Marcel Freymond

The masterful handling of paint and the corporeality of abstracted forms captivate in Marcel Freymond’s painting. Characteristic of this are thickly applied oil paint, which becomes a relief, and an unflagging looseness in his creative process. His oeuvre can be categorized within contemporary abstract painting. The handling of surfaces and perspectives is reminiscent of the Surrealists. Music plays a significant role in this. The artist has also translated some of his works into functional objects, for instance, into a carpet or a drum, and thus moves in the direction of the design of everyday objects. Freymond is part of the artists’ collective Juice & Rispetta.

The artist looks back on numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Switzerland, for example, at the Museum Centre PasquArt in Biel. Internationally, his works have been presented at the 45 sàlon nacional de artistas in Bogotà, Columbia, the Osten Biennale of Drawing in Skopje, and also in Mexico City and Genoa. Marcel Freymond has been awarded numerous prizes and studio stipends. His works are represented in the Collection of the City of Biel and in important private art collections in Switzerland.

Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland

Part of Juice & Rispetta
Lecturer at Schule für Gestaltung, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
Designer for Atelyeah
2011–2013 Master of Arts in Fine Arts, Institut Kunst FHNW HGK, Basel, Switzerland
2002–2005 Fachklasse Graphic Design, Schule für Gestaltung, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
2001–2002 Vorkurs Schule für Gestaltung, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland

1983 born in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland

2018

"Internet Cafe", Juice & Rispetta, Spazio Morel, Lugano, Switzerland

2017

"Drums", Lokal Int, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland

2016

"Space Object", Kulturfolger Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2014

"Marcel Freymond, Paintings, Pain Things", Lokal Int, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
"Pizza Hotline", Juice & Rispetta, Die Diele, Zurich, Switzerland

2013

"I'm Your Neighbour" with Livio Baumgartner, Galerie Da Mihi, Bern, Switzerland
"Cliché" with Tatjana Erpen, Galleria 44, Genova, Italy
"Ja Genua" with Johannes Willi & Olivier Rossel, Galerie Idea Fixa, Basel, Switzerland
"FIAT 600 Hobby / Roland & seine Frucht Gang" with Olivier Rossel, Dock Basel, Switzerland

2012

"Tout Tout Tout le Monde" with Gil Pellaton, Selz art contemporain Perrefitte / Moutier, Switzerland
"L'emergence du livre" with Heinz Helle, Galerie Mayhaus, René & Ilja Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland

2011

"Roland und seine Frucht Gang" with Olivier Rossel, Lokal Int, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
"Marcel Freymond", Lokal Int, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
"Marcel Freymond", Offspace Hinterhof, Basel, Switzerland

Group Shows (Selection)

2018

"Cantonale Berne Jura", CentrePasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
"50 : 5 – Antshi von Moos : Marcel Freymond", Restaurant 50 zu 5, Zurich, Switzerland
"Lost Walls of Z", Kore Contemporary, Bern, Switzerland

2017

"Super Gobi Open Studio #1", Atelier Collective, Zurich, Switzerland
"Pampa Paris Capri", Secheinhalb, Zurich, Switzerland
"Weinwolke", Sechseinhalb, Zurich, Switzerland

2016

"Unter den Lauben", Galerie Muster-Meier, Bern, Switzerland
"Bildwelten", R57 Raum, Zurich, Switzerland
"Osten Biennale of Drawing", Skopje, Macedonia
"Fabrikutop", Brunnen (Schwyz), Switzerland
"Breakfast", Ambassadors Residency, Mexico City, Mexico
"Recipe Report III", Juice & Rispetta, Index Art Book Fair, Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

2015

"Cantonale Berne Jura", CentrePasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
"Clusters", Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland
"Blind Date", Alabama Sir, Leipzig, Germany
"Heavy Metal Matinée", Juice & Rispetta, Schwarzwaldallee, Basel, Switzerland
"RANTANPLAN", Juice & Rispetta, Urgent Paradise, Lausanne, Switzerland
"Recipe Report II", Juice & Rispetta, Bologna, Italy
"Recipe Report I", Juice & Rispetta, Basel, Switzerland
"Lausanne Gelée", Urgent Paradise, Lausanne, Switzerland

2014

"Hausstellung", Bundesplatz Basel, Switzerland
"Widerspruch als Prinzip", Galerie Mayhaus, Erlach, Switzerland
"Yolo", Galerie Da Mihi, Bern, Switzerland
"Plattform 14", EWZ Zürich, Switzerland

2013

"Cantonale Bern Jura", Kunsthaus Interlaken, Kunstmuseum Thun, CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
"Homies", Regionale, Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Switzerland 
"I'm Your Neighbour", Bromer Art Collection, Roggwil, Switzerland 
"I Never Read Independent Art Book Fair Basel", Volkshaus Basel, Switzerland