The 35-year-old decoupage artist from Zweisimmen is drawing attention to himself and his work as a celebrated young talent at home and abroad with his way of reinterpreting tradition. Inspired by his mother to learn traditional Simmental handicrafts, he started working with scissors and paper at the age of eight. He said he learned to be a structural draughtsman because he discovered his love of precise work at an early age. He completed his further training as an architect in 2013. On long-distance hikes lasting several months, he created countless impressions cut into paper instead of diary entries.

After joining the Swiss Découpage Association in 2016 and winning a prize as one of the best young talents in Switzerland, exhibitions followed at home and abroad. For example, he took part in the Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale. Currently, in addition to the exhibition at Hüsy, another one is running in Berlin. From there, the works will go to Vienna.

Studying details
Marc Schweizer is particularly interested in structures such as wood grain, bird feathers, flower rosettes or the tinsel of all kinds of plants. He studies and processes them meticulously and with angelic patience. This is how he breathes life into his depictions. A good example of this is the cow portrait: the expression on the cow's face is touching. The viewer is also fascinated by the artfully supple and delicate feathers of the chickens.

Whether black and white or coloured, combined with gold leaf or other materials: Marc Schweizer's pictures are so diverse they bid viewers to linger. The young decoupage artist is always on the lookout for something new. In his pictures, for example, one encounters not only traditional alpine huts but also a row of urban houses. His details of subjects and decorative patterns are so fascinatingly precise, and his search for new paths arouses curiosity.

Based on AvS/Lotte Brenner

The exhibition at Hüsy Blankenburg continues until 24 April. Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 9 am to 6 pm.