alfonso artiaco
alfonso artiaco
founded in 1986

biography


NOT VITAL
Born 1948 in Sent, Engadin (Switzerland)
Lives and works in: Beijing (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Sent (Switzerland).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026
Not Vital. Portraits, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China 
Not Vital. Listening + Looking, Thaddeus Ropac, London, United Kingdoms

2025
Not Vital. The Self, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland 
NOT VITAL ¿Qué hace el viento cuando no sopla?, projectoamil, Lima, Peru 
Not Vital. Tirando onda, Museum of Contemporary Art, Niterói, Brazil 

2024
Not Vital. Silence, Galerie Tschudi, Zürich, Switzerland 

2022
Not Vital: Fine Fain, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland
Not Vital: A vida é um detalhe, Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
Not Vital: Ad agosto ritornano le rondini, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Not Vital: 十幅画 10 Paintings, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Not Vital. Paintings, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

2021
Not Vital. Paintings, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, United Kingdom 
Not Vital. SCARCH, Abbazia di San Giorgio, Collateral Events, Biennale Architettura 2021, Venice, Italy  
Not Vital, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland 
Not Vital. snow & water & ice, Alma Zevi, Venice, Italy 
Not Vital. 88 & 8 & 8, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland 

2020
Not Vital. SCARCH, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, United Kingdom 
Not Vital, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria 

2019
Not Vital. Bun di Basel, Wilde, Basel, Switzerland 
Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Mortiz, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Che fasch?, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland 

2018
Not Vital, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland 
Not Vital, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland 
Not Vital.  Keramik, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Saudade, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil 

2017
Not Vital: Poles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France 
Not Vital, Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden 
NOT VITAL. NAIV, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
Bronzes, 107, S-chanf, Switzerland 
Not Vital, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
NOT VITAL. Univers privat, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland 
NOT VITAL in STALLA, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland 2016
Not Vital. 12+2+1, Art Bärtschi & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
Vital Sculptures, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland 
Not Vital. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK 
Not Vital. Muntognas, Ordovas, London, UK 

2016
12+2+1, Art Bärtschi & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland 
Vital Sculptures, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland 
Not Vital, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK 
Muntognas, Ordovas, London, UK 

2015
Not Vita:lBellaval, Kloster Schoenthal Foundation, Switzerland 
Not Vital.  700 SNOWBALLS, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, Switzerland 
Not Vital, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Not Vital. Esculturas & desenhos, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil 

2014
Not Vital. Tanter, Cabinet d'Arts Graphiques, Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile 
ALLENDE by NOT VITAL, Ejercicios Mosqueto, Santiago, Chile 
Not Vital. HEADS, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
The Drawing Show: Not Vital “Snow", Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
NOT VITAL: Skulptur 1986 – 2013, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, Switzerland 
NOT VITAL: PIZ, Galleria Sperone, Sent, Switzerland 
NOT VITAL: Everton, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
NOT VITAL: Il pavimento della cucina di mia nonna, Museo d’Arte di Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland 

2013
Not Vital: Landscapes, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China 
Not Vital: 700 Snowballs, Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Ven-ice, Italy 
guarda 看, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China2012
Not Vital. 十 五, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital. Lasst hundert Blumen blühen, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria
Not Vital. Werke 1989 Bis 2011, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany 
Not Vital. Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Not Vital. 5 Spaniards & Nothing, Ivorypress Space, Madrid, Spain 

2012
Not Vital: 十 五, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Lasst hundert Blumen blühen, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria 
Not Vital: Werke 1989 Bis 2011, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany 
Not Vital: Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Not Vital. 5 Spaniards & Nothing, Ivorypress Space, Madrid, Spain 

2011
Not Vital. Hanging & Waiting, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 
Art & Architecture Projekt 2011: No Problem Sculpture, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zürich, Switzerland
Haare, Hirsch & Mao, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
Not Vital: Full On, UCCA (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art), Beijing, China 
Not Vital. Plasters, Akira Ikeda, Tokyo, Japan 
Not Vital. Sculptures, Diao Su, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
Not Vital. Opere Grafiche, Villa Garbald, Castasegna, Switzerland

