Pol 5 Biography / Bibliography


Monika Gasser
Pia Gisler
MonAlice Haener
Ruth Rieder
Adriana Stadler

OVERVIEW

Pol 5 was founded in 1997.
Pol 5 is a group of five women artists who untertake collective art projects in Switzerland and abroad.
Pol 5 brings team-generated works to the public.
Pol 5 tries to reach out to people of other cultures through its artwork, with the aim to stimulate direct exchange over works of art.
Pol 5 has so far realized three art project overseas-in Indonesia, West Africa and Mexico. Subsequent exhibitions in Switzerland have been inspired by impressions from these countries and regions.


1997 Group's Foundation
1998 Across Times Zones, Indonesia Bali, Sika Contemporary Art Gallery Ubud
1999 Über Zeitzonen/Across Time Zones, Switzerland Sarnen, Administration Building Sarnen
2000-01 Kunstkoffer/Art Suitcase, West Africa Mali Burkina Faso, Palais de la Culture Bamako Mali, Ouahabou Burkina Faso, Storytelling Festival Bobo Dioulasso and Ouagadougou
2001 Art Suitcase in Depot, Conversations in African Gardens, Switzerland Luzern, Kunstpanorama Lucerne
2002 Swimming at the Canal Oriental, Switzerland Yverdon-les-Bains
EXPO 02 Central Switzerland Day
2003 climartchange / cambiarteclima, Mexico San Miguel de Allende
2004 Lend me your eye, Switzerland Altdorf, DRIFT Exhibition
2005 Un morceau de ciel, Paris-Isfahan-Switzerland
2006 Iran, Esfahan:Night and Day Amongst Flowers
2007 Here we are, action mit butterfly, exibition in the Progr, Bern
Vernissage, catalog "Night and Day Amongst Flowers"

Work contribution, Intercultural Project domain
City and Canton of Lucerne
Promotion Prize from the Ester Matossi Foundation
Zurich