Claudio Köppel

My artwork aims to make the invisible visible by reinterpreting everyday perceptions and experiences. Driven by an ongoing research into history, physics, biology, and psychology, I create unique pieces that explore deeper meanings.

Ultimately, I understand this practice as visual poetry.Formally, my work explores the tension between abstraction and figuration, a fascinating realm in which I operate.

2026
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
«Embodied Colour: Sensation – Memory – Imagination»
20 Juli to 1 August, studied with Mojé Assefjah

2019
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
«Pendant»
19 to 31 August, studied with Svenja Deininger and Manuel Gorkiewicz

2017
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
«The Future is Painting»
14 to 26 August, studied with Paulina Olowska and Martina Borowiecka

Why is painting the future? My answer: because it is an amusing, very clever, ancient, outgoing, silly, smart, stupid, groundbreaking, world-changing method of social confrontation and a tool for the future. Painting is a very hard, intensive, do-it-yourself experiment, time consuming, life consuming, it sucks you in, but also tears you apart. So why do we do it? Is it for the luxury? Or is it for the belief that it can really change something? Or maybe it will make us old quickly? Don’t tell me you just like mixing colours… After famous Texte zur Kunst applause that “painting is a commodity”, and now just live with that, I think it is time to change and investigate painting again.

Having realised that painting is a “thing” I would like to investigate how we can challenge and denude it. So let u...

ARTBOX PROJECT Zurich 4.0
SWISSARTEXPO 2022
(SBB) Swiss Railway Event Hall Zurich
December 24 – 28, 2022
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SPECTRUM MIAMI 2016
November 30 – December 4, 2016
Represented by
THE ARTBOX.GALLERY
Zug, Switzerland
Booth 211
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GALERIE ROSSI GENÈVE
SWISS CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT
August 8 – October 15, 2015

2 Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre
angle Rue Calvin
1204 Genève
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SALON D'HIVER 2013
Swiss Art Space, Lausanne
Exposition nationale suisse d’art contemporain
January 17 – February 28, 2013
Rue du Valentin 32, 1004 Lausanne