Born 1978 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Zurich, Switzerland.
Education
2006 – 2007
(MFA) MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1999 – 2002
BA Fine Art Degree, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2018
The Vanishing Operator, curated by Raffael Dörig, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland,
2017
Grafted Land, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Alexandra Navratil, curated by Nadine Wietlisbach, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
2016
The night side, Dan Gunn, Berlin, Germany
LISTE Basel with Dan Gunn Gallery
Granpalazzo with BolteLang, Rome, Italy
Silbersee, Latvian Centre of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Black Hole Hunters, with Susanne M. Winterling, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
2015
All that Slides, Strikes, Rises and Falls, solo presentation for Frame/ Frieze New York with Dan Gunn, New York, USA
2014
Plunge/Soar, CCS Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Plunge/Soar, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Resurrections, Dan Gunn Gallery, Berlin, Germany
This Formless Thing, SMBA, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013
This Formless Thing, curated by Simona Ciuccio, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2010
Time Lags in Real Time, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009
The Searchlights that Dazzled the Stars, Galeria angels, Barcelona, Spain
Blueprints in Motion,in collaboration with Raymond Taudin Chabot, Processroom, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
2008
The Eternal Return of Difference, Galeria angels, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Your Face Consumes my Dreams, Mies van der Rohe Pavillion, LOOP, Barcelona, Spain
The Extra, Step in- Step Out Nr.5, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, Italy
Group Exhibitions
2019
Polychronicity, curated by Yulia Aksenova, Moskau Museum of Modern Art, Moskau RU
Colour Mania — Material Farbe in Fotografie und Film, curated by Nadine Wietlisbach & Eva Hielscher, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Il Grande Female, BolteLang, Zürich, Switzerland
2018
Die Landschaft, die sich erinnert, travelling groupshow curated by Eva Schmidt & Kai Vöckler, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen and MNAC Bukarest
2017
4.543 billion.The Matter of Matter, curated by Latitudes, CAPC Museum Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR
Conversational Cosmos, curated by Laura Mc Lean, Westspace, Melbourne, AUS
2016
Museum of Rhythm, curated by Natasha Ginwala&Daniel Muzyczuk,Muzezm Sztuki, Lodz. Poland
Belong and Observe, curated by Isaline Vuille, Mediateque du FMAC, Geneva, Switzerland
A Moment in Time, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Sunsets Never Look As Stunning, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Black Hole Hunters, curated by .vül Ö. Durmusogul, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
Race to the Bottom, Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany
Digitale Abstraktionen / Digital Abstractions, HeK, Basel, Switzerland
Spending Quality Time With My Quantified Self, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015
Shadow Scenes, Colomboscope Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Your Time is Not My Time, De Appel Arts Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Percussive Hunter, curated by Niekolaas Lekkerkerk, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
Form Regained, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Anarcheologies, Ensapc Ygrec, Paris, France
2014
BolteLang Stadtbiotop 2014, Eleonorenstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Plastic Age, ERES-Foundation, Munich, Germany
2013
I Prefer Not To, Galerie Esther Donatz, Munich, Germany
Post-Production, Van Horbourg, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Living Document-Naked Reality, curated by Jennifer Burris, ICA Philadelphia, USA
After Image, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Cinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
25th Image Festival, Toronto, Canada
2011
Tangible Time, NEST, Den Haag, The Netherlands
L’evento immobile, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno and MAN Museo, Sardinia, Italy
Silvermoon, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
