Exhibitions
Education
- 2009–10 — School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Fulbright Fellow), US
- 2007–09 — Edinburgh College of Art (MFA with Distinction), UK
- 2008–09 — The Prince's Drawing School, London (Postgraduate Programme), UK
- 2007 — Watermill Center, International Summer Arts Program, New York, US
- 1999–05 — ETH Zürich (M. Sc. Architecture ETH, Awarded Degree), CH
Awards & Honors
2026 — Schönste Schweizer Bücher, Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
2025 —Werkpreis, Werkbund, Prix de Charme
2020 — Winner of the Art and Architecture Competition, Zürich
2019 — Residency Schwarz Foundation
2018 — Stipendium Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
2017 — Prix Visarte
2017 — Förderpreis der UBS Kulturstiftung
2017 — Werkbeitrag Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung
2015 — Residency Cité Internationale des Arts, Atelier Mondial, Paris
2015 — Award from the Alexander Clavel Foundation, Basel
2014 — Werkbeitrag Kunstkredit Basel
2013 — Swiss Art Award
2013 — Werkbeitrag Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung
2012 — Fellow Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
2012 — DAM International Architectural Book Award
2012 — Membro Istituto Svizzero, Rom
2011 — Scholarship ZF Art Foundation
2011 — Residency IAAB Berlin
2011 — Honorable Jury Mention, LIsFE
2010 — Collection Cahiers d'Artistes, Serie X
2010 — First Prize Competition Abbatiale de Bellelay
2009 — Fulbright Fellowship
2009 — Diploma with Distinction, University of Edinburgh
2009 — Grant Swiss American Society
2008 — DAAD Scholarship
2007 — Grants Edinburgh College of Art
2007 — Scholarship Ikea Foundation
2007 — Erich Degen Travel Scholarship
2006 — Travel Scholarship of the Ernst Schindler Foundation
2006 — Rewarded in "Die 100 wichtigsten Schweizer", Schweizer Illustrierte
2005 — ETH Medal for the Diploma "polynational" in Architecture
2005 — Willi-Studer-Prize for the best Degree in Architecture
2004 — First Prize Holcim Next Generation Award for Sustainable Construction
2004 — First Prize Competition "Luftschloss" 150 Jubelee of ETH
Exhibition History
Solo exhibitions
2025 — Florian Graf, IMPROS Festival, Kreuzkirche Zürich, CH
2025 — Deep Time Super Flow, LEAP Roche Penzberg, München, DE
2024 — Florian Graf, Demitour, Neuchâtel, CH
2024 — Show Case Florian Graf, Helvetia Art Hotel, Zürich, CH
2023 — School Models and Puppet Slam, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, CH
2023 — Exist, Palais-Galerie, Neuchâtel, CH
2021 — Bio Diversity, Aussichtspunkt Bruderholz, Basel, CH
2019 — Florian Graf, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Bienne, CH
2018 — Out and About, Hofgut Mapprach, Zeglingen bei Basel, CH
2017 — Bitte, Lieu secret, Biel, CH
2016 — Sculpture and Performance: Stultitia II – Floating Folly on the Rhein, from Basel to Rotterdam, NL; in the context of ERASMUS MMXVI, Historisches Museum Basel, CH
2016 — Una matita per Materia, unavetrina, Rome, IT
2015 — Dwell Time, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
2015 — Chamber Music, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, CH
2015 — Moon Cage, Villa Wenkenhof, Basel, CH
2014 — Acting Stolby, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnojarsk, RU
2013 — Tugendtempel, Wettsteinplatz Basel (during Art Basel), CH
2012 — Ghost Light Light House, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, DE (exh. cat.)
2012 — Scene One, Take You, La rada, Locarno (during the Locarno Film Festival), CH (exh. cat.)
2011 — Week end Wait, Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne, CH
2011 — Well, Come, Abbatiale de Bellelay, CH (exh. cat.)
2011 — Unterholz, Galleria Edizioni Periferia, Lucerne, CH
2010 — Waltzing Walls, Art Chicago, Chicago, US (exh. cat.)
