Nicole Schlegel Art

Nicole Schlegel is a Swiss abstract artist whose work brings together material research, intuition, and a deep sensitivity to perception, emotion, and surface.
Born into a family in which artistic creation held lasting significance, she first followed a path through music and technology. She studied jazz in New York — guitar, vocals, piano, and improvisation — and later worked extensively in the tech industry. Alongside these fields, painting remained a continuous presence and gradually became the central form of expression.
A serious car accident in 1992 marked a decisive turning point in her life. After two decades of dedicated painting, Nicole began presenting her work publicly in January 2022.
Her practice is rooted in experimentation with natural and traditional materials, including lime, marble dust, Carrara sand, egg tempera, casein, oil, pigments, and lime sinter water. Drawing on the traditions of fresco and secco painting, she approaches these techniques with a contemporary sensibility and a growing ecological awareness.
Nicole’s work moves between colour intensity and radical reduction. Some pieces are layered, tactile, and process-driven; others are quiet, minimal, and precise. Across both directions, the work remains g...

She has studied under artists from Brazil, England, Germany, and Switzerland, and continues to approach her artistic practice as a path of learning, growth, and exploration.

Exhibitions in Amsterdam Netherlands, Milan Italy, Madrid Spain, Zurich Switzerland, Monaco Monaco, The Mayan Museum in Cancun Mexico, Berlin in Germany, Lucerne and Zug in Switzerland.