Marlène Pichler lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2023, her artistic master’s degree work was awarded the scholarship from the Alan C. and Else Harris née Treumann Foundation.
In her sensual and expressive image spaces, Marlène Pichler questions the classic opposites of materiality and immateriality, uniqueness and reproduction, perfection and immediacy and relates them to one another. Between image and space, she consistently approaches her work from a painterly perspective.
Marlène Pichler creates the images digitally using an animation program as a painting tool. The artist gives a body back to the immaterial images through various processes.
She has selected images printed on fabric or other medias using the inkjet process. With the desire for sparkling spray paint and dirty hands, the artist consciously breaks through the shiny aesthetics of the digital world and interweaves it with analogue painting to create a harmonious play of colors.
In her installations, the digital images are set in motion and projected onto fabric panels and walls. Visitors immerse themselves into spatial installations, becoming integral parts of the artwork. Marlène Pichler also sees these installations as living paintings: light paints walls and fabric panels. The prints are often inspiration for new projections and vice versa.
Kleio Profile: https://marlene-pichler.kleio.com/
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Galerie Kriens, Einzelausstellung im Kaminraum
Venus von Muri, Klosteranlage Muri
Kunstpause, Chollerhalle Zug
2023
KunstOff 2, Verein Winkelzug, Burgbachkeller Zug
Soft Corners Hard Clouds, Teil der Abschlussausstellung MA Kunst, Bellpark Kriens
REGIONAL LUZERN 23, Rathaus Willisau
Be embraced by glossy pink and soft blue, Hochschule Design & Kunst, Emmenbrücke
2022
Les jours des éphémères, Lichtspieletheater Olten
Umprogrammiert – Festival zu Theater und Digitalität, Virtual Reality Lab Kleintheater Luzern x HSLU
Mal so mal so, PTTH://, Kunstpavillon Luzern
It‘s so cloudy I can barely see you, Hochschule D&K, Luzern
2021
Plakatausstellung, Make Art Happening, ö.R. Luzern
Perfect Match, Gruppenausstellung, Galerie Kriens
Einzelausstellung DAWN, im CAI49 Emmenbrücke
2020
Art Festival Interlaken, im Blago Bung BE
WWWERKSCHAU, HSLU D&K, hub.hslu.ch/design-kunst/wwwerkschau
957 #100 _ TOWN HO _ ON TOUR, Independent Art, Magazin on Tour, B74, Luzern & la rada, Locarno
All Inclusive, Hochschule D&K, Luzern
2019
Der letzte Giacometti, Cash‘n‘Carry, B74, Luzern
Fetter Schinken, Hochschule D&K, Neubad, Luzern
Pop-Up, Akku Kunstplattform, Luzern
Education
2020 – 2023
Master of Arts Hochschule Luzern / FHZ in Fine Arts
2017 – 2020
Bachelor of Arts Hochschule Luzern / FHZ in Fine Arts