Hollybush Gardens

Reto Pulfer

Reto Pulfer
1981 born in Bern, Switzerland
Lives in Uckermark County, Germany
Solo Exhibitions

2024
“Fachzustand,” Kunsthalle St. Gallen, curated by Giovanni Carmine
2023
“Hüllen Zustand,” Studio Mondial, Berlin, curated by Vlado Velkov
2022
“Tagetes & Nachtkerze,” Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, Angermünde, curated by Sabine Schmidt
“Livingthings,” Hollybush Gardens, London
“Blitzzzustand,” Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, curated by Rahel Schrohe
2021
“edrerde,” Hollybush Gardens, London
2020
“Gegenwartsgewächse,“ Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko
“Der hapaxanthe Zustand,“ Kalklaube, Gerswalde, curated by Jan Lindenberg and “Rapararapae,” Großer Garten, Gerswalde, Germany, collaboration with Catherina Ludwig & Margaux Schwab & Veronica Del Amor Trespalacios
2019
“Tincti,” Museum der Kulturen / Art Parcours, Basel, curated by Samuel Leuenberger
“Bourgeon Purin Pur,” centre culturel suisse, Paris, curated by Claire Hoffmann
“Ein Nebel aus Prä-Adamitischen Sternensprossen,” AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, curated by Nick Kramer
“Der hausende Zustand,” Blake & Vargas, Berlin, curated by Sarah Bernauer
2017
“Ursus Olfaciens”, Bärenzwinger, Berlin, curated by Nadia Pilchowski
“Capsium Ofifusiani,” Hollybush Gardens, London
2016
“Amas Anis Stellaire,” Les Halles, Porrentruy, curated by Jenny Baumat and Sébastien Peter
“Grandpalazzo 2016,” art fair, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, Rome, curated by Ilaria Gianni
“States of Remembrance,” Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal, curated by Filipa Oliveira, cat. with booklet
2015
“Die Loci der Ortie,” Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, curated by Marianne Lanavère, cat. with booklet
“Secteur Lafayette,” art fair, Fiac, Grande Palais, Paris, cat.
“Gewässerzeiten,” Spike Island, Bristol, curated by Alice Motard, cat.
“Die Kammern des Zustands,” Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerrannée, Sérignan, curated by Plateforme Roven (Johana Carrier, Joana Neves, Marine Pagès, Diogo Pimentão), cat.
“Dehydrierte Landschaft,” Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, curated by Andrea Bellini, cat. with booklet
“Reto Pulfer,” Teri Garten, Berlin, curated by Paul Sochacki
2014
“Brodo,” dispari&dispari project, Reggio Emilia, curated by Andrea Sassi
“Erinnerungshäuser,” Grimmuseum, Berlin, curated by Enrico Centonze
“Pessimistische Cräuter Nebelsuppen Chakra,” collaboration with pcnc_bay (Manuel Scheiwiller, Lucia Elena Prusa and Anna Holtz), Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, curated by Janus Høm
“Die Treffen des Platzes,” sic! Raum für Kunst, Lucerne, curated by Nadine Wietlisbach
2013
“Die Gelassenheit einer Entscheidung,” Hollybush Gardens, London
“Reto Pulfer,” Parallel, Oaxaca, Mexico, curated by Oliver Martinez Kandt
“Zustand der Intensivierung,” Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, curated by Simone Neuenschwander, cat.
“Zustandseffekte,” Swiss Institute, New York, curated by Gianni Jetzer
2012
“Statements,” Art Basel, cat.
“Schrank und dessen Leben,” Balice Hertling, Paris
2011
“Café Baltic Bar,” Hamburg-Altona station, Hamburg, curated by Annette Hans
“Die Vertretung des Erschöpften,” Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Sede di Milano, Milan, curated by Salvatore Lacagnina, with booklet
“Die Kammern des Zustands,” ReMapKM, Athens
“Fruits, Flowers and Clouds,” art fair, MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, curated by Maximilian Geymüller
“Die Kammern des Zustands,” Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis
2010
“Present Future,” art fair, Artissima, Turin, curated by Richard Birkett, cat.
“Der Themenkatalog und andere Künstlerbücher,” FormContent, London, curated by Francesco Pedraglio, cat.
“Der Themenkatalog und andere Künstlerbücher,” Archive Kabinett, Berlin, curated by Chiara Figone, cat.
2009
“Der unmerkliche Zugang,” Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany, curated by Vlado Velkov
“Z'Innre redet im Öißre,” Wartesaal, Zurich, curated by Manuela Schlumpf
“Die Auflösung mit ZR O GIP NG,” Montgomery, Berlin, curated by Roseline Rannoch and Julia Pfeiffer
“Die Gunst der Sunde, die Kunst der Wunde,” Balice Hertling, Paris
“Eva’s Arche und der Feminist,” collaboration with Dirk Bell, Gavin Brown’s enterprise@Passerby, New York, curated by Pati Hertling
2007
“bis morg und en,” collaboration with Dirk Bell, Burn, Berlin
2006
“Im Gewand der Bewandtnis,” LOGE, Berlin, curated by Doreen Mende
“hermetisch,” D21, Leipzig, curated by Leif Magne Tangen
“Die Verdorbene Oase,” collaboration with Strange Fruit, Spor Klübü, Berlin, curated by Matthias Mayer
“Eva's Arche und der Feminist,” Kule, Berlin, curated by Pati Hertling and Peter Kisur
2005
“Das Bescheuerte Dokument,” Plattfon Records, Basel
“Je te déculotte,” Brunn, Berlin, curated by Dirk Bell
2002
“Text Ohne,” Hirscheneck, Basel, with booklet
2001
“Eksperimental Gugus,” Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, curated by Sujud Dartanto, with booklet
“Portraits Im Akt,” Ximo43, Basel

