Contact: Frédéric Walperswyler, 28 Pearl Street, Mystic, Connecticut 06355, USA
Tel: +1 860 245 0526 Email: walperswyler@hotmail.com
Contact Switzerland: artnet.ch – Christiane Franquin, 1268 Begnins, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 22 366 42 22 / +41 (0) 76 521 50 60 Email: info@artnet.ch
Studio visits by appointment
Biography
Born in Boudry, canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1944
Frederic Walperswyler is a painter.
From 1978 to 1998, to paint and to be at sea were one harmonious experience for Frederic.
Existentially, both sailing and painting were essential. Without them, Walperswyler says, he could not have survived.
More
There was a break from painting between 1998 and 2007 because of a combination of multiple factors. One of these was his significantly important move from one continent to another.
Beginning in the fall of 2007, in his studio in Stonington, Connecticut, he is back to what he calls “his pictorial sailing”. Painting and sailing remain the core of his work and his life.
In the past, Walperswyler’s painting offered a perspective from which he would anticipate sailing. Today, his painting experience is enriched by other influences. Books and writing have become the third element of his survival. Books, the Sea, and Painting form the chronology in the need “to do”.
In reading, the impact of a story leads to a discovery which, for Walperswyler, in turn generates and promotes his best creative work in the studio. On his list of most influential writers are Wajdi Mouawad, Cormac McCarthy, Claudio Magris.
Curriculum
- 1966 – 1970 studies architecture and design in Geneva, Switzerland
- 1970 before starting his career in architecture and then in art, he works with deep sea fishermen in Brittany, France
- 1970 – 1976 practises architecture: interior and industrial design
- 1976 – 1983 painter, sculptor, teacher
- 1983 – 1998 painter, teacher
- 1993 – 1994 Artist in Residence at the Griffis Art Center in New London, Connecticut, USA
- 1996 painting residence in New York, New York, USA
- 1998 in his studio in Normandy, decides to make a break from painting
- 1998 – 2001 return to architecture with computers; teacher, video maker (six short films)
- 2001 move to USA
- 2001 – 2007 practises architecture
- 2007 return to painting
Exhibitions abroad
- 1984 Barcelona, Spain
- 1984 Okinawa, Japan
- 1989 Hamburg, Germany
- 1992 “ART FRANKFURT”, International fair for contemporary art, Germany
- 1992 “ART COLOGNE”, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Germany
- 2009 “Imaginary Journeys”, Exhibition of International Art, Ferrara, Italy
- 2009 Galerie Thuillier, Paris, France
- various exhibitions in galleries in Switzerland
Exhibitions in America
- 1994 Old Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
- 1994 Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA
- 1997 Mystic Art Association, Mystic, Connecticut, USA
- 2008 Velvet Mill Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Other presentations of work
- Installation “CACHELIN 86″, Chevroux, Switzerland
- Magazine “RUES BASSES” at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Opens Studio in Carentan, Normandy, France
- Work in private and public collections including “Le Canton de Genève”, Rolex-International, Airport-Hotel-Hamburg and others
- Recipient of several prizes in art contests including the “Miro Foundation” in Barcelona, Spain
