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 โEuropean Southern Observatoryโ, Hamlet in Zurich, โKunststipendien der Stadt Zรผrich 2019โ, Helmhaus Zรผrich, โSwiss Art Awards 2019โ in Basel, โHandySchlรผsselPortemonnaieโ, KOBO Art Space in Zurich (2019), โWerkschau 2018โ, Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, โHorizonsโ with Kevin Aeschbacher, Reto Project Space in Zurich (2016), โMx. World. On the Million Genders of the Realโ, 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.