Raphael Reichert

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

GRANTS &
RESIDENCIES

*1993, lives and works in Basel, CH

Reichert’s works originate from collected documentations of his immediate surroundings, primarily using digital means as a point of departure. These resulting set pieces are then softly reworked and placed within a broader social context.
Immediacy and density are recurring strategies across his chosen media—whether in painting, video, or photography. He is less concerned with technical perfection and more focused on communicating the directness of his thoughts and concepts. His ideas emerge through the compression of vast collections into concentrated, layered forms.
His videographic works often reference pop-cultural phenomena such as fitness challenges, travel vlogs, and other online trends, while also experimenting with documentary stylistic devices like talking heads, subtitles, and voice-over narration.

Reichert's work has been exhibited mainly nationally but has also been shown internationally in screenings and group shows, including shows at Kunsthaus Glarus and Kunst(zeug)haus (Rapperswil, CH) in 2021 and a duo show with Ivana Kvesić at Ausstellungsraum Klingental in 2020. In 2022, Reichert presented his first solo show with contributions by Leah Studinger, titled „Opt-in“ at Architektur Forum Ostschweiz (St.Gallen, CH), followed by a duo show with Leah Studinger at Hiltibold (St.Gallen, CH) and a solo show at Peripherie8 (Basel, CH) in 2023. He has received a work grant from the city of St.Gallen in 2020. In 2025, he presented a larger body of work in a duo show with Katherine Newton at Le ventre (Hégenheim, FR), curated by Maria Claudia Gamboa.

Reichert has studied Fine Art and Post-industrial design at the HGK FHNW in Basel, CH, as well as Art History, Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Basel, CH. From 2024 to 2025, he was a board member of Visarte Basel, the local branch of the artist's association in Switzerland, for which he has co-curated the yearly Regionale exhibition at Projektraum M54, Basel in 2024. He was elected Co-President of the art association Accélérateur de particules in Strasbourg, FR in 2025. Next to his artisitic practice, Reichert is active as a curator and culture manager. He has worked in various positions for art institutions, art associations and galleries in and around Basel, such as Atelier Mondial, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Peripherie8, Schaulager, Summe, See you next tuesday, Videocity, von Bartha, among others.

exhibitions

2026

(upcoming) Solo show, curated by Cemre Nomer | Espace Formaline, Suhr, CH

(upcoming) Solo show | Foyer of Rhyality Immersive Art Hall, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH

(upcoming) over.time | Group show, curated by Pavel Kovalenko | Basel, CH

2025

(upcoming) 41. Kantonale Jahresausstellung | Group show | Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, CH

Unbound Realms | Group show, curated by Ileana Ramírez Romero | FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, FR

Kunstpause | Group show | Chollerhalle, Zug, CH

Hammer Show | Group show, curated by Studio Hütte | Durchgang, Basel, CH

Where Are The Painters? # 2 | :DDD Kunst House x X Museum, Yerevan, AM

Topes | Duo show with Katherine Newton, curated by Maria Claudia Gamboa | Le ventre, Hégenheim, FR

Oslo Intercity – Food for Thought | Group show, curated by Yota Tsotra & Isabel Balzer | Artstübli, Basel, CH

SUMMASUMARUM | Online group show | sigma_space, Basel, CH

Nomansland | Duo show with Ana Vujić | Gallery 21, Hamburg, DE

Shifting Identities / Gleitende Identitäten | Group show, curated by Dr. Toni Stooss | im Schaufenster/Videocity, Basel, CH

2024

PechaKucha: Posthuman | Screening, curated by Duncan Poulton, Stefan Hurtig and the Videocity team | SET Woolwich, London, UK

Jahresgaben | Online group show | Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, DE

Fragments | Duo show with Ana Vujić | Parzelle 403, Basel, CH

Unbound | Group show | Coincoin, Zürich, CH

Ateliers ouverts | Open studio exhibition | FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, FR

2023

bitte warten | Group show, curated by Sophie Kauffenstein | Accélérateur de particules, Strasbourg, FR