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
Yale NSU, Singapore, curated by Christoph Draeger
2024
Palmieri Contemporary, Celle Ligurie, curated by Antonio Grulli
Piccola Scuola alle Zattere, Venice, curated by Irene Calderoni
“Konzepte des All-Over,” Haus Konstruktiv Zurich, curated by Sabine Schaschl
“Frog City Festival,” Freilichtbühne Weißensee, curated by Georg Scherlin
“Unlimited,” Art Basel, curated by Giovanni Carmine, cat.
“Perspektivenwechsel,” Edvard Munch Haus, Warnemünde, curated by Petra Schmidt Dreyblatt
“Parasiten,” Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, curated by Marlene Bürgi
2023
“Après-Ski,” Studio Mondial, Berlin, curated by Vlado Velkov and Lutz Henke
“Common Ground,” 8. Biennale Kulturort Weiertal, curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko
“Burning Natures,” Rosenblut & Friedmann, Madrid, curated by Ariel Schlesinger
2022
“Soil,” Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil Jona, curated by Irene Grillo
“La fin est dans le commencement et cependant on continue,” Fondation d’Enterprise Martell, Cognac, curated by Nathalie Viot
“L’Eldorado,” Quartier General, La Chaux-de-Fonds, curated by Corinna Weiss
2021
“Dream Baby Dream,” Hilbertraum, Berlin, curated by Niina Lehtonen Braun, with booklet
“Liverpool Biennial: The Stomach and the Port,” Liverpool, curated by Manuela Moscoso
“Art en Plein Air 2021,” Môtiers, Switzerland
2020
“En Pratiques”, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, curated by Gilles Baume
2019
“YOU,” Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
“Die Fäden in der Hand,” Kunstplattform akku, Emmenbrücke, Switzerland, curated by Lena Friedli
“Sobald ich mich bewege,” The Kitchen Aufderhoehe, Arlesheim, Switzerland, curated by Rahel Schrohe
La Méca/Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux
2018
“Ants & Elephants,” Kunstverein Arnsberg
“mondoinFine,” Galleria Nazionale, Rome, curated by Eva Macali
“Le vent nous portera,” Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth
“Between Points,” Archivio Conz, Berlin, curated by Yael Salomonowitz
“Sympathie,” CAN / Centre d'art, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, curated by Martin Jakob
“Weiche Raster,” Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland, curated by Dorothee Messmer, cat.
“Destable,” Very, Berlin
“Every object is a Thing but not every thing is an object,” Hollybush Gardens, London “Metamorphosis,” Castello di Rivoli, Turin, curated by Chus Martinez, cat.
2017
“Odyssee,” Möhnesee and Kunstverein Arnsberg, curated by Vlado Velkov
“Transhumance,” Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, curated by Marianne Lanavère and Centre national des arts plastiques
“1. Regionales Hauptfest Berlin,” meinblau, Berlin, curated by Amelie Wedel
2016
“Love me gender,” Kosmos Theater, Vienna
“Cabaret der Künstler – Zunfthaus Voltaire,” Manifesta Performance Program, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, curated by Manuel Scheiwiller
“Swiss Art Awards,” Basel, cat.
“Game of Life III: The Julius Variations,” Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway, curated by Jan Freuchen and Sigurd Tenningen, cat.
“Group Shadow,” Teri Garten, Berlin, curated by Paul Sochacki
“X Bienal de Nicaragua,” Fundación Ortiz Gurdian, Léon, curated by Oliver Martinez Kandt, cat.
“Madeleine,” Insitu, Berlin
2015
“100 Jahre Gegenwart. Der Auftakt,” Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, curated by Anselm Franke
“Parallel Oaxaca,” Supplement Gallery, London, curated by Oliver Martinez Kandt
“Carrying Water with a Riddle,” Grüner Salon, Berlin, curated by Eva Seufert
