Johanna Näf

Johanna Näf (born June 26, 1944 in Stans ) is a Swiss painter , sculptor and photographer .

Life

Johanna Näf grew up in Stans . After studying music from 1972 to 1974 in Zug , she attended the F + F School for Experimental Design in Zurich from 1979 to 1982 and did an internship in a sculptor's studio. Exhibitions in Central Switzerland followed. In 1992 she directed the exhibition project "Woman's Way - A Dialogue" in Zug.

Näf is particularly concerned with art in architecture and art in public spaces (design of fountains, etc.) as well as with photograms . In 1999 and 2018 she was awarded the studio grant from the Canton of Zug in Berlin . In 2003 she had a studio stay in the Willisau city mill . In 2007 she stayed for six months in the studio of the Conference of Swiss Cities for Culture (KSK) in Varanasi (India); from this arose u. a. her work Indian Impressions (2008).

Exhibitions

title	place	Museum, gallery	Type	date	literature
Johanna Näf. Play with color and shape	train	Art dealer & gallery Carla Renggli	singles	11.3.2019 - 6.4.2019
Atelier On Stage - 20 years of Zug in Berlin	train	Shedhalle train	group	March 10, 2018– March 17, 2018	Atelier On Stage - 20 years of Zug in Berlin. Shedhalle Zug, 2018. Authors: Jürgen K. Hultenreich , Sandra Oehy / Hanna Schneidt, Stephan Schleiss. Zug: Directorate for Education and Culture, 2018. OCLC 1081444133
Johanna Näf, Markus Reichenbach. dialog	Baar	Art kiosk Baar	group	October 14, 2017 to October 28, 2017
Schwyz art scene	Schwyz	Ital Reding-Hofstatt	group	May 20, 2016 - July 1, 2016	Schwyz art scene. Schwyz, Ital Reding-Hofstatt, 2016. Ed .: Culture Commission Canton Schwyz; Texts: Daniela Hardmeier . Schwyz, 2016. ISBN 9783033056121
Johanna Näf	Sarnen	Hofmatt Gallery	singles	13.3.2011–10.4.2011
Johanna Näf. Played walls	Lucerne	Mesch.Gallery	singles	16.1.2011 - 6.5.2011
Johanna Näf. Adrian Bättig. Indian summer	Streaks	Kunstkammer Gaswerk Schlieren	group	October 24, 2010 to November 14, 2010
Edition 5 Erstfeld	Altdorf	House for Art Uri	group	June 12, 2010 to August 22, 2010	Edition 5 Erstfeld. Edited by Ruth Nyffeler, Jürg Nyffeler and Barbara Zürcher . Texts: Michael Donhauser . Altdorf: House for Art Uri, 2010. ISBN 9783952327388
Johanna Näf. Pit of the gods	train	Carla Renggli Gallery	singles	January 23, 2010 to February 27, 2010
NOW 09. Selection of Ob- and Nidwalden art 2009	Stans	Nidwalden Museum	group	November 15, 2009 - December 6, 2009
The last suitcase	Giswil	Giswil turbine	group	4.2009–5.2009	The last suitcase. Turbine Giswil, 2009. Text: Peter Stamm . Alpnach: Martin Wallimann, 2009. ISBN 9783908713999
Plastic 09/10. 10 exhibitions. Portraits artist friends in the AZB art chamber	Streaks	Kunstkammer Gaswerk Schlieren	group	2009-2010	Ursula Hirsch et al .: Plastic 09/10. 10 exhibitions. Portraits artist friends in the AZB art chamber. Kunstkammer Gaswerk Schlieren, 2009-10. OCLC 731516389
Now art 08. 42 artists from Switzerland	Scoop	Now art	group	July 6, 2008 to September 21, 2008	Amanda Beck et al .: Now Art 08. 42 artists from Switzerland. Schüpfen, Jetzt Kunst, 2008. OCLC 638086798
Indian impressions	Meggen	Benzeholz municipal gallery	singles	April 13, 2008-10 May 2008	Urs Bugmann : "Colors of joy and misery". In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung , April 18, 2008, p. 47.
Contemporary Swiss Art in India	Varanasi	Kriti Gallery	group	December 4, 2007– December 15, 2007
Contemporary Swiss Art in India	New Delhi	Embassy of Switzerland New Delhi	group	11/16/2007– 11/30/2007
Nouvelles Collections	Biel	Kunsthaus Center PasquArt	group	January 22, 2006– March 19, 2006
Johanna Näf. Mountains and valleys. New photograms	train	Carla Renggli Gallery	singles	October 29, 2005 to November 26, 2005
Sculpture exhibition. 48 artists from Switzerland	Scoop		group	2.7.2005 - 1.10.2005	Swiss sculpture exhibition. 48 artists from Switzerland. Schüpfen, 2005. Foreword: Rolf Zumstein . Schüpfen, 2005. OCLC 637425269
Edition Franz Mäder visits Billing Bild	Baar	Gallery Billing Image	group	December 4, 2004– January 23, 2005
Johanna Näf	Sarnen	Hofmatt Gallery	singles	November 13, 2004-12 December 2004
Art coordinate 2004. 120 artists from 10 cantons are exhibiting	Giswil	Giswil turbine	group	4.6.2004–18.7.2004
TRAIN - BERLIN: RETURN!	train	Carla Renggli Gallery	group	March 12, 2004 to March 27, 2004
Johanna Näf "captured 2003"	Willisau		singles	11/10/2003– 11/23/2003
Johanna Näf. Transparent rooms	Uster	Villa on the Aabach	singles	19.1.2003–22.3.2003	Johanna Näf: Transparent rooms. Uster: Villa am Aabach, 2003. Texts by Yvonne Höfliger and Sibylle Omlin . ISBN 978-3-9522633-0-3
Johanna Näf. Touches of light	Beckenried	Ermitage Gallery	singles	May 25, 2002 to June 16, 2002	stu: «Touched by the light». In: Apéro , May 23 - May 29, 2002, p. 15.
Books walls. Graphics and photographs. The following artists show books	Basel	Gallery Franz Mäder	group	21.9.2001–13.10.2001
Crosses of the present. Interpretation + vision	Einsiedeln	panorama	group	May 20, 2001 to October 14, 2001	Crosses of the present. Interpretation + vision. Texts: Markus Riek et al. Einsiedeln: Club x-mal Kreuz / Panorama, 2001. OCLC 49721915
fleur de sel. 14 Nidwalden artists are exhibiting	Stans	Nidwalden Museum	group	9 March 2001–18 March 2001
Johanna Näf. intervention	Wolhusen	The guest room	singles	April 16, 2000 - April 4, 2000
Berlin air. Zug - Berlin - return	train	Carla Renggli Gallery	group	April 15, 2000 - May 3, 2000	Annelise Zwez : “Johanna Näf in the Carla Renggli Gallery”. In: Art Bulletin , 2000, 9, p. 45.
Art Promotion 2/00. anortundstelle	Zurich	Utobadi	group	9.4.2000–29.4.2000
Heidi Arnold. Louis Lussmann. Johanna Näf. Mundi Nussbaumer. Felix Schenker. Maria Zgraggen	Altdorf	House for Art Uri	group	11/27/1999–12/12/1999
Edition 5 multiples	Lucerne	Gallery Speaking of which	group	9.4.1999–24.4.1999
Johanna Näf. Photograms, needle drawings	Stans	Gallery on the village square	singles	February 21, 1999– March 14, 1999
Exhibition by the Zug Artists' Association	train	Old Town Hall	group	December 19, 1998– December 23, 1998
Johanna Näf. Photograms, objects, works on paper	Kriens	Gallery Krienbach	singles	16.1.1998 - 8.2.1998
Multiples. Objects in edition	Baar	Gallery Billing Image	group	November 29, 1997-20 December 1997
Johanna Näf. Experimental prints, objects	Baar	Gallery Billing Image	singles	October 4, 1997 - November 2, 1997
At the 47th parallel. Exhibition project Zug-Solothurn 1997	train	Old Town Hall	group	September 20, 1997– October 12, 1997
At the 47th parallel. Exhibition project Zug-Solothurn 1997	Solothurn	Cantonal cultural center Palais Besenval	group	7.9.1997–28.9.1997	At the 47th parallel. Exhibition project Zug-Solothurn 1997. Solothurn, Palais Besenval, 1997. Texts: Sibylle Omlin and Ronald Schenkel . Zug and Solothurn: Association of Zug artists and artist house S11 Solothurn, 1997. OCLC 637521046
Johanna Näf. Curved spaces	Stans	Nidwalden Museum	singles	December 8, 1996-12 January 1997
Central Switzerland art portfolio. Remarque	train	Carla Renggli Gallery	group	12/4/1996–11/1/1997
Memento. Exhibition of contemporary art on the theme of memorials	Altdorf		group	August 26, 1995 - October 8, 1995	Memento. Exhibition of contemporary art on the theme of memorials. Altdorf, 1995. OCLC 717097414
3 Zug sculptors: Maria Bettina Cogliatti , André Gysi , Johanna Näf	Lucerne	Grain chute	group	1989	3 Zug sculptors: Maria Bettina Cogliatti, André Gysi, Johanna Näf . Lucerne, 1989. OCLC 81220365
One hundred and thirty-seven days: Young art in an old factory	Cham	Forum young art		1988	One hundred and thirty-seven days: Young art in an old factory. Cham, Forum Junge Kunst, 1988. OCLC 778746298

