Kotscha Reist b. 1963 CH
1963 born in Bern Father of three children
lives and works in Bern
SCHOOLS AND STUDIES
1970-1981 Schools in Bern
1981-1984 Training as a photographer in Bern
1984-1989 art studies Gerrit Riedveld academy Amsterdam/Holland Painting / Art in Public Space
1989-1991 Assistant and Further Training "Studium Generale" (General Studies)
Gerrit Riedveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 1991 artist with exhibitions at Switzerland and abroad
Since 1997 lecturer at the EDHEA Sierre VS (School of Design andUniversity of Art Valais) Switzerland
Since 2018 President of the Bernese Art Society BKG
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Aeschlimann Corti Bern
Member of the Board of Trustees Kunstmuseum Bern/Zentrum Paul Klee
Since 2005 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Herman and Margrit Rupf Collection Berne
Since 2006 Member of the Board of the Bernese Art Society BKG
2008- 2010 Lecturer MAS Mediation of the Arts/ en Médiation des Arts Sierre/ Solothurn
2010 Expert of the CS Prize Museum Allerheiligen Schafhausen
2008/2009 Expert at the HKB Bern VKD
2009-2011 Member of the Art Commission of the AC Scholarship Bern
2006-2008 Curator of the exhibition " QUERFELDEIN " GOMS VS
2005 Curator of the exhibition "EXCENTRICITIES" Berne
2004 Deputy Lecturer Art / Culture & History of Art Berufsmaturitätsschule Bern
2000-2005 Lecturer at the Ecole de Multimédia et d'art de Fribourg FR
1998-2000 Co-founder and curator of the art space "Camion" Sierre
1995-1998 Co-founder and curator of the art space "Kiosk" Bern
Artistic work
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS ( SELECTION)
2019 Gallery Bernhard Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2018 Art spaces Zermatt Switzerland
2017 Intervention Gallery FAQ Basel Switzerland
2017 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2017 Kunsthaus Grenchen (Catalogue) Switzerland
2016 Bank Bear Switzerland
2016 Rosenberg Gallery Zurich Switzerland
2015 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2013 Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague NL
Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
Floors Project Loeb Bern Switzerland
2012 Art Museum @Progr Bern "Echoes " Catalogue Switzerland
2011 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2010 Staffelbach Gallery Zurich Switzerland
2009 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2008 Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague NL
2007 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2007 Art spaces Zermatt Switzerland
2006 Gallery Eric Dupont Paris France
Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
Marks Blond Project Bern Switzerland
2005 Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague Nl;
Gallery Staffelbach Aarau; Gallery Kabinett Bern
GIP Contemporary Zurich Switzerland
2004 Gallery Eric Dupont Paris France
2004 Gallery Cabinet Zurich Switzerland
2003 F A C Sierre Switzerland
2002 Gallery Nouvelle Images The Hague Nederland’s
2001 Gallery Cabinet Zurich
2000 Gallery Weber Wiesbaden Germany
2000 Gallery Nouvelle Images The Hague Nederland’s
GROUP EXHIBITIONS ( SELECTION )
2019 Dialect，AroundSpace Gallery，Shanghai
2018 Palazzo Liestal (Catalogue) Switzerland
2016 Musueum Chur Printmaking VFO Switzerland
2016 Cantonale 2016 Biel/ Bienne ,Kunsthalle Bern Switzerland
2016 Gallery Kornfeld / Bishoff Bern Switzerland
Spam Contemporary Düsseldorf Germany
2015 Don't Shoot the Painter", Paintings from the UBS Art Collection
Galleria d'ArteModerna Milano. Italy
L'HUMEN La Nef, Noirment Catalogue Switzerland
2014 Rosenberg Gallery Zurich Switzerland
Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2013 "Esprit des montagnes" Henan Art Museum China
"BANKGEHEIMNIS" Art Gallery de Vishall Haarlem Nederland’s