“Être chose,” Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, curated by Marianne Lanavère and Gyan Panchal
“Rituals, repetitions, rules and temptations,” Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerrannée, Sérignan, curated by Plateforme Roven (Johana Carrier, Joana Neves, Marine Pagès and Diogo Pimentão)
“The Registry of Promise - The Promise of Literature, Soothsaying and Speaking in Tongues,” De Vleeshal, Middelburg, curated by Chris Sharp, cat.
“Villa Toronto,” Union Station, Toronto, curated by Stu Monck, cat.
2014
“Interior,” Modern Art, London
“Kill All Monsters,” Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, curated by Severine Fromaigeat, Charlotte Matter and Reto Thüring
2013
“Soft Wear,” Sandy Brown, Berlin, curated by Phillip Zach
“Stag,” dispari&dispari project, Reggio Emilia, curated by Katrin Plavcak, Charlotte Cullinan, Jeanine Richards and Andrea Sassi
“Agir dans ce paysage,” Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, curated by Marianne Lanavère
“Modern Families,” Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland, curated by Chris Clarke
“The Enormous Speed of Change,” Call of the Mall, Utrecht, curated by Maaike Lauwaert, cat.
“Volume of Air,” La Serra dei Giardini, Venice, curated by Francesca Astesani, Margherita Belaief and Ilaria Leoni
“Unless Otherwise Noted,” Hessel Museum, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Marina Noronha, with booklet
“Chat Jet,” Künstlerhaus Graz, Austria, curated by Sandro Droschl and Christian Egger
2012
“A word for a play,” Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, curated by Sarah Bernauer and Franziska Glozer
“November,” Lake and Only, Trin-Mulin, Switzerland, curated by Raphael Linsi, with booklet
“Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt,” Depot, Basel, cat.
“R4-Allez-y,” Ile Seguin, Paris, curated by Marie Lusa, cat.
“Quasi-Ewig,” Eternithaus, Berlin, curated by Dennis Oliver Schroer, Hannes Schmidt, and Reto Pulfer
“Struktur & Organismus II,” Marillenhof Destillerie Kausl, Mühldorf, Austria, curated by Stefan Tasch, cat.
“Wunder,” Kunsthalle Krems, curated by Hürlimann, Lepp, Tyradellis, cat.
“Performance as publishing,” Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Manuela Schlumpf
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe,” Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, curated by Pedro Wirz, Reto Thüring and Isabel Halene
2011
“HotAvantgardeHothot,” Oslo10, Basel, curated by Simone Neuenschwander and Christiane Rekade, cat.
“Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em,” Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Matthias Mayer
“Wunder,” Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, curated by Hürlimann, Lepp, Tyradellis, cat.
“Eurozentrika,” Leap, Berlin, curated by Mascha Jacobs
“Open Doors / Rock the Casbah,” Istituto Svizzero di Roma, curated by Salvatore Lacagnina, with booklet
“Swiss Art Awards,” Basel
“Tableaux,” CNAC Le Magasin, Grenoble, curated by Vincent Honoré
“There, I fixed it,” Stroom, Den Haag, curated by Maaike Lauwaert, cat. with booklet
“Born After 1924,” Chastlefield Gallery, Manchester, curated by Ingo Gerken, cat.
“Bedtime Stories, Badtime Stories,” Supportico Lopez, Berlin
2010
“Regionale — The Village Cry,” Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Annette Amberg and Adam Szymczyk
“Skins,” OHWOW, Miami, curated by Alex Gartenfeld
“Swiss Art Awards,” Basel, cat.
“Animism,” Kunsthalle Bern, curated by Anselm Franke and Philippe Pirotte, cat.
“Animism,” Extra City Kunsthal and M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, curated by Anselm Franke, cat.
