Biographical statements
1961: Born and raised in Zurich, Switzerland
1981-1991 work as a navigator on offshore sailboats
1998-2006: MA University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Doctorat University of Fribourg, Master of advanced studies University of Zurich, Switzerland
Studies for the technique of realism oil painting at Grand central atelier, New York and at DMP atelier in Austin, Texas
2023
My painting 'My vision of hope' on its way to the moon! As part of the Art Renewal Competition my painting will be included in the Lunar Codex "The Polaris Collection". Here are the ▶ Details.
Selected for the 16th International ARC Salon at Sotheby's in New York with the painting 'My vision of hope'.
Exhibition ▶ Real'23: 'Realistic Painting in Switzerland', Rapperswil CH.
'Open Atelier', organized by the Weinfelden municipality.
2022
Special Price 'Fashion Week San Diego' in the 16th International ARC Salon.
International Guild of Realism (IGOR): Selected for the fall online exhibition with the patining 'My vision of hope'.
2021
Selected for the fundraising group exhibition 'birds for Sofia' at ▶ Sugarlift Gallery in New York.
Art Show of the 'Swiss Art Project' in Zurich, Switzerland with the painting 'Brassica' and a final place in the judging.
2020
Selected
for the 14th International ARC Salon online exhibition (due to Corona
Pandemic) at Sotheby's in New York with the painting 'In the field'.
Selected by the ▶ Internet Art Review 'The Blue Review' for an article titled '20 most Important Female Artists of 2020'.
2019
Selected for the ▶ 14th International ARC Salon Exhibition at the Eureopean Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain with the painting 'In the field'.
Finalist in the ▶ International art competition 'Arte figurativas 2019' at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain, with the painting 'Brassica'.
1st
price at the 13th International fine art competition 'Premio Arte
Laguna' in Venice, Italy: Prestige award Biafarin: 1st price category
painting.
February - September: Artist in residence 'Remise' Weinfelden, Switzerland.
2018
October: Solo show in the gallery Vogtei in Herrliberg, Zurich
Finalist for the prestigious 13th International ARC Salon Competition with five paintings at the ▶ Art Renewal Center.
American
'Artist Magazine': Honorable mention in the category 'landscape'.
Published march 2018 in the magazine in the section 'Artists we're
loving now'
American 'International Artist' Magazine: 2nd prize in the category 'landscape'.
2017
- Finalist in the International fine art competition "Premio Arte Laguna" in Venice, Italy
- Finalist in the International art competition "Arte figurativas 2017" at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain (most prestigious European competition for realism art)
- Group show at the Winfield Art Gallery, Carmel San Francisco
2016
- Group show in Denver, Colorado
- Group show in New York
- Member of The International Guild of Realism (IGOR)
- Represented on 'artsy' by 'Gallery 1261', Denver Colorado
2015
- Second prize in the ´The Artist's Magazine's´ 2015 Annual Competition with the painting 'Fridge'
- Featuring in the ´The Artist's Magazine's´ Annual Competition with the painting 'Abu Markub'
In my work, I reconsider the question of Mimesis, traditionally related closely to realism art. My picture language consists in the false pretense that my paintings copy nature.
I start out with a subject matter designed and drawn in a digital medium like photoshop. I create my own idealized view – in this case of a cabbage field – solely on a computer screen.
I then begin to take pictures and assemble dozens of them to get as close as possible to my own perfect view. After having assembled and designed my subject matter in photoshop, I adjust matching light and value conditions on all the different pictures before I start to paint my creation in oil paint.
My artistic goal is to virtually design a piece of nature and pretend with the technique of realism art, that the viewer sees an existing part of a cabbage field.
To fulfill my artistic goal, I create a paradoxon by taking advantage of a false pretense lying in realism art: that it is coping nature.
