Silvia Bächli

Swiss visual artist (b. 1956)
Silvia Bächli
Born (1956-03-16) 16 March 1956 (age 68)
Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland
EducationHaute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle,
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
Occupation(s)Visual artist, photographer, educator
Known forPainting, drawing
SpouseEric Hattan[1]
AwardsManor Cultural Prize (1990)
Websitehttps://www.silviabaechli.ch/

Silvia Bächli (born 1956) is a Swiss visual artist, photographer, and educator. She works primarily in painting and drawing.[2][3][4] She has taught art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (German: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe) since 1993.[5][6]

Biography

Silvia Bächli was born on 16 March 1956 in Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland.[5] She attended Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, and École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.[5]

In 2009, her work was part of the Swiss pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale.[5] Bächli has received many awards and honors including the Manor Cultural Prize in the Canton of Aargau in 1990,[7] Montres Breguet Prize for contemporary art in 1991, the Meret-Oppenheim Prize in 2003, and the drawing prize from the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Fondation d’Art Contemporain in 2007.[5]

Her work can be found in museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Frauenfelder, Kathrin (2006). "Hattan, Eric". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ "Bächli, Silvia". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
  3. ^ Churner, Rachel (2015). "Rachel Churner on Silvia Bächli". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  4. ^ "Künstlerin Silvia Bächli bekommt Preis der Sammlung Ricola". Monopol magazine (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  5. ^ a b c d e Storsve, Jonas. "Silvia Bächli". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Dictionnaire universel des créatrices. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  6. ^ "Prof. Silvia Bächli". Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  7. ^ "Kunstpreis - Veronika Spierenburg erhält den diesjährigen Manor Kunstpreis Aarau". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). February 27, 2013. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  8. ^ "Silvia Bächli". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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