*1979 in Bütschwil, St. Gallen, Switzerland
lives and works in Basel, Switzerland
2002-2005 Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
1997-2001 Education as stone sculptor, Zuzwil, St. Gallen, Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Motion With, Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Kilian Rüthemann | Showroom, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2015
RUN, Part one / Part two, Annual outdoor project for the Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland
2014
Tools, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw, Poland
hatch up your troubles, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
fit, peep-hole, Milan, Italy
2012
Room for milk – Visionary Collection Vol. 20, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
PURITANS, Kilian Rüthemann und Michael Clark, deuxpiece, Basel, Switzerland
North to the Future, CLEARING, New York NY, USA
Kilian Rüthemann with Kate V Robertson, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2011
Target as Frontside, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
Valentine, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
Anchor of Hope, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
2010
Kilian Rüthemann, Guerilla Galerie *international*, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Walking Distance, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Attacca, Manor Kunstpreis Basel 2010, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
2009
Double Rich, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, Italy
Sooner Rather Than Later, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
2008
Echo, Loge – Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Masse Critique, with Niklaus Wenger, CAN – Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Aussenportal, Binz39, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
KANTE, with Emil Michael Klein, Espace Bellevaux, Lausanne, Switzerland
Flatland, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland
2006
Lust – Werkstattpreis Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, with Karin Hueber and Dagmar Heppner, Rottweil, Germany
2004
White Wedding, with Florian Germann, Schalter, Basel, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Bittersweet Symphony, Galerie Untilthen, Paris, France
Conversation Piece Part II, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
2015
Heimspiel 15, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, Projektraum Nextex St.Gallen, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Vaduz, Kunstraum Engländerbau Vaduz, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Jahresausstellung Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2014
Village of Hope Trees – Group Show, Part I, Cologne, Germany
Dogworks, Part I, Cologne, Germany
Post / Postminimal, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Elevation 1049 - Between Heaven and Hell, Gstaad, Switzerland
2013
Things in common, Art Stations Gallery, Stary Browar, Poznan, Poland
Remap KM, Athens, Greece
Auf Zeit, Wandbilder, Bildwände, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Flex-Sil - Eine Hommage an Roman Signer, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
2012
Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum & Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
Minimal Myth, curated by Francesco Stocchi, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
La jeunesse est un art, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Ausgewogen?!, Zeughaus Teufen, Teufen, Switzerland
Das Unerwartete erwarten, curated by Stefanie Böttcher Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Manufacture, curated by Zoë Gray & Sandra Patron, CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
2011
AI WEI WEI IS IN CHINA, curated by Cédric Aurelle, Louis Scoufaras & Xavier
Mazzarol, Fichtebunker, Berlin, Germany
Auxiliary Constructions – Behelfskonstruktionen, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
A clock that runs on mud, galeria stereo, Poznań, Poland
Die phantastischen Vier – Zürich konkret, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich,
Switzerland
TERRITOIRES, Bex & Arts Triennale, Bex, Switzerland
INAUGURAÇÃO, Rua Madalena Project, Lissabon, Portugal
2010
Displaced Fractions, Migrosmuseum, Zurich, Switzerland
Throwing Shapes, curated by Rebecca Geldard, Coleman Project Space, London, UK
2009
Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Open Space, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Fragile Monumente / Fragile Monuments, SuzieQ, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
When Things Cast No Shadow, 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art,
Berlin, Germany
2007
Fireflies, Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
Poor Thing, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
The Trees Bring Forth Sweet Ecstasy, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Vrits Group Show, Vrits, Basel, Switzerland
PROJECTS
2015
Crush, A presentation of selected Parkett Editions installed by Kilian Rüthemann, Parkett’s Exhibition Space, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Gasträume, Sigi-Feigel-Terrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
AWARDS
2012
iaab (international exchange and studio program, Basel) studio award New York, USA
2010
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
Manor Kunstpreis Basel 2010, Switzerland
2009
Swiss Exhibition Award 2009 (Kunsthaus Glarus), Switzerland
Swiss Art Award, Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Switzerland
2008
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Switzerland
Work Commission Kunstkredit Basel, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Kilian Rüthemann, Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, ZEIT Kunstverlag
Double Rich, Kilian Rüthemann, Hatje Cantz Verlag