Flurin Bisig

about 
 
Flurin Bisig is a contemporary artist who explores various ways of working in drawing, collage, and sculpture using antithetical materials such as paper, wood, aluminum, and marble. Bisig’s process of finding forms includes contemporary song lyrics, literature, contemplation of works from art history, observation of everyday movements, and architectonic constructions. Using photography, he expands his scope of impressions and creates an additional, concrete reference to the exterior world.
 
There are various interconnections in Bisig’s drawings and sculptures: a sculpture may be produced from a drawing, and the shape of a sculpture can be reminiscent of the overlapping forms in drawings. Through this process Bisig further develops traditional genre classifications of drawing and sculpture and intertwines them in new ways, creating numerous opportunities to put materials and forms into varied constellations of tension. Bisig probes the limits of spatial and sculptural elements, contours, and surfaces as he grapples with issues such as: How forms are created? Which types of perception—memories, dreams, and experiences—constitute a figure and style? What independent existence do forms have and in what context do they occur? These are questions that the artist has been investigating since he studied art at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne and at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
 
Dr. Birgit Szepanski 
(English translation by Tas Skorupa)
 
 
Flurin Bisig ist ein zeitgenössischer Künstler, der mit konträren Materialien wie Papier, Holz, Aluminium und Marmor arbeitet. Dabei setzt er sich mit verschiedenen Verfahren des Zeichnens, Collagierens und bildhauerischen Arbeitens auseinander. Zeitgenössische Liedtexte, Literatur, kunsthistorische Werkbetrachtungen, Beobachtungen von alltäglichen Bewegungen und architektonische Konstruktionen fließen in Bisigs Findungsprozess von Formen ein. Mit Fotografien erweitert er seine Wahrnehmungsempfindungen und schafft eine zusätzliche, gegenständliche Referenz zur Außenwelt.
 
Das zeichnerische Werk und die Skulpturen gehen bei Bisig vielfältige (Quer-)Verbindungen ein: Aus einer Zeichnung kann eine Skulptur entstehen, oder die Ausformung einer Skulptur erinnert an sich überlappende Formen aus Zeichnungen. Mit diesem Vorgehen fächert Bisig Zuordnungen der klassischen Genres Zeichnung und Skulptur auf und verwebt sie aufs Neue miteinander. So entstehen für den Künstler zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, Materialien und Formen in mannigfaltige Spannungsverhältnisse zu setzen. Flurin Bisig lotet das Räumliche und Plastische und deren Begrenzungen, Konturen und Flächen aus: Wie entsteht eine Form? Aus welchen Wahrnehmungen – Erinnerungen, Träumen und Erfahrungen – entsteht eine Gestalt und Formensprache? Welches Eigenleben haben Formen und in welchem Kontext erscheinen sie? Dies sind Fragen, mit denen sich der Künstler seit seiner künstlerischen Ausbildung an der Hochschule für Kunst und Design in Luzern und an der Universität der Künste in Berlin auseinandersetzt.
 
Dr. Birgit Szepanski
biography
 
Flurin Bisig (b. 1982 in Samedan, Switzerland) is a visual artist who began his education with a foundation course at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. He continued his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he studied under Professors Michael Schoenholtz, Tony Cragg and Florian Slotawa. In 2007, he received an exchange scholarship at Hunter College in New York and graduated as a master student in 2009. From 2014 to 2015, he completed postgraduate studies in visual and audiovisual arts at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) in Ghent.
 
Bisig’s work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including 'No Apocalypse, not now' (2024, Gnyp Gallery, Antwerp), 'The Anarchy of Silence' (2021, Gnyp Gallery, Berlin), 'Love and Work (2007-today)' (2020, Tick Tack, Antwerp) and 'At The Seam of Meaning' (2019, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur), as well as 'The Seismographical Back' (2013, Kunsthalle São Paulo). In addition, he has participated in several group exhibitions, such as 'STREETSPACE BANGER' (2024, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen), 'Pedestal stories' (2022, Bündner Kunstmuseum) and 'Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen' (2018, Kunstmuseum Luzern).
 
Throughout his career, Bisig has received various awards and scholarships, including the Bernhard Heiliger Scholarship (2009), a Work Grant from the Canton and City of Lucerne (2011) and a nomination for the Swiss Art Award (2017). He has also participated in several international residency programs, most notably at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (iscp) in New York in 2022.
 
In addition to his artistic practice, Bisig is active in teaching. He has mentored theses at the University of the Arts in Bern and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, was artistic assistant at Kunsthochschule Kassel (2017-18) and has given lectures at institutions such as Hunter College New York. His works are part of public collections, including the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent, the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur and the Kunstverein in Basel.
 
In 2022, his monograph 'Gestaltloses Verlangen | Unformed Desire' was published, offering an overview of his works from 2003 to 2021.
The book was published by the renowned publishing house Snoeck and offers a deep insight into the development of his artistic practice. A review of the book written by Ruo Jia was published in The Brooklyn Rail (Dec 22 | Jan 23: Flurin Bisig's Unformed Desire).

 

contact:

mail(at)flurinbisig.com
 
 
photos:
© wa _ wedocumentart
© ge _ Gautschi Editions
© gg _ Gnyp Gallery
© ts _ Thomas Strub
© mb _ Maurin Bisig
© zp _ z-photo
all others © Flurin Bisig
 
 
about the titles of works:
It's Kept Together by Moving All Around, I Could Be Right and You Would Be Right Too, If You Ever, It's Okay Not to Say, Master and Everyone (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
We Have Never Been Modern (Bruno Latour)
The Desperate Kingdom of Love, It's You (PJ Harvey)
No More Nasty Scrubs (Scout Niblett)
This Boy's Life (Tobias Wolff)
The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo)
Goodbye 20th Century (Sonic Youth)
Aus einem steinleichten Schweigen heraus (Paul Nizon)
 
 
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