The Power to Host, curated by Maja Ciric, ISCP New York, USA
Burgers Simultanhalle, Simultanhalle Cologne, Germany
Enter Slowly, The Lab, San Francisco, USA
2010
The Place of Artists Cinema, Picture This, Bristol, UK
23rd Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2009
The Filmic Convention, Formcontent, London, UK
Endlosschleifen, Lothringer13/Laden, Munich, Germany
Festival Les Urbaines, Traffic, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Coulisses, Alexandra Navratil / Oskar Dawicki, Piano Nobile, Geneva, Switzerland
2007
Vision: A, La Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Existencias, MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary Art Castilla & Leon, Spain
Multiple Intimacy, Miman Sinar, Istanbul, Turkey
Black Powder, Kunghee Uni Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Trial Balloons, MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary Art Castilla & Leon, Spain
Press & Publications
2018
Kunstbulletin, Die Ultimative Atomisierung des Körpers , Fabienne Liptay, Oktober, Switzerland
2016
NEAR MINT, Alexandra Navratil: Brittle Land , Matthias Gabi, July
Flash Art (no. 309), Alexandra Navratil at Dan Gunn, Berlin , William Kherbek, July, Germany
2015
L’Officiel Suisse ART, Les curateurs recommandent: Cathérine Hug , December
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Der Verlust von Formen und Grenzen , Christine Färber, 21/22, November, Germany
Standard Magazine #42, Zoom sur les images loupées d’Alexandra Navratil , Mathilde Hostein
Blog Jeu de Paume, Emotional Technologies Q&A #6: Alexandra Navratil , Clara Schulmann
2014
Alexandra Navratil’s “Plunge/ Soar”, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Art Agenda, November
Alexandra Navratil, J. Emil Sennewald, Kunstbulletin 12/ 14, November
Buoyancy,Text for exhibitions at CCS and BolteLang, Elise Lammer, 31 October
Visions fantômes, Alena Alexandrova, Le Phare, September
Het Medium als Materie, Floor van Luijk, Metropolis M, March
This Formless Thing, Barbara Colle, Tubelight, February
Good Vibrations, Loose Associations, by Niekolaas Lekkerkerk, SMBA Newsletter, February
2013
Warenfetischismus ohne Schranken, Sarah Merten, Kunstbulletin 11/13, November
Artist at work – Alexandra Navratil, Jennifer Burris, Afterall Online, 30 September
Zurück in die Zukunft, Artline Kunstmagazin, Florian Weiland, October
Les Lettres et Les Arts Nr. 15, October
Plasticwelten, Eva Dietrich, NZZ, 18 September
Wir werden von Bildern manipuliert, Adrian Mebold, Landbote Winterthur, 24 August
Fetisch Plastik, Feli Schindler, Züritipp, 22 August
2012
Alexandra Navratil, un regard sur le cinéma, Elisabeth Chardon, 6 July
2009
Tiempo, repetición y diferencia, Milena Pi, A-Desk, 9 July
2008
Acción sin reacción, Noelia Hernandez, La Vanguardia – Culturas, 27 August
Teatralidad de Alexandra Navratil, David G. Torres, El Cultural, 18 July
Alexandra Navratil, Max Andrews, Frieze Magazine, July
2007
Documental Alexandra Navratil, La Vanguardia – Culturas, 30 May
Residencies & Awards
2017/18
Artist in Residence, EYE Filmarchives, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds The Netherlands
2013
Residency at ABA, Artist in Residence Berlin Alexanderplatz through Pro Helvetia, Germany
2012
Manor Kunstpreis Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Award, Switzerland
Mondriaan Foundation The Netherlands Project Award, The Netherlands
2011
Award from the Cultural Department of the Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland
Basisstipendium Fonds BKVB, The Netherlands
2010
Residency at ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA
Grant from the IKEA-Foundation Switzerland
2009
Residency at IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Swiss Art Award, Switzerlad
Prix Mobilière Young Art, Switzerland
Award from the Cultural Department of the Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Residency in Vienna on Invitation of the Austrian Cultural Department, Austria
Award from the Patronagefond Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
2006
Award from the Cultural Department of the Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland
2005
UBS Award, UBS Bank Cultural Fond, Switzerland
Generation 2006 Award, Caja Madrid Cultural Fond, Spain
2004
Award, MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary Art Castilla & Leon, Spain
2002 – 2005
Artist in Residence at HANGAR, Centre for Art-Production, Barcelona