“The Obstacle is Tautology,” Atelier Benoît Maire, Paris, curated by Benoît Maire, with booklet
2009
“The Object of the Attack,” David Roberts Art Foundation, London, curated by Vincent Honoré, with booklet
“À corps & à textes,” La Galerie de Noisy-le-Sec, Paris, curated by Francesco Pedraglio, with booklet
“modernmodern,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Pati Hertling, cat.
“_______ ho is no substitute for anything,” Galerie Amer Abbas, curated by Lisa Holzer and Chiara Minchio
“Choice,” Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, curated by VRITS
2008
“Comes and Goes,” Kunstverein Arnsberg, curated by Vlado Velkov
“The Mother's Lamb in the Creche,” Chert, Berlin
“Badcamp Festival,” Badstrasse, Berlin, curated by Dirk Bell
“Liste Performance Project,” Liste Basel, curated by Silke Bitzer, cat.
“Object, the Undeniable Success of Operations,” Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen and Falke Pisano, with booklet
“Kristallisation,” Whitespace, Zurich, curated by Susanne Sauter, cat.
2007
“Bare Word,” Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, curated by Leif Magne Tangen
“Exposition No. 1,” Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris
“IPAF,” Volksbühne, Berlin, curated by Starship Magazine
“Pierogi Flatfiling,” Artnews Projects, Berlin, curated by Leif Magne Tangen
“Seit man begonnen hat, die einfachsten Behauptungen zu beweisen, erwiesen sich viele von ihnen als falsch,” In der Praxis, Berlin, curated by Julia Lazarus
“Blaue Augen,” Inter, Berlin, curated by Nicole Bianchet
“I will never make it!,” D21, Leipzig, curated by Leif Magne Tangen
“2. Performancekunstnacht,” Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, curated by Gabriel Loebell
2006
“Regionale 06,” Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse
“Rio,” Artnews Projects, Berlin, curated by Vlado Velkov
“U can't touch this,” Spor Klübü, Berlin, curated by Matthias Mayer
“On the Move, Performance,” Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China
“4th DaDao Live Art Festival,” 798 Art District, Beijing, China, curated by Shu Yang
“Untitled Performance,” collaboration with Ingo Gerken, Westgermany, Berlin
2005
“Videobox,” Miss China, Paris
“Hier.Anderswo,” Kunstpanorama, Luzern, curated by Nils Nova and Barbara Davi
2004
“space debris,” Büro DC, Cologne, curated by Starship Magazine
“De(venir),” Centre Culturel Francaise, Freiburg
“Multimedia,” Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
“desidolize now,” Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, curated by Kristofer Paetau, cat.
2003
“Unwetter,” Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
“Kunstkredit03,” Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Basel
2002
“Beinahe Wirklich,” Kunstverein Freiburg, curated by Dorothea Strauss, with booklet
“Regionale 02,” Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Kaskadenkondensator
“NIPAF'02, 9th Nippon International Performance Art Festival,” Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto and Nagano, Japan, curated by Seiji Shimoda, cat.
“SALUHAN 2002 / PIPAF'02,” Manila, The Philippines
“Environment & Art,” CMU Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2001
“Eukabeuk,” Chiang Mai Social Installation, CMU Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
“Performance Art,” Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“BER217,” Gallery Air, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Art and the Public Space,” collaboration with Artist's Village, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore

