Tessa Richter

Tessa I. Richter was born in London and was raised in an international, multi-lingual and multicultural environment. With a British mother and German father, during her formative years she lived in various European countries including Switzerland (where she now lives) and in the US where she studied classical music as a Fulbright scholar.

After a high-flying international career as a professional classical musician, Tessa found additional new outlets for her creativity, becoming a professional painter and sculptor exhibiting internationally.

Tessa's compositions and her art are still influenced by her background as a classical musician and she uses musical reference points such as structure, variations and the development of an idea or a theme in her art.

Tessa is also fascinated by using music and art as gateways to other dimensions. This is evident [in her “hearing colours” series of musical compositions and paintings – Tessa, we should only include this if you are are going to sell those paintings online] and her courses given at the Universites of Zürich and Basel: “The inner pulse of music” or “Images and their language: perception and understanding” or “Co-creating reality“ and many more.

Her experience of o...

Master's Art Boston University
Music Teaching Diploma SMPV

Special courses:
Watercolour, Les Arcs, France
Anthroposophic painting, Zürich, Switzerland
Sculpting with soapstone, Zürich, Switzerland
Sculpture in the Atelier of sculptor de St.Albain,Hyères, F; Oil colours, Toulon, F
Figurative drawing, Zürich;
Oil painting, Zürich,
Video filming, Zürich,

Galleries
Artecorum, (Zürich)
Galerie Bömer, Sammelausstellung (Mannheim, D)
STR-Galerie Alcatel AG (Zürich),
Galerie Siebzehn (Wädenswil),
Kulturzentrum ”rampe” (Bubikon),
Galerie “life art and cash” ( Zürich)
Galerie Migros Klubschule (Rapperswil),
Bilder Service Männedorf,
Parabola Forum Zürich,
“Dina´s Little Art House” (Wädenswil)
“Im Spycher” (Schöfflisdorf)

International fairs
Europ’Art Geneva, Switzerland
Kunstmesse Vaduz, Lichtenstein
Regionalmesse Lörrach, germany

Exhibitions
Art by View Makers, Cabaret Voltaire Zürich,
Frauenschriftbilder (Schweizerische Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen), Thalwiler Kulturtage 07, CH
„Tagesschau 06“ Wetzikon, CH
Grand Prix d´Hyères, F
Sammelausstellung Le Lavandou, F
Schweizerischer Bankverein Glatt and Wädenswil, CH
Schützenhaus Lachen, CH