Dalia Pugatsch
The devotion of an artist
My experiences
I was born in Zurich in 1957 and studied law at the University of Zurich after my usual school career. For more than 30 years I have been artistically active in various fields. More than 15 years ago I decided to dedicate myself full-time to my artistic career. In addition to running my painting school "Atelier für Kunst und Gestaltung" in Bubikon, I work as a curator, head of courses for cantonal parent education, support school art project weeks, and preparatory courses for further art training, and take Matura exams in the field of visual arts.
A selection of my previous exhibitions
1996-2003 Several solo and team exhibitions in Meilen, Stäfa and Hombrechtikon
2001 Gallery in Embrach
2004 Ueriker Kulturtag
2007 Gallery Ritterhaus Bubikon
2008-2012 Gallery Amtshaus Rüti (team exhibitions)
2009 Gallery Vivendi Laupen
2011 Gallery Dosch ZH
2017 Team exhibition Gallery Basler ZH
2019 Gallery open space ZH
2020 Team exhibition KV-RJ Castle Rapperswil
2021 Exhibition in M.A.D.S Gallery in Milan
2021 Online exhibition "Art Screen TV" during Art Basel at Hotel Hyperion, Switzerland
2021 "From Lockdown to Lookup" First lido exhibition in Stäfa ZH, Switzerland
2022 Online art exhibition "Art and Climate"-Art Novum Investment Basel, Switzerland
2022 Invitation to the "International Hybrid exhibition" of the Norwegian Cultural Centre in Oslo, Norway From October
2022 Exhibition of various works in Italy (galleries and art fairs) - represented by Context Art Gallery (Venice, Padua, Treviso)
Since 2021 Under contract with Context Art Gallery
Since 2021 Represented 15 paintings at Artsy (the largest online gallery in the world)
Since 2021 Constantly changing permanent exhibition in the window gallery in Rapperswil SG, Switzerland
Further exhibitions are in planning.
Several sales of paintings at home and abroad to private individuals, business houses, banks, and restaurants.
Awards and publications
- Anthology IV edition Madrid
Published in March 2022
Guto Ajayu Culture/Capital Culture House Madrid Spain - Goddessartsmagazine USA
March/ April 2022
Publication with 5 images and text - "ATIM's Top 60 Masters award"
Award ceremony in June 2023 at the Museum of Art & Design in New York City, USA
The press calls this award "the Oscars of the visual arts". Every year, only 60 artists worldwide are selected and awarded. "I feel very humbled and also honored!"
Abstract Painting
Abstract art shows colours and forms that are largely abstracted from absolute and familiar imprints. For each viewer of such paintings, different interpretations arise.
Mixed Artworks
I very often use the mixed form of abstract and concrete painting in my pictures. The viewer's eye is inspired by a certain balance of the two types of art. Despite the concrete engraving, the painting needs an individual interpretation. This gives the painting an interesting, mysterious, mystical component.
Cave Pictures
To substantiate the theses I put forward in the art book "Kunst®evolution", I created a large number of so-called modern "cave paintings" in 2018/2019. For this purpose, I have intensively studied the current state of the art of cave art in advance. By incorporating ancient fragments of cave painting into modern acrylic painting, I build a bridge from the Stone Age to the modern age.
