Biografie Not Vital

NOT VITAL
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1948 in Sent, Switzerland
Lives and works in New York, Lucca, Sent and Agadez/Niger
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1971 Galerie d'arte moderne, Chur
1972 Galleria Diagramma, Milano
1973 Galleria LP 220, Torino
1974 Dritte Galerie, Zofingen
1975 Galerie Peter Noser, Zürich
1979 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, cat.
1980 Gimpel-Hanover and Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zürich
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburg
1981 Albert White Gallery, Toronto
Altstadt Galerie Chur
1982 Kunsthaus Glarus
Gimpel-Hanover and Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zürich
1983 Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
1984 Nature Morte, New York
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
Galerie Hartmann, St. Gallen
1985 Willard Gallery, New York
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
1986 Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Gallery Natura Morte, New York
Galleria Pinta, Genova
1987 Rudolf Zwirner Galerie, Köln
1988 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Binz 39, Scuol
Kunstmuseum Luzern, cat.
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Baron/Boisanté Gallery, New York
Swiss Institute, New York, cat.
1989 Akhnaton, Centre of Arts - Akhnaton Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo - Egypt, cat.
Centre culturel suisse, Paris
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis
Galerie Montenay, Paris
1990 PS Gallery, Tokyo, cat.
Baron/Boisanté Gallery, New York
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Prix BCG '90, Musée Rath, Genève, cat.
1991 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, cat.
Baron/Boisanté Gallery, New York, cat.
1992 Studio Guenzani, Milano
Cacche Di Mucca, Via Farini Galleria, Milano
Kunsthandlung Luciano Fasciati, Chur
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
1993 Adam, One Afternoon, Baron/Boisanté, New York
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1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
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2002
2005
2006
2007
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne
Galleria D'Art Center Augustin Scuol
Wooster Gardens, New York
Galerie Niels Ewerbeck, Wien
Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Stuttgart
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London
Kunsthalle Basel, cat.
1000 Eventi, Torino
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma
Sperone Westwater, New York , cat.
Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne (Conference de NV chez Sotheby's Genève)
Schoppa, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur
Galleria D'Art Center Augustin, Scuol
Baron / Boisanté, New York
Totem und Tabu, Kunsthalle Bielefeld - D, cat.
Sperone Westwater, New York
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö - S, cat.
Nototo, 1000 Eventi, Milano
Snowballs, Baron / Boisanté, New York
Sperone Westwater, New York
Meine Schafe, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur
Nils Stark Galerie, Copenhagen
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
De Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich
Galleria Cardi, Milano
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genf
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Albion Gallery, London
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg im Kunstraum der Deutschen Bank
Galerie Guy Bärtschi
Nietzsche Haus, Sils Maria
Mozart Haus, Salzburg
The Arts Club of Chicago
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur
Museo Cantonale d’Arte di Lugano
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Editions, Salzburg
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1976 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur,
1977 Städtische Galerie zum Strauhof, Zürich
1979 Sommerausstellung, Galerie Schöner Wohnen, Zürich und Locarno
Weihnachtsausstellung der Bündner Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, cat.
1980 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
1982 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Yulla Lipchitz And Not Vital, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
Animals And Archetypes, P. S. 122, New York
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1983 Not Vital, Corsin Fontana, Das Auslöschen Der Bilder Durch Die Zeit, Galerie Claudia
Knapp,
Chur
Twelve Swiss Artists, Gimpel-Hanover + André Emmerich Galleries, Zürich
Gimpel-Hanover Gallery, London
Not Vital, Steve Staso, Julian L. Mosca, Schweizerhof, Vulpera
Niveau Gallery, New York
New Expressions, Leonarda di Mauro Gallery, New York
Joseph Nechvatal, Not Vital, Robin Weglinski, Gallery Nature Morte, New York
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
1984 Ref. 84, Palud N° 1, Lausanne, cat.
Aspekte Aktueller Bündner Kunst, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, cat.
Jim Colarusso, Michael Hafftka, Christoph Hertzog, Not Vital, Mendelson Gallery,
Pittsburgh
Wedge Benefit, Gallery Nature Morte, New York
Selected Drawings by Eleven Artists, Willard Gallery, New York
"Eccentric Image(s)", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 Male Sexuality, Art City, New York
Gallery Nature Morte, New York
Graffiti And East Village Artists, Librizzi Gallery, New York
Objects of Comfort, City Without Walls, Newark
Cult and Decorum, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
American Paintings 1975 - 1985, The Aaron and Phillis Katz Collection,
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
1985 Large Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
1986 Invitational Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Time After Time, Diana Brown Gallery, New York
Willard Gallery, New York
Verso Sud e Verso Nord - Artisti italiani e svizzeri, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, cat.
1987 The New Poverty, John Gibson Gallery, New York, cat.
Drawing Since 1940, Museum of Modern Art, New York
16 Schweizer Künstler, Druck-Graphik der 80er Jahre, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur,
Chur, cat.
