René Gisler

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René Gisler (born April 30, 1967 in Schattdorf , Canton Uri , Switzerland ) is a Swiss artist and author .

biography

He grew up in Schattdorf, Switzerland. In 1992 he completed his studies in the field of fine art at the Lucerne School of Design. He then assisted for two years at the SfG Luzern under Anton Egloff in the area of ​​three-dimensional design. He has been an active member of the Visarte Central Switzerland since 1996 . Before going abroad to Los Angeles and Berlin, he completed further training in 1999 as a multimedia producer at the SAE Institute in Zurich . He has been a lecturer at the Lucerne University of Art and Design since 2000 . Today René Gisler lives and works as an artist and designer in Lucerne.

As a “phrasadeur” he developed neologisms , which he published in 2001 as the book “Der Enzyklop. A dictionary ”published in Edition diá and has continued on his blog ever since. In 2019 he printed the more than 16,000 entries on 1,062 pages as “Thesaurus Rex”.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2003: Baden, Forum Claque, Artist in Residence and exhibition: "Texteriment"
  • 2003: Lucerne, Naval Museum: "Forever War"
  • 2004: Baden, Forum Claque, happening: "Paintry Slam"
  • 2005: Basel, cascade capacitor : "Phantomportrait"
  • 2006: Lucerne, Art Museum: "Second Time"
  • 2007: Môtiers, Art en plein air
  • 2008: Zurich, BINZ39
  • 2009: Heiligkreuz, "In the beginning was the word"
  • 2009: Nyon, "Garder une"
  • 2010: Zurich, Shedhalle, Rote Fabrik: "Phantom portraits for 10 years Big Brothers Award"
  • 2011: Nyon, 20 ans d'Espace d'une Sculpture: "Aux yeux de tous"
  • 2013: Lucerne, Tribschenhorn: "Mirror images of an exhibition"

Art in public space

  • 2009 Lucerne kit
  • 2008 Luzern, KV Luzern, Propsteimatte, art under construction: "askforce"
  • from 2005 to 2007 Nidwalden, Stans, new school building in Turmatt, art under construction: "Univers"

Online projects (selection)

  • since 2006 enzyglobe, phrasardeurs verbarium
  • from 2005 to 2006 camcollages
  • Associations since 2004
  • from 1999 to 2005 Federal Deception Office (ETMS)
  • from 1999 to 2004 International Doll Criminal Police Office (IPKA)

Publications

  • 2000: “Das Trugwild”, interactive CD-ROM, self-published
  • 2001: “The Encyclopedia. A dictionary ", Edition diá , Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86034-153-7 (review of Perlentaucher by Arno Widmann)
  • 2005: "Fabula Rasa", Verlag das 5. Tier, Stans, ISBN 978-3-9522982-4-4
  • 2007: "Art en plein air", self-published by Môtiers 2007, Môtiers
  • 2011: “Aux yeux de tous”, art & fiction, Lausanne, ISBN 978-2-940377-43-5
  • 2019: "Thesaurus Rex", Verlag Der Gesundheit Menschenversand, ISBN 978-3038530862

Awards, grants

  • 2004 studio grant Berlin.
  • 2002 grant from the Heinrich Danioth Foundation, Altdorf.
  • 2000 work grant from the Canton of Lucerne.
  • 1996 Contribution from the Heinrich Danioth Foundation, Altdorf.

literature

  • René Gisler . At: 460 m. ü. M. - measured. Texts: Jana Bruggmann, Rebecka Domig, Natalie Hofer, Ralf Junghans, Sabine Leuzinger, Luzern 2012.
  • René Gisler . In: Literary Central Switzerland. [Text:] Ulrich Suter, Albert Koechlin Foundation AKS, Lucerne 2011
  • René Gisler . In: Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art. Dictionnaire biographique de l'art suisse. Dizionario biografico dell'arte svizzera. Swiss Institute for Art Research, Head: Karl Jost, Zurich and Lausanne 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ René Gisler: enzyglobe.net
  2. ↑ Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Word Creations in a Book , reading, August 3, 2019
  3. ↑ Kit ( Memento from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Enzyglobe, Phrasardeurs verbarium
  5. ↑ Camcollages
  6. ↑ Associations
  7. ↑ International Doll Criminal Police Office (IPKA)
  8. ↑ Pearl divers
personal data
SURNAME Gisler, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Schattdorf , Canton of Uri , Switzerland