White Frame Online Series 23 | Online group show | White Frame, CH

Salon du lapin | Group show, curated by Melanie Kuratli and Linda Wunderlin | Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, CH

Stories Unfolding | Group show, curated by Dr. Isabel Balzer | Villa Renata, Basel, CH

Entree & Hommage | Group show | M54, Basel, CH

Kontakt Festival | Group show | Bamberg, DE

my dog would take the bus | Solo show | Peripherie8, Basel, CH

bitte warten | Duo show with Leah Studinger | Hiltibold, St.Gallen, CH

2022

Im Zweifel Zickzack | Group show, curated by collectif Zickzack | FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, FR

Die Kunst des Scheiterns | Group show | Peter-Weiss Haus, Rostock, DE

Lust*art | Group show, curated by Maria Fratta and Pietro Vitali | Galerie Durchgang, Basel, CH

Pride | Group show | Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, USA

Opt-in | Solo show with Leah Studinger, curated by Kristin Schmidt | Architektur Forum Ostschweiz, St. Gallen, CH

2021
Heimspiel | Group show, curated by Otto Bonnen | Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
Grosse Regionale | Group show, curated by Céline Gaillard | Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, CH
Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community | Group show | USF, Tampa, USA
Was wünschst du dir? | Group show, curated by Almira Medaric, Mirjam Wanner and Vanessa Iuorno | Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH

Home, a wide world | Screening | Videofenster, Köln, DE

2017
We invite you to hope | Group show, curated by Chus Martínez and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev | Kunsthaus Baselland, Münchenstein, CH
Zwischengespeichert | Duo show with Sandra Garcia | Viereinhalb, St. Gallen, CH

2016
Werk4au5 | Groupshow | Werkhaus 45, St. Gallen, CH

Dance the Archive | Group show | Dock, Basel, CH

2015
Loose thinking | Group show, curated by Ines Goldbach and Chus Martinez | Kunsthaus Baselland, Münchenstein, CH
Oslo Night | Screening | Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, CH

Als das Hier den Ort nicht fand | Installation, Group work | Dreispitz-Areal, Basel, CH

2014

Kuck mal, was ich gemalt hab | Solo show | Kunstgrill, Zürich, CH

grants & residencies

2023–24

Self-organized residency in Mexico city & Oaxaca, MX

2022
Residency | Kulturbahnhof Klein Warnow, DE

2020
Work grant | City of St.Gallen, CH

2019

Project grant for NOW THIS | GGG Basel, CH

2018

Project grant for OKF | Jugendkredit St.Gallen, CH

curatorial projects

2024

Regionale 25 – STRIVING FOR COMMON ACCESS | Group show, co-curated with Catherin Schöberl & Pascale Grau | M54, Basel, CH

HOW ABOUT NOW | Group show, co-curated with Leah Studinger | FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, FR

2023–24

Foyer42 | Video exhibition series, co-curated with Leah Studinger | Feldberg42, Basel, CH

2022–23

Auf dem Sockel | Exhibition series on a plinth, co-curated with Leah Studinger | Various locations in Basel, CH

2019
NOW THIS | Group show | WURM, Basel, CH

2018
Ostschweizer Kunstfestival | Group show, co-curated with Claude Bühler | Flon, St. Gallen, CH

press

2024

Soll das im Atelier bleiben oder kann das raus?, Basler Zeitung, Simon Baur, 22.03.2024

2022

Gut ist nicht mehr genug, Saiten, Sandra Cubranovic, 27.07.2022

2021

Wie man ein erfolgreicher Künstler wird, St.Galler Tagblatt, Christina Genova, 06.07.2021

2018

Junge St. Galler Künstler zeigen am Ostschweizer Kunstfestival ihre Werke, St.Galler Tagblatt, Luca Ghiselli, 23.05.2018

Die Kunst zurück in die Heimat holen, Saiten, Marion Loher, 22.05.2018

education

2018–2020

Studies at the Institute for Postindustrial Design | HGK FHNW Basel, CH

2017–2018

Various courses in Philosophy, Art History, Gender Studies and Sociology | University of Basel, CH

2014–2017

BA in Fine Art | HGK FHNW Basel, CH