About Stephan

Artist Statement

Stephan was born in St-Gallen, Switzerland. In kindergarten he had his mouth washed with soap on a regular basis and grew up to become an anarchist, a hippie, and a camel tamer in India.  After the camel tamer (ok… camel trainer) stint he taught art, handycraft and sports in secondary school in Switzerland. He now makes his home in Enderby, British Columbia and spends a lot of time in his shop tinkering with bones and found objects. Stephan also works with multiple theatre groups across British Columbia and in Europe as a lighting designer.

Exhibitions
Professional Experience
Artistic Experience

Exhibitions

2011Performing Art Centre , Vernon BC (with Aspha Naira Gallery)
2011Film with Dancer Sculptures for CD release „The Barr Brothers“, Montreal
2010 Pinz Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC ,         
2010Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery
2009 Gallery Vertigo , Vernon, BC, Canada
2008Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC, Canada
 Aspha Naira Gallery, Vernon, BC , Canada
2007  International Art Fair Toronto, ON, Canada , with Headbones  Gallery
 Aspha Naira Gallery, Vernon, BC , Canada
 Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC, Canada
2006Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2005Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

Professional Experience

2003 – current

Light design for theatres in Canada:

1993-2003                

Technical director of the “Junges Theater” Basel

Light and set design in more than 40 plays

1991 – current                 

Design and construction of the “Pandamobile” for the Swiss   WWF, a moving hands-on exhibition for schools:

1990-1993                

Freelance work for theatres in Switzerland as a set and props designer.

1982-1990                

Teaching, (Art & Technical Drawing) , Sekundarschule Basel; Switzerland

Artistic  Experience

2004 – current                      

Sculptures combining bones, metal and light

1982 – 1988             

Comission, Basel Canvas-Streetlamp-Paintings, Basel, Switzerland

1974 – 1979            

Cartoons and Comix, Exhibitions, Weekly Magazin Prints,  Comissions. Switzerland

1977 – current           

Short animated cartoons
Design and construction of playground items, board games,   puppets and toys.
Paintings (including airbrush) and drawings on paper, canvas, fabric and blackboard
Sculptures and functional objects(stone, soapstone, wood,  metal, mixed materials)

1970 – current   

Cartoon Drawings

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