Michael Wyss

I was lucky for finding art and drawing very early in my life, and losing my heart in it. When the alphabet was no longer a mystery for me, writing also came naturally.

This is why I always write to express myself before painting, and paint in order to avoid writing. As a pupil and a regular member at Baroque Gotteshaus, I learned the image of worship. Sacred history was embodied in the beautiful images of saints, and this view helped me to become a figurative artist.

I have acquired my understanding of the real meaning of a picture in the sacred space of the Church. For this reason, the pure abstraction was probably alien to me for a long time.

In 1974 I moved to (West) Berlin. There I studied at the Kunsthochschule, with Prof. Wolfgang Petrick, and at the same time finished my German studies at Freie Universität FU.

When finishing the studies in Germany, in 1981, I returned to Switzerland. In 1996 I discovered the computer. This changed my view of the formal possibilities of art. Since then, I have been working on a synthesis of old masters painting and digital imaging technology.


Michael Wyss

2016 Production of WUNSCHLOS WIRKLICH, a film:
Michael Wyss - Artist and Writer. A Portrait.
A film by Heidi Bader, calinba film.

2015 Group exhibition: “Archebarkeschiffundfloss” (ArkBarkShipandRaft), Oxyd Gallery, Winterthur.
Group exhibition: “Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen” (Outmoded Observations), Oxyd Gallery, Winterthur.
Solo exhibition: “vorher – jetzt – später” (before – now – later) at the Kriens Gallery.

2013 Solo exhibition: “SIC TRANSIT” in the Grunholzer Villa, Uster.
Group exhibition: “Mahlzeit” (Enjoy your meal) at the Rothus Gallery, Solothurn.

2012 Exhibition at the Willi E. Christen gallery and studio, Zurich.
Michael Wyss “Paintings”, Linard Nicolay “Sculptures”.
“MICHAEL WYSS”, a monograph, published by Benteli Verlag.

2011 Group exhibition at the PERIPHER Gallery, Zurich.
Painting writers or writing painters, Dîner littéraire, Solothurn.

2010 Solo exhibition at the ArtSeefeld Gallery, Zurich.

2009 Appearance at Art Expo India 2009, Mumbai, with the ArtSeefeld Gallery.
Solo exhibition: “Homo Viator” at the Obertor Centre, Winterthur.
Solo exhibition: “Kopflastig” (Too Intellectual) at the Kriens Gallery.
“Drawings 1987-2006. Read slowly”, the visual counterpart to
“Palette...