Publications / literature

• Lots of vulnerable years. Wallimann, Alpnach 1998, ISBN 978-3-9521291-3-5 .
• Contact with light: photograms 1996–2000. Text: Sibylle Omlin . Alpnach: Martin Wallimann, 2000, ISBN 978-3-908713-11-1 .
• Johanna Näf: Transparent rooms. Uster: Villa am Aabach, 2003. Texts by Yvonne Höfliger and Sibylle Omlin . ISBN 978-3-9522633-0-3
• Suzanne Kappeler: "Traces of Light". In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 28, 2003, p. 40.
• with Sibylle Omlin: Land with figures. Wallimann, Alpnach 2004, ISBN 978-3-908713-46-3 .
• Norbert Lehmann: The art collection of the canton Schwyz. Painting and sculpture until 2004. With an introduction by Markus Riek . Schwyz: Culture Commission Canton Schwyz, 2006 (= Schwyzer Hefte 87) ISBN 9783909102495
• Indian impressions (= Impressions of India ). 2008, ISBN 978-3-033-01774-0 .
• Space sculpture landscape. 2014, ISBN 978-3-907164-35-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Johanna Näf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Johanna Näf. In: Sikart
• Johanna Näf on the website of the Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture of the Canton of Solothurn

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Johanna Näf on the website of the Board of Trustees for Cultural Promotion of the Canton of Solothurn.