Awards and Art Residencies

2023: Arbeitspaketstipendium, Land Brandenburg
2022: Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Basellandschaftlicher Kulturpreis
2021: Mikrostipendium, Land Brandenburg
2020: Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Werkbeitrag Pro Helvetia
Mikrostipendium, Land Brandenburg
2019: Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Recherchebeitrag Pro Helvetia
2017: Werkbeitrag, Kunstkredit Basel
Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, France, art residency
2016: Christina Spoerri Preis
Laureat Swiss Art Award
2015/16: Moinho da Fonte Santa/Michael Biberstein studio, Portugal, art residency
2013: Marianne-Defet-Malerei-Stipendium, Nuremberg, art residency
2012: Werkbeitrag, Kunstkredit Basel
2010/11: Membro Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, art residency
2010: Kiefer Hablitzel Preis
2007: Cairo (KSK Schweiz), art residency
2004: Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (Kunstkredit Basel), art residency

Professorship

2023
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle: interim professor for painting/glas

Teaching experience and lectures

2024
Yale University-NUS College, Singapore: seminar
2023
Praxis Study Program, Fluent, Santander: seminar
Yale University-NUS College, Singapore: seminar
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle: seminar on colour
2022
University of Cologne: seminar on geometry, plants, ornament and performance
2021
University of Cologne: seminar on geometry, plants, ornament and performance
ifa-Galerie Berlin, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen: workshop on nettle fibre
University of Cologne: seminar on drawing and interdisciplinarity
2020
Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden: seminar, mentoring, summer school on extended performance
Kunsthochschule Kassel, Klasse Andrea Büttner: presentation of my garden
2019
Kunsthochschule Kassel, Klasse Mirjam Thomann: workshop on plants and performance
Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden: seminar and exhibition on transformation and performance in ecological context
2018
Schul-Umwelt-Zentrum Mitte, Berlin: workshop on nettles
Very, Berlin: workshop on performance and story telling
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Institut Kunst, Basel: seminar on performance and story telling
2017
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Institut Kunst, Basel: jury member, lecture
Peyrat-le-Château / Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière, France: map drawing workshop and exhibition with refuges during art research residency
De Ateliers, Amsterdam: mentoring, lecture
2015
Mainz Academy of Arts: mentoring, lecture
2013
Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg: workshop, lecture
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London: lecture

Public Collections

Kunstsammlung des Bundes, Schweiz
Sammlung Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Sammlung Kunstkredit Baselland
FRAC-Artothèque du Limousin
Centre national des artes plastiques, France
David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Collection Lafayette Anticipation — Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris
Silvia Fiorucci-Roman Collection, Monaco

Curated Exhibitions

2016
“Michael Biberstein—Suspended Reality,” Forum Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
2015
“Doom Spa,” Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Performance Program
2012
“Quasi-Ewig,” Dingum, Eternithaus, Berlin, curated with Dennis Oliver Schroer and Hannes Schmidt
2009
“The Object of the Attack,” David Roberts Art Foundation, London, curated with Vincent Honoré
“Urzustand,” Artnews Projects, Berlin
2008
“Den Zustand Verstehen,” Zustand, Berlin
“Auf und Zustand,” Uovo Open Office, Basel
“Mondzustand,” Zustand, Berlin
2007
“Enta Feen #2,” 26 july street, Cairo, curated with Anastasia Katsidis
“Enta Feen,” 26 july street, Cairo, curated with Anastasia Katsidis
“Der Letzte und Beste Zustand,” Zustand, Berlin
“Die Arabische Schrift,” Volkshochschule Kreuzberg, Berlin
“Die Wechsel der Zustände,” Zustand, Berlin
“Der Nächste Zustand,” Zustand, Berlin
2006
“Ausserordentliche Zustände,” Zustand, Berlin
“Der Fantastische Zustand,” Zustand, Berlin
2002
“Eintopf,” Hirscheneck, Basel

Monographs

2022
Reto Pulfer, Gina—a Zustand novel, trans. Jen Calleja (Berlin: Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite).
2020
Reto Pulfer, Gina, ein zuständiger Roman (Berlin: Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite).
2017
Reto Pulfer, Zustandskatalog: Catalog of States and Conditions, ed. Nikola Dietrich, Reto Pulfer (Berlin: Sternberg Press).
2013
Reto Pulfer, Der Grottenkatalog, ed. Simone Neuenschwander (Nuremberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst).
2010
Reto Pulfer, Der Themenkatalog, ed. Francesco Pedraglio (Berlin: Archive Books).