Similia / Dissimilia, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, cat.
Similia / Dissimilia, Wallach Art Gallery, Leo Castelli Gallery, Sonnabend Gallery, cat.
Similia / Dissimilia, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, cat.
The Antique Future, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
Walls and Spaces, three swiss artists, Rosmarie Koczy, Oliver Mosset, Not Vital, New
York
1988
"Blow Up", Kunstmuseum Luzern
Works on Paper, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Off White, Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Not Vital, Salvatore Scarpitta, Studio Guenzani, Milano
Kaldeway Press, Thomas E. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Konfrontationen von Angelika Kauffmann bis Miriam Cahn, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital, Baron/Boisanté, New York
Not Vital, Ange Leccia, Dennis Adams, Galerie Faust, Genève
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art (Dep. of Prints and Illustrated Books), New
York
1988 La Suisse Romance Vue Par Iso Camartin, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
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Reflets Contemporains d’une Collection, Musée Pulliérane, Pully, cat.
Reflets Contemporains d’une Collection, Musée des beaux-arts, Ville de Locle
Projects and Portfolios, Brooklyn Museum, New York
1989 Monochrome, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
The New Poverty II, Meyers Bloom Gallery, St. Monica, CA.
Object of Thought, A Collection of Objects and Small Sculptures, Anders Tornberg
Gallery, New York
The 1980s, Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith, National Gallery of Art,
Washington D.
C.
Selected Multiples, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
Gemälde und Skulpturen, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, cat.
1990 Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, cat.
The First Five Years, The Kaldewey Press At Harvard University, Boston, cat.
1991 Druckgraphik & Multiples, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur cat.
Skulpturen - Bilder - Grafiken, Galerie Nova, Pontresina
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
1992 Not Vital und Florio Puenter, Pinta Galleria, Genève
Skulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Nova Fredi Büchel, Pontresina
Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital, Baron/Boisanté, New York
Works On Paper, Baron/Boisanté, New York
1992-94Drawn in the 90’s, The Katonah Museum of Art - EGYPT
Drawn in the 90’s, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
Drawn in the 90’s, Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Alberta
Drawn in the 90’s, Hunstville Museum of Art, Hunstville, Alabama
also Exeter, San Diego, Lamont, Warchester all USA
1993 Self - Evidence, Self-Portraits in Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library, New
York
Across The River and Into The Trees, a Sculpture Show, The Rushmore Festival,
Rushmore
Works On Paper, Baron/Boisanté, New York
1994 Art Cologne, Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Köln
The Body Human, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Curtis Anderson and Not Vital, Baron/Boisanté, New York
Projekt Schweiz II, Natur - Kultur, Kunsthalle Basel, cat.
1994-95Drawing in Black and White, A Selection of Contemporary Works
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
A Century of Artists Books, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1995 (W) H O (W) ARE YOU?, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Show Of Sculpture, Sperone Westwater, New York
Selected Projects Of ’81 - ’95, Baron / Boisanté, New York
Schrift Im Bild, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur
Beyond Switzerland - Works by Contemporary Swiss Artists, Hong Kong Museum of Art,
cat.
1996 The Material Imagination, Untitled, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York
Projects, 3 New + 3 Old, Baron / Boisanté, New York
Thinking Print, Books to Billboards, 1980 - 1995, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Dissimilar & Unrelated Sculptures, Baron / Boisanté, New York
Übergänge - Kunst aus Graubünden 1936 - 1996, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
1997 Objectivity, Contemporary Art Center Of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Animeaux et animeaux, Zeitgenöss. Kunst und Zoologie, Museum zu Allerheiligen,
Kunstverein Schaffhausen, cat.
Animals, Baron / Boisanté, New York
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Schweizer Kunst, Auktionshaus Sotheby’s, Zürich, cat.
1998 Zeitgenössische Skulptur, Europa-Afrika, 7. Triennale der Kleinplastik 1998,
SüdwestLB Forum Stuttgart, cat.
Galleria Maria Cilena, Milano
1999 Präsentation Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Bayrische Versicherungsbank AG, Unterföhring
Impressing The Body, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University Of Massachusetts
Amherst
Magisches Rätisches Dreieck, Drei Künstler - Drei Positionen, Schloss Landeck, cat.
Konnex Kairo, Kunst Museum Thun, cat.
2000 Nils Staerk Galerie, Kopenhagen
2001 De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich
Galleria Cardl & Co, Malland (Katalog)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
49. Biennale Venedig, 2001
2002 Kunsthalle Goppingen
Museum zum Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen (Katalog)
2003 Chasa Jaura, Valchava
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano (Katalog)
2004 Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich
Sperone Westwater, New York (Katalog)
Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Alden Gallery, Moscow
New Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow
2005 In the Middle of the Night, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
2006 Mountains, Galerie Beyeler Basel
Swiss Institute, Rome
Kulturzentrum Scuol, Nairs
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
2007 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
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