Silvia Bächli (born 1956) is a Swiss visual artist, photographer, and educator. She works primarily in painting and drawing. She has taught art at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe () since 1993.
Biography
Silvia Bächli was born on 16 March 1956 in
Wettingen,
Baden District, Aargau
Baden District is a district in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of Baden and the largest municipality is Wettingen, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). The district has a total of 26 municipal ...
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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She attended Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, and
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève (English: ''School of Fine Arts, Geneva''), was an art school founded in 1748 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006, the school was merged with the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD).
History
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In 2009, her work was part of the Swiss pavilion at the
53rd Venice Biennale
The 53rd Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2009. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Daniel Birnbaum curated its central exhibition, "Making Worlds".
Awards
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Bächli has received many awards and honors including the
Manor Cultural Prize in the
Canton of Aargau in 1990, 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.
Her work can be found in museum collections, including at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
See also
*
List of Swiss painters
A list of notable Swiss painters:
A
*Johann Ludwig Aberli
* Otto Abt
* René Acht
*Hans Aeschbacher
*Jacques-Laurent Agasse
* Heinrich Altherr
*Urs Amann
*Cuno Amiet
*Jost Amman
* Werner Andermatt
* Albert Anker
* Dominique Appia
* Dennis Arm ...
References
External links
Official website
1956 births
Living people
Swiss women artists
People from Baden District, Aargau
Alumni of the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
20th-century Swiss women artists
21st-century Swiss women artists
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