Uriel Orlow was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1973. He lives and works between Lisbon, London and Zurich.

He studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design London, the University of Geneva, the Slade School of Art/University College London and UAL, completing a PhD in Fine Art in 2002.

Uriel Orlow is the recipient of the 2023 Swiss Grand Prix for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim. In 2020 he received the C. F. Meyer Prize and in 2017 he was awarded the Sharjah Biennial prize. He also received a ‘Werkjahr’ award from the City of Zurich in 2015 and three Swiss Art Awards at Art Basel (2008, 2009, 2012) and was shortlisted for the Jarman award in 2013.

In 2024 K Verlag and MCBA Lausanne published his monograph Forest Times, in 2020 Archive Books published Conversing with Leaves, in 2019 Shelter Press published Soil Affinities and in 2018 Sternberg Press published Theatrum Botanicum.

Uriel Orlow’s practice is research-driven, process-oriented and often in dialogue with other disciplines and people. Projects engage with residues of colonialism, spatial manifestations of memory, social and ecological justice, blind spots of representation and plants as political actors. His multi-media installations focus on specific locations, micro-histories and forms of haunting. Working across installation, photography, film, drawing, sound and gardens his works bring different image-regimes and narrative modes into correspondence.

Uriel Orlow’s work has been presented at major survey exhibitions including Reconnecting Earth II, Kiel (2024), Dunkerque Triennale (2023), 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2022), Kathmandu Triennale (2022), Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018), 2nd Yinchuan Biennial (2018), 13th Sharjah Biennial 13 (2017), 7th Moscow Biennial (2017), EVA International, Limerick (2016), 2nd Aichi Triennale, Nagoya (2013), Bergen Assembly (2013), Manifesta 9 (2012), 54th Venice Biennale (2011) amongst others.

Notable and recent solo exhibitions include Galeria Avenida da Índia (2025), MCBA Lausanne (2024), Casa da Cerca, Almada (2022–2023), Kunsthalle Nairs Switzerland (2021), La Loge, Brussels; State of Concept, Athens (both 2020), Kunsthalle Mainz (2019-2020), Tabakalera, San Sebastian and Villa Romana Florence (2019), Kunsthalle St Gallen Switzerland, Market Photo Workshop Johannesburg and Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers Paris (2018), PAV Turin (2017), The Showroom London (2016), Castello di Rivoli (2015).

Orlow’s work has also been shown in film festivals, museums and galleries internationally including at Locarno Film Festival, Oberhausen Film Festival in London at Tate, ICA and Gasworks and Whitechapel Gallery; in Paris at Palais de Tokyo, Fondation Ricard, Maison Populaire, Bétonsalon; at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart; Project Arts, Dublin; and in Mexico City; Chicago, Vancouver; Cairo, Cape Town, Melbourne and elsewhere.

Orlow has taught at art colleges internationally including Goldsmiths University of London; Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London; HEAD – University of the Arts Geneva, Royal College of Art, London. He is currently reader (associate professor/ senior researcher) at University of Westminster, London and docent at ZHdK, the University of the Arts, Zurich.

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Uriel Orlow nasceu em Zurique, Suiça em 1973; vive e trabalha entre Lisboa, Londres e Zurique.

Estudou no Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Londres, na Universidade de Genebra, na Slade School of Art/University College London e na UAL, concluindo em 2002 o doutoramento em Belas-Artes.

Uriel Orlow é vencedor do Grande Prémio Suíço de Arte / Prix Meret Oppenheim (2023). Em 2020 recebeu o Prémio C. F. Meyer e, em 2017, foi-lhe atribuído o Prémio da Bienal de Sharjah. Recebeu ainda o prémio Werkjahr da Cidade de Zurique (2015), três Swiss Art Awards na Art Basel (2008, 2009, 2012) e foi finalista do Jarman Award em 2013.

Em 2024, a K Verlag e o MCBA Lausanne publicaram a sua monografia Forest Times; em 2020, a Archive Books publicou Conversing with Leaves; em 2019, a Shelter Press editou Soil Affinities; e em 2018, a Sternberg Press publicou Theatrum Botanicum.

A prática artística de Uriel Orlow é baseada na investigação, orientada pelo processo e frequentemente em diálogo com outras disciplinas e pessoas. Os seus projetos abordam os resíduos do colonialismo, as manifestações espaciais da memória, a justiça social e ecológica, os pontos cegos da representação e as plantas como atores políticos. As suas instalações multimédia concentram-se em locais específicos, micro-histórias e formas de assombração. Trabalhando em instalação, fotografia, cinema, desenho, som e jardins, as suas obras colocam em correspondência diferentes regimes de imagem e modos narrativos.

O trabalho de Uriel Orlow foi apresentado em grandes exposições internacionais, incluindo Reconnecting Earth II, Kiel (2024), Trienal de Dunquerque (2023), 12.ª Bienal de Berlim de Arte Contemporânea (2022), Trienal de Catmandu (2022), Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018), 2.ª Bienal de Yinchuan (2018), 13.ª Bienal de Sharjah (2017), 7.ª Bienal de Moscovo (2017), EVA International, Limerick (2016), 2.ª Trienal de Aichi, Nagoya (2013), Bergen Assembly (2013), Manifesta 9 (2012), 54.ª Bienal de Veneza (2011), entre outras.

As suas exposições individuais mais recentes incluem Galeria Avenida da Índia, Lisboa (2025), MCBA Lausanne (2024), Casa da Cerca, Almada (2022–2023), Kunsthalle Nairs, Suíça (2021), La Loge, Bruxelas; State of Concept, Atenas (ambas em 2020), Kunsthalle Mainz (2019–2020), Tabakalera, San Sebastián e Villa Romana, Florença (2019), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Market Photo Workshop, Joanesburgo, e Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris (2018), PAV Turim (2017), The Showroom, Londres (2016), e Castello di Rivoli (2015).

O trabalho de Orlow tem também sido apresentado em festivais de cinema, museus e galerias internacionais, incluindo o Festival de Cinema de Locarno, o Festival de Cinema de Oberhausen, em Londres no Tate, ICA, Gasworks e Whitechapel Gallery; em Paris no Palais de Tokyo, Fondation Ricard, Maison Populaire e Bétonsalon; no Württembergischer Kunstverein, Estugarda; Project Arts, Dublin; bem como na Cidade do México, Chicago, Vancouver, Cairo, Cidade do Cabo, Melbourne, entre outros locais.

Orlow lecionou em diversas instituições internacionais, incluindo Goldsmiths, University of London; Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Londres; HEAD – Universidade de Artes de Genebra; e Royal College of Art, Londres. Atualmente é Reader (professor associado/investigador sénior) na University of Westminster, Londres, e docente na ZHdK – Universidade de Artes de Zurique.MORE INFO