biography
Angela Lyn 1955, was born in Windsor, England to a Chinese father and an English mother.
She has been a practising artist all her life. She absolved her studies in Fine Art at Southampton
College of Art, Byam Shaw (now Central St Martins) London, and the Master Class in painting at the
Kunstgewerbeschule Basel, in Switzerland. Since 1994, having lived in the UK, the US and Asia,
Angela lives and works in Switzerland. She is the mother of three children.
Angela has exhibited extensively throughout her career in Switzerland and abroad. Her most recent
exhibition in Taipei explores cultural identity and the significance of origin in the global era. Her works
reflect a unique synthesis of both eastern and western culture and can be found internationally in
numerous private, corporate and museum collections.
In a globalising world, where cultural diversity is ever increasing, I am interested in what touches us
regardless of who we are or where we are from. My close observations of the expansive nature
surrounding my studio on Lake Lugano serve as a basis through which I explore and reflect on human
response, nature being the essential common denominator of us all. I consciously choose traditional
media: oil painting, drawing and bronze sculpture for my practice; examining their resonance in a world
dominated by technology and an ever-faster production of the new.
A. Lyn
Solo Exhibitions
2018 floating gardens Cortesi Gallery, London
2017 in the public eye in collaboration with Museo d’Arte della Svizzera Italiana and Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano
2017 lugano project in collaboration with Chambers Fine Art, New York
2017 the long journey home Artrue Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 cedaring triptych presented at MASI museum, LAC, Lugano
2016 Un Quadro, Una Musica, with Jesse Bannister and Manjeet Singh Rasiya, LAC, Lugano
2015 building site: An artists Initiative in Shoreditch, London, with Balbir Singh Dance Co., Jesse Bannister, supported by Swiss Embassy, British Arts Council, The FT, London
2014 thursdays donnerstag Freitags Galerie, with Manu Wurch, Solothurn
2013 raum geben Schloss Vorderer-Bleichenberg with Pi Ledergerber and Manu Wurch, Solothurn
2012 giving way curated by Max Koss, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2011 stringing pearls Gallery semina rerum, Irène Preiswerk, Zürich
2010 meet me there for tea Gallery Hufschmid, Zürich
2009 my china Haus der Kunst St Josef, Solothurn
2007 living here Gallery Ursula Huber, Basel
2007 living here Museo Cantonale d’Arte ala Est, Lugano
2006 landscapes and portraits Gallery Hufschmid, Zürich
2005 blossom blossom Haus der Kunst St Josef, w. Martin Kasper, Solothurn
2004 room 12 Kunst Raum Riehen, with Christine Duerr, Christian Vogt and Paul Zoller, Riehen
2002 Gallery Esther Hufschmid , Zürich
2000 Kunsthalle, Maxe Sommer, Burgdorf
1996 Harry Zellweger, Lugano
1994 Gallery Catherine Maurer, Bern
1992 stirring the folds of a well kept lawn Gallery Treppenhaus Loeb, Bern
1991 Gallery Catherine Maurer, Bern
1987 laut und leise Gallery Gisèle Linder, Basel
1984 Gallery Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich
1982 Gallery Mattheus, Basel
1980 Gallery Arrigo, Zürich
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2018 Taipei 101 Exhibition and invited keynote speaker at the Swiss forum, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Traumlandschaft Gallery Ursula Huber, Basel
2009 the Last Act Gallery Esther Hufschmid, Zürich
2008 Christmas Exhibition Haus der Kunst St Josef, Solothurn
2004 Anniversary Exhibition Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel
1996 semina rerum Irène Preiswerk, Zürich
1995 senza biglietto Lugano
1992 Christmas Exhibition Kunsthalle, Bern
1991 Berrowergut, Riehen
1991 Louise Aeschlimann Grant, Bern
1990 Federal Arts Grant, Basel
1989 Louise Aeschlimann Grant, Bern
1988 Non anonymous project Court of Justice, Basel
1986 Christmas Exhibition Kunsthalle, Basel
1986 Gegenverkehr Kulturhaus Palazzo, Liestal
1984 Christmas Exhibition Kunsthalle, Basel
1982 Federal Arts Grant, Basel
Art Fairs (selection)
2018 WOPART Cortesi Gallery, Lugano
2017 Art Taipei, Artrue, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 WOPART Chambers Gallery New York, Lugano
2017 Artefiera Bologna, Cortesi Gallery, Bologna
2017 Art Genève Cortesi Gallery, Geneva
1985-1987 Art Basel, Galerie Rosenberg, Basel
1982 Art Basel, Matteus Gallery, Basel
Collections (selection)
MASI, permanent collection, Lugano, Switzerland
Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
Bank Vontobel, Zurich, Switzerland
Banca dello Stato, Locarno, Switzerland
BIS Bank, Basel, Switzerland
Bindella AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Marazzi Imobilien, Bern, Switzerland
Loeb AG, Bern, Switzerland
Ted Su, Inhouse, Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Daniel Vasella, Novartis, private collection, Switzerland
Susan Kronick, private collection, United States
Patrick Dormoy, Atrium Ltd, private collection, Great Britain
Oleg Smirnov, SNS, private collection, Russia
Alexis Williams, The Guardian Fashion Publishing, private collection, Great Britain
Hanspeter and Christine Rentsch, Switzerland
Drs. Jakob and Cecile Leimgruber, Switzerland
Dr Beatrix and Christian Habermann, Board Guggenheim Venice, Switzerland
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