Taiyo Onorato (born 1979 in Zurich) lives in Zurich and Berlin.
Nico Krebs (born 1979 in Winterthur) lives in Zurich and Berlin.
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs studied Photography at the Zurich University for the Arts and work together since 2003.


TEACHING / LECTURES
2010 Lectures at the HKB Bern, Switzerland
2008 Lectures at the ECAL Lausanne, Switzerland

AWARDS / GRANTS
2011 Swiss Federal Design Award 2011, Schweizer Bundesamt für Kultur (Swiss Federal Office for Culture), Bern, Switzerland
2010 Selection Best Photobooks of 2009, photo-eye Magazine, USA
2010 Award, The Most Beautiful Swiss Book-Competition, Schweizer Bundesamt für Kultur (Swiss Federal Office for Culture), Bern, Switzerland
2009 Jury Selection, Plat(t)form 09, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2006 Project Grant, Fondation Nestlé pour l‘Art
2006 Grant by the Gubler Hablützel Foundation
2006 Grant by the IKEA Foundation
2005 New York Studio Grant by the City of Zurich
2005 Magazin Award, The Selection, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Second Price, vfg Young Talents, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Festival Grand Prix, International Festival of Photography, Hyères, France


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 End of an Era, FELDBUSCHWIESNER Gallery, Berlin
2012 End of an Era, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy

2011 Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Kunsthalle Mainz
2011 Universal Studios, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland

2010 The Great Unreal, FELDBUSCHWIESNER Gallery, Berlin
2010 The Secret Life of Plants, Wardlow, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Tutto Incluso – Taiyo Onorato, Nico Krebs, EX3 Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

2009 Caravan – Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Kunsthaus Aargau, Aarau, Switzerland
2009 The Casting, Suzie Q Projects, Zurich, Switzerland

2008 The Whole Shebang, Swiss Institute, New York, USA

2007 Factoiden, Wartesaal Perla, Zurich, Switzerland

2006 Twilight Switch, P.S.1 MoMA, New York, USA

2005 Getflat, Fokus Switzerland, EGO Gallery, Barcelona, Spain


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Silverstein Annual, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
2012 State of the Art Photography, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf

2011 Prix féderaux de design 2011/ Eidgenössische Preise für Design
2011
MUDAC - Musée de Design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 Walking through... Mudam Collection, MUDAM – Musée d’art moderne, Luxembourg
2011 Echoraum. Vom Photo, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
2011 Un’ espressione geografica, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Ital

2010 The City of Biel proudly presents: 2 I 007 – 010, CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
2010 Ort, Rathausgalerie – Kunsthalle, Munich
2010 Chasing Dreams, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
2010 Antifoto, Kunstraum Düsseldorf
2010 Karaoke – Photographic Quotes, Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
2010 The Most Beautiful Swiss-Books 2009, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
2010 Les plus beaux livres suisses 2009, mudac – Musée de Design d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland

2009 Karaoke – Photographic Quotes, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 Nail Soup, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Outside, Tape Modern, Berlin
2009 Plat(t)form 09, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland

2008 Reality Re-created, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 The Language of Humour, SOGA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 Journées photographiques de Bienne, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2008 ART Bingo, Atelier Leimbach, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Watermill Benefit, New York, USA
2008 (Untitled) u = [a photographic group show], fette’s gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2007 Block, Les Complices, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Het Totaal Rappel, MoMu, Antwerpen, Belgium
2007 Terrains d’Entente / Paysages Contemporain, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2007 Whitney Art Party, Whitney Museum, New York, USA
2007 Artist’s Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other Gallery, Boston, USA
2007 This Modern Life, Senko Gallery, Viborg, Denmark

2006 Musee Coco, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
2006 Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2005 Backflash, F.A.I.T. Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2005 Moment of Truth, Design Center, San Francisco, USA
2005 Swiss Folks, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 Helmhaus Grants, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
2005 Been there, done that, Graduation Show HGKZ, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 XXème International Festival of Photography, Hyères, France
2005 The Selection, EWZ, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Musée CoCo, Les Complices Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland


COLLECTIONS
Collection Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Collection Post, Bern, Switzerland
Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, Switzerland
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
MUDAM – Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Collection Kunsthaus Aargau, Aarau, Switzerland


COLLABORATION PROJECTS
2007 ANGRY VULCANO (Photography), Collaboration with Olaf Breuning, Migros Museum for Contemporary Art, Zurich
2007 HET TOTAAL RAPPEL (Installations, Scenography, Poster), Collaboration with Bernhard Willhelm, MoMu Antwerpen, Belgium
2007 JODLER (Installation, Posters), Collaboration with Bernhard Willhelm, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
2006 THE CARDBOARD MOUNTAIN (Installation, Lookbook), Collaboration with Bernhard Willhelm, Paris, France
2005 RED EYED TIGERS (Lookbook), Collaboration with Bernhard Willhelm, Paris, France