GERILU

Art education
1960 - 1963   Technical college of textile, Dornbirn, Austria
1964 - 1966   English and nude drawing, further education college, Birmingham, England
1987 - 1991   Theory of colors, nature study, portrait, color and art form, college for art, Zürich, Switzerland                      
1998             Seminar, European academy for art, Trier, Germany
2000 - 2001   Experimental creating, college of higher education for arts, Zürich, Switzerland
2006             Three-dimensional creating, college of higher education for arts, Zürich, Switzerland
2012             Seminar, Sommerakademie, Homburg a. Main, Germany
2013             Seminar, „Papier Wespe“, Wien, Austria  

Scholarships
2004 and 2005   Atelier scholarship, Fondazione Casa Bedigliora, Zürich, Switzerland

 Prizes
2016
“Excellence award”, "From Lausanne to Beijing", 9th International Fiber Art Biennale, juried show, Guan Shan Yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China P.R.
2016
Nominated for “IAPMA award for innovation”, Annual paper Art Exhibition 2016, Amateras, Sofia, Bulgaria

2015 Jury-member at:
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Memberships

2017 -  VISARTE, Professional Association of Swiss Artists, www.visarte-ticino-ch
2012 -  IAPMA, International Association of Papermaker and Artist, www.iapma.de
2015 - SIK-ISEA Swiss Institute for Art Research and archives, www.sikart.ch

Exhibitions (selection)
2023
teximus 4, selected, Altstadthalle, Zug, Switzerland
11th Triennale internationale du papier Vivian Fontaine, selected, musee-Charmey
2022
“ART BOOK”, Sofia paper art fest, Amateras, selected, Regional History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
openArt esposizione d`arte contemporanea, Roveredo Trii, GR, CH
2021
IAPMA Exhibition 'Approach', selected, Toyota Citizens' Gallery, 
Toyota, Aichi, Japan
„Papier & was“, invited, Bodmann-Haus, Gottlieben, CH
35 Jahre Jubiläums Ausstellung IAPMA, juriert, Dänemark und Spanien
2020
“Nah und fern”, invited, torre Fiorenziana, Grono, Switzerland
2019
"Garden of Eden",  selected, Textilausstellung, Schloss Neuhaus, Haslach, Austria
"Kunstausleih", invited, Altstadthalle, Zug, Switzerland
3. TEXTLIE ART OF TODAY, The Moravian Museum in Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic)
KULTUR SPUUR, invited, Land Art Projekt zum Jubiläum der Alpen-Initiative, Installation in Kollaboration mit Erika Diserens, in Bellinzona, Switzerland
11TH AMATERAS ANNUAL PAPER ART EXHIBITION, selected, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2. „Humans“, MINIARTEXTIL, M 4  Mairie de Montrouge, Frankce
2. TEXTILE ART OF TODAY, selected, Tatranska Galleria, Poprade, Slovakia
2018
„From Lausanne to Beijing“, selected, Art Museum, Beijing, China
ARTE&ARTE, selected, ex chiesa S. Francesco, Como, Italy
Textile Art of today, selected, Bratislava, Slovenia
L’exposition de sculptures ART’boretum, selected, Aubonne, Switzerland
"Consience and consciousness", IAPMA-Congress-Exhibition, selected, Sofia, Bulagaria
Internationale Papierkunst Triennale – Papier Global 4 – in den Museen der Stadt Deggendorf, selected, Deggendorf, Germany
2017
ART IN GALLERY, Milan, Italy
"Teximus 2", TAFch, selected, Altstadthalle, Zug, Switzerland
Galleria Amici Dell`Arte, Brissago, Switzerland
Non such art of paper awards, selected, Canada
Paper feast, selected, Shanghai, China
2016
"From Lausanne to Beijing", 9th International Fiber Art Biennale, juried, Guan Shan Yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China P.R.
"Tracce", Galleria la Loggia, Carona, Switzerland
“Inspired by paper - 30years IAPMA”,  Touring exhibition in Europe
2015  
“Papier Global III“, Stadtmuseum, selected, Deggendorf, Germany
“Hors-les-murs”, Pavillon Corbusier, invited, Montrouge-Paris, France
“Pulp & Fiction”, selected, Artists House of Be'er Sheva, Beer Sheva, Israele
2014  
„From Lausanne to Beijing“, 8th Intenational Fiber Art Biennale, selected, 1895  
Creativ Cultural industry Park, Nantong, China
“GEA”, Miniartextil 2014, ARTE&ARTE, selected, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
„CASUALE“, Centro culturale e museo ELISARION, Minusio, Switzerland
“teximus 1”, TAFch, selected, Altstadthalle, Zug, Switzerland
 Member exhibition, IAPMA, selected, Museum della Carta e Watermark, Fabriano, Italy
„Land Art Twingi 2014“, Symposium, selected, Landschaftspark Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland  
2013  
19. Kunstausstellung NATUR - MENSCH, selected, Rathaus-Scheune, St. Andreasberg, Germany           
„Desert in bloom“, the artist house of Negev, selected, Beer Sheva, Israele
Internat. Baltic Minitextile Triennal, Museum Miasta Gdyni, selected, Gdynia, Poland
Exposition nationale suisse d`art contemporain, place suisse des arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
“The art and soul of paper”, IAPMA, hosted by: Norwich University of arts, selected, Norwich, England
„Agora“ ARTE&ARTE, chez Le Beffroi, Paris-Montrouge, France
“International  Paper Art Biennal, Amateras”, selected, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012  
“Watermarks”, IAPMA-membershow, selected, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Galerie und Kulturzentrum Weiertal, selected, Winterthur, Switzerland
Guest of honor at “Buch- und Handpressenmesse”, Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
“Agora”, ARTE&ARTE, selected, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
“From Lausanne to Beijing”, 7th international fiber art biennale, selected, Cultural
Industry  District,  Nantong, China
“OpenArt 2012”, selected, international exhibition of sculptures, Roveredo, Switzerland
 National and international exhibitions since 1987