Alexander Bühler (*1977 in Zurich) studied painting at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Following his education, he worked in London, Tokio, Berlin, and Mexico City where, in 2014, he settled down permanently. In spring 2021, Bühler was featured at Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich with a monumental installation entitled Billboard Nostalgia.

Alexander Bühler’s body of work is deeply rooted in his practice of art book production. The serial element is inherent to Bühler’s work like pages of a book. Only by opening the book the reader can access its content.

In Bühler’s oeuvre the concept of translation and transformation is crucial since it is only revealed in a second step, after having undergone a metamorphosis. This applies to both his work with art books and with canvases.

Bühler folds a piece of canvas multiple times with a wide array of folding techniques, often referencing traditional origami. During the process he turns a two-dimensional surface into a three-dimensional sculptural object. Upon unfolding, the creases remain visible in the canvas, clearly referring to his process and leaving traces of the original shape of the work.

Furthermore, Alexander Bühler incorporates his immediate surroundings and circumstances when he produces his works. For example, he interlaces found objects or remnants of artworks that are at hand to bring in the element of the collage. Or he primes the canvases with the ashes of a campfire that just cooled down. This gives the works an almost archaic power and illustrates the transformative nature of things.