Fru Beat Frutiger

fru (Beat Frutiger), born in 1952 in Bern, lives in Kaiseraugst near Basel (CH) and worked as a art teacher from 1981 until his retirement in 2013. He publishes artworks in the form of photography, body painting photography, books and performance videos under the pseudonym . Influenced by performances of the 1970s, Zen art and training as a make-up artist, fru has been combining body painting, performance, photography and Zen art in a unique way. His art as bodypainting performance photographs is a play between the photographic image that represents reality and the painting or sculpture that embodies an idea or an ideal. Since his training in 1981, his creativity has been concerned with the deconstruction of fine art, body art and photography for a reconfiguration of the elements into a result in which the image is, as in Zen teachings, "the finger pointing at the moon". Many of his works are perfect for art lovers and collectors who are looking for the unusual and provocative. Please contact curator@saatchiart.com for more details on the artistic process from the idea for the bodypainting, through performance, photography and editing in Photoshop to the image that looks like a painting.

1977- 81 Drawing teacher training in Bern;
1979-80 Watercolour school P.R. Riniker Bern;
1985 make-up school "Die Maske" Cologne/Basel;
after 1981 self-taught further training in photography.
Since 1985 make-up artist.
1996-99 Training and workshops in hypnosis, communication and creativity techniques with: Dr. Frank Wartenweiler (ThINK), Thomas Condon (USA) (ThINK).
Since 1996 dream supervision with Dr. Hans Rohland
2001 SVEB certificate II for course management and course conception, Bern
2001-2006 Member of the project group "Zertifikate Gestalten" ZS LFBE
2003 FSS basic seminar with Carlo Zumstein: Vision Dance, Dream Paths 1-5 ,
2006/7 IWB 1-4, "Blind Seer",
2006-2011 Carlo Zumstein research circle
2007 Dervish dances and the silent power of water, Gite Wax
2007-2016 yearly Metaforum Abano Therme, Extended Intuition, Memes and Synchronicity with Dr. Hans Hein

2022/23/24 GALLERY KUNSTZÜRICHSÜD (CH)
2022 SELECTED.04 (A)
2021 “Dance of Death”, CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE KAISERAUGST
2021 photoSCHWEIZ (CH)
2021 GREGOR AWARD with nomination (D)
2020 “12 LEVELS”, CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE KAISERAUGST (CH)
2020 photoSCHWEIZ CORONAPROJECT (CH)
2016-2020 GREGOR AWARD (2016 with prize, 2020 with nomination)
2011 no name gallery Basel (CH)
2005/2006 Psi Association / Basel Psi-Days (CH)
2005 Photo labs Stutz Foto-Color-Technik AG (CH)
2002 no name gallery Basel (CH)
2000 3Fotografenn3 2001, Award-winning exhibition KirchzARTener FOTOsalon (D)
2000 KirchzARTener Fotosalon (3rd prize) (D)
1996 no name gallery Basel
1995 no name gallery Basel
1993 Open Art Award Bitburg (D)
1992 no name gallery Basel
1991 BOOK VERNISSAGE Zähringer Theatre Bern
1991 no name gallery Basel
1990 no name gallery Basel
1989 BODY-ART PHOTOS: Make-up Art Cologne (D)
1988 BODY-ART PHOTOS: Make-up Art Basel
1986 BODY-ART PHOTOS: Make-up Art Cologne
1988 Watercolour paintings Gallery Vita Berne
1984 Watercolour paintings Christmas Exhibition Basel
1979/1982 Watercolour paintings Gallery Stadtgraben in Büren a.A. a.o.