Emanuel Rossetti

born 1987 in Basel, Switzerland. Known for his explorations of space and perception, Emanuel Rossetti’s work explores the complicated relationship between spatial concerns and social dynamics. In his sculptures, sound installations, and photographic series, the artist uses architectural structures and environments to analyze the ways in which space shapes and reflects human interactions, power dynamics, and economic systems. His work often blurs the lines between the real and the virtual, creating a zone where the mundane becomes mysterious and vice versa. The artist continues to pay attention to the symbolic or perhaps poetic value of the structural makeup of both his intimate artworks and the complexity of the public environment that surrounds them. His works have been shown internationally at venues like the Abbatiale Bellelay; the Kunsthalle Basel; the Swiss Institute, New York; the Instituto Svizzero, Milano; the Kunsthalle Wien; the Fri Art, Fribourg; the Kunsthalle Bern; The Moving Museum, Istanbul; The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire; the Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; The Power Station, Dallas; the Arnolfini, Bristol; the GAMeC, Bergamo; the Biennale de Belleville 2, Paris; the Kunstverein, Munich; the Burning Bridges, New York; the KW, Berlin; the Tate Modern, London, and the Kunsthaus Glarus.

Gallery exhibitions

Emanuel Rossetti, Actualities at Jan Kaps, Cologne
Actualities
23 Mar – 26 Jun 2021
Jan Kaps, Cologne
Emanuel Rossetti, Hypnic Jerk at Jan Kaps, Cologne
Hypnic Jerk
19 Dec 17 – 12 Feb 2018
Jan Kaps, Cologne

Institutional exhibitions

Emanuel Rossetti, Seven photos of sheep at Sgomento Zurigo, Zürich
Seven photos of sheep
15 Feb – 30 Mar 2024
Sgomento Zurigo, Zürich
Alan Michael, Emanuel Rossetti, Slow Dance (3) at Stadtgalerie, Bern
Slow Dance (3)
19 May – 24 Jun 2023
Stadtgalerie, Bern
Emanuel Rossetti, Beatitude at Abbatiale Bellelay, Bellelay
Beatitude
02 Jul – 11 Sep 2022
Abbatiale Bellelay, Bellelay
Emanuel Rossetti, Miscellaneous at Palazzina #8, Basel
Miscellaneous
17 Sep – 11 Oct 2020
Palazzina #8, Basel
Emanuel Rossetti, Relay Rust at Jan Kaps, Mexico City
Relay Rust
11 Aug – 15 Sep 2018
Jan Kaps, Mexico City
Emanuel Rossetti, Developments at Sundogs, Paris
Developments
07 Apr – 05 May 2018
Sundogs, Paris
Jean-Marie Appriou, Emanuel Rossetti, FOAF 2018 Warsaw at Hosted By Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
FOAF 2018 Warsaw
07 Apr – 28 Apr 2018
Hosted By Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
Emanuel Rossetti, Double Slit Vomitory at Svetlana, New York
Double Slit Vomitory
28 Jan – 04 Mar 2017
Svetlana, New York
Emanuel Rossetti, Hems at Karma International La, Los Angeles
Hems
10 Apr – 27 Jun 2015
Karma International La, Los Angeles
Emanuel Rossetti, Delay Dust at Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Delay Dust
17 Aug – 05 Oct 2014
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Emanuel Rossetti, Drip Event at The Power Station, Dallas
Drip Event
10 Apr – 12 Jul 2013
The Power Station, Dallas

Press

Vita

1987 born in Basel, Switzerland

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 Stimmung, Kunsthaus Glarus Seven photos of sheep, Sgomento, Zurich

2022 Beatitude, Abbatiale Bellelay, Bellelay, CH

2021 Actualities, Jan Kaps, Cologne

2019 Staged Stairs, Pina, Vienna

2018 Relay Rust, Jan Kaps, Mexico City Developments, Sundogs, Paris

2017 Hypnic Jerk, Jan Kaps, Cologne Out to lunch (with Kim Seob Boninsegni), Istituto Svizzero, Milano Double Slit Vomitory, Svetlana Gallery, New York

2016 International Bells, Karma International, Zurich Galerie Putsch (with Timothée Calame), Marbriers 4, Geneva

2015 Hems, Karma International LA, Los Angeles

2014 Delay Dust, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern Life & the Invitation&Vapour in Debri& (with Tobias Madison & Stefan Tcherepnin) The Modern Institute, Glasgow

2013 Drip Event (with Tobias Madison & Stefan Tcherepnin), The Power Station, Dallas

2012 News Letter, AP News, Zurich

2011 Another Day at the TCCA, 1m3, Lausanne

2010 Brightest Day Darkest Night (with Balthazar Lovay), curated by Fabrice Stroun, Burning Bridges, New York

2009 Galen, Basel

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Bureau Bollito, Robert Walser Zentrum, Bern

2023 Slow Dance (3), Stadtgalerie Bern

2022 Triest, New York Axiomatic Method, Santolarosa, Oslo

2021 Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt. Picture a Vacuum!, Kunsthalle Basel Urfaust, Tarsia, Naples Evidently Chickentown, Wartsaal Vipkingen, Zurich

2020 Gerry Bibby / Marte Eknæs / Emanuel Rossetti, Efremidis, Berlin Emanuel Rossetti, Karma International Showroom, Zurich PALAZZINA #8, Basel

2018 Spiegelgasse (Mirror Alley), (curated by Gianni Jetzer), Hauser & Wirth, London Oh, that I had a thousand tongues, (curated by Nikola Dietrich), Tinos Quarry Platform, Greece Readymades Belong to Everyone, (curated by Niels Olsen & Fredi Fischli), Swiss Institute, New York

2017 Verdienst, 2014 – 2017, Oracle, Berlin

2016 Tbilisi 16 (organized by Kunsthalle Zurich), Shindisi, Tbilisi Episode 6: Kampus der Kröten, Oslo10, Münchenstein The Discovery of a Leak in the Roof of Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet Summer Cottage on the Morning of September 16, 1984, Part 1 - Off Vendome, New York; Part 2 - Commercial Street, Provincetown The Promise of Total Automation* (together with Tobias Madison), Kunsthalle Wien

2015 FFFF...!, LangeStrasse 31, Frankfurt ScreamScape, Fri Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg

2014 form follows form follows form, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel - The Moving Museum, Istanbul Swiss Art Awards, Halle 4, Messenzentrum, Basel Exposition Merzen, LiveInYourHead, Geneva Haggard Caravan*, The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire

2013 Gemini, Francesca Pia, Zurich Giant Ice Cream Cones, 1m3 , Lausanne Why Painting Now?, Emanuel Layr, Vienna Hotel Abisso, curated by Andrea Bellini, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva Version Control, (curated by Axel Wieder), Arnolfini, Bristol A Hanging at Times: Tobias Madison & Emanuel Rossetti, Times, Berlin

2012 THE LOG-O-RITHMIC (curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen), GAMeC, Bergamo TCCA NEW THEATER 2012-2013 APN Research autoslides #1–3 shindisi home videos the deleted scene a fanzine as a museum / a museum as a fanzine cut-out bin / apnegative sci-fi sounds from the alienated kitchen OOO &&& LLL hc r 1, (curated by Emanuel Rossetti & Tobias Madison), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern Motion, Seventeen Gallery, London Circumrévolution, (curated by Patrice Joly et Aude Launay), Biennale de Belleville 2, Paris A Strangely Luminous Bubble, LiveInYourHead, Geneva

2011 Summer Academy, Kunstverein, Munich Corso Multisala, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Kopenhagen

2010 Cactus craze, KW, Berlin No Soul for Sale, Tate Modern, London Of Objects, Fields, and Mirrors, Kunsthaus Glarus On Publications, Portraits, Public Art and Performance, (curated by Daniel Baumann), The Modern Institute, Glasgow Quick Brown Fox & Lazy Dog, Karma International, Zurich

2009 Tbilisi 6, (curated by Daniel Baumann), Tbilisi, Georgia, Melodies & Rocks / Copyright, Karma International, Zurich Clusters, (curated by Sang Bleu), Brachfeld Gallery, Paris Imagine A Fireplace For Every Room, Gartenhaus der Kunst, Munich Top Ten Allegories, (curated by Hard Hat), Galerie Fracesca Pia, Zurich HAW-LIN, Galerie Nikolas Krupp, Basel Event Horizon, (curated by Karma International), Raster, Warsaw Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich