Aglaia Haritz
«To interfere with public things – that’s a given for me.»
Lives and works in Ticino, Switzerland again since 2015
- 2019 Member of the Jury for the Art Residency at the Centro Internazionale di Sculptura CIS, Peccia, Italy
- 2003 Bachelor, National Diploma of Plastic Arts (ENSA), Limoges, France
- 1999 Matura of Art, CSIA, Lugano, Switzerland
1978 born in Bellinzona, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions
2018
«Exiled Homes», Gabriel Caruana Foundation, Valletta, Malta
2017
«Aglaia Haritz», Galeria Daniele Agostini, Lugano, Switzerland
2016
«Ricamatrici della Realtà», Spazio 1929, Lugano, Switzerland
2014
- «Embroiderers of Actuality» with Abdelaziz Zerrou, Lokal-Int, Bienne, Switzerland
- «Embroiderers of Actuality» with Abdelaziz Zerrou, Le Cube Art Space, Rabat, Marocco
2013
«Embroiderers of Actuality» with Abdelaziz Zerrou, Artellewa Art Space, Kairo, Egypt
2009
Wegert & Sadocco, Winkel, Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2019
- «Woher die Bilder kommen», Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland
- «La Casa Al Lago», Melano, Switzerland
2017
«Kunstszene Tessin», Museum Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
2016
- «The Others», Torino, Italy
- «Parcours Humain», Tramdepot Burgernziel, Bern, Switzerland
- «Swap 2016 - Laboratoire de la mondialité», Biennale Marrakech 6, Marrakech, Marocco
2015
- «Nach Strich und Faden», TART Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- «Motion to space», Swiss Institute Milan, Italy
- «La Sovversione Sensibile» with Abdelaziz Zerrou, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2013
«Raumwelten», Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
«Enigma della modernità», Spazio Officina, Chiasso, Switzerland
2011
- «The Babel Session, Parliament Improv. Nr.1», Bureau d’ Artiste, Zurich, Switzerland
- «Arspolis_evento_1», Lugano, Switzerland
- «Holy Land» with R. Albertalli, Wegert & Sadocco, Winkel, Netherlands
2010
- «Cosa c’è di nuovo?», Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
- «Terra santa» mit R. Albertalli, Officinaarte, Magliaso, Switzerland
- «Jungkunst», Sulzerareal, Winterthur, Switzerland
2009
- «Ipotesi per un delirio n.ro 2», Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- «Quaternio IV», Im Turm, Berlin, Germany
2007
- Banca del Gottardo, Bergamo, Italy
- «A doppio filo» with R. Albertalli, Galleria Balmelli, Bellinzona, Switzerland
2006
«Realtà parallele nell’arte contemporanea ticinese», CACT Centro Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Awards and Grants
2017
Studio Residency of the European Capital of Culture 2018, Valletta, Malta
2015
Studio Residency Art Residency Aley, Beirut, Lebanon
2014
- Dar Al Ma’mûn Foundation Residency, Marrakech, Morocco
- Residency of the Institut Français Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
- Residency of the Institut Français Maroc, Tétouan, Morocco
- Residency Le Cube Art Space, Rabat, Morocco
2013
Residency Artellewa, Cairo, Egypt
2011
- Residency in the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
- International Artists Workshop, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine
Collections
- Art Collection of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Art Collection Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland
- Art Collection Bank of Gottardo, Bergamo, Italy
Publications
2018
- «QUART Heft für Kultur im Tirol», Nr. 31, Austria
- «Exiled Homes, Embroiderers of Actuality», Valletta, Malta
2016
«Ricamatrici di realtà», Dokumentary film by Cult+, Switzerland
2015
«Mit der Nähmaschine gegen Unterdrückung», Documentary film by Sandra Steffan, Cult TV, RSI, Switzerland
2011
- «Dire, fare, cucire», Documentary film by Claudia Quadri. Cult Tv, RSI (starting from 14:55 min)
- «CACTyou!», Fanzine #1 by Piergiorgio De Pinto. CACT Centro Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- «Cosa c’è di nuovo?», Exhibition catalogue. Interview by Elio Schenini. Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland















