Francisco Sierra (born 1977, Chile) is a contemporary artist known for his use of irony and humour in his photorealistic drawings and paintings. [1]
Sierra was born in Chile in 1977 and moved with his family to Switzerland in 1986. [2]
He has received several Swiss grants [3] [4] [5] and the Manor Art Prize, for which he was given a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. [2] [6] [7]
Uwe Wittwer is a Swiss artist. He lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland. The media he uses include watercolor, oil painting, inkjet prints and video.
Olaf Breuning is a Swiss-born artist, born in Schaffhausen, who lives in New York City.
Caro Niederer is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Zürich.
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Helmut Federle is a Swiss painter.
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Erna Schillig (1900–1993) was a Swiss artist. As well as being is considered a pioneer of modern Central Swiss textile art, she is known for her murals in plaster technique, sgraffito, and mosaic.
Zimoun is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Bern, Switzerland. As self-taught artist, he is most known for his sound sculptures, sound architectures and installation art that combine raw, industrial materials such as cardboard boxes, plastic bags, or old furniture, with mechanical elements such as dc-motors, wires, microphones, speakers and ventilators.
Charles Wyrsch was a Swiss artist and painter.
Hans Danuser is a Swiss artist and photographer. His first major work, the cycle In Vivo, brought him international fame, therein he broke several societal taboos with respect to genetic research and nuclear physics. Since the 1990s, in addition to his photographic studies, Danuser has focused increasingly on transdisciplinary (research) projects in the arts and sciences.
Alex Sadkowsky is a Swiss artist, painter, illustrator, graphic artist, photographer, performer and author.
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Gen Atem is a visual and performance artist, musician, writer, and Zen-master. He lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Gillian Louise White is an English sculptor based in Switzerland. She has specialised in large scale works for public spaces.
Anna Indermaur was a Swiss painter, sculptor, interior decorator, and filmmaker. She was the first woman film director in Switzerland.
Manor Cultural Prize is a Swiss fine arts prize awarded every two years by the Manor alongside art museums in 12 Swiss cities, which was founded in 1982 in Lucerne. The goal is to promote emerging artists under the age of 40.
Martina Gmür is a Swiss visual artist. She works within many genres, including installation art, painting, drawing, performance art, and sculpture. She lives in Basel.
Ingrid Paula del Carmen Wildi-Merino is a Chilean-born Swiss video artist, curator, and educator. She has been a lecturer at the Geneva University of Art and Design, from 2005 to 2016. She has been active in Geneva, Biel, and Madrid; and she currently lives in Santiago.