Lot 429 - Cristina Rüesch - Untitled (Outfit 1)

Watercolour, lino print, gouache, and crayons on paper
2024
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Hannah Tilson

About
Cristina Rüesch is a contemporary artist whose work blends elements of everyday life, pop culture, and (art)historical references. She delves into the concepts of in-between worlds and the terrestrial. Her practice encompasses drawing, painting, sculptural installation, performance, and writing.

Education
2019-2022
MFA in Fine Art, HfBK, Hamburg, Germany
2015-2019
BFA in Fine Art, HfBK, Hamburg, Germany

Solo Exhibitions
N/A

Group Exhibitions
2024
Lines Fiction, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Hard to Swallow, Arthur Boskamp-Foundation, Hohenlockstedt, Germany

2023
Water Works, City Surfer Office Gallery, Prag, Czech Republic
O, Kunstverein Gastgarten, Hamburg, Germany
Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Time Based Art is Magic, Studio Peragine, Hamburg, Germany
Whisper Whisper, Orbit, Hamburg, Germany

2022
Reconstruction, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
and bark beetles mapped hidden worlds, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
2025
Residency, Lilly Keller foundation

2024
Scholarship, Salzburg International Summeracademy
Residency, cultural association Semmelweisklinik

2023
Scholarship, Von Kunst Leben, Alfred Toepfer foundation
Residency, Fundaziun Nairs
Project funding, bkm Hamburg

2022
Project funding, Liebelt foundation

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
Currently, I am interested in the concept of the outfit. An outfit is a set of clothes assembled for a specific occasion or activity—an ensemble, a coordinated costume. It is about fitting: to be proper, to be suitable. To fit: to take the right shape. My outfits are worn by ghosts—perhaps non-existent, disembodied beings. I am intrigued by how these clothes transform into figures themselves, existing without the need for a supporting body.