HELGA RITSCH
Multidisciplinary artist . Switzerland .
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Solo exhibition 'stages'. Tschiertschen/GR. 'Aux-Losanges'. 22. Februar bis 2. März 2025.
Solo exhibition 'stages'. Tschiertschen/GR. 'Aux-Losanges'. 22. Februar bis 2. März 2025.
Solo exhibition 'stages'. Tschiertschen/GR. 'Aux-Losanges'. 22. Februar bis 2. März 2025.
ArteSOAZZA, JUNE - SEPT 2025
ArteSOAZZA, JUNE - SEPT 2025
save the date! pots - paintings - polaroids: summer studio exhibition 2024. july 1 - october 1. by appointment.
save the date! pots - paintings - polaroids: summer studio exhibition 2024. july 1 - october 1. by appointment.
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: pots - paintings - polaroids: summerstudio exhibition july 1 - october 1. 2023. by appointment
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: pots - paintings - polaroids: summer studio exhibition 2023. 'welcomehome?'. pedestal with nine pots. one of a kind piece.
Pots, paintings and polaroids. Soazza. Studio house. Summer 2023
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: pots - paintings - polaroids: summer studio exhibition, july 1 - october 1. 2023. pictured: 'dream boxes: to survive'. 2023.
Exhibition in SEOUL, Korea. Lee Eugean Gallery, October 2019.
Exhibition in SEOUL, Korea. Lee Eugean Gallery, October 2019.
NEXT EXHIBITION
2026palü :: ‘meet you around blue hour’
2026 March 21-28
I am there at the first and the last day!
galerie palü
Pontresina/GR, Switzerland
mo – friday 15.30-18.30h
and by appointment
2026soazza :: 6th summer studio ‘welcomeback?’
2026 June 15 – September 15
opening Saturday, June 13, 11 – 15 h
studio house
Soazza/GR, Switzerland
by appointment
2026arogno :: 1st winter studio ‘nostalgia?’
2026 Dec 10, 11 and 12
opening Dec 10, 11 – 16 h
studio house
Arogno/TI, Switzerland
thur-sat 11-16 h
CV
Born in Switzerland.
Lives and works in Switzerland between Zurich, Arogno/TI and Soazza/GR.
Education:
1986-1988: ETH Zurich: Architecture department
1989-1995: University of Zurich: Phil I – German Philology/Art History/Philosophy
2001-2006: M. Schwarze, Germany
EXHIBITIONS (selection since 2017)
Solo
2025 Tschiertschen/GR, Switzerland: stages. Aux Losanges.
2023 Soazza/GR, Switzerland: welcomehome? pots -paintings – polaroids
2022Pontresina/GR, Switzerland: ‘nato a 600m di altezza’ Galerie Palü.
2019 Tokyo, Japan: Gallery ‘hetLaboatrium, . ‘Circle’
Group
2025 Soazza/GR, Switzerland: ArteSOAZZA
2022 Seoul, Korea: University of Fine Arts
2019 Seoul, Korea: Gallery Lee Eugean, ‘Affaire de coeur 5’.
2019 Geneva, Switzerland: Gallery Ormond Edition,
2018 Hongkong, China: U11. swiss design.
2014 Zurich, Switzerland: Museum Rietberg
PRESS (selection only)
2025: Kunstbulletin
2025: Switzerland Tourism ‘myswitzerland’
2025: Aroser Zeitung
2024: Churer Magazin
2024: la voce del San Bernardino
2021: Photostory in the print only magazine ‘The Influencer’
OTHERS about (selection only)
…her works do not seek to impress but to accompany – as silent companions to a mindful life. This attitude also shapes the process from which they emerge. Helga Ritsch’s practice follows its own rhythm: phases of intense work alternate with months of contemplation. This recurring act of ordering and reflection turns her work itself into an artpiece – for awareness, becoming and time.
Ingrid Rügemer, Editor Artaurea. München. 2025.
To Helga Ritsch, independence and the freedom to create in response to her environment, both external and internal, is essential. Forms and concepts are united in her works that emerge as a result of deep introspection. Her objective is to create something complex and unbound by narrow definitions. (read more here)
Natasah Vaidya. lic. phil. I Art historian. Zurich. 2025
‘Die klaren und schlichten Arbeiten, die Helga Ritsch in ihren Ateliers in der Südschweiz kreiiert, haben architektonischen Charakter: Sie sind raumbildend und ihre Aussen- und Innenform führen einen fortwährenden Dialog. Der akademische Hintergrund von Helga Ritsch in den Architektur- und Kunstwissenschaften erklärt das Denken und Arbeiten mit Flächen, Formen und Farben im Raum und lässt wegweisende Werke entstehen.‘
Samira C. Ritsch, Kunsthistorikerin UZH. Zürich. 2023
Helga Ritsch forms works that transcend the minimalist and modern, revealing a vital energy that awakens the viewer’s soul and weaves the mystery of existence. Each piece, through its simple beauty, becomes an enigmatic narrative, rich in emotion and finely woven meanings, inviting the deepest reflection.
Francesco Sciuchetti. Galerist, Pontresina. 2023
Helga Ritsch: ヘルガリッチさんはスイスの陶芸家で、端正なフォルムと繊細な表情、縁や高台に小さな穴を開けて糸を結んだ装飾が特徴的です。作品に糸を結ぶ理由について彼女は、自身の作であるというサインのようなもの、また、ひとつひとつに異なる個性を与えるところも気に入っていると答えていますが、そこに彼女の精神性と作品への愛情が感じられます。
Keiichi & Rie, Galerists, Kyoto. 2021
本展ではHelga Ritschにとって象徴的ともいえるCircleがテーマとなっています。静謐で清潔なHelgaの作品世界は、日本文化の心象風景にも繋がっているかのようです。「縁」を思わせるテーマに、不思議な絆を感じます。彼女が好んで用いる赤い糸も「縁」と繋がり、そして、それは彼女の住む国では、運命を導くシンボルといいます。ヘットラボアトリエムならではのHelgaのプレゼンテーションは彼女にとって日本で初めての個展となります。
Hatsuko Kobayashi. Galerist, Tokyo. 2018