Rolf Graf
Born 1969 in Heiden, Switzerland
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Bio
1994
Graduated from Superior School of Visual Art (ESAV), Geneva, Switzerland (tutors S. and Ch. Defraoui)
1998
Graduated from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (tutor J. Kounellis), Germany
Awards / Grants
2004
Appenzell Ausserhoden Scholarship, Switzerland
2002
Residency at the Swiss Institute in Rome, Italy
2000
Appenzell Ausserhoden Scholarship, Switzerland
1999
Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize
1995
Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize
Solo exhibitions
2012
Unruh, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2010
Pearlmutti, Schaukasten Herisau, Switzerland
2009
Nussgarten, Ruzicska/Weiss Gallery, Düsseldorf
TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2008
Present Future, Torino, Italy
Susanna Kulli Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Ruzicska/Weiss Gallery, Düsseldorf
2006
Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
Sehnsüchtig gleiten Ballone rund um die Welt, Berlin
2005
Kunstraum Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Ruzicska/Weiss Gallery, Düsseldorf
K3 Project Space, Zurich
2004
AllerArt, Bludenz, Austria
2003
Planet 22, Geneva
Susanna Kulli Gallery, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
2002
Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
2001
Susanna Kulli Gallery, St. Gallen
2000
Kunstverein Düsseldorf
Horten, Düsseldorf
Site, Düsseldorf
Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
2014
Bellevue GTA 1849-2070, Kulturraum am Klosterplatz, St-Gall, Switzerland
2013
Frontlines, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2012
Heimspiel 2012, Kunsthalle Sankt Galle, Switzerland
2011
Art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland
2010
La vie saisie par l’art, Contemporary Art Museum of Bordeaux (CAPC), France
Vos Papiers !, TMproject Gallery, Geneva
2009
Speaking Stone, 501 Art Space, H2 Space, Chongqing, China
Flower Power, Villa Giuliana, Verbania, Italy
Publications
2005
Happy & Convoy, Fink, Zurich, ISBN 3-906086-88-7
2003
Herbarium, Kunstraum, Düsseldorf
2002
Carpaccio, Rolf Graf, Fink, Zurich, ISBN 3-906086-46-1
2000
Seeing the Elephant, Rolf Graf, Kunstmuseum Sololothurn, ISBN 3-906663-52-3
1998
Rutishauser/Kuhn Gespräche, Triton Vienna, ISBN 3-85486-005-6
Die Schärfe der Unschärfe, Kunsmuseum Solothurn, ISBN 3-906663-46-9
1994
Rolf Graf, Fink, Zurich, ISBN 3-906086-08-9
Press
Le public doit redresser les lignes des oeuvres, by Anna Vaucher, published in Tribune de Genève, april 2012