Martina Gmür

Swiss visual artist (b. 1979)

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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

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

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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^ ^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.
^ 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.
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^ "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.
^ Swiss News. Swiss Scene. February 2001. p. 38.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.