Niloufar Emamifar: Offcut

Kunsthalle Zürich is pleased to present Offcut, the first institutional solo exhibition by Niloufar Emamifar in Switzerland. Developed on site, the exhibition is conceived as a spatial syntax articulated through indeterminacy of scale, proximity and endurance.

The exhibition centres around an architectural adjustment that raises the floor of Kunsthalle Zürich by a few centimetres. Finished with a black sprung surface as customarily used by Ballet Zürich, this elevated plane functions both as a discrete piece and a spatial recalibration through which a series of new works unfold.

Curated by Fanny Hauser.

Niloufar Emamifar’s exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of SüdKulturFonds.

With special thanks to Otto Bonnen, Fredi Fischli, Gina Folly, Janis Frank, Seline Fülscher, David Ganzoni, Jacqueline Granwehr, Mike Guyer, Salome Hohl, Sara Izzo, Lily Koper, Moritz Lehner, Shehrazade Mahassini, Julia Mangisch, Christina Maria Mayer, Beat Marti, Monika Milakovic, Tine Milz, Niels Olsen, Attila Panczel, Alex Ritter, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Andrina Roth, Rose Schuller, Sabeth Tödtli, Laura Vuille, Florian Wagner, Judith Welter, Michael Zimmermann and Jörg Zielinski.

Niloufar Emamifar is an artist based in New York. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2023); Kunstverein Kevin, Vienna (2023); MoMA PS1, New York (2022); The Renaissance Society, Chicago (2022); SculptureCenter, New York (2021); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2021); the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2020); Human Resources, Los Angeles (2019); Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (2017); and the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2016). Her most recent solo exhibition was Disjecta at Progetto, Lecce, Italy (2025). She has participated in programmes including the Whitney Independent Study Program; the Capp Street Fellowship at the Wattis Institute, San Francisco; the Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Amant Foundation, New York; and the London College of Communication. Emamifar holds a BFA in Architecture from Soore School of Architecture, Tehran, Iran, and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine.