| Pierre
Imhof
About the artist...
Pierre Imhof was born in Fribourg, Switzerland,
in 1956, and moved to London in 1979. He went on to study painting
and sculpture at Middlesex University, where he was awarded the
Purchase Prize. He lives and works in London and exhibits widely
throughout Europe. Imhof's work has been shown at the ICA, London,
and he has undertaken major commissions for clients such as Union
Bank of Switzerland (Zürich).
In his most recent work, Imhof revisits the motifs,
techniques and preoccupations of his twenty-year career as a painter:
the bright mappings and conventional signs of the more nearly representational
beginnings; the obliterating white and muted, uncertain colour of
the early Nineties; the cool, steppe-like spaces and sketchy calligraphies
that followed; the tender white and delicate flickering grids of
the new millennium, developing later into loose weaves and luminous
textures; the vibrant urban fabrics and mobile cityscapes of the
mid-decade. Registers and timbres earlier explored in isolation
come together in a complex yet lyrical musicality.
Biography
1956 Born Fribourg, Switzerland
1979 Moved to London
Lives and works in London.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2009 |
High definition/Low resolution, Broadbent, London |
| 2007 |
The Whole Caboodle, Broadbent, London |
| 2006 |
Die Beliebte Volksausgabe, T.U. Bibliotek, Berlin |
| 2006 |
Welcome to his Planet (with R Gabriel), Broadbent,
London |
| 2005 |
Leaving Suburbia, Broadbent, London |
| 2004 |
String, Broadbent, London |
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Karl-Marx-Allee, Galerie im Turm, Berlin |
| 2002 |
Pixel Shmixel, Broadbent, London |
| 2001 |
Bish Bash Bosh, Broadbent, London |
| 1995 |
12 months/365 days/one year in the life of..., Dash
Gallery, London |
| 1994 |
Material, Roevekamp Gallery, Zurich |
| 1993 |
Feuilles d'un journal, J.-J. Hofstetter Gallery, Fribourg |
| 1992 |
Solo show, Roevekamp Gallery, Zurich |
| 1991 |
Solo show, Wild Boy Gallery, Toronto |
| 1990 |
Solo show, Kalos Gallery, Bienne, Switzerland |
| 1989 |
The Regent's Park Boat Show, Bernard Baron Gallery,
London |
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Zapata Canyon, Sec 52 Gallery, Zurich |
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The Ship of Fools, Roevekamp Gallery, Zurich |
| 1988 |
Solo show, Roevekamp Gallery, Zurich |
| 1987 |
Solo show, Sec 52 Gallery, Zurich |
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The Ship of Fools, Roevekamp Gallery, Zurich |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2009 |
Art 2009, London and Art Chicago, Chicago |
| 2008 |
Art 2008, London |
| 2007 |
Art 2007, London |
| 2006 |
Art2006, London |
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Art in The Park, Chicago |
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Art Toronto 2006 |
| 2005 |
Art 2005, London |
| 2004 |
Art 2004, London |
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Arte Fiere, Bologna |
| 2003 |
Two person show (with Ingrid Kerma), Galerie am Dom, Brandenburg,
Germany |
| 2003 |
Art 2003, London |
| 2003 |
Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland |
| 2003 |
Art Fiera Bologna, Italy |
| 2003 |
Group Show, Broadbent, London |
| 2002 |
IMKER, collaborative works with Ingrid Kerma, Phoenix
Gallery, Brighton |
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| 2002 |
Two-person show (with Rachel Busby), APC Galerie, Fribourg |
| 2002 |
IMKER, collaborative works with Ingrid Kerma, Galerie
M, Berlin |
| 2001 |
ART2001, London |
| 2000 |
IMKER, collaborative works with Ingrid Kerma, 97-99
Sclater Street, London |
| 1999 |
Group show, Chisenhale Studios, London |
| 1998 |
Group show, J.-J.Hofstetter Gallery, Fribourg |
| 1997 |
Eight Technologies of Otherness, group show and symposium,
ICA, London |
| 1997 |
Group show, J.-J.Hofstetter Gallery, Fribourg |
| 1995 |
IMKER, collaborative works with Ingrid Kerma, Roevekamp
Gallery, Zurich |
| 1994 |
Group show, Chisenhale Studios, London |
| 1994 |
Group show, J.-J.Hofstetter Gallery, Fribourg |
| 1994 |
Made in Berlin, group show travelling through Brazil |
| 1993 |
Group show, J.-J.Hofstetter Gallery, Fribourg |
| 1991 |
Zurich AvantGarde, Letzipark, Zurich |
| 1990 |
X-TEN, Chisenhale Gallery, London |
| 1989 |
Group show, Chisenhale Gallery, London |
| 1987 |
Group show, Chisenhale Gallery, London |
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| EDUCATION |
| 1983-1986 |
B.A. in Fine Art, Middlesex University, London |
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| AWARDS & MAJOR COMMISSIONS |
| 1986 |
Purchase Prize of Middlesex University |
| 1991 |
One months in the life of…, Zurich, London,
New York, Toronto, commissioned by the Union Bank of Switzerland |
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Fare Well, six dances, commissioned by the Union
Bank of Switzerland, Zurich |
| 1993 |
Purchase Prize of the Canton of Fribourg |
| 1997 |
Present, a series of paintings published in S.Golding,
ed., Eight Technologies of Otherness, Routledge, London
& New York |
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| WORKS IN PRIVATE, PUBLIC & CORPORATE
COLLECTIONS IN: |
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Austria, Australia, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany,
Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland
and the USA |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 2004 |
Allem kann ich widerstehen, nur der Versuchung nicht. Eulenspiegel
Verlag, Berlin |
| 1997 |
The eight technologies of otherness, ed. Sue Golding, Routledge
London & New York |
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