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Swiss visual artist (b. 1956)
Silvia Bächli
Born (1956-03-16) 16 March 1956 (age 68)
Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland
EducationHaute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle,
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
Occupation(s)Visual artist, photographer, educator
Known forPainting, drawing
SpouseEric Hattan
AwardsManor Cultural Prize (1990)
Websitehttps://www.silviabaechli.ch/

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 (German: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe) since 1993.

Biography

Silvia Bächli was born on 16 March 1956 in Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland. She attended Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, and École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.

In 2009, her work was part of the Swiss pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale. 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

References

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  2. "Bächli, Silvia". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
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  5. ^ Storsve, Jonas. "Silvia Bächli". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Dictionnaire universel des créatrices. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  6. "Prof. Silvia Bächli". Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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