Ueli Ganter
Ueli Gantner is a sculptor and 3D designer. The work “relief b22 convex-concave” from 2012, with which the artist is represented in the collection, belongs to a group of works of different relief paintings. With his reliefs, he wants to make light and structural forms perceptible, which only become recognizable through visual perception and with the addition of our brain activity.
born 1950 in Bülach, Switzerland
1966 – 1970 training as a sculptor at the Zurich School of Applied Arts and with the sculptor Max Strasser
1970 – 1973 Works with the sculptors: Roland Hotz – figurative works, Hans Ehrler – sculptures for Arnold d’Altri and Franz Fischer
1979 Opening of his own studio
1980 master sculptor examination
1980 – 1990 teaching positions at the design schools in St. Gallen and Bern
1998 – 2008 lecturer for sculpture and plastic design at the M-Arthaus in Suhr
1998 Admission to the Zurich Artists’ Association
2008 Awarded the Culture Prize of the City of Bülach
2010 nominated for the International Evard Prize
2013 nominated for the second time for the International Evard Prize
2016 to 3rd time nominated for the 4th International Evard Prize