"Esprit des montagnes" Manoir Martigny VS until 2014Switzerland
VFO Selection Art Museum Chur Switzerland
2012 Kunsthaus Grenchen Switzerland
2012 Galerie Stephan Witschi Zurich at the invitation of Schlatter/ Fischer Switzerland
2012 Galerie Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2011 FRAC Haute-Normandie France
Label Art Sierre Switzerland
Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
2010 Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague Nederland’s
2010 Staffelbach Gallery Zurich Switzerland
2009 FRAC Haute-Normandie F Catalogue. France
2006 Gallery Bischoff Bern Switzerland
" Que de Vent" Po Helvetia Sierre ( Catalogue) Switzerland
Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague Nedrerland’s
2005 Gallery Staffelbach Aarau;
Gallery in Park Burgdorf; Switzerland
Gallery Nouvelles Images The Hague Nedrerland’s
2004 Centre Pasquart Bienne ( Catalog ); Switzerland
Hall Palermo Geneva ;Cabinet Zurich Switzerland
Gallery Eric Dupont Paris France
2003 Kunsthalle Bern Switzerland
2002 Gallery Steiner "file rouge "1993 Switzerland
2001 Kunsthaus Langenthal ( Catalogue) Switzerland
2001 Cabinet Bern Switzerland
2000 Hall Palermo Geneva Switzerland
2000 Kunsthalle Bern Installation with Thomas Jomini (Christmas exhibition) Switzerland
2000 Gallery Kainett Bern Switzerland
WORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS
Kunstmuseum Bern; Amiens,
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Picardie (FRAC); Kunstmuseum Thun;
Musée de Beaux Art Canton Valais;
Collection Bosshard Kunst(Zeughaus) Rapperswil Collection of theCanton of Bern;
Collection of the City of Bern;
Collection of the Municipality of Steffisburg
Collection of the Canton of Zurich;
Collection of the City of Amsterdam;
Collection Rijksgebouwendienst 's Gravenhage Holland ,
Collection Kunstverein Biel;
Collection UBS;
Collection CS,
Collection Kantonalbank Bern;
Collection AEGON NV, Den Haag, Netherlands; Frac Haute Normandie F
Bank Baer Collection Zurich
Stichting Art Rotterdam NL - Rotterdam;
private collections Switzerland; Germany; France; Netherlands
Publications (selection)
2018 " Im Streiflicht" Catalogue for the exhibition Kunsthale Palazzo
2017 "Les mémoire reconstruit " Exhibition catalogue Kunsthaus Grenchen
2015 "Don't Shoot the Painter", Paintings from the UBS Art Collection
"L'UMEN "La Nef, Noirment
"Imago Mundo" Swiss contribution of the Benetton Collection CH
2012 "Echoes" monograph of the last 10 years Revolver Verlag Berlin
2012 "The Marlies Kornfeld Collection " Kunsthaus Grenchen Stämpfli Verlag Bern
2009 "Traits pour Traits" Collection de dessin Du Frac Haute- Normandie F
2006 "Querfeldein" Art in the Goms VS
2003 "In these times "Centre Pasquard Biel/Bienne Edition Fink
2002 "La vie suspendu "Monograph Atelier Verlag Bern
2001 "Reality Painting" for the exhibition Kunsthaus Langenthal
ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
2013 Project "Etagen" Art in the staircase Loeb Bern
2008 FINDLING Art in public space Raiffeisen Bank MeiringenSwitzerland with Sibylla Walpen )
2007 WEITWÜRFE Art in public space Berne Switzerland
2004 NOSTOS Art in Public Space Raiffeisen Bank Aletsch Switzerland
2000 ON THE SPOT Installation Berne, Lorrainestrasse Switzerland
1997 BETWEEN THE TIMES Art in Public Space Uni Tobler, BernSwitzerland
2015 Travel Scholarship Canton of Berne
2013 Scholarship China Manoire Martigny VS
2010 Scholarship Atelier Berlin of the Canton Bern
2001 Scholarship of the Canton of Berne (Monographic Publication)
2000 Work contribution of the Canton of Berne
1999 Scholarship Atelier New York Kanton Bern
1997 Work subsidy from the city and canton of Berne
1994 Aeschlimann-Corti Scholarship
1994 Work contribution of the City and Canton of Berne
1993 Scholarship of the State of Holland
1990 Scholarship of the city of Amsterdam
