Marie José Burki was born in Switzerland and settled in Brussels in the early nineties. Solo exhibitions of her work have been taken place at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Sète, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Musée d'Art et His-toire, Geneva, Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Kunstverein, Bonn, Kunsthalle, Bern, Camden Arts Centre, London, Kunsthalle, Basle among others. She has participated in group exhibitions at Museum on the seam, Je-rusalem, Institut d'art contemporain, Lyon, Kunsthaus, Aarau, MACRO, Rome, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Kunstverein Hannover, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Museum of Contemporary Art, Barce-lona, Documenta IX, Kassel among others.