Martina Gmür

Martina Gmür (born 1979) is a Swiss visual artist. She works within many genres, including installation art, painting, drawing, performance art, and sculpture.[1][2] She lives in Basel.[1]

Early life and education
Roots (2019, oil on panel), by Martina Gmür at Galerie Stampa, Basel
Roots (2019, oil on panel) by Martina Gmür at Galerie Stampa, Basel

Martina Gmür was born on 6 August 1979 in Münster, Valais, Switzerland (now Goms, Valais).[2] She attended École de design et haute école d'art du Valais in Sierre from 1996 to 1999; and the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel from 1999 to 2002.[3]

Career

In 2007, she was awarded the Manor Cultural Prize for the Canton of Valais;[3][4][5] and in 2000, she was awarded the UBS Art Award, by the UBS Culture Foundation and funded by the investment bank UBS.[6][7]

Her works are represented in the museum collection of the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt,[8] the Kunsthaus Baselland,[9] the Musée d'Art du Valais,[10][11] and in the Kunstmuseum Thun.

References
  1. Latimer, Quinn (7 October 2010). "Martina Gmur". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. "Gmür, Martina". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. Zwez, Annelise (31 December 2007). "Martina Gmür im Kunstmuseum Sion". Annelise Zwez - Kunstkritikerin (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. Zwez, Annelise (23 February 2008). "Manor-Preisträgerin Martina Gmür im Kunstmuseum". Artlog.net (in German). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. "Das Kollektiv JocJonJosch, Gewinner des Manor Kunstpreises Sitten 2013". Walliser Kantonsmuseen (in German). 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. "Richard Cork's choice: UBS Art Award 2000". The Times (London). Times Newspapers Limited. December 16, 2000. p. 126. ISSN 0140-0460 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  7. Swiss News. Swiss Scene. February 2001. p. 38.
  8. Heitz, Dominik (3 January 2022). "Kunst in den Büros der Regierungsräte – Für diese Bilder schlagen ihre Herzen". Basler Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. "Ernte 2011, Kunstankäufe des Kantons Basel-Landschaft". Kunst Hausbasel Land (in German). 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. Camaret, Marie de (12 April 2019). "Neue Publikation für Museumssammlung - Walliser Kantonsmuseen". Musée d'art du Valais - Kunstmuseum Wallis (in German). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  11. Formaz, Samantha (2020). "Martina Gmür (1979, peintre, dessinatrice et performance) La vue depuis là-haut / Die Aussicht von dort oben". Musées cantonaux du Valais - Walliser Kantonsmuseen (in French). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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