2010
Modell für Schlafendes Haus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Editions, Salzburg, Austria
Not Vital: Suicides, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, U.K.
Not Vital. dirigerer, Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room, Iowa, U.S.A.
Not Vital, La Punt, Switzerland 
Places in the World, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

2009
Not Vital. Pelvis, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Schlafendes Haus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria 
NOT VITAL: NOT WHY, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China 

2008
Not Vital. Tongue, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China 
Not Vital. Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Currents – Art and Music, Beijing, China 
Not Vital. 10 Austrians and More, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 

2007
Not Vital. Punts, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Lotus, Coffee and Stone Pine, Portraits, Snow and Boyfriend, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A.
Editions. Not Vital: Hearts, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
300 palle di neve, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland 

2006
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Nietzsches Schnauz, Zeichnungen, Nietzsche Haus, Sils Maria, Switzerland

2005
Not Vita:lNew Sculpture, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
Not Vital: Agadez, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Not Vital: Agadez, Albion Gallery, London, U.K. 
Not Vital. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 

2004
Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Milla larmas id ün chamel, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany 
300 Camels, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 
Not Vital. Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland

2003
FAT ES FAT, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland 
Not Vital, Chasa Jaura Valchava, Valchava, Switzerland 

2002
Not Vital. Mias Muntognas, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany 
Not Vital. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Not Vital. FAT ES FAT, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Sturzenegger Stiftung, Switzerland  
Not Vital. FAT ES FAT, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany

2001
Not Vital. Skulpturen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Not Vital. Scultures récentes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
Not Vital. New Sculpture, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland 
Voglio vedere le mie montagne, Galleria Cardi & Co., Milan, Italy 

2000
Nils Stark Galerie, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Not Vital - Meine Schafe, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 

1999
Snowballs, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 

1998
Not Vital. Skulpturer Och Teckningar, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden 
Nototo, 1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy 

1997
Not Vital. Large Works on Paper, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Totem Und Tabu, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Not Vital, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden 

1996
Galleria d'Art Center Augustin, Scuol
Not Vital. Schoppa, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 

1995
Not Vital, Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Sculpture, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, 1000 Eventi, Turin, Italy 
Not Vital, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy 

1994
Not Vital. Skulpturen Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Stuttgart, Germany 
Not Vital, Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London, U.K. 
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

1993
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Cow Dung, New Bronze Works, Wooster Gardens, New York City, U.S.A. 
Adam, One Afternoon, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Disegns/Squitschs in Lain, Zeichnungen/Holzschnitte, Galleria d'Art Center Augustin, Scuol, Switerland
Galerie Niels Ewerbeck, Vienna, Austria

1992
Cacche di mucca. 50 sculture per la costruzione di un ospedale per bambini in Nepal, VIAFA-RINI, Milan, Italy 
Not Vital. Sculture Recenti, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy 
Not Vital. Bronzen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
18 buatschas, 1000 Bronze – Kuhfladen für ein Kinderspital in Nepal. Zeichnungen, Galerie Lu-ciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 

1991
Not Vital – Photographs by Florio Puenter, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Auf Mist wachsen Blumen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Not Vital: The Complete Prints and Multiples, Baron / Boisanté Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
The Complete Prints and Multiples, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1990
Not Vital, PS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
Not Vital, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Prix BCG ‘90, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
El Maktoub Maktoub, Baron / Boisanté Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany

1989
Not Vital: Dessins et sculptures, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Not Vital. Akhnaton, Centre of Arts – Akhnaton Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt 
Not Vital: Sculptures and works on paper, Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, Galerie Montenay, Paris, France 
Not Vital, Baron / Boisanté Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. in cooperation with Curt Marcus Gal-lery

1988
Not Vital, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany 
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy 
Not Vital. Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Not Vital, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Bilder und Skulpturen, Binz 39, Scuol, Switzerland
Works on Paper, Swiss Institute, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital, Baron / Boisanté Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 

1987
Not Vital. Skulpturen, Rudolf Zwirner Galerie, Cologne, Germany 
Not Vital. Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.

1986
Sculpture and drawings, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital. Galleria Pinta, Genoa, Italy

1985
Not Vital. Drawings and Sculptures, Willard Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital. Sculpturen en Tekeningen, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland 

1984
Not Vital, Galerie Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A. 
Ref. 84, Palud N° 1, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Not Vital. Recent sculptures and drawings, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 
Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Galerie Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland 

1983
Galerie Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital. Recent Drawings, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A 

1982
Not Vital. Zeichnungen und Objekte, Gimpel-Hanover + André Emmerich Galleries, Zürich, Switzerland 
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland 

1981
Not Vital. Recent Drawings, Albert White Gallery, Toronto, Canada 
Not Vital. Neueste Werke, Altstadt Galerie, Chur, Switzerland 

1980
Not Vital. Gimpel–Hanover + André Emmerich Galleries, Zürich, Switzerland 
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburg, U.S.A.

1979
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1977
Städtische Galerie „Zum Strauhof“, Zürich, Switzerland

1976
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Galerie Peter Noser, Zurich, Switzerland

1974
Dritte Galerie, Zofingen, Switzerland

1973
Galleria LP 220, Turin, Italy

1971
Galerie d'art moderne, Chur, Switzerland 
Not Vital, Galleria Diagramma, Milan, Italy 
Galleria LP 220, Turin Italy 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Carl Andre, Gilbert&George, Thomas Hirschhorn, Not Vital, Graubünden Art Museum, Coire, CH, Switzerland

2023
High Five!, Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland
Home Game: 15 Years of the Sculpture Park, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
1983 | 2023, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Interstellar, in collaboration wit artgenève, Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland
Piero Crommelynck et la gravure, Dutko, Paris, France
Untiefen. Werke aus der Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany

2022
Line Up, Galerie Tschudi, Zurich, Switzerland
Into the Wild, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland
GODHEAD - Idols in Time of Crisis, Lustwarande, Tilburg, Netherlands 

2021
Matières en lumière. Sculptures de Rodin à Louise Bourgeois, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Snapshot, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China 
Schweizer Skulptur seit 1945, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland 
Rêves d’été en monochrome, Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland 
Body in Time. Antony Gormley, Tony Cragg, Marc Quinn, Charlie Sheard, Not Vital, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China 
JAHRESAUSSTELLUNG DER BÜNDNER KÜNSTLERINNEN UND KÜNSTLER, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland 

2020
Biennale Bregaglia 2020, Promontogno, Switzerland 
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours Ardez, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland 
Dance me to the end of love. Danse macabre, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland 
Seeing Touch, Hauser & Wirth, St. Moritz, Switzerland 
At Sea, Viewing Room, David Zwirner 

2019
Begegnungen, Ein Kunstprojekt beim Rosenhuegel Chur, Chur, Switzerland 
Passion. Bilder von der Jagd, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
LA LUCE ALPINA. Giovanni Segantini, Dove Allouche, Siegrun Appelt, Philippe Rahm, Patrick Rohner, Not Vital, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland 
Absolutely Tschudi, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 

2018
Basel Short Stories. From Erasmus to Iris von Roten. The Wanderer and his Shadow. Nietzsche in Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland 
Wendepunkte. Von Nolde bis Oppenheim, ETH-Bibliothek, Graphische Sammlung, Zürich, Switzerland 
IT COMES IN WAVES, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France 
REFLECTION about about REFLECTION, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
COUNTERPOINT: Selections from The Peter Marino Collection, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, U.S.A. 
Ausstellung Edition August 2018, Edition VFO, Zurich, Switzerland 
Surrealism Switzerland, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland 

2017
Zeichnungen und Wandarbeiten, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
En Marche: faire un pas, c’est faire un choix, Le Pénitencier , Sion, Switzerland 
Art of the Treasure Art, Chianti region, Italy
Alpenglühn, Faessler & Ochsner GmbH, Zürich, Switzerland 
Spot on Nairs. 30 Jahre Künstlerhaus, Switzerland

2016
Nuove consonanze. Opere dalle collezioni del museo, Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland 
Illumination, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 
The City, Faraway, FRAC Centre, Orléans, France 
presently, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany 
Aitor Ortiz - NotOna Island, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Un percorso d'arte, Morcote, Switzerland 
20 Jahre Hölderlinstrasse 55, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany 
Where Does The Wind Blow, If There Is No Air?, Superespacio, Santiago, Chile 
SPLIT. Mirror, Light. Reflection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany 

