烏利·??耍錾?span lang="EN-US">1946年,在瑞士長(zhǎng)大,他在著名的蘇黎士大學(xué)法律專業(yè)取得了博士學(xué)位。他作為一名新聞?dòng)浾吆途庉嬙谌鹗慷嗉覉?bào)刊和雜志社工作過(guò)。1977年至1990年在迅達(dá)集團(tuán)擔(dān)任亞太區(qū)域經(jīng)理,然后成為該集團(tuán)執(zhí)行委員會(huì)的成員及董事會(huì)的董事。1980年他建立了中國(guó)和西方的第一個(gè)合資公司并持續(xù)擔(dān)任了近10年的副主席職務(wù)。他擔(dān)任了一系列環(huán)球公司的董事,1995年后被瑞士政府派往中國(guó)、朝鮮、蒙古任了四年大使。他回到瑞士后,繼續(xù)擔(dān)任榮格集團(tuán)等跨國(guó)媒體公司的主席。目前他擔(dān)任中國(guó)發(fā)展銀行和中國(guó)其他公司的顧問(wèn)。他在中國(guó)生活了許多年,親歷了中國(guó)改革開(kāi)放和現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)、電影、戲劇的日新月異。作為收藏家和西方當(dāng)代藝術(shù)的先驅(qū),他是世界上到目前為止收藏中國(guó)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)最豐富的收藏家。1997年他建立了中國(guó)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)獎(jiǎng),專為生活在中國(guó)的當(dāng)代藝術(shù)家設(shè)立的,同時(shí)他也是紐約現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館國(guó)際協(xié)會(huì)、倫敦Tate畫(huà)廊國(guó)際咨詢協(xié)會(huì)和卡塞爾文獻(xiàn)展(Documenta)的一員。他也是北京2008 年奧運(yùn)會(huì)主體育館瑞士設(shè)計(jì)師赫爾佐格與德·梅隆的顧問(wèn)。
Uli Sigg, born 1946, grew up in Switzerland. He completed his studies with a Ph.D. of the University of Zurich Law Faculty. He then worked as journalist and editor for various Swiss newspapers and magazines. From 1977 to 1990 he joined the Schindler Group where he held positions as Area Manager for Asia Pacific and later Member of the Group Executive Committee and Shareholders Board. He established in 1980 the first Joint Venture between China and the West and remained its Vice Chairman for ten years. He then served on the boards of a number of global companies till 1995 the Swiss federal government appointed him for four years ambassador to China, North Korea and Mongolia. Upon his return to Switzerland he again assumed the chairmanship or board membership of several multinational companies such as Ringier Media Group. Presently he also serves as member of the Advisory Board of China Development Bank and other Chinese entities. He spent altogether many years in China, following the opening up of China and its contemporary art scene from day one. As collector of formerly Western contemporary art he now has formed the most substantial collection of contemporary Chinese art in the world. He also established 1997 the Chinese Contemporary Art Award, an art award for Chinese contemporary artists living in China. He is a member of the International Council of New York MOMA and International Advisory Councils of Tate Gallery, London, and documenta, Kassel. He is advisor to the Swiss architects Hergoz & de Meurom to build the Olympic Stadium in Beijing for 2008.
Since 2005 “Mahjong, Works from the Sigg Collection” travelled to Bern, Hamburg, Saltsburg, and will continue to other cities in Europe and next to Berkley, USA, to further inform on Chinese contemporary art.
【編輯:葉曉燕】