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Protoplast, founded in 1990, is a team of four Swiss artists generating artefacts.

Protoplast has presented their works internationally at various galleries, museums and art institutions including Kunsthalle Basel, ACC Galerie Weimar, Kunst Raum Riehen, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Gallery Guillaume Daeppen, Neue Galerie & Joanneum Graz, Kunsthalle Vebikus Schaffhausen, Kunstfest Kulturhauptstadt Europas Weimar 1999 (installations at seven public places in Weimar), Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Galerie Littmann Basel, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Centre Pasquart Bienne, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Städtische Galerie Böblingen, Kunsthaus Langenthal and Kaskadenkondensator Basel.

The previous program of producing imaginary products was developed, presented and completed by Protoplast from 1990 to 2010. The current artefacts generating program started 2010. For the latest news and updates, visit and subscribe to our Protoplast profiles on Instagram and Twitter.

Works from this new body of work were shown in the following institutions:

WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Group exhibition "To Be. Or To Have", curated by Friederike Schmid. June 1 to November 16, 2025.
Galerie Apropos, Lucerne. Solo exhibition of new Protoplast paintings, April 26 - May 31, 2025
Hybrid Madrid, group exhibition - presented by art platform SECONDroom from Antwerp, March 6 - 9, 2025
T66 Freiburg, solo exhibition at Kulturwerk Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, January, 24 - February 23, 2025
Manger & Boire, solo exhibition based on a public open call won by Protoplast, Basel, 14 Dec 2024 to 17 May 2025
Public poster campaign《endobone palaectomy》on over 100 billboards in the city of Basel during Art Basel), Basel, June 2024
Murmur Contemporary, Montreux, April 2024 (group exhibition)
Art Artist, Düsseldorf, April 2024 (group exhibition)
De Filippo Contemporary & Galería La Gran, Madrid, March 2024 (group exhibition)
Schaufensterkunst (Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein), Schaan, February 2024 (solo)
Art space Bonustrack.zh, Zürich, Oktober 2023 (solo)
Galerie Sammlung Amann, Stuttgart, Juli 2023 (solo)
The Pool art space, Düsseldorf, März 2023 (solo)
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Dezember 2022 (group exhibition "Regionale 2023")
Fondation Jetzt Kunst, November 2022 (group exhibition "Gartenbad Eglisee")
CargoBar Basel, September 2023 (solo)
Ausstellung《motodrom spotr phanic》at art space "Redaktion", Lucerne, August 2022 (solo)
Public poster campaign《angiognomic surrender》in Basel (on over 300 billboards in the city of Basel during Art Basel, sponsored by APG), June 2022
Art space MoAA, Bansko, Bulgaria, May 2022 (solo)
Art space Verteilzentrale, Basel, July 2021 (solo)
Art space DOCK, Basel, April 2010 (solo)