2015
Signs/Words, Sperone Westwater, New York, U.S.A. 
Words and images. Books beyond artists, Ivorypress Space, Madrid, Spain 
private view 2, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen
Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 
Biennale Skulpturen Symposium, Winterthur, Switzerland 
AFRICA. ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 
Not Vital e Laura Bott, Chasa Jaura Museum, Val Müstair, Switzerland 
Muster, Modelle, Parodien. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Gerhard Richter, Not Vital, Nietzsche-Haus, Sils Maria, Switzerland
La Collezione. Confronti, Museo d'Arte, Mendrisio, Switzerland 
Space Age, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France 
30 YEARS. Artists of the Gallery, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 

2014
mit papier arbeiten, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell, Gstaad Biennial, Gstaad, Switzerland 
Des Hommes et La Forêt, Château de Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland 
An inner dialogue. The contemporary self-portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy 
Platform, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 
ALPENLIEBE, Kaiser Franz Josefs Höhe Centre, Carinthia & East Tyrol, Austria 
Bloodflames Revisited, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Unterirdisch - Das Spektakel des Unsichtbaren, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Inhabiting the World, Busan Biennale 2014, Busan, South Korea 
M Home: Living in Space, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China 
One Way: Peter Marino, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A. 

2013
Moving: Norman Foster on Art, Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France 
Not Vital, Dayanita Singh per la Biennale d'arte 2013, Giorgio Mastinu Fine Art, Venice, Italy
Signs/Words, Sperone Westwater Lugano, Switzerland 
Blickachsen 9 – Contemporary Sculpture in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt/Rhein – Main, Frank-furt am Main, Germany 
Uninhabitable Objects – Behausungen zwischen Imagination und Realität, Bündner Kun-stmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Arte Hotel Bregaglia, Hotel Bregaglia, Promontogno 
Uninhabitable Objects. Zweckfreie Architektur und Nutzen der Kunst | Architectura sainza böd e l'adöver da l'art, NAIRS, Center da cultura NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland 
secondo anno, Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, Lugano, Switzerland 

2012
Marble Sculpture from 350 B.C. to last week, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Printin’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Säen, ernten, glücklich sein, Fontana Park, Chur, Switzerland 
Carpe Diem, Toyota Municipal Museum, Nagoya, Japan 
Art et Nature, Jardin du Havel, Saint Hymer, France 
White: Marble and Paint, From Antiquity to Now, Robilant + Voena, London, U.K. 
Formungen, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
10 Jahre in Zuoz, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 

2011
The Unknown Collection from Bielefeld, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany 

2010
Zeichnungen. Disegns - ün museum subjectiv, NAIRS, Center da cultura NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland 
25 Jahre Galerie Tschudi, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
Director’s Choice, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Idea and Object, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 

2009
Fuentes (Artists and Their Inspirations), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Fuentes (Non-European Influences on Contemporary Artists), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
Sculpture in Nature, Nature of Sculpture. Giovanni Anselmo, Louise Bourgeois, Anish Kapoor, Not Vital, Zhan Wang, Franz West, Foundation De 11 Lijnen, Oudensburg 
In der Nacht, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 

2008
Blood on Paper, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom 
Am Nabel der Welt. Kunst aus Graubünden, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Kunst zum Mittag – Bildbetrachtungen für den leichten Hunger, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Zwischenlandung. Werke aus der Sammlung nationale suisse, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland 
Not Vital and Emil Lukas, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

2007
Collective One, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Von Tag zu Tag. Pablo Picasso, Hanne Darboven, Not Vital, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Exposures, the Contemporary Self – Portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Richard Long and Not Vital. Agadez, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
25 Jahre Galerie Crone, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

2006
Mountains, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland 
Visioni del Paradiso, Swiss Institute, Rome, Italy 
Ziechnungen / Disegns. Menga Dolf, Corsin Fontana, Franziska Furter, Michael Günzberger, Nic Hess, Max Matter, Claudia und Julia Müller, Loredana Sperini, Not Vital, NAIRS, Center da cultu-ra NAIRS Scuol, Scuol, Switzerland.

