Stefan Gritsch

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Stefan Gritsch in his exhibition BONES N 'ROSES at the Aargauer Kunsthaus 2019.

Stefan Gritsch (* 1951 in Bern ) is a Swiss artist . He lives and works in Lenzburg and Lucerne .

Live and act

Stefan Gritsch attended the arts and crafts school in Lucerne from 1973 to 1976. This was followed by an assistant at the ETH Zurich in the architecture department with Peter Jenny (1985–1986). From 1986 to 2017 he was professor of painting and drawing at the Lucerne University of Art and Design. He was also a research associate at ETH Zurich in the architecture department (2007–2008).

He also taught as a guest lecturer in 2008 at the Bern University of the Arts (Art Department) and in 2009 at the Free Art Academy in The Hague .

Works in public collections and institutions

Publications (selection)

  • Pictures 1983–1987 , publication for the exhibition at the Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, with a text by Beat Wismer, 1987
  • Publication for the exhibition at Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, with a text by Hannelore Kersting, 1995, ISBN 3-924039-33-X
  • Green earth burned, publication for the exhibition in the Helmhaus, Zurich, with a text by Marie-Louise Lienhard, 1996, ISBN 3-906396-35-5
  • Acrylic paint / Just Paint, ed .: Flurina & Gianni Paravicini, text: Max Wechsler, Edizioni Periferia Poschiavo / Luzern, 1998, ISBN 3-9520474-5-7
  • Color only, publication on the exhibitions in the Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne and in the Kunsthalle Winterthur, text: Beat Wismer , 2000, ISBN 3-930636-40-9
  • Daylight , with texts by Sybille Omlin and Stefan Gritsch, Editioni Periferia, Poschiavo / Luzern, 2004, ISBN 3-907474-11-2
  • Acrylic paint volumes: Acrylic paint as a three-dimensional material , with texts by Max Wechsler and Stefan Gritsch, Laboratory Material, Light & Perception, Institut Relais, University of Art and Design Lucerne , 2005, ISBN 978-3-907474-52-5
  • MIRROR , publication for the exhibition MIRROR in the graphic collection of the ETH Zurich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-907474-52-5
  • Stillnow , with texts by Mirjam de Winter and Stefan Gritsch. A cut in the colored skin or the postponed picture, published on the occasion of the exhibition In Between , akkuH Hengelo , publisher: akkuHengelo and Phoebus Rotterdam , 2010, ISBN 978-90-815041-2-6
  • Trophies , Editioni Periferia Poschiavo / Lucerne, 2014, ISBN 978-3-906016-39-9
  • Body of Memory , Editioni Periferia Poschiavo / Luzern, 2016, ISBN 978-3-906016-58-0
  • Bones n'Roses , Aargauer Kunsthaus and Edizioni Periferia, 2019, ISBN 978-3-906016-90-0

Awards (selection)

  • Various awards from the Canton of Aargau Board of Trustees
  • 1988 & 1989: Federal scholarships (today Swiss Art Award )
  • 1990: Vilan Prize (today Manor Award )
  • 2006: Residence grant Berlin from the Landis & Gyr Foundation, Zug
  • 2016: Art Prize of the Central Swiss Cantons

Exhibitions (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bernhard Knaus Fine Art: Stefan Gritsch. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Vilan Prize for Stefan Gritsch. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Landis & Gyr Foundation | All scholarship holders. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Two art prizes awarded | NZZ . December 5, 2014, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on September 22, 2019]).
  5. ↑ a b c d e Artists. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ a b Archive - Graphic Collection ETH Zurich. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Stefan Gritsch: only color: [exhibition], Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage Cologne, 7.5. - May 28, 2000; Kunsthalle Winterthur, October 14 - December 2, 2000: [catalog] . Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, 2000, ISBN 978-3-930636-40-2 ( google.ch [accessed on September 22, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Selected Solo Exhibitions. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 2019 | Aargauer Kunsthaus. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gritsch, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern