actor and engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Neumarkt-Theater Zürich and the Theater für den Kanton Bern, among others.
In 1993, his self-produced musical « PROPS » premiered in Vienna; he designed and made its costumes and sets. The following year, he created and made costumes for several productions and dance-theatre projects, including « Numen » by Movers.
Amberg’s visual practice encompasses commissions and works intended for a range of contexts. In 1992, at Sony’s request, he designed and made two special awards for Michael Jackson, as well as a puppet for the album « BAD » and a sculpture for « Dangerous ». In 1995, he received the Kunstförderungspreis for the puppet Grock.
In 1998, Crossair commissioned a work depicting Denise Biellmann for « Art on Ice ». For the Zunftmuseum and the Zunft zur Letzi in Zurich, he produced paintings, drawings and a filmed role in 2001. His documented exhibitions include a presentation of paintings at Galerie zum Geissbock in Zurich in 1991, followed by an exhibition of paintings and objects at Galerie am Hottingerplatz in 2003.
In 2016, he exhibited paintings at ArtCenter Basel and showed paintings and objects at Kronengalerie in Zurich. He showed pictorial works at Galerie im Bettli in Dübendorf in 2022, and in June 2023 took part in the exhibition « Farbenspiele » at Gallery Steiner in Vienna.