Not Vital

Not Vital (Sent, Graubünden, Switzerland, 1948). The work of Not Vital is firmly rooted in the Swiss valley of Engadin but has, at the same time, a profound nomadic character. In the last few decades Not Vital has travelled the world, an experience that has made him abandon the idea of working in a fixed studio. He currently lives and works between the US, Italy, Switzerland and Chile. He also lived and worked periodically in Niger from 2000 to 2010, attracted by the materials he finds for his work in this African country. Not Vital has exhibited extensively since the 1970s in galleries, museums and art centres worldwide. His recent exhibitions have taken place at Sperone Westwater, New York, USA; Schauwerk, Sindelfingen, Germany; Akira Ikeda gallery, Tokyo, Japan; or the Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria. In 2008 he participated in the exhibition Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book, curated by Elena Foster and Rowan Watson at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. In 2001 he participated in the 49th Venice Biennial with the installation Plateau of Humanity.