Suzie Maeder
1948 Born in Lucerne, Switzerland
1969-1971 Ealing Technical College, London (BA in Photography)
1971-1973 Royal College of Art, London (MA Degree)
Since 1973 she has worked as a freelance photographer in London to a large extent in the field of
classical music. In 2020 she moved back to Switzerland.
Clients include Decca, Phillips, DGG, BMG /RCA, Sony as well as orchestras, conductors and soloists.
She also published journalistic photo-essays in newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad.
1971 1st Prize in the Ilford College Award
1979-1980 Nikon/Ilford Sponsorship for the project "Orchestral Interlude"
Moments in the Life of the London Symphony Orchestra
1980-1983 Exhibitions 'Orchestral Interlude', Royal Festival Hall, London (1980)
Nikon Gallery, Zurich (1980), Galerie Oscura, Geneva (1981),
International Music Festival and Union Bank of Switzerland, Lucerne (1982)
1983 "At The Barbican", Group show at the Cork Gallery, Lincoln Centre, New York as part of
the Festival 'Britain Salutes New York '
1981 Publication of 1982 Ilford and Rank Xerox Calendars of 'Orchestral Interlude'
1982 Commendation Award of the City of Lucerne
1983-1984 Documentation on musicians and chamber orchestras performing for Musica Viva Australia.
'Portrait of a Season' is exhibited all over Australia
1984 Publication of 'The London Symphony Orchestra, Scenes from ‘Orchestral Life', published by Michael Joseph
1993 'International Piano Series', Southbank, London
1994 'Resonance', Collection of 'abstract instruments' for the International Music Festival, Lucerne
Exhibition 'Resonance' at the Museum im Bellpark Kriens/Lucerne and the UBS Foyer Lucerne
1997 'Seeing Music' Collection for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Acquisition of a collection of musicians' portraits by the Swiss Foundation of Photography, Zurich
1999/2000 Istitiuto Svizzero di Roma Artist in Residence for the project 'Egyptian Obelisks in Rome'
2001 'Seeing Music' Exhibition at the Hiscox Art Café, London. Publication of SEEING MUSIC featuring photographs from the collections 'Resonance' and 'Seeing Music' with text contributions by classical
musicians and an introduction by Norman Lebrecht
1995-2002 Birkbeck College, University of London, Certificate & Diploma in Egyptology
2002-2009 Study trips to Bhutan, Egypt, Greece, Armenia, Libya, Ethiopia and Siwa Oasis
2005 Exhibition ”Aram Khatchaturian’s last visit to London 1977” at the Aram Khatchaturian Museum in Yerevan
2009 Exhibition ‘Reisenotizen in Farbe’, Hotel Rebstock, Lucerne
2010 Exhibition ‘ Occasional Diary Notes’ My Dining Room Restaurant, London
2014 Swiss Foundation Landys & Gyr sponsored Residency in Berlin
2017 Exhibition "Seeing Music" , Bernheimer Fine Art, Lucerne
2019 Group Exhibition "Maestri", Camera Work, Berlin
EXHIBITIONS
1970 Kunstkeller, Kriens, Lucerne
1974 Down Town Gallery, New Orleans
1975 Photographer's Gallery, London
1976 Royal College of Art, London
1976 Von Moos Haus, Emmenbrücke/Lucerne
1977 Hay's Gallery, Sheffield
1977 Shai Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1978 International Music Festival, Lucerne, Kunsthaus Foyer
1980 Royal Festival Hall, London
1980 Nikon Gallery, Zurich
1981 Nikon Gallery, Zurich
1981 Galerie Oscura, Geneva
1982 International Music Festival, Lucerne / Union Bank of Switzerland,
1983 Cork Gallery, Lincoln Centre, New York (Britain Salutes New York Festival)
1984 Musica Viva Australia Exhibition Tour (Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide)
1987 JCZ Gemeindehaus, Zurich
1988 Galerie Focale, Nyon
1989 Royal College of Art, London
1994 Museum im Bellpark Kriens/Lucerne/ Union Bank of Switzerland, Lucerne
2001 Hiscox Art Café, London
2005 Aram Khatchaturian Museum Yerevan, Armenia
2009 Hotel Rebstock, Lucerne
2010 My Dining Room Restaurant, London
2017 Bernheimer Fine Art, Lucerne
2019 Camera Work, Berlin
2024 Café-Galerie Arlecchino Luzern
AWARDS
1971 First Prize, Ilford College Award
1982 Commendation Award of the City of Lucerne
1999 Istituto Svizzero di Roma residency grant
2014 Landys & Gyr Berlin residency grant
COLLECTIONS
Zürcher Kantonalbank
National Portrait Gallery, London
Fotostiftung Winterthur
Hiscox Insurance, London
LINKS
www.suziemaeder.com www.lebrecht.co.uk www.fotodok.ch
www.art-circuit.org.uk www.fotostiftung.ch
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp129393/suziemaeder?search=sas&sText=Suzie+Maeder&OConly=true