Silvia Bächli

active since the ‘80s, Bächli has dedicated her research to drawings that balance abstraction and hints at the figurative, narration and action. A glossary of lines, grids, and movements in continuous evolution characterizes her distinctive production, a devoted investigation in ceaseless transformation.

Bächli has developed her drawing practice working on sheets of white paper, of different sizes, qualities and tones, and using Indian ink, charcoal, gouache or pastels. 

The result is not just painterly moments; the drawings often seem to capture, as if in film stills, a cinematic way of looking at bodies and things or their details, at landscapes, gestures, structures, and processes. Her works tell stories without an actual beginning or end, just a visualization of a moment captured in time.

 She represented Switzerland at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009). Bächli’s works are featured in numerous major collections including MoMA, New York; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunstmuseum, Basel; Kunstmuseum St.Gallen; Neue Pinakothek, Munich; Mamco, Gèneve; The Art Institute of Chicago.