Ursula Gerber Senger

1958 Born in ZurichIn my latest work I am interested in the people who move around the world as it is now. A society in motion. Tourists, immigrants, travelers, people just passing through, some more in evidence than others. Whatever else, I am particularly interested in those groups of immigrants who fall into the category of people who live without means. These people are laden with the hope of finding a better life in a prosperous country. Many make this long sea crossing, never achieving what they thought their journey would bring them.

1981 Start with textildesign in Venezuela
1992 Design concepts evolving from pure textile to objects including metals and acrylic glass
2006 Approaching a highly diversified analysis with a reduced variety of materials; focussing on human beings on the move.

Works in public and private property: Textile Museum St.Gallen SwitzerlandMuseum Miasta Gdynia, PolandKuhn Organ Builders Ltd. Mnnedorf, SwitzerlandCollection Bortolaso Totaro, Como, ItalyCommunity Cressier, SwitzerlandSavaria Museum, Szombathely, HungaryGewerbebank Männedorf, SwitzerlandSaurer Textil Systems Arbon, SwitzerlandBopp u. Co. AG Zrich, Switzerland

Publication:(extract)
MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE DI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA MINIARTEXTIL 20 ANNI 1991-2010
vanillaedizioni ISBN 978 88-6057-105-2- artist dictionary -K.G.Saur Verlag GmbH, Leipzig- Biographic dictionary of swiss fine art, SIKART, Verlag Neue Zrcher Zeitung 1998- Fiberarts Design Book 3, 4, 5, 1987, 1991, 1995, by Larks Books, USA- New Wave edited by Setsuko Segawa, Omiya-dori, Shimogyo-ku Kyoto, Award:2007 Merit Prize Global Intrigue 3. Textil and Fibre Art Triennial Riga, Latvia,

Exhibitions: Since 1984 numerous single and group exhibitions e.g. in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, China, USA and Japan

2012

7th From Lausanne to Beijing "International Fiber Art Biennale, Nantong City, Jiang Su Province, China

IDENTITY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY and SELF NARRATIVE of Petit Format University of Ulster, Ireland

2010

8th International Baltic Triennial of Miniature Textiles, Gdynia 2010. Exhibition associated with the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz 2010 Central Museum of Textiles

From Lausanne to Beijing 6th International Fiber Art Biennale - Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China

4th INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE AND FIBRE ART TRIENNIAL Global Intrigue 2, Exhibition hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia

2007

ART MAR 2a biennal de la Mediterrnia, Museum Maritim, Barcelona, Spain

filare il tempo miniartextil, Como Italy

GLOBAL INTRIGUE 3rd European Textile & Fibre Art Triennial, Riga, Latvia

7. International Baltic Minitextil Triennial, Museum Miasta Gdynia, Poland