2009 — Vorfreude, Goethe Institut, Glasgow, UK
Group exhibitions (selected)
2026 — Art Môtiers, CH (forthcoming, opening 20.6.2026)
Hinterm Horizont geht’s weiter, Kunstmuseum Olten, CH (opening 27.3.2026)
2025 — Basel Social Club, während Art Basel 2025, CH
Secondo, Palais-Galerie, Neuchâtel, CH
Project 22, Space25, Basel, CH
EinBlick, Filiale Basel, CH
2023 — Supermodels, Kunstraum SUPER, Wien, AT*
Kaminzimmer II, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH
unMöglich? Die Magie der Wünsche, Grimmwelt, Kassel, DE
Oltens Tafelsilber, Kunstmuseum Olten, CH
2022 — Cosmos Emma Kunz. A Visionary in Dialogue with Contemporary Art, Tabakalera, San Sebastián, ES
2022 — Triple Take, Wilde Gallery, Basel, CH
2022 — Kaminzimmer II, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH
2022 — unMöglich? Die Magie der Wünsche, Grimmwelt, Kassel, DE
2022 — Ticket zur fremden Welt. Eine Ausstellung über die Lust am Reisen, Kunstmuseum Thun, CH
2022 — Regionale 23, E-WERK – Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Freiburg, DE
2022 — Artistes - Architectes, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, FR
2021 — Höhenrausch, Wie im Paradies, OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz, AT
2021 — Zur Kraft unserer Wünsche, Träume und Imagination, Vögele Kultur Zentrum, CH
2021 — Strange Space, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnojarsk, RU
2021 — Kosmos Emma Kunz, Eine Visionärin im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Kunst, Aargauer Kunsthaus, CH
2021 — Music - A Conversation Through Song Titles, Kulturstiftung H. Geiger, Basel, CH
2021 — Résonnances, Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier, CH
2021 — Dere schöne Aare naa, Kunstmuseum Olten, CH
2021 — Wind of Change, Kloster Dornach, CH
2021 — A Temple of no Doors, Forma, Lausanne, CH
2020 — Habitat, Public Art Biennial, Morcote, CH
2020 — Kaléidoscope, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, CH
2020 — Project 3, Space25, Basel, CH
2020 — Perspectives. La collection d'art Helvetia, Musée d'art de Pully, CH
2020 — Weird, Uralskaya Kvartirale, Basel, CH
2020 — Kunsthaus Centre d'Art Pasquart zu Gast, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
2019 — Gestaltung der Zukunft, Arp Museum, Bahnhof Rolandseck, DE
2019 — Gasträume, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Stadt Zürich, CH
2019 — Draisine Derby, Kunstmuseum Basel, CH
2019 — Shaping the Future, Forum Alte Post, Pirmasens, DE
2019 — Private Collection (Vol. II), Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH
2019 — Das Haus als Spiegel, Kunstmuseum Olten, CH
2019 — FAP Tulière, bâtiment de l'administration communale, Lausanne, CH
2019 — Gestaltung der Zukunft, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, DE
2018 — Heimspiel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, CH
2018 — Performance Process, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
2018 — The Collection for the Poor Collector, Sperling, Munich, DE
2018 — Miart, mit Grieder Contemporary, Milan, IT
2018 — Water Yump, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
2018 — The Collection for the Poor Collector, Material, Zurich, CH
2018 — 20 Jahre Kunst Ram Riehen – Die Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunst Raum Riehen, CH
2018 — Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, DE
2017 — Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989-2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2017 — Extended Cahiers, GROUND Art Center, Moscow, RU
2017 — The Raft - Art is (not) Lonely, Mu.ZEE, Ostende, BE
2017 — Offline, up & coming, Weinbergstrasse 48, Zurich, CH
2017 — 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, RU
2017 — Duett mit KünstlerIn, 21er Haus, Vienna, AT
2017 — MiArt, Grieder Contemporary, Milan, IT
2017 — Alternative Tricks? Seriöse Daten!, Masein Mountain College, Masein, CH
2017 — On Performance: A Summer Library, Speicher, Düsseldorf, DE
2017 — Voyage, Voyage! Über das Reisen in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Olten, CH
2017 — Duett mit KünstlerIn, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
2017 — Ewige Gegenwart. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Graphischen Sammlung ETH Zürich, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich und Helmhaus Zürich, CH
2016 — Do You Get What You See?, Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, CH
2016 — 1986-2016, Galleria Edizioni Periferia, Luzern, CH
2016 — Optic Mountaineering, TENT Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2016 — Alphabet, 28 Piazza di Pietra, Rome, IT
2016 — RAW, Dornacherstrasse 38, Basel, CH
2016 — Grüezi! Bienvenue! Welcome!, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, CH
2016 — Going Places, Where's the Beef, Salon Mondial, Basel, CH
Collections
in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, UK and USA