Background
Tolford was the son of the carpenter Herbert Tolford. He was raised by his father.
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Hans Tolford
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He was educated from Akademie der bildenden Künste (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Master of Fine Arts), Académie des Beaux-Arts (phd). By the time he completed his masters education in Fine Art at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 1967, he was already part of the important experimental art collective “Zü"Klingen"Rich” and was working primarily as a photographer, writer and an illustrating artist which he pursued till his death 3rd September 2013.
Career
Hans Tolfords mother, Juliane Tolford, died during the war in 1945. Tolford"s latest project is called "October Dance". Tolford gathered three musicians to perform and interprets his illustrations into music
He started the project in 2012.
The band continued to exist after Tolfords death.
Achievements
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Bankgasse Galerie, Wien, Austria - Menschen ich treffe mit Text. Bastai für die Kunst, Wien, Austria – Melting Pictures/ Schmelz-Bildern Kreis 4 Galerie, Zürich, Schweiz – 6 Moon Galerie Gmurzynska, Zürich, Schweiz - Symmetrische Arbeit Dorfstraße 7, Wangels, Germany – The machine in conducting a translating of a country’s language.
