Gabrielle Graessle
°1956, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Spain.
She attended Zurich Art School for 5 years,where she completed a degree in graphic design. Her first exhibitions took place while she was still a student. During this time, she made mainly black and white charcoal drawings spontaneously depicting her personal imagery. For 15 years, she was represented by various galleries in Switzerland. Many of her charcoal drawings hang in private and public collections. At the beginning of 2000, she and her partner emigrated to France and later to Spain, where they built and redesigned old houses. For years they moved from one renovation project to the next. At that time, her means of expression were mainly drawings and sketchbooks. In 2015, she settled down in Andalusia. She decided to immerse herself completely in her imaginary world again and to express herself in large format, colored, intuitive and figurative paintings. Her studio is located in a group of old cottages in the middle of nowhere. There are no distractions, and she can fully concentrate on her work in a secluded setting in nature. There she works on several canvases at the same time, creating multiple series of paintings. At the same time, drawings are still an important part of her work. These are spontaneous expressions of her thoughts and stories. They are often the starting point for her paintings.
In 2020, she restarted to present her art at art fairs in Barcelona and Madrid, and participated in group shows in Germany and France.
Selected exhibitions:
2024, alzueta gallery, madrid
2023, verduyn gallery
2023, art antwerp, verduyn gallery
2023, kiaf, seoul, alzueta gallery
2023, 13-a-dozen, gallery sandberg, Odense dk
2023, never be lonely, alzueta gallery, barcelona
2023, balla balla, freigth and volume gallery, new york city
2023, art busan, joeun gallery, korea
2023, bla bla, joeun gallery, seoul, korea
2023, URVANITY, ALZUETA GALLERY, madrid
2023, ZONA MACO, ALZUETA GALLERY, mexico
2023, PIFF PAFF PUFF, PULPO gallery murnau D
2022, A PLACE I THE SUN, FIR gallery, bejing
2022, small lucky, galerry joeun, seoul, korea
2022, summershow PIERMARQ, sidney groupshow
2022, eine frau ist eine frau ist eine frau, KUNSTHAUS AARAU, CH
2022, ART MIAMI alzueta gallery
2022, UNTERM STRICH, forum für aktuelle kunst Villa Caudia
2022, art taipei, Tingting artspace, Seoul korea G
2022, KIAF seoul Alzueta gallery, seoul, korea
2022, Freight and Volume gallery, NY
2022, DREAMPAPER, Slika Gallery, Lyon, France
2022, ART FAIR SEOUL Korea, Alzueta Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022, “REBEL WALTZ“ IRL New York, USA
2022, “PUFF PUFF PAINT“ SHITART CLUB, Los Angeles, USA
2022, “paper.” BEERS London, London, UK
2022, “USEFUL THINGS II“, Berlin, Germany
2022, URVANITY ART FAIR. Galeria Yusto/Giner, Madrid, Spain
2022, “COO COO CA CHOO“ Galeria Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain
2022, “FLORALIA“ Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022, “ALBUM DE FAMILIA“ Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022, “Like a slight hiccup” La Grange Gallery, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France
2022, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2022, ART BUSAN. Galeria Yusto/Giner, Busan, Korea
2021, “YEE YEE” Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021, Art Miami. Galeria Yusto/Giner, Miami, USA
2021, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2021, “USEFUL THINGS I“, Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020, “PAPERWORKS VOL. I“ NBB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2020, Galerie Rompone, Köln, Germany
2020, SWAB Barcelona, Granada Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020, “WAY OUT“ La Grange Gallery, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France
2020, Another Fair, Granada Gallery, Madrid, Spain