«While everything else is what I do, this is who I am.»
Simon is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. His artistic work combines drawing, painting, and writing on media that extend from small sketches to objects and installations, with an emphasis on paper as the primary material.
Inspired by immediate reality, his artworks let playfully collide cognitive and intuitive elements. Visualized with pure ink on raw paper, «Life on Earth» is a continuous dialogue with the nature of ordinary life and an expression of the intimate human experience.
Below the surface, his work is moved by questions such as: To what extent can we influence the course of our lives? Can we turn adversities into potential and if so, how? Can we find beauty always, anywhere, at any time? And well, how to live?
In his process, he frequently revisits and re-edits his writings and drawings, inviting new points of view to arise.
Incomplete Timeline
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Born in Switzerland 1982
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Studies Graphic Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne
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Starts working as a Graphic Artist for Snow- and Streetwear Brands
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Travels to Nicaragua, Colombia, and Brazil
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Works for Branding and Design Agencies in Zurich
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Runs an open atelier for kids in Brazil
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Studies in Strategic Creativity & New Technologies at IED in Barcelona
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Establishes Display* – A Design Studio for independent brands
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Studies Civic Design at the HEAD in Geneva
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Forms part of an artistic team that constructs a «Belvédère» at the intersection of rivaling neighborhoods in northern Marseille, using visualization to dissolve segregation and overlay reality with utopias for «Marseille-Provence: European Capital of Culture in 2013»
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Spends a lot of time in Guatemala
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Spends a lot of time in Barcelona
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Talks at Betahaus Barcelona: «How things lead to things. — And tools that help making the things happen.»
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Talks at Montoya about his «Attempts on Creating Meaning»
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Exhibits «Anatomy of Change» at Espacio 88 in Barcelona
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Exhibits «Who Made the Frames» at Espacio 88 in Barcelona
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Buys a fine art printer, more ink, and more paper
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Meanwhile, life is happening ...
