René Zäch
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2013
René Zäch is a Swiss artist. In both sculpture and drawing, René was represented in important overview exhibitions over the course of 35 years of creative work. While the quality of his drawing was recognized as early as 1978 in a show on Swiss drawing at the Musée Rath in Geneva, René's repeated participation in the Biel sculpture exhibitions, most notably in 2009 in that of Simon Lamunière under the title Utopics, curated the eleventh implementation, his innovative approach to sculpture.
René received wide attention in several solo exhibitions: After the early involvement of the Kunstmuseum Solothurn (1974 and 1983), followed major presentations at the Kunsthalle Bern (1989), the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Sion ( 1995), the Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau (1999), the Center PasquART Biel (2001) and the Creek Art Center Shanghai (2006). In 2007, he was awarded the Biel Culture Prize.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
