Born in 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland.
lives and works in Paris.

Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator. Since 1993 he has run the programme Migrateurs at the Musée dArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris where he now works as a curator for contemporary art. He has also worked for several years as curator for the museum in progress in Vienna. Notable independent projects include his founding of the migratory Museum Robert Walser (1993), Life/Live (with Laurence Bossé, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Centro Belem, Lisbon, 1996), Cities on the Move (with Hou Hanru, Secession Vienna and CAPC, Bordeaux, 1997, Hayward Gallery, London and Kiasma Helsinki and Bangkok,1999) and Mutations: Evenement culturel sur la ville contemporaine (co-curated with Rem Koolhaas, Sanford Kwinter, Stefano Boeri Arc en Reve,  Bordeaux, 2000/2000). Since 2001 he is a lecturer  at Facolta delle Arti, IUAV in Venice.