Florence Iff’s Profile

Post Arcadia By Florence Iff: 25Oct; Post Arcadia The central theme of one of my long-term projects is the domestication of nature,which encompasses both exterior and inner space as concepts on aesthetics.Landscape is in its origin a concept, which roots in the beginning of industrializationand renaissance painting.Seen as a concept, landscape therefore represents an image of an idea. We declarewhat an ideal landscape looks like and represent it e.g. in a photographicreproduction.Consequently new images of nature are...; Tags: Art, Education, Environment, Nature, Photography

EDUCATION
2008 MA in Art Education for Adults, ZHdK, SVEB II
2006 - 2008 University of the Arts Zurich, ZHdK,
1998 Certificate Fulltime Student General Studies, ICP, New York City
1997 - 1998 ICP (International Center of Photography), New York City, USA
classes with: David Armstrong, Penelope Umbrico, Bill Jacobson, Sam Samore, Robert Blake
1989 - 1992 University of Zurich, Switzerland; History of Art, Philosophy and Social Studies
1989 Certificate in Photography, Video Art, Performance Art and Painting
1985 - 1989 F+F, School of Visual Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
1983 Federal High School Certificate in Modern Languages

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2010 Kaunas Fotofestival, Lituania
Post-Arcadia / Break / Photographs, Portfolioreview
Art of Photography Show, San Diego, USA
Mimesis / Photographs, Catalogue
Fotosommer Stuttgart, Baden-Wüttenbergischer Kunstverein, Germany
Mimesis / Photographs, Catalogue
Les Routiers, CLUB
Extended Mind, Photographs and Video
2009 Selection, ewz, Zurich
Mimesis / Photographs, Catalogue
Kunstraum R57
Turner-around, Photography
2008 University of the Arts Zurich, ZHdK, Certificate Exhibition
Grenzraum / Photographs / Slide Projection and Installation
2007 Kunstszene Zürich
Shooting Stars / Photographs
2005 Artist Space, New York City, Artist Files Presentation
Landscape / Photographs
2000 Helmhaus Museum, Zurich, Grant Exhibition
Landscape / Photographs
1999 Helmhaus Museum, Zurich, Curator’s Digest
Reality Check / Photographs on billboards
1998 Chelsea Art Building, New York, Annual ICP Fulltime-student Exhibition
Reality Check / Photographs
1997 Toit du monde,Vevey, Switzerland, 100 Femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs
Here and There / Photographs
1996 Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Here We Are / accustic Installation
1995 Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany and Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
When Tekkno turns to Sound of Poetry / Installation (with Bessie Nager)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1995 Fotogalerie, Bern, Switzerland
Mutation 2 / Photographs
1993 Galerie a16, Zurich, Switzerland
Mutation 1 / Photographs
1992 Moltkereiwerkstatt, Cologne, Germany
Current Affairs / multimedial Installation and Performance
1991 Projektraum, Zurich, Switzerland
Body check / Photographs and Slide-Projections
1989 Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern, Switzerland
From A to S / Performance (with Christine Hunold)
Galerie O.T., Luzern, Switzerland
Triathlon / multimedial Installation (with Bessie Nager)

GRANTS, AWARDS, COLLECTORS
2010 Art Collection, Canton Zurich
2009 Art Collection, Canton Zurich
2001 Bank Julius Bär, Switzerland
2000 Bank Julius Bär, Switzerland
1999 STEO Foundation, Switzerland
1995 Pro Helvetia, Switzerland
1994 Cassinelli-Vogel Foundation, Switzerland