1991-1992 University of Art and Design Basel
1992-1994 Studies in Computer Science, University of Basel
1994-1999 Bern University of the Arts, Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB
Initiant, co-founder and board member of PROGR foundation Bern and Residency.ch
Since 2000 Peter Aerschmann works as an artist in the fields of video and interactive computer installations.

Exhibitions (selection):

2012     Palazzo Grassi Venice (2012)
2010     The National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2009     Musée d‘Art Moderne Lux­embourg
             Moscow House of Photography
2008     Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris
             Berlinische Galerie - Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin
             The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
2007     Center of Contemporary Art Fri-Art, Fribourg/CH
             ZKM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe/D
2006     Kunstverein Freiburg/D
2005     Kunstmuseum Bern
2002     The Center for Contemporary Images, Geneva

Peter Aerschmann’s work is in private and public collections including:
The François Pinault Foundation, Venice; The Martin Z. Margulies Collec­tion, Miami; Credit Suisse Collection Zürich; The Carola and Günther Ketterer-Ertle Collection; Kunstmuseum Bern and the Maison Euro­péenne de la Photographie, Paris

Awards include:
2006     Award of the Aeschlimann Corti-Foundation, Bern/CH
2002     Swiss Art Award
Residencies in New York, Berlin and South Africa

Online:
www.aerschmann.ch
www.sikart.ch