2005
Per la musica. Mostra internazionale di arte contemporanea, Castelluccio di Pienza, Italia
BALTHASAR BURKHARD, HAMISH FULTON, BETHAN HUWS, CALLUM INNES, RICHARD LONG, ULRICH RÜCKRIEM, NOT VITAL, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
In the Middle of the Night. Die Neuerwerbungen seit 1996, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany

2004
Sculpture in Nature, Nature of Sculpture, Foundation De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg, Belgium
WYSIWYG."What You See Is What You Get", KISS Kunstverein, Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen, Abtsgmünd, Germany
La Mort Devant Soi, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 
Kunstmarkt Unterengadin, NAIRS, Center da cultura NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland
Needful things: recent multiples, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, U.S.A. 

2003
Ci Siamo, zeitgenössisches Kunstschaffen Engadin und Südtäler, Sils im Engadin, Switzerland 
Balthasar Burkhard, Not Vital, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
La Montagna Ricreata, Valle d’AostArte, Aosta, Italy 
Skulptur 03, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Perpetual Bliss. Form, symbol and material in contemporary sculpture, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France 
Mario Merz / Andre Burkhard Fulton Innes Klein Long Rückriem Vital, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

2001
Heart of Glass, Queens Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Plateau of Humanity, 49th Biennale, Venice, Italy 
Galleria Cardi and Co., in collaborazione con Gian Enzo Sperone New York, Milan, Italy 
Kleine Paradiese. Bethan Huws, Yutaka Sone, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Not Vital, Gutspark Boeckel, Rödinghausen, Germany

2000
Cosmologies: Boetti, Fontana, Halley, Laib, Tuttle, Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
ÜberSicht, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Kunst, die wir lieben, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1999
Konnex Kairo, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland 
Magisches Rätisches Dreieck, Drei Künstler – Drei Positionen, Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria 
G'99 Mostra internazionale di scultura all'aperto, Vira Gambarogno, Lago Maggiore, Switzerland
Head to Toe: Impressing The Body, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University Of Massa-chusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 
Präsentation Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Bayerische Versicherungsbank AG, Unterföhring, Germany

1998
Frederich Einhorn, Peter Nagy, Florio Puenter, Cluadio Ruggieri, Not Vital. Galleria Maria Cile-na, Milan, Italy 
The Erotic Sublime, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Umedalen Skulptur 1998, Galeri Stefan Andersson AB

1997
animals, Baron / Boisanté Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Totem and Tabu, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Richard Kaselowsky Haus, Bielefeld, Germany 
Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Pistoletto, Vital, Zorio, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital, Esko Männikkö, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden 
OBJECTIVITY: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virgin-ia Beach, U.S.A. 
Animaux et animaux, Zeitgenössische Kunst und Zoologie, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhau-sen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 

1996
Dissimilar & Unrelated Sculptures, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Thinking Print, Books to Billboards, 1980 – 1995, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Projects, 3 New + 3 Old, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Übergänge – Kunst aus Graubünden 1936 – 1996, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
The Material Imagination, Untitled, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, U.S.A.

1995
Beyond Switzerland – Works by Contemporary Swiss Artists, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China 
(W) H O (W) ARE YOU? An exhibition with works from Anders Tornberg Collection, Galerie An-hava, Helsinki, Finland 
Selected Projects of ’81 – ’95, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A.
Schrift Im Bild, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
Show Of Sculpture, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. 

1994
The Body Human, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
A Century of Artists Books, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Curtis Anderson and Not Vital, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A.
Projekt Schweiz II, Natur – Kultur, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

1993
Floor Show. Sculptures & Objects, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden 
Elliott Puckette, Nicolas Rule, Not Vital, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Group show, Brent Sikkema, New York City, U.S.A. 
Künstler gegen die Folter, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 
Across The River and Into The Trees, a Sculpture Show, The Rushmore Festival, New York City, U.S.A.
Self – Evidence, Self – Portraits in Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library, New York City, U.S.A.

1992 – 94
Drawn in the 90’s, The Katonah Museum of Art, Bedford Drawn in the 90’s, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, U.S.A.
Drawn in the 90’s, Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Calgary, Canada
Drawn in the 90’s, Huntsville Museum of Art, Hunstville; außerdem / also Lamont Gallery, Phil-lips Exeter Academy, Exeter, U.S.A.; University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Di-ego, U.S.A. and Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, U.S.A.

1992
Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. 
Not Vital Florio Puenter, Galleria Pinta, Genoa, Italy 
Emil Lukas Not Vital. Skulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Nova, Pontresina, Switzerland
Skulpturen und arbeiten auf papier, Galerie Nova, Fredi Büchel, Pontresina, Switzerland
Works On Paper, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A.

1991
Skulpturen, Bilder, Grafiken. Corsin Fontana, Gaspare O. Melcher, Matias Spescha, Not Vital,  Galerie Nova, Pontresina, Switzerland
AUSSENSKULPTUREN, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
Sol Lewitt (Wall Drawing), Not Vital (Druckgrafik & Multiples), Barnett Newman (18 Cantos), Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

1990
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
The First Five Years, The Kaldewey Press At Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A. 

1989
Object of Thought, A Collection of Objects and Small Sculptures, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Monochrome, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, U.S.A. 
Matias Spescha - Not Vital, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France 
Reflets contemporains d'une collection: gravures de l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale Zurich, Mai-son Pulliérane, Pully, Switzerland
Not Vital, Ange Leccia, Dennis Adams, Galerie Faust, Geneva, Switzerland 
Reflets contemporains d'une collection: gravures de l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale Zurich, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 
Galerie Faust, Geneva, Switzerland
Gemälde und Skulpturen, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Projects and Portfolios, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, U.S.A.
Selected Multiples, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York City, U.S.A.
The 1980s, Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
The New Poverty II, Meyers Bloom Gallery, St. Monica, U.S.A.

1988
Works on Paper, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, U.S.A. 
Works on Paper, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Konfrontationen von Kauffmann bis Miriam Cahn, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Off White, Diane Brown Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Kaldeway Press, Thomas E. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Kaldeway Press, Thomas E. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Blow Up, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital, Baron /Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital, Salvatore Scarpitta. Stampe, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy 
Recent Acquisitions, The Museum of Modern Art (Dep. Of Prints and Illustrated Books), New York City, U.S.A.

1987
The Antique Future, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Walls and Spaces. Three Swiss Artists: Rosemarie Koczy, Oliver Mosset, Not Vital, The Swiss Institute, New York City, U.S.A. 
16 Schweizer Künstlerdruckgraphik der 80er Jahre, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
The New Poverty, John Gibson Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Bronze, Plaster & Polyester. A selection of cast sculpture, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 
Simila/Dissimilia, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A.
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Drawing Since 1940, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A.
Südwärts Nordwärts, Italienische und Schweizer Kunstler, Studio 10, Chur, Switzerland

1986
Invitational Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. 
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, U.S.A.
Time After Time, Diane Brown Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Verso Sud e Verso Nord - Artisti italiani e svizzeri, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy 
Willard Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.

1985
Male Sexuality. Expressions and Perceptions, Art City, New York City, U.S.A. 
Large Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, U.S.A. 
Cult and Decorum, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
James Brown, Richard Milani, Scott Richter, Not Vital, Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A. 
Objects of Comfort, City Without Walls, Newark, U.S.A. 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
American Paintings 1975 – 1985, The Aron and Phyllis Katz Collection, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, U.S.A.
Graffiti and East Village Artists, Librizzi Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.

1984
Aspekte Aktueller Bündner Kunst: Corsin Fontana, Gaudenz Signorell, Not Vital, Hannes Vogel, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
Ref. 84, Palud N° 1, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Jim Colarusso, Michael Hafftka, Christoph Hertzog, Not Vital, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Corsin Fontana, Not Vutal, Steve Staso, Christoph Hertzog, Galerie Claudia Knapp, Chur, Switzerland 
Eccentric Image(s), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A. 
Selected Drawings by Eleven Artists, Willard Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Wedge Benefit, Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.

