NOT VITAL Born 1948 in Sent, Engadin (Switzerland) Lives and works in: Beijing (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Sent (Switzerland). SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Not Vital. Bun di Basel, Wilde, Basel, Switzerland (9 February - 25 May 2019) 2018 NOT VITAL, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (13 January - 28 February 2018) NOT VITAL, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland (19 October 2018 - 20 January 2019; Catalogue) NOT VITAL. Keramik, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland (3 November - 1 December 2018) Not Vital. Saudade, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil (10 November 2018 - 19 January 2019) 2017 Not Vital: Poles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France (22 January - 18 March 2017) Not Vital, Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden (5 May - 12 August 2017) NOT VITAL. NAIV, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland (22 July - 16 September 2017) Bronzes, 107, S-chanf, Switzerland (29 July - 21 August 2017) Not Vital, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (29 July - 31 August 2017) NOT VITAL. Univers privat, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland (9 September - 19 November 2017; Catalogue) NOT VITAL in STALLA, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland (30 December2017 - 3 March 2018) 2016 12+2+1, Art Bärtschi & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (14 January - 12 March 2016) Vital Sculptures, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (8 April - 8 May 2016) Not Vital, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK (21 May 2016 - 2 January 2017) Muntognas, Ordovas, London, UK (10 June - 5 August 2016) 2015 Not Vital: Bellaval, Kloster Schoenthal Foundation, Switzerland (5 June - 8 November 2015) NOT VITAL: 700 SNOWBALLS, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, Switzerland (20 July - 12 September 2015) Not Vital, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8 October - 29 November 2015) Not Vital. Esculturas & desenhos, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil (14 December 2015 - 13 February 2016) 2014 Not Vital. Tanter, Cabinet d'Arts Graphiques, Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (17 January – 13 April 2014; Catalogue) Not Vital, Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile (13 March – 25 April 2014; Catalogue) ALLENDE by NOT VITAL, Ejercicios Mosqueto, Santiago, Chile (17 - 19 May 2014) Not Vital. HEADS, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (22 May - 28 June 2014) The Drawing Show: Not Vital “Snow", Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. (1 July – 20 December 2014) NOT VITAL: Skulptur 1986 – 2013, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, Switzerland (5 July – 13 September 2014) NOT VITAL: PIZ, Galleria Sperone, Sent, Switzerland (2 August 2014 – 15 February 2015; Catalogue) NOT VITAL: Everton, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (10 September – 4 October 2014) NOT VITAL: Il pavimento della cucina di mia nonna, Museo d’Arte di Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland (26 September 2014 – 11 January 2015; Catalogue) 2013 Not Vital: Landscapes, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China (22 May – 10 August 2013; Catalogue) Not Vital: 700 Snowballs, Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy (1 June – 29 September 2013) guarda 看, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (16 November 2013– 19 January 2014; Catalogue) 2012 Not Vital: 十 五, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (3 – 21 March 2012; Catalogue) Not Vital. Lasst hundert Blumen blühen, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria (13 April – 3 June 2012; Catalogue) Not Vital: Werke 1989 Bis 2011, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany (28 April 2012 – 13 January 2013; Catalogue) Not Vital: Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (10 November 2012 – 18 January 2013) Not Vital. 5 Spaniards & Nothing, Ivorypress Space, Madrid, Spain (22 November 2012 – 19 January 2013) 2011 Not Vital. Hanging & Waiting, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (14 January – 17 February 2011; Catalogue) Art & Architecture Projekt 2011: No Problem Sculpture, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zürich, Switzerland (10 – 19 March 2011) Haare, Hirsch & Mao, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany (19 March – 23 April 2011) Not Vital: Full On, UCCA (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art), Beijing, China (28 May – 10 July 2011; Catalogue) Not Vital. Plasters, Akira Ikeda, Tokyo, Japan (9 July – 29 October 2011; Catalogue) Not Vital. Sculptures, Diao Su, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (9 September – 15 October 2011) Not Vital: Opere Grafiche, Villa Garbald, Castasegna, Switzerland (8 October 2011 – 6 October 2013) 2010 Modell für Schlafendes Haus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Editions, Salzburg, Austria (22 May – 17 July 2010) Not Vital: Suicides, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, U.K. (11 June – 28 August 2010; Catalogue) Not Vital. dirigerer, Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room, Iowa, U.S.A. (29 July - 21 September 2010) Not Vital, La Punt, Switzerland (27 August – 5 September 2010; Catalogue) Places in the World, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (17 March – 17 April 2010) 2009 Not Vital. Pelvis, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland (9 May – 6 June 2009) Not Vital. Schlafendes Haus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (1 November 2009 – 13 April 2010) NOT VITAL: NOT WHY, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (14 November 2009 – 16 January 2010; Catalogue) 2008 Not Vital. Tongue, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (22 April – 21 September 2008) Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Currents – Art and Music, Beijing, China (22 April – 22 June 2008) Not Vital: 10 Austrians and More, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (26 April – 24 May 2008) 2007 Not Vital. Punts, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland (1 September – 29 September 2007) Not Vital. Lotus, Coffee and Stone Pine, Portraits, Snow and Boyfriend, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (15 September – 27 October 2007; Catalogue) Editions. Not Vital: Hearts, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (24 November 2007 – 19 January 2008) 300 palle di neve, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland (25 April 2007) 2006 The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. (2 February – 7 April 2006; Catalogue) Not Vital, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (16 March – 13 May 2006) Nietzsches Schnauz, Zeichnungen, Nietzsche Haus, Sils Maria, Switzerland 2005 Not Vital: New Sculpture, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (15 January – 23 February 2005; Catalogue) Not Vital: Agadez, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (20 March – 5 June 2005; Catalogue) Not Vital: Agadez, Albion Gallery, London, U.K. (22 June – 12 August 2005) Not Vital. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (29 August - 8 October, 2005) 2004 Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (2 April – 1 May 2004; Catalogue) Not Vital. Milla larmas id ün chamel, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany (24 April – 5 June 2004) 300 Camels, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia (25 May – 3 July 2004) Not Vital, Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland (26 November 2004 – 18 February 2005) 2003 FAT ES FAT, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland (22 February – 27 April 2003; Catalogue) Not Vital, Chasa Jaura Valchava, Valchava, Switzerland (6 September – 16 October 2003) 2002 Not Vital: Mias Muntognas, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany (27 April – 15 June 2002) Not Vital, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (13 September – 2 November 2002; Catalogue) FAT ES FAT, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Sturzenegger Stiftung, Switzerland (15 September – 17 November 2002; Catalogue) FAT ES FAT, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany (8 December 2002 – 2 February 2003; Catalogue) 2001 Not Vital. Skulpturen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (3 – 31 March 2001) Not Vital. Scultures récentes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (22 June – 21 July 2001) Not Vital: New Sculpture, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland (23 November 2001 – 23 February 2002) Voglio vedere le mie montagne, Galleria Cardi & Co., Milan, Italy (29 November 2001 – 26 January 2002; Catalogue) 2000 Nils Stark Galerie, Copenhagen, Denmark (1 December 2000 – 3 February 2001) Not Vital - Meine Schafe, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland (1-29 April 2000) 1999 Snowballs, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. (9 January – 20 February 1999) Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (8 September – 2 October 1999) 1998 Not Vital. Skulpturer Och Teckningar, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden (19 March - 24 April 1998) Nototo, 1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy (5 – 30 May 1998) 1997 Not Vital. Large Works on Paper, Baron / Boisanté, New York City, U.S.A. (8 February – 22 March 1997) Not Vital, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (22 February – 22 March 1997) Not Vital. Totem Und Tabu, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (15 May – 3 August 1997; Catalogue) Not Vital, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (21 November 1997 – 25 January 1998; Catalogue) 1996 Galleria d'Art Center Augustin, Scuol Not Vital. Schoppa, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland (24 August – 21 September 1996) 1995 Not Vital, Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland (27 January – 22 April 1995) Not Vital. Sculpture, Sperone Westwater, New York City, U.S.A. (29 April – 10 June 1995; Catalogue) Not Vital, 1000 Eventi, Turin, Italy (20 October – November 1995) Not Vital, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy (23 November – December 1995) 1994 Not Vital: Skulpturen Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Stuttgart, Germany (20 September – 19 November 1994) Not Vital, Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London, U.K. (24 November 1994 – 20 January 1995) Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 1993 Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland (21 January – 27