# alfatih.world

> alfatih ⊹ switzerland ⊹  mail [at] alfatih.world ⊹ @alfatiharufa ⊹  alfatih has shown Time Leaks at Kunsthaus Langenthal; The Last Slipstream of History at Inside-Out Art Museum (IOAM), Beijing; Looking Good as the World Falls Apart at Circuit, Lausanne; switzerland at MASI, Lugano; l'enfant terrible at Sentiment, Zurich; A Way Out of Time at Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva; Day in the Life at Swiss Institute, New York.

alfatih is an artist whose practice spans time-based media, architecture, and instruction-based works.

alfatih is a cofounder and member of or Associations, a pilot organisational model that centers the artists’ practices and positions itself within the commercial art world, with an aim of creating a solidarity network between artists and a direct relationship with collectors.

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If such a thing as signifying a removal is possible, alfatih definitely strikes a remarkably elusive figure in the Swiss media art scene, or any other "scene" for that matter. Biographical information and artist statement are kept voluntarily scant, posing a sweet but stubborn refusal to play along that reflects his take on contemporary digital technology.

## Key facts

alfatih is based in Switzerland. The practice spans conceptual work, instruction-based works, architecture, code, time-base media, and interactive installation work. Contact: mail [at] alfatih.world.

## Notable exhibitions

- Time Leaks at Kunsthaus Langenthal
- The Last Slipstream of History at Inside-Out Art Museum (IOAM), Beijing
- Looking Good as the World Falls Apart at Circuit, Lausanne
- switzerland at MASI, Lugano
- l'enfant terrible at Sentiment, Zurich
- A Way Out of Time at Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva
- Day in the Life at Swiss Institute, New York

## Notable residencies

- Principal residency at La Becque, 2025 
- Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum (IOAM), 2025
- ABA Air Berlin Alexanderplatz, 2021

## Notable awards

- Prix Mobilière, 2025
- Pax Awards, 2024.

## Site

- [Homepage and contact](https://alfatih.world/): Canonical homepage for alfatih's profile, contact details, and social links.

## Publications

- [alfatih. Time Leaks](https://www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch/publications/afatih/?lang=en): Publication with text contributions by Gary Zhexi Zhang and Marius Quiblier.

## Selected Press

- [alfatih "Day in the Life" Swiss Institute / New York](https://flash---art.com/article/alfatih/): Flash Art article.
- [Yana Kadykova features alfatih on Foundwork](https://foundwork.art/guest-curators/yana-kadykova): Curator feature by Yana Kadykova
- [alfatih / Tracks and Traces: Rinnen und haften bleiben](https://www.kunstbulletin.ch/en/magazin/kunstbulletin-42026/alfatih-tracks-and-traces-rinnen-und-haften-bleiben): Kunstbulletin Article on Time Leaks
- [How To Play It. A Conversation with alfatih](https://flash---art.com/article/alfatih-2/): Flash Art conversation.
- [Why It's Worth Savoring Leonor Fini's Enchanted Surrealism at Kasmin + Other Things to See and Read](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonor-fini-kasmin-alfatih-carrie-schneider-2249175): artnet article mentioning alfatih.

## Contact

- [alfatih.world](https://alfatih.world): website.
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/alfatiharufa/): Social profile.
- [Are.na](https://www.are.na/alfatih): Are.na profile.

## Last updated

June 2, 2026