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
Solo Shows (Selection)
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
2012
- "Cantonale Bern Jura", CentrePasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
- "Fil Rouge", Galerie Mayhaus, René & Ilja Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland
2011
- "Swiss Art Awards", Basel, Messezentrum Basel, Switzerland
- "Cantonale Bern Jura", Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
Awards / Residencies
2018
Winner of the Swiss Cultural Challenge with the project "Kunstdepot", Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst of the FHNW, Basel, Switzerland
2013
- Residency of the city of Biel-Bienne, Genova, Italy
- Prix Anderfuhren, Main Prize with Guadalupe Ruiz, Cantonale Bern Jura, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
2010
Prix Anderfuhren de Reconnaissance 2010, Cantonale Bern Jura, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
2009
Residency "Atelier Suisse" of the city of Biel-Bienne, Brussels, Belgium








