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Pierre Imhof
About the artist...
Pierre Imhof was born in Fribourg, Switzerland in 1956. He moved to
London in 1979 to study painting & sculpture at Middlesex, where he
was awarded the Purchase Prize. He lives and works in London and exhibits
widely throughout Europe.
His work has been shown by the ICA London and he has undertaken
major commissions for clients such as Union Bank of Switzerland
(New York).
Imhof works with grids, squares and lines culled from computer
technology, satellite imaging, bar-codes and photo-editing software.
The geometrical patterns that provide the template for each work
are turned into faint memories. With repeated recall they build
up the painted, painterly surface - each layer slightly offset from
the others.
Each canvas is completely covered by its grids, checks or lines:
yet the unevenness of the drawing and the introduction of deliberate
"error" creates a strong sense of movement. The eye is drawn on
a journey across the whole surface.
Imhof's works compel the viewer to zoom in and out. We move between
a spatiality - sometimes monumental - and the intimacy of the concrete
and irregular.
Biography
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1986 |
Purchase Prize of Middlesex University |
| 1993 |
Purchase Prize of the Canton of Fribourg |
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| COLLECTIONS |
| 1991 |
One month in the life of... 15.6 - 14.7.91, Zurich,
London, Toronto, New York, commissioned by Union Bank of Switzerland |
| 1991 |
Farewell: six dances, commissioned by Union Bank of
Switzerland |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 1997 |
Present, a series of paintings published in S.Golding,
ed., Eight Technologies of Otherness, Routledge, London
& New York |
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