1983
Joseph Nechvatal, Not Vital, Robin Weglinski, Gallery Nature Morte, New York City, U.S.A.
Twelve Swiss Artist, Gimpel – Hanover Gallery, London, U.K. 
New Expressions, Leonarda di Mauro Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Niveau Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Not Vital, Corsin Fontana, Das Auslöschen Der Bilder durch die Zeit, Galerie Claudia Knapp, Chur, Switzerland
Not Vital, Steve Staso, Julian L. Mosca, Schweizerhof, Vulpera, Switzerland 
Rückblick - Ausblick, Gimpel-Hanover + André Emmerich Galerien, Zürich, Switzerland 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

1982
Yulla Lipchitz & Not Vital. Yulla Lipchitz, Photographs. Not Vital, Recent Works, Mendelson Gal-lery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 
Animals and Archetypes, P. S. 122, New York City, U.S.A.
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

1980
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

1979
Sommeraustellung, Galerie Iselin, Schöner-Wohnen-Haus, Zürich, Switzerland 
Weihnachtsausstellung der Bündner Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1978
Weihnachtsausstellung, Galerie Iselin, Schöner-Wohnen-Haus, Zürich and Locarno 

1976
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

1973
Antonio Paradiso, Not Vital, Galleria LP 220, Turin, Italy 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur (Switzerland)
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (France)
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg (U.S.A.)
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (U.S.A.)
Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (Switzerland)
Graphische Sammlung der ETH, Zürich (Switzerland)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (U.S.A)
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (Switzerland)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (Germany)
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne (Switzerland)
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus (Switzerland)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (Denmark)
Musée d’Art et d’histoire, Geneva (Switzerland)
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (Switzerland)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (U.S.A)
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (Austria)
New York Public Library, N.Y.C (U.S.A)
Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia (U.S.A)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (U.S.A.)
Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen (Germany)
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (U.K.)
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn (U.S.A.)
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi (Japan)
BancaStato, Bellinzona (Switzerland)
Kirchner Museum, Davos (Switzerland)

 


CATALOGUES

Not Vital. Ir, Exhibition catalogue, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (5 December 2020 - 13 June 2021), Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2020, Texts: Giorgia von Albertini, Christina Penets-dorfer, Thorsten Sadowsky, Not Vital.

Not Vital. Paintings, Exhibition catalogue, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (19 October 2018 - 20 January 2019), Parvs Publishing, Helsinki, 2018, Texts: Susanna Pettersson, Not Vital.

Not Vital. univers privat, Exhibition catalogue, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland (9 September - 19 November 2017), Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 2017, Texts: Giorgia von Albertini, Simon Baur, Lynn Kost, Stephan Kunz, Alma Zevi.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK (21 May 2016 - 2 Jan-uary 2017), Texts: Clare Lilley, Alma Zevi.

NOT VITAL: Il pavimento della cucina di mia nonna, Exhibition catalogue, Museo d’arte Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland (26 September 2014 – 11 January 2015), Mendrisio 2014, Texts: Simone Soldini, Gian Enzo Sperone, Alma Zevi.

Piz, Exhibition catalogue, Galleria Sperone, Sent, Switzerland (2 August 2014 – 15 February 2015), Sent, 2014, Text: Alma Zevi.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile (13 March – 25 April 2014), Santiago 2014, Texts: Cristian Orellana, Alma Zevi.

Tanter, Exhibition catalogue, Cabinet d'Arts Graphiques, Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (17 January – 13 April 2014), Geneva 2014, Texts: Christian Rümelin, Alma Zevi.

Not Vital: Guarda 看, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (19 November 2013 - 19 January 2014), Beijing 2013. Texts: Rukhsana Jahangir, Not Vital

Not Vital: Landscapes, Exhibition Catalogue, Ben Brown Fine Arts. Hong Kong, China (22 May - 10 August 2013), Hong Kong 2013.

Not Vital: Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Exhibition catalogue, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dorn-birn, Austria (13 April – 3 June 2012), Dornbirn 2012. Texts: Edelbert Köb, Alma Zevi.

Not Vital: Werke 1989 bis 2011, Exhibition catalogue, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany (28 April 2012 – 13 January 2013), Sindelfingen 2012. Text: Thomas Kellein.

Not Vital: 十 五, Exhibition catalogue, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (3 March – 21 March 2012),
New York 2012. Text: Gian Enzo Sperone.

White. Edited by Mira Dimitrova, Exhibition catalogue, Robilant + Voena, London, U.K. (4 Octo-ber – 14 December 2012), London 2012.

Not Vital: Plasters, Exhibition catalogue, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (9 July – 29 October 2011), Tokyo 2011.

