Shed

Christina Zurfluh
Shed

The STRABAG art forum shows the exhibition "Christina Zurfluh - Shed" on the occasion of the new publication of the artist book "Color Diary 1996 - 2012".

Opening: Thursday, September 4th, 2014, 6:30 p.m., Artlounge in the STRABAG house
Welcome: Wilhelm Weiß, Director STRABAG Art Forum
Speaking about the exhibition: Dr. Rainer Fuchs, Deputy Director mumok, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna

Christina Zurfluh was honored in 1996 with the forerunner of today's STRABAG Artaward International, the Bau Holding AG art promotion award. Since then, the STRABAG Art Forum has followed the artist's work development and exhibition activities. Some of her works enrich the STRABAG Artcollection.

Christina Zurfluh's paintings have between 50 and 60 layers. She notes the color of each layer and marks it with numbers. In this way, she can locate the colors and bring them out of the underground in a later step. The "Color Diary 1996 - 2012" documents the layer painting process developed and consistently followed by Christina Zurfluh between 1996 and 2012. The book can thus also be viewed as an archive of her oeuvre for this period. On the one hand, the recordings can be read like a code that supports the process of painting; on the other hand, they are themselves drawings or paintings that carry and thematize the process. The artist's book with a contribution by Rainer Fuchs, a literary text by Dagrun Hintze and a foreword by Martin Prinzhorn appears in the Passagen Kunst series.

The artist's book will be presented as part of the exhibition opening.

Exhibition duration: 05.09. - 09/26/2014

CHRISTINA ZURFLUH
Born in Zug (CH)

1989-1994
University of Applied Arts Vienna
1996
Sponsorship award from Bau Holding AG, Klagenfurt (A)
State studio for 6 years together with Bernhard Fruehwirth (A)
1997
Work and studio grants from the City of Zurich, Helmhaus, Zurich
2001
State grant (A)
2003
Central Swiss Art Prize, Lucerne Art Museum (CH)
Cantrade Art Prize 2003, Zurich (CH)
2005
New York Scholarship Canton Schwyz - Zug (CH)
2007
Prize from the Thyll-Dürr Foundation, Switzerland

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2014
Christina Zurfluh
Fonderie Darling, Montreal, Canada
2013
Anna Wenger Gallery, Zurich
2012
In Bluethe
Mathias Güntner Gallery, Hamburg
Viennafair The New Contemporary with Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
2008
newrealism
Mezzanine Gallery, Vienna
2007
new forces - new faces
Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Kreuzlingen
2006
ghost painting
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
paintingghosts
2005
flätthüntschsauft
New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
2004
new faces - new forces
Mezzanine Gallery, Vienna
cannon
Group Austrian Guggenheim, Vienna
2003
Mondsee Castle Gallery, Mondsee
hulfruz
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
2002
ten years after (with Bernhard Fruehwirth)
Gallery 422, Gmunden
the thin blue line
Mezzanine Gallery, Vienna
2000
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
1999
information decade
Mezzanine Gallery, Vienna
1998
flow
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
1997
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
1996
Gallery in the Traklhaus, Salzburg
Galerie Bau Holding AG, Klagenfurt

Group exhibitions (selection)

2013
Swiss Arts Awards Exhibition 2013, Basel
Held in conjuction with Art Basel 2013 in Hall 4 of Messe Basel
2012
ABSTRACTION / FIGURATION. Austrian Contemporary Art
Presented by STRABAG Artforum
Sochi Art Museum
2010
Painting: process and expansion
Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
2009
Secession Wichtelgasse, Vienna
2008
Variation 1
Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna
2007
Top of Central Switzerland
Art Museum, Lucerne
2005
Locating nature
OK. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
2004
Paula's home
Lentos Art Museum, Linz
Color
Art panorama, Lucerne
2003
Volpinum, Vienna
Annual exhibition 2003
Art Museum, Lucerne
2002
Volpinum, Vienna
Preview III
Brigitte Weiss Gallery, Zurich
MUSIC
Showroom in WUK, Vienna
2001
Art from Austria
contemporary paintings, Abu Dhabi
Positions - Painting in Austria
Kunsthalle Attersee, Attersee
2000
The memory of painting
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Dive in
Art panorama, Lucerne
new austrian spotlight- Contemporary Art in Austria
Marmara University, Istanbul
Combat zone
Ottakringerstraße 20, Vienna
1999
de Coraz (i) on
Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona
Photo Graphic's
Austrian Embassy, ​​Washington, USA
1997
a box is a box is a box
Sargfabrik, Vienna
Anniversary exhibition
New Gallery of the City of Linz, Linz
Annual exhibition
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
1996
abstract / real
20er Haus, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
1995
unveiled painting
Art space, Vienna