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
summer studio exhibition 2024. july 1 - october 1. by appointment.
summer studio exhibition 2024. july 1 - october 1. by appointment.
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: summerstudio exhibition july 1 - october 1. 2023. by appointment
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: summer studio exhibition 2023. 'welcomehome?'. pedestal with nine pots. one of a kind piece.
Soazza. Studio house. Summer 2023
Studio house Soazza/GR, Switzerland: 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
ARTIST STATEMENT
ARCHITECTURE OF SILENCE
In a culture of noise, the void is an architectural necessity. My work is an interdisciplinary investigation of mass, emptiness, and the transition between states. Informed by twelve semesters of the faculty of philosophy and the insight of the rigor of ETH architecture, I work at the boundary between matter and space.
Ranging from large-scale paintings and structural porcelain to polaroid sequences, I create installations that manifest a specific atmosphere. My focus is the ‘Blue Hour’: not a color value, but a fragile state of existence—the moment the world holds its breath.
I do not create individual pieces; I construct resonance. My practice is a search for the essential: forms that do not offer answers, but occupy space in a world that has forgotten how to be still.
EXHIBITIONS (selection since 2017)
Solo
2025 Tschiertschen/GR, Switzerland: stages. Aux Losanges.
2023 Soazza/GR, Switzerland: welcomehome?
2022Pontresina/GR, Switzerland: ‘nato a 600m di altezza’ Galerie Palü.
2019 Tokyo, Japan: Gallery ‘hetLaboatrium, . ‘Circle’
Group
2025 Soazza/GR, Switzerland: ArteSOAZZA
2019 Seoul, Korea: Gallery Lee Eugean, ‘Affaire de coeur 5’.
PRESS (selection only)
2025: Kunstbulletin
2021: Photostory in the print only magazine ‘The Influencer’
2017: Ceramics Southern Africa, 09/2017 by Dr. Ronnie Watt
OTHERS about (selection only)
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
…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. München. 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