Writings, Contributions, and Online Projects

2021
“Gina,” in The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool Biennale 2021 Reader (Liverpool: Biennale), 176.
“Gina,” in Smart Plants, Fabrikzeitung (Zurich: Rote Fabrik)
2017
“Fabric Island,” in Facing Value, ed. Maaike Lauwaert, Francien van Westrenen (Amsterdam: Valiz / The Hague: Stroom), 217–231.
2016
“Antares,” (collaboration with Gary Arce of Yawning Man and Deirdre Fraser-Gudrunas), in Out of Focus (www.outoffocus.biz)
2014
“Die Exzentriker,” in Dunja Herzog (Rome: Nero / Geneva: Piano Nobile / Rome: Istituto Svizzero di Roma).
2010
“Zustände,” in Artists' Shelves, ed. Ilaria Gianni (London: IMpress), 86–102.
“FX,” in NOW, ed. Rupert Smyth (Berlin: Hallso Press Editions).
“Zustandsschnecke,” in The Mock and Other Superstitions, ed. Francesco Pedraglio (London: The Mock), 32.
“Audience,” in Blake Book, ed. David Lewis (Leipzig: Lubok Verlag).
2006
“Four small movies and her metric seek red,” Addenda (www.seasonalbk.net)
2005
“Le Bureau Central de Recherches Surréalistes,” Starship Magazine No. 8.
2004
“His Confidence,“ in Starship Magazine No. 7, 4–9.

Exhibition Catalogs

2023
Art Textile Kunst, ed. Cathèrine Hug (Zürich: AS Verlag)
Zeitgeister, ed. Vlado Velkov (Kunstverein Arnsberg)
2021
The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool Biennial 2021, Guide & Reader (Liverpool: Biennial).
Préliminaires, Collection Centre National des Arts Plastiques, (Paris: Cnap).
Art en Plein Air (Môtiers).
2020
Schweizer Kunstwettbewerb 2020 (Bern: Bundesamt für Kultur), 104-105.
Sympathie, (Neuchâtel: CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel).
Urbane Botanik, ed. Annika Niemann (Berlin : Kulturagenten).
SInce1986, ed. Simon Castets, Karen Marta (New York: Swiss Institute / London: Koenig Books).
2019
You. OEuvres de la collection Lafayette Anticipations, ed. Anne Dressen (Paris: Musee d'art Moderne).
Bärenzwinger Berlin, ed. Ute Müller-Tischler (Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag).
2018
Metamorphoses, ed. Chus Martinez (Turin: Castello di Rivoli).
2016
Swiss Art Awards 2016 (Bern: Bundesamt für Kultur / Zurich: Kunstbulletin).
The Registry of Promise, ed. Chris Sharp (Amsterdam: Roma Publications).
Game of Life III: Juliusvariasjonene (Kristiansand: Lord Jim Publishing).
2015
Villa Toronto (Warsaw: Fundacja Raster).
2013
Call of the Mall (Utrecht: Foundation for Art in the Station Area).
HOTAVANTGARDEHOTHOT, ed. Simone Neuenschwander, Christiane Rekade (Basel: OSLO10 / London: AND Publishing).
2012
Struktur & Organismus II (Vienna: Art:phalanx), with a text by Stefan Tasch.
R4-Allez-y, ed. Marie Lusa (Paris: R4, Ile Seguin).
2011
Open Doors / Rock the Casbah (Rome: Istituto Svizzero di Roma / Rome: Nero).
Wunder, ed. Daniel Tyradellis (Hamburg: Deichtorhallen), 80–81.
2010
Palinsesto (Turin: Artissima), 32–33, with a text by Richard Birkett.
Swiss Art Awards 2010 (Bern: Bundesamt für Kultur / Zurich: Kunstbulletin), 126–129.
Born after 1924, ed. Ingo Gerken (Manchester: Castlefield Gallery).
Animism: Volume 1, ed. Anselm Franke (Antwerp: Extra City, M HKA / Bern: Kunsthalle / Berlin: Sternberg Press), 48.
2009
Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory, ed. Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni (New York: New Museum).
modern modern, ed. Pati Hertling (New York: Chelsea Art Museum / Berlin: Starship Verlag), 141–143.
2008
Liste Performance Project, ed. Silke Bitzer (Basel: Liste), 16–17, with a text by Michele Robecchi.
2002
NIPAF'02, The 9th Nippon International Performance Art Festival, ed. Seiji Shimoda (Nagano: NIPAF), 10, 70–71, with a text by the artist.

