Jonas Scheidegger

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Jonas Scheidegger alias Space One , (born August 24, 1981 in Bern ) is a Swiss painter and sculptor .

Life

Scheidegger was born into a family of artists. His father, the guitarist and composer Fere Scheidegger , is the founder and leader of the jazz formation Fere's Hot Strings , his mother is a freelance artist and his sister is a guitarist and singer. Scheidegger completed the basic course and preliminary course at the School of Design in Bern and Biel and worked temporarily as a set designer at the Konzert Theater Bern , the Theater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zurich .

In 2004 Scheidegger fell seriously ill and was admitted to the University Psychiatric Services Bern (UPD). There he gave himself completely to painting . After four years he left the clinic and has lived as a freelance artist ever since , including at the Waldau art workshop .

Artistic creation

Scheidegger's work includes more than 2500 paintings , drawings , wall paintings and sculptures . His works are considered art beyond established forms and currents and are classified by art experts as Art brut or Outsider Art . Scheidegger's works have been and are still in exhibitions and museums. a. shown in Switzerland , China , France , Germany and the Netherlands . Part of it is owned by the Musée de la Création Franche in Bègles , the Psychiatry Museum Bern , the Outsider Art Museum in Amsterdam , the Dolhuys museum van de geest in Haarlem and the Kunstverein Frauenfeld . Further works can be found in the private art collections of Max E. Ammann , Hannah Rieger and Carlo Imboden .

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Exhibition catalog Visions et Créations Dissidentes , Musée de la Création Franche , Bègles (Bordeaux) 2016
  • Franz Käser u. a .: 10 years of Kunststatt Waldau , Stämpfli Publications, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-033-04471-5 , pp. 38–41
  • Catalog for the art exhibition René Kleeb and Jonas Scheidegger , kulturpunkt im Progr , Bern 2019
  • Catalog of the works from the Waldau art workshop in the exhibition jointly creative by the Kunstverein Frauenfeld , Bern and Frauenfeld 2019

Web links

  • Scheidegger, Jonas. In: musee-creationfranche.com. Musée de la Création Franche, 2017(fr-fr).;
  • Scheidegger, Jonas. In: kunstwerkstattwaldau.ch. Association «KunstWerkStatt» Waldau;
personal data
SURNAME Scheidegger, Jonas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Space One (pseudonym); Space 1 (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern