Martin Bucher

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Martin Bucher (born October 4, 1967 in Zug ) is a Swiss sculptor and object artist .

Life

Bucher studied fine arts and architecture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1994 to 2000 , which awarded him a travel grant and the Bernhard Hoetger Prize in 1998 . It was there that he was appointed master student of Christian Megert in 1999 and received his academy letter in 2000 .

He creates sculptures out of wood and stone, sculptures out of plastic and metal , installations , environments and art in buildings .

In 2003 Bucher was awarded a grant from the Canton of Zug , and in 2005 he won the competition for the fountain at the Baar Care Center , which he completed in 2006.

Bucher works and lives in Düsseldorf today .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1999: Galerie Z, Baar
  • 2004: Galerie Z, Baar
  • 2005: VIPee - Members only. Reinraum eV , Düsseldorf
  • 2006: Galerie Z, Baar
  • 2008: Project space for contemporary art, Wilfried von Gunten, Thun

Group exhibitions

  • 1997: Project Feuerzungen, Arnhem / Gent / Düsseldorf
  • 1998: Gallery of the Cultural Institute Cairo, Egypt
  • 1998: Megert class, Siemens AG , Düsseldorf
  • 1999: art students exhibit; Art Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn
  • 2000: Wasser / L'Eau, Musée de St-Paul-de-Vence , Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France and work in situ
  • 2000: PLUS, Plus e. V., Düsseldorf
  • 2001: Neuss Water Festival - installations on the subject of water, light, sound, city festival in Neuss
  • 2002: No smoking, gallery project, Düsseldorf
  • 2003: 20 years of Galerie Z, Baar, Switzerland
  • 2004: inside-outside; Ballhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2005: Night of the Muses, fiftyfifty gallery, Düsseldorf
  • 2005: Friends & Lovers, Düsseldorf store
  • 2008: National Art Exhibition Autofriedhof, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
  • 2009: Airspace.Interference, fiftyfifty gallery, Düsseldorf
  • 2009: positions'09; Seewerk, Moers
  • 2011: At work, economy meets art, Herzogenrath / Aachen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography. Martin Bucher's website.
  2. ↑ Martin Bucher. In: Sikart .Template: SIKART / Lemma not specified
  3. ↑ Monika Wegmann: The contrasts between the works create tension. In: Zuger Zeitung . December 10, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH train