Catherine Rollier

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Catherine Rollier (born January 2, 1955 in Biel-Bienne ) is a Swiss artist and graphic designer. She lives and works in Vienna.

life and work

Catherine Rollier spent her childhood and youth in Biel-Bienne and Winterthur . There were first encounters with contemporary music and museums and collections offered an initial examination of impressionism and classical modernism. In 1972 the family moved to Basel. Catherine Rollier decided to study at the Basel School of Design in 1973 . Its focus was on the conceptual design and its expansion up to the experimental level, it was also committed to the craft. The preliminary course was followed by a four-year training in the graphics class, which was headed by Armin Hofmann and which she graduated with a diploma in 1978. Other teachers such as Mary Viera or the typographer Wolfgang Weingart shaped the artist.

In 1980 Catherine Rollier decided to move to Vienna and founded her studio there. Until now, fascinated by the local culture and architecture scene, her personal interest in the movement of contemporary music characterizes the conceptual design approach of her graphic and visual artistic work. In creative research, she continuously develops her artistic oeuvre with serial picture compositions.

In her work as a graphic designer, she specialized in the arts and culture. Among other things, she designed the corporate design for the MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts under the direction of Peter Noever, posters for the Schauspielhaus Wien, art catalogs and numerous architectural publications for, for example, Carl Pruscha , Hans Hollein , Günther Feuerstein and Coop Himmelblau . We have worked with international literary and art publishers for many years. Catherine Rollier has been imparting her experience as a lecturer at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz since 2006 .

research

2004–2009 Participation in the CorpoRealities research project as part of the WWTF (Vienna Science, Research and Technology Fund) in cooperation with the Vienna General Hospital, Department of Interventional Radiology and Plastic Surgery, the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Applied Sciences Art Vienna. Team: Christina Lammer, sociologist (project manager); Jürgen Brandstätter, software development; Manfred Frey, plastic surgeon; Johannes Lammer, radiologist; Peter Pokieser, radiologist; Cathrin Pichler, art curator; Barbara Graf, visual artist; Catherine Rollier, visual artist / graphic designer; Christa Spatt, dance curator.

Awards

1984: Prize of the Federal Scholarship Competition for Applied Arts, Bern
1986: Two state prizes for the most beautiful books in Austria
1989: 1st and 2nd prize, World Biennial for Architecture, Architecture Books category, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999: Gustav Klimt Prize for Art on Posters, Vienna

Exhibitions (selection) / works in public collections and in public space

1984: Konzerthaus Wien : Works on the visual language of contemporary music, installation - on the occasion of the Wien Modern festival, since 1984 permanent loan of the triptych Klang-Papier-vor-Raum
1998: Echoraum, Vienna: Das Wesen - l'être, exhibition of the project, drawings and video installation
2001 Semper-Depot , Vienna: Realization of the project Das Wesen - l'être . Pictures, concept and idea: Catherine Rollier, music: Josef Traindl, visual design and implementation: Catherine Rollier, Markus Pillhofer, room: Markus Pillhofer, musical direction: Josef Traindl, musical interpretation a. Improvisation: Jean Querlier, ss & as; Jacques Nobili, tb; Gus Nemeth, cb; Jean-Louis Méchali, dr
2003: Kunsthaus Zeughaus, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, Schweizer ART III
2017: Patrick Kovacs Kunsthandel, Vienna; Courage for the original
2018: Galerie Gabriel, Vienna, exhibition gender - no gender - visible , with Stephan Fillitz

Austrian National Library, Vienna - poster collection
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: Theater Museum Vienna - poster collection
MAK - Museum of Applied Arts , Vienna - poster collection

1989: Patrick Kovacs Kunsthandel, Vienna; Baldachin I, part of the architectural concept by Carl Pruscha
2016: Patrick Kovacs Kunsthandel, Vienna; Baldachin II, part of the architectural concept by Carl Pruscha and Matthias Mulitzer

bibliography

Christina Lammer (Ed.): CorpoRealities. Löcker Verlag, Vienna.
Heidi Resch: 14 graphic designers in Vienna in the 20th century. Ambra Verlag, Vienna.
Nora Stögerer: Known strangers. Triest Verlag, Zurich / St. Gallen.
Johannes Mitterberger Recapture the Flag - about flags, logos and the EU brand. FH-Joanneum, Graz.

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personal data
SURNAME	Rollier, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rollier, C .; Rollier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss artist and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd January 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Biel-Bienne