Silvia Bächli
Swiss visual artist (b. 1956)
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Silvia Bächli (born 1956) is a Swiss visual artist, photographer, and educator. She works primarily in painting and drawing.[2][3][4] She has taught art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (German: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe) since 1993.[5][6]
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
Silvia Bächli | |
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| Born | 16 March 1956 Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland |
| Education | Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève |
| Occupations | Visual artist, photographer, educator |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Spouse | Eric Hattan[1] |
| Awards | Manor Cultural Prize (1990) |
| Website | https://www.silviabaechli.ch/ |
Biography
Silvia Bächli was born on 16 March 1956 in Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland.[5] She attended Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, and École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.[5]
In 2009, her work was part of the Swiss pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale.[5] Bächli has received many awards and honors including the Manor Cultural Prize in the Canton of Aargau in 1990,[7] 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.[5]
Her work can be found in museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[8]
