RETO PULFER
( biography ) ( works )
Born 1981, Bern, Switzerland
Lives and works in Berlin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Die Kammern des Zustands, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome
2010 Present Future, Artissima, Turin, Italy
Der Themenkatalog und Andere Künstlerbücher, Archive Kabinett, Berlin & FormContent, London
2009 Der unmerkliche Zugang, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Z'Innre redet im Öißre, Wartesaal, Zürich, Switzerland
2008 Die Auflösung mit ZR O GIP NG, Montgomery, Berlin
Die Gunst der Sunde, die Kunst der Wunde, Balice Hertling, Paris
2006 Eva’s Arche und der Feminist (curated by Pati Hertling + Petr Kisur), Berlin
Im Gewand der Bewandtnis, LOGE, Berlin
Hermetisch, D21, Leipzig, Germany
Die Verdorbene Oase (with Strange Fruit), Spor Klübü, Berlin
2005 Je te déculotte (curated by Dirk Bell), Brunn, Berlin
Das Bescheuerte Dokument, Plattfon Records, Basel
2001 Experimental Gugus, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Portraits Im Akt, Ximo43, Basel
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2011 There, I fixed it, Stroom, Den Haag, Netherlands
Born After 1924, Chastlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
Bedtime Stories Badtime Stories, Supportico Lopez, Berlin
2010 Regionale - The Village Cry, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Skins, OH WOW, Miami
Swiss Art Awards, Basel
Animism, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
2009 À corps & à teste (curated by Francesco Pedraglio), La Galerie, Noisy le Sec, France
modernmodern (curated by Pati Hertling), Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Omes and Goes, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
The Object of the Attack, David Roberts Art Foundation, London
"_______ ho is no substitute for anything", Vienna, Austria
2008 Object Salon (curated by Emily Speers Mears), Whitespace Gallery, London
Auf und Zustand, Uovo Open Office Basel
Object, the Undeniable Success of Operations (curated by Falke Pisano),Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam
Montgomery, Berlin
The Mother's Lamb in the Creche, Chert, Berlin
Badcamp Festival (curated by Dirk Bell), Berlin
Liste Performance Art Project, Liste Basel
Kristallisation, Whitespace, Zurich, Switzerland
Eva's Arche und der Feminist (curated by Pati Hertling and Marlous Borm), GBE, New York
2007 Enta Feen, Cairo, Egypt
Bare Word, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Exposition No1, Balice Hertling, Paris
bis morg und en, with Dirk Bell (curated by Dirk Bell), Burn, Berlin
IPAF, Starship-Magazine, Volksbühne, Berlin
Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin
Seit man begonnen hat..., in der Praxis, Berlin
Blaue Augen, Inter, Berlin
2. Performancekunstnacht, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
2006 Regionale 06, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse, France
On the Move, Performance, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China
4th DaDao Live Art Festival, Beijing, China
Untitled Performance, with Ingo Gerken, Westgermany, Berlin
Crossings, Youthbridge at Viktoriapark, Berlin
2005 Videobox, Miss China, Paris
2004 space debris starship, Büro DC, Köln, Germany
De(venir), Centre Culturel Francaise, Freiburg, Germany
Multimedia, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
desidolize now, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
2003 Unwetter, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Kunstkredit03, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
2002 Beinahe Wirklich, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
Regionale 02, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
NIPAF‘02, 9th Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, Nagano, Japan
SALUHAN 2002 / PIPAF‘02, Manila, The Philippines
Environment & Art, CMU Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2001 Eukabeuk, (former Chiang Mai Social Installation) CMU Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Performance Art, Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art and the Public Space, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
MUSIC-PERFORMANCES
2005 Untitled Performance, with Erin McGonigle, Ort, New York
Online Live Radio, free103point9.org, New York
Le Bonjour des Tenebrès, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Oublier le Duo, with Valentina Traianova, Studio de l’Ermitage, Paris
Improvisation in the Catacombs of Paris, Paris
2003 Live-Guitar for Performance by John Bock, Venice Biennale, Venice
PROJECTS
2006 Four small movies and her metric seek red, Addenda September, www.seasonalbk.net, New York
2005 Le Bureau Central de Recherches Surréalistes, Starship-Magazine No 8, Berlin
2 Unlimited, Artist’s Studio, Paris
2004 His Confidence, Starship-Magazine No 7, Berlin
2003 66, 67, 76, 77, 88, 86, Open Studio, Berlin
Function, site-specific work commissioned by Netforce Inc., Zurich
2002 Text Ohne, Hirscheneck, Basel
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2008 Auf und Zustand, Uovo Open Office Basel
Mondzustand, Zustand, Berlin
2007 Enta Feen #2, 26 july street, Cairo (with A. Katsidis)
Enta Feen, 26 july street, Cairo (with A. Katsidis)
Der Letzte Zustand, Zustand, Berlin
Die Wechsel der Zustände, Zustand, Berlin
Der Nächste Zustand, Zustand, Berlin
2006 Ausserordentliche Zustände, Zustand, Berlin
Der Fantastische Zustand, Zustand, Berlin
PRESS
2010 "Kunst Zeitung" Baslerzeitung, June 14th, Basel
"Brand News" with Annette Amberg, FlashArt International No271, Mar, Milano
Steven Cairns "Arbitrating Space", MAP, Feb, Dundee
2009 Lewis, David "Some whales and some ways..", Mousse Magazine #21 Nov, Milano
2008 "Auf und Zustand", No 18, Uovo Magazine, Turin
Lewis, David "Reto Pulfer", Frieze Online, July, London
Opferkuch, Judith „Von Zustand zu Zustand“, Baslerzeitung Kulturmagazin, June 6th, Basel
2007 "Enta Feen?!" El Badeel, Nov 7th, Cairo, Egypt
2005 "Originalfassung32" Fuckinggoodart.nl, Dec, Holland
2001 “Reto Pulfer Gelar Experimental Gugus”, Bernas, July 17th, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Grether Urs “Ein besonnener zaertlicher Anarchist”, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, April 21th, Liestal
CATALOGUE ANS ARTISTS BOOKS
2010 "NOW" by Rupert Smyth, Hallso Press Editions, Berlin
"Blake Book" Ed. David Lewis, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig
Der Themenkatalog“ Ed. Francesco Pedraglio, monographic artist's book, Archive Books, Berlin/Turin
2010 “Animism” Extra City Kunsthal and MuHKA, Antwerp; Sternberg Press, Berlin
2008 "modern modern" Chelsea Art Museum NY; Starship Verlag, Berlin
2005 "Le Bureau Central de Recherches Surréalistes" Starship-Magazine No 8, Berlin
2004 "His Confidence" Starship-Magazine No 7, Berlin
"desidolize now" Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
2002 "Beinahe Wirklich" Kunstverein Freiburg
"NIPAF'02, The 9th Nippon International Performance Art Festival" Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, Nagano
2001 Reading Work, by Sujud S. Dartanto, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
G
RANTS
2010/11 Membro Istituto Svizzero di Roma
2010 Swiss Prize, Basel
2010 Kiefer Hablitzel Preis
2007 Residency in Cairo, Egypt (KSK Schweiz)
2006 Pro Helvetia
2004 Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (Kunstkredit Basel)
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