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Stephan Wittmer

Location
Luzern
Role
Artist, Curator, Architect / Designer, Writer / Editor
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About

Stephan Wittmer, lives and works in Lucerne, Switzerland Stephan Wittmer studied at the School of Design SfG in Lucerne. Since graduating (1982) he has been working as a freelance artist and as a facilitator of unusual art projects. Stay at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris (1984 and 2023). In 1991 he received a Swiss Federal Art Scholarship for his photographic installations. Numerous exhibitions at Switzerland and abroad. Co-founder of the Kunsthalle Luzern (1990). Founding partner and director of the PZK Plattform für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH. Founder of the documentation center “diebasis”, which is now located in the Kunsthalle Luzern. From 2001 to the end of 2007 Stephan Wittmer was the leading curator of the Kunstpanorama Luzern. Since 2003 he teaches at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the course of studies Art & Mediation. Research work RiK - Regie in Komplizenschaft- experiences and perspectives of artistic projects between art and pubic spheres. Member of the artist group S16. 2009 founding member of the Alpineum Produzentengalerie. Since 2012 he is editor of _957, an independent art magazine that is published monthly. To date, over 140 issues have been published. Initiation and management of Museum1 on the building wasteland 837 on the outskirts of Adligenswil (Lucerne).

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