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Biography

Born in 1998 in Altstätten, Switzerland, Gian-Franco Mazzola studied at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK in Zürich from 2018 - 2021 and made his Master’s degree in Art Education at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst HGK-FHNW from 2021 - 2024.
He lives and works in Zürich Switzerland and teaches Art in different Swiss Schools.

His artistic work is an expression of personal impressions, thoughts and aesthetic experiences from everyday life. He links these individual perceptions with social issues - especially in the field of tension between interpersonal relationships, cultural context and our relationship with nature.
Sweeping lines and moving forms characterize his visual language. They visually pick up on the organic dynamics of nature and at the same time reflect the complexity of a world in which everything is interconnected - in exchange, in change, in balance or in conflict. In this field of tension, he searches for moments of beauty that are not only revealed in the aesthetic, but also in the processual, the fragmentary and the contradictory.

CV

Born in 1998 in Altstätten SG, Switzerland
Lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland


Education

2021 - 2024:  Master of Arts FHNW in Art Education, Basel, Switzerland
2018 - 2021:  Bachelor of Arts ZHF in Art Education, Zürich, Switzerland


Selected Exhibitions

2025  - O.S.D (solo exhibition), Zürich, CH (upcoming)
          - (group exhibition), Galerie Andi Breitenmoser, Rebstein, CH (upcoming)
2021  - Nasca (diploma exhibition), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK, Zürich, CH
2020  - Gian-Franco Mazzola (solo exhibition), Grabs, CH
2016  - My Way To Art (solo exhibition), Kunsthaus St.Margrethen, CH
2014  - Stellwerk (group exhibition) Heerbrugg, CH
2012  - Gian-Franco Mazzola (solo exhibition) Rhyland, Widnau, CH
2011  - OMR Expo (group exhibition), Heerbrugg, CH
          - Fantasia (solo exhibition), Migros-Kulturprozent Kulturfoyer, Schaffhausen, CH
          - Art Performance, Schmidheiny Park, Heerbrugg, CH
          - Art Au, (group exhibition), Au, CH
2010  - Gian-Franco Mazzola (solo exhibition), Gemeindehaus Au, CH
2008  - Machu Picchu (solo exhibition), Götzis, Austria
          - Lichtblicke x 18 (group exhibition), BalgArt, Balgach, CH
2007  - Gian-Franco Mazzola (solo exhibition) Physio Zentrum Zeni, Heerbrugg, CH
2005  - Gian-Franco Mazzola (solo exhibition), X.Days, Interlaken, CH
2004  - Piccolo Picasso (solo exhibition), Galerie Kunststoff, Altstätten, CH


Selected Press

Newspaper and Magazines

2019  - Hildegrad Bickel „Ich gebe mein Bestes für ein Bild“ in Der Rheintaler
          - O.A. „Rechte von Kindern in Bildern“ in 20Minuten
2016  - „Piccolo Picasso mit neuer Ausstellung“ in 20Minuten
          - „Una Vita piena die arte“ in la pagina Reporter
          - Jeremias Büchel, „Persönlich gefragt“ in Wirtschaftsregional
2014  - Martina Macias, „Ausnahmetalent aus dem Rheintal“ in Rheintaler Bote
2010  - Unser Rheintal - Jahrbuch für das Rheintal-Werdenberg
2008  - Reto Dräger, Der Farbezauberer in  Portrait Kunst in jetzt - das Magazin
2007  - Manuela Ziegler „Hochbegabte haben es schwer“ in PANORAMA Reiffeisen
          - Urs Schöbi, Ein „Picasso“ aus Kinderhand in Rhein Magazin
2006  - Mäx Hasler, „Rund 60 Bilder des „Piccolo Picasso“ als Buch
          - Dominik Bärlocher, "Achtjähriger Picasso mischt Kunstmarkt auf" in 20Minuten
          - „Am liebsten spiele ich mit Lego“ in Der Rheintaler
          - Mäx Hasler, „Junge Kunst für betagte Leute“ in Der Rheintaler
2005  - O.A., „kleines Genie“ in Glückspost
          - Helga Schabel, „Wunderkind aus dem Rheintal“ in Anzeiger
          - Mäx Hasler. „Kleiner Maler mit grosser Zukunft“ in Der Rheintaler
          - Yvete Hetinger, „Piccolo Picasso“ in Mein ganzer Stolz in Migros-Magazin 14
          - „Gian-Fanco Mazzola - Un piccolo artista geniale“ in Il Foglio Italiano
2003  - Mäx Hasler, „Michelangelos Nachfolger?“ in Der Rheintaler


Television

2016  - Artist Talk in TVO - 60 Minuten
          - Michelle Feer, Reportage in TVO, Heerbrugg, CH
2010  - Tamara Kobler TVO News, St.Gallen, CH
2008  - Artist Talk Lima, Peru         
          - Artist Talk in Canal 7, Lima, Peru

2004  - Marco Hess, Reportage in TVO Zoom, Heerbrugg, CH


Bibliography

2016  - Gian-Franco Mazzola, My Way to Art, Heerbrugg
2006  - Gian-Franco Mazzola, Fantasia, Heerbrugg


Professional Contributions

2025  - Art Teacher, Kantonsschule Frauenfeld, CH
          - Art Teacher, fMW, Winterthur, CH
2024  - Art Teacher, Liceo Artistico, Zürich, CH
          - Art Teacher, Kantonsschule Hottingen, Zürich, CH
2023  - Art Teacher, FMS Basel, CH



 

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