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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

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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 [fr] in Sierre from 1996 to 1999; and the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst [de; als] in Basel from 1999 to 2002.[3]

Career

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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 [de],[8] the Kunsthaus Baselland [als],[9] the Musée d'Art du Valais [fr],[10][11] and in the Kunstmuseum Thun [de].

References

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  1. ^ a b Latimer, Quinn (7 October 2010). "Martina Gmur". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Gmür, Martina". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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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