Biography
Born in Zürich, Switzerland
Lives in the UK and France
Education:
Rietfeld Academie Amsterdam, 1987-1990
Watford College for Art and Design, 1986-1987
Solo Exhibitions:
2019
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2018
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich, Switzerland
Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog, Wales
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2017
Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales
2014
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2013
Home is where the art is, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2010
Duckett & Jeffreys, Malton
Still life paintings, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne
2008
New Still Life, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2007
Study, Flock Gallery, University of Wales, Newport
2006
BayArt, Cardiff
2004
Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne
GlaxoSmith HQ, London
2003
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne
2002
Up to no good, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2000
Detail, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
1999
Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Stuttgart
Richard Salmon Gallery, London
1998
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, USA
Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
Hammelehle & Ahrens Gallery, Stuttgart
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
1997
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe
Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
1996
Hammelehle & Ahrens Gallery, Stuttgart
1993
Ruskin School of Art and Design, Oxford
Group Exhibitions:
2019
25haah, Group Show celebrating 25 years of Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, with Thomas Arnolds, André Butzer, Thomas Grünfeld, Ina Weber, Stephan Jung a.o.
Kingsgate Project Space, London, curated by Dan Howard-Birt, with Rebecca Guez, Raoul de Keyser, Hannah Lees, Hayley Tomkins
Villa Renata, Basel, with Helen Sear, Des Hughes, Anna Geene a.o.
2018
Good Life Ceramics: Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, part of the 12 month exhibition project of Caro Niederer (Nov.2017 – August 2018)
Joy Revision: Galerie Simpson, Swansea, with Angela DeLa Cruz, Anne Ryan, Sarah Pickstone and Stephen Snoddy
MAC3: Dole, France
2017
Good Life Ceramics: Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, part of the 12 month exhibition project of Caro Niederer (Nov.2017 – August 2018)
2016
Flower Power, Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Baden-Baden
Painting Open 16, Oriel Davies, Newtown
2015
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
Made at the Museum, Cardiff M.A.D.E., Cardiff
2014
Oriel Pont, Treforest
Red House, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Summer Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
2013
Warming up the house, Museum Bärengasse, Zürich
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2012
Belgian Association, Flashparade, Bristol
2011
Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
Bayart, Cardiff
2011
Eisteddfod, Wrexham, Wales
2010
Summer Show, Royal Academy Summer show, London
2008
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2007
Summer Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
Wales Portrait Award,Touring exhibition, Wales
One Love, The Lowry, Salford
Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2006
John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
The Wonderful Fund, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2005
Still life without, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London
The Wonderful Fund , Musée de Marrakesh, Morocco
2004
Galerie Brigitte Weiss
Pub Crawl, 39, London
2003
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
gar.net, die Bank, Munich
2002
The Dicerning Eye, The Mall Gallery, London
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
2001
Richard Salmon Gallery, London
Drawing, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Loan, Royal Society of Arts
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
2000
Richard Salmon Gallery, London
Arts & Business, London
Swiss Embassy, London
MORE, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich
1999
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
1998
Wish you were here, MILCH, London
1997
World of Interiors, Foundation Binz 39, Zürich
Sequence, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
1996
Hammelehle & Ahrens Gallery, Stuttgart
Staccato, Media Center, London
1995
My Favourite Song, Soundproject, London
50x50x50, Der Verein, Cologne
1994
two plus one, Brighton Festival, Lewes
Blup-Bleep, Westwerk, Hamburg
Work in the following collections
Kanton Zürich
Stadt Zürich
Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zürich
Credit Suisse Group, Zürich
UBS, Zürich
Wonderful Fund Collection
Deutsche Bank
WestLB, Germany
Ernest & Young, London
Towers Place, London
Arts Council of England
After training and working as a teacher in his native Switzerland, Rüthi studied Fine Art in London and Amsterdam. He worked in London for several years in publishing as a translator and art director. From 2005-2017 he was a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of South Wales. Since 1996 his work has been exhibited in the UK and internationally. Andreas Rüthi is represented by Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zürich and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.