Not Vital: Full On, Exhibition catalogue, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (28 May – 10 July 2011), Beijing 2011. Texts: Jerome Sans, Alma Zevi.

NotVital:hanging&waiting, Exhibition catalogue, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (14 January – 17 February 2011), Brussels 2011. Text: Nicolas Trembley.

Not Vital: Suicides, Exhibition catalogue, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, U.K. (11 June – 28 Au-gust 2010), London 2010. Texts: Akhmed Haidara, Anthony Downey.

Not Why, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
(14 November 2009 – 16 January 2010), Beijing 2009. Texts: Christoph Doswald, Not Vital

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (15 September – 27 October 2007), Milan 2007.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. (2 February 2006 – 7 April 2006), Chicago 2006. Texts: Stephen Graham, Cathy S. Cottong, Akhmed Haidera.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (15 January – 23 Feb-ruary 2005), Paris 2005. Interview by Louise Neri.

Not Vital: Agadez, Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (20 March – 5 June 2005), Cologne 2005. Text: Thomas Kellein.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City, U.S.A., (2 April – 1 May 2004) New York 2004. Text: Akmed Haidara.

Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (13 September – 2 No-vember 2002), Geneva 2002. Text: Claude Ritschard.

„FAT ES FAT“, Exhibition catalogue, Sturzenegger- Stiftung, Kunstmuseum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
(15 September 2002 – 17 November 2002), Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany (8 December 2002 – 2 February 2003), Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland (22 Febru-ary – 27 April 2003), Nürnberg 2002. Texts: Markus Stegmann, Werner Mayer, Luisa Famos.

Voglio vedere le mie montagne, Exhibition catalogue, Galleria Cardi, Milan (29 November 2001 – 26 January 2002), Milan, Italy 2001. Text: Not Vital.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Sperone Westwater Gallery (8 September – 2 October), New York City, 1999.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (21 November 1997 – 25 January 1998), Malmö 1998. Texts: Anthony Iannacci, Bera Nordal.

Thomas Kellein, Not Vital, D.A.P., New York, U.S.A. 1996.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland (11 December 1990 – 27 January 1991), Geneva1990. Text: Claude Ritschard.

Not Vital at Akhnaton, Exhibition catalogue, Centre of Arts – Akhnaton Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo (20 February – 5 March 1989), Cairo 1989. Texts: André von Grafenried, Mohamed Taha Hus-sien.

Not Vital, Works on Paper, Exhibition catalogue, Swiss Institute New York, New York City, U.S.A. (9 November –
25 December 1988), New York 1988. Text: Ziba de Weck.

Not Vital. Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland (25 March – 9 May 1988), Lucerne 1988.

Bigger Than You: A Sculpture by Not Vital for the Swiss Volksbank in St. Moritz, published by Studio Guenzani, Milan 1988. Texts: Claudio Guenzani, Hans-Jörg Ruch, Lucas Dietrich, Car-olyn Phillips.

Not Vital, Exhibition catalogue, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (9 December 1979 – 13 January 1980), Chur 1979.

 

BOOKS

Not Vital: SCARCH, Edited by Giorgia von Albertini and Olivier Renaud-Clément, with texts by Giorgia von Albertini, Olivier Renaud-Clément, Philip Jodidio, and Tilla Theus. Zürich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2020.

Not Vital, Texts by Christian Rümelin and Alma Zevi. Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2015.

Not Vital, Text by Thomas Kellein. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 1996.

 

FILMOGRAPHY


Pascal Hoffmann, Reck Filmproduction: NOT ME - A JOURNEY WITH NOT VITAL, 2020

Not Vital. Moments You Never Forget, Louisiana Museum Channel, Humlebæk, Denmark, 2015

Studio Banana TV: Not Vital. Interview. Madrid, Spain, 2010.

Albion Gallery, London, U.K, 2005

Thomas Kellein, Christiane Heuwinkel, Jochen Kopp: Not Vital. Agadez, Niger. Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 2005.

Hercli Bundi, FAMA FILM AG: Not Vital, Half Man – Half Animal, 1999.

Televisiun Rumantscha, 1999 / Fama Film, Bern, Switzerland, 2000.

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