DANIEL BOLLIGER
Curator
The Swiss-born Daniel Bolliger studied photography, image editing, and fine arts at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), as well as through an exchange program with the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where Thomas Ruff served as his mentor for an exhibition at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. He completed his master’s degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where his thesis project was nominated for the Adobe Achievement Awards. The award ceremony took place in Beijing. His work gained significant international attention and marked his professional breakthrough.
Daniel Bolliger lived for many years in New York, Los Angeles, and London. For decades, he has worked internationally as a photographer, post-production specialist, and creative director in the fields of advertising and art.
In New York, he worked for Gloss Studio, a leading service company in the media sector with a client portfolio that includes numerous influential firms and global brands — among them Gucci, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Armani Exchange, Alexander McQueen, IWC Schaffhausen, and many more. He also collaborated with renowned photographers such as Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Mikael Jansson, Josh Olins, Terry Richardson, and others, as well as with prominent personalities like Bruce Willis, Robert Redford, Christy Turlington, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Hudson, Lewis Hamilton, and Shaun Ross. Bolliger’s work has been featured in publications such as Vogue, i-D, DAZED, WSJ., Schön!, Master Mind: Art Direction, Visionary Photography, and many others.
Daniel Bolliger currently lives in Zurich and works as a Creative Director & Motion Designer at Imaculix AG in the fields of film, animation, and cinema. He is passionately pursuing his childhood dream of studying animation.
"I'm interested in progressive work — pieces executed in classic photographic style, but also in exciting variations at the intersection of new media and technologies. What's important is that the work has depth — and a message. And that it's visually compelling. As simple as it may sound, a good image is still a good image."