About

Olivier Rossel is a researcher, artist, lecturer, publisher, and graphic designer. He lives in Basel, Switzerland, and works in various constellations and forms. His works range from drawings and paintings to moving images, circuit-bent electronics, online live-stream happenings, lecture-performances, audio works, printed and digital publications, installations, and participatory art projects.

Clients

Swatch AG and Swatch Instant Stores in:
Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid,
Bucharest, Dubai, Taipeh, Vilnius,
Rome, Kuwait City, Amsterdam,
Zurich, Berne. All with Thilo Brunner

Editions Mego, United Kingdom
Weber Hodel Feder, Antwerp, Belgium
MTV Switzerland, Swatch Playground
Levi's, Color Of Noise 2010 Tour, Zurich, CH
Musee D' Ethnografie, Neuchatel, CH
Sunrise TDC Switzerland AG
Adidas Switzerland

Club Zukunft, Zürich
Bangladesh Productions, Switzerland
Case A Chocs & Queen Kong Club, Neuchatel
Ekoplekz & Ensemble Skalectrik, UK
The Breaking News, Bienne, CH
Vandalizm Records, Switzerland
Atelier De Vallier, Switzerland
Pilz Welle Lust Art Space, Switzerland
Wumsi & Listening Space Basel, CH
Umbo Klubi Zuerich, Switzerland
The Value Web, Switzerland

Ongoing Projects

Vandalizm Records
Vinyl Music Labels & Podcast.
With Marcel Freymond & Raphael Loosli
Vandalizm Website

Marmot Music
Vinyl record label and never ending crate digging project, working together with DJ Ilarius
Marmot Music Website

Juice & Rispetta
Art & Art Editions Fanzines and Art Space Project
With Johannes Willi & Marcel Freymond
Juice & Rispetta Website

Lectures & Workshops

Olivier Rossel held lectures and workshops at Institut of Arts FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel, Institute Trends & Identity ZHdK, Zuerich, Schule für Gestaltung B:B Bern & Biel and at Kunsthalle Zuerich. He has been working at HyperWerk, Institute for Postindustrial Design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland for the past five years where he focussed on process-design and artistic, experimental publishing in and out of the academic context. The lectures «Orbiting», «Less Concentration – More Collision», «Into the why» touch on the subjects of digital loitering and publishing as an artistic and scientific practice.

Fine Art

For Olivier Rossel's artistic research and work visit
www.olivierrossel.com

Museums, Festivals & Shows

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland
Plattfon / Stampa Store, Basel, Switzerland
Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland
M for Music Festival Switzerland
45 Salon Nacional, Bogota Colombia
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
CAC Vilnius, Lithuania

In Magazines, Books & Press

Lasso Magazine, Switzerland
Interior Pop! Gingko Press, USA
Blueprint Asia, Malaysia
Frame Magazine, Nederlands
One Off, Clare Dowdy, UK
Altitude, Die Gestalten, Germany
Kelvin, Color Today, Die Gestalten, Germany
Los Logos, Die Gestalten, Berlin
Turbomagazine, Switzerland

Awards & Nominations

Laureate Extraordinary Cultural Merit, the City of Biel/Bienne, for ‘Terrain Gurzelen’, laureate Prix Kunstverein, Biel/Bienne. Residencies at Konsulat Prättigau Warsaw, and Atelier Suisse Bruxelles, funded by Fondation Anderfuhren and the city of Biel/Bienne. Artworks and publications of Olivier Rossel have been acquainted and supported by the City of Biel/Bienne, the Canton of Berne, Christoph Merian Stiftung, and Pro Helvetia.