Biography
Pascal Sidler is an artist who lives and works in Zurich, where he was born in 1989. He studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Art and Design in Basel (MA, 2015) and at the Zurich University of the Arts (BA, 2013). In his practice, Pascal Sidler focuses on painting, often based on photographs he takes of everyday life. His work has been shown in various exhibitions, including “European Southern Observatory”, Hamlet in Zurich, “Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich 2019”, Helmhaus Zürich, “Swiss Art Awards 2019” in Basel, “HandySchlüsselPortemonnaie”, KOBO Art Space in Zurich (2019), “Werkschau 2018”, Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, “Horizons” with Kevin Aeschbacher, Reto Project Space in Zurich (2016), “Mx. World. On the Million Genders of the Real”, Kunsthalle Basel (2015). In 2019 he was awarded the Grant of the City of Zurich and in 2013 the Grant of the Canton of Zurich.