Biography
Thea Herzig,1969, was born in Germany, but has lived and worked in Switzerland for 30 years. She is a pastel artist who has dedicated herself to "food art". In large-format paintings, fruits and vegetables are arranged into so-called "food patterns" and interpret the classic still life in her own way.
Art Practice
All motifs are arranged, photographed and assembled by the artist. From a large number of photos, the final composition of the picture is created through sketchy preliminary drafts.
The artist applies the pigments mainly with her fingers and thus, in a very slow process, the hyper-realistic "food patterns" emerge, which want to seduce you to bite into one of the depicted apples or pears.
Memberships
- Fine artists Bernese Oberland Bkbeo since 2017 (www.bkbeo.ch)
- KunstInternational, Stuttgart since 2018 (www.kun-st-international.de)
- Pastel Guild of Europe since 2020 (https://pastelguild.org/)
- International Association of Pastel Societies since 2020 (http://www.iapspastel.org/index.htm)
Artistic training
- Scientific drawing, School of Design Bern
- Nude drawing, School of Design Bern
- Old Masters - egg tempera technique, school of design Bern
- Book illustration by Maya Delaquis (http://www.mayadelaquis.ch/), SfGB
- Digital photography and old photographic techniques by Simon Stähli 2013/14, SfGB
- Free pastel painting with Astrid Volquardsen, Hamburg (https://www.pastellbilder.de) 2012, 2013 and 2017
Exhibitions
- July 2020 Three-part exhibition at the Unterseen Art Collection
- January 2020 "Art market on the Gurten", Gallery Hess, Bern
- April 2019 "ART19", exhibition of the association bkbeo
- February 2019 "Opposites" double exhibition, Galerie Rosengarten Thun
- January 2019 "Silent Time", Unterseen Art Collection
- April 2018 "ART18", exhibition of the association bkbeo
- January 2018 "Silent Time", Unterseen Art Collection
- Nov-Jan 2017 Art supermarket, Solothurn