Selected Press and Interviews

2023
“Studio Mondial,” Tip-Berlin (September 1)
Daniela Windolff, “Kunst zwischen Kuhstall und Schlachthof,” Märkische Oderzeitung (January 13): 17.
2022
Zora Schiffer, “Bohnenranke in die Unendlichkeit,” taz (August 8): 24.
2019
J. Emil Sennewald, “Reto Pulfer,” Kunstbulletin, no. 7–8: 79.
Sophie Jung, “Der Stoff, er bebt und atmet,“ taz (February 7): 39.
2018
Christopher Braemer, “Ein Weltenbürger für die Uckermark,“ MOZ (December 10): 7.
Katharina Holderegger, “Sympathie,“ Kunstbulletin (November): 80-81.
“Weiche Raster,“ Kunstbulletin (November): 62.
Adam Kleinman, “Metamorphoses”, art-agenda.com (June 22).
2017
Julia Gwendolyn Schneider, “Reizlinderung im Gehege,” taz (September 26): 24.
Mariska van den Berg, “Scale Down”, Metropolis M (Nr. 4): 66–69
2016
Joana P. R.Neves, “De L'image à la vie: ...,” Roven, no. 12: 10–26, 100–115.
J. Emil Sennewald, “Reto Pulfer: Gemachtes und Gewordenes,” Kunstbulletin, no. 1–2: 48–55, cover.
2015
Linda Taylor, “Reto Pulfer,” frieze, October: 174.
Lizzie Lloyd, “Reto Pulfer,” Art Monthly, no. 389 (September): 31–32.
Les Inrockuptibles, July 15: 24.
“The Martin Evans Show,” BBC Radio Bristol (July 4). Radio broadcast.
Marco Tagliaferro, “Reto Pulfer,” artforum.com, critic's picks (July).
2013
Allese Thomson, “Reto Pulfer,” artforum.com, critic's picks (May).
2012
Matthew Rana, “Reto Pulfer,” frieze, issue 148 (June): 200.
Isabelle Eichenberger, “Basel plays host to annual art pilgrimage,” swissinfo.ch (June 13).
Charlie Satterlee, “Interview,” Setup, no. 2 (spring): 45–49.
Jakob Neulinger, “Struktur und Organismus,” Spike Art Quarterly, no. 32: 150–151.
Reto Thüring, “Totgesagte leben länger,” Baslerzeitung (January 18): 43.
2011
Annette Hoffmann, “Stotternder Motor Fortschritt,” regioartline.org, (December 21).
Barbara Casavecchia, “Exhaustion, Textiles, Ceramics and Mnemonics,” frieze d/e, no. 3 (Winter 2011–2012): 102–103.
Simone Menegoi, “Reto Pulfer,” artforum.com, critic's picks (October).
J. Emil Sennewald, “Tableaux,” Kunstbulletin (September): 61.
Andrea Ruggieri, “For a subjective syntax,” Arte e Critica (June): 46–47, cover.
Lissoni, Andrea, “Parco giochi per artisti,” Rolling Stone Italia (May): 133.
2010
“Kunst Zeitung,” Basler Zeitung, insert (June 14).
Annette Amberg, “Brand News,” Flash Art International, no. 271 (March–April): 101.
Steven Cairns, “Arbitrating Space,” MAP (February).
2009
David Lewis, “Some Whales and Some Ways of Installing a Sculpture,” Mousse Magazine, no. 21 (November): 45–48.
Radio Ruido, “Triangulation,” on free103point9, April 14, 2009. Live radio broadcast.
2008
“Auf und Zustand,” Uovo Magazine, no. 18: 249–298.
David Lewis, “Reto Pulfer,” frieze.com (July 21).
Judith Opferkuch, “Von Zustand zu Zustand,” Baz Kulturmagazin (June 6): 10.
2007
“Enta Feen?!,” El Badeel (November 7).
2005
“Originalfassung32,” fuckinggoodart.nl (December).
2001
“Reto Pulfer Gelar Experimental Gugus,” Bernas (July 17).
Urs Grether, “Ein besonnener zaertlicher Anarchist,” Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (April 21): 6.

Links

www.retopulfer.com

A Zustand novel - Gina - by Reto Pulfer
https://bomdiabooks.de/product/gina-a-zustand-novel/

Computer Music
www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Glue_0

Sound+Image
http://seasonalbk.net/_addenda/06sept/