rolf b. schmid (mezan), born in uster (switzerland). Trained as a confectioner and cook. creativity has always been part of my life. i started drawing and painting in my early youth. i regularly attend courses in different styles and with different artists. first exhibitions in the late 90s, more in 2001 and 2003
watercolor painting, pencil and charcoal drawings in the beginning. later large formats with gouache and dispersions - experiments with spices, coffee and chocolate. in the middle of the 2000's i devote myself more and more to building sets for my wife's puppet theater.
2016 - I am abruptly slowed down in my life and in my artistic work by a muscle disease. initially caught in a terrified state, I have remained a positive person. In 2020 I made my first attempts at painting on the computer.
2021 - the horizon opens up, i start designing furniture and objects. i develop the tools for this autodidactically with a cad program.
2022 - my second artistic life is picking up speed. I get the chance for a solo exhibition on the novartis campus in basel. a breakthrough comes - novartis art collection buys five of my works.
I feel vindicated and start designing my first lights – design & painting come together
2023 – exhibition of pictures & lights in the looberg gallery in zuzgen (aargau). further exhibitions are planned from 2024.