Estelle Vera Art

Estelle Vera was born in the countryside of Switzerland into a creative family of musicians, painters, dancers and writers. But not only culture also by being surrounded from nature had a deep impact on her or as she puts it “I fell in love with nature probably with my first cry”.

After her Master at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts HSLU she was drawn to Italy and continued her studies at the Art Academy Bologna.
The vibrant atmosphere at the academy but also Italy itself with its overflowing pot of art history and its joyfulness influenced her way further.

Her curiosity and openness for technics, materials and experiments brought her to further education in sculpting and digital medias and made her body of work developing in a very multi-disciplinary way. Also in the role as a lecturer and tutor at Bern Academy of Arts HKB she always tried to foster the openness for the rich possibilities creativity is offering.

However about a decade ago she rediscovered painting and follows this intriguing path with enthusiasm and devotion.
The move to the coast of South England brought new inspirations and the conversation deepened. The subtle colors, the sensitive light and the beauty and fragility of the objects found on her walks along the beaches became once more a dive into silence. As an honoring of simplicity and in a careful process paintings emerge filled with awe...

Painting

2024
Echoes of Identity / Maison Pan / London
Winter Group Show / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
RWA Annual Open Exhibition / Royal West of England Academy Bristol
RA Summer Exhibition / Royal Academy of Arts London
2023
Winter Group Show  / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
The Art of Silence / Beaux Arts Bath / Somerset
RA Summer Exhibition / Royal Academy of Arts / London
Quiet Living / Rye Art Gallery / Rye, East Sussex
Annual Exhibition / Bath Society of Artists BSA / Bath, Somerset
2022
Winter Group Show / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
2021
Winter Group Show / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
WAC Wells Art Contemporary / Wells Cathedral / Wells, Somerset
2020
Winter Group Show / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
Christmas Exhibition / Lime Tree Gallery / Long Melford, Suffolk and Bristol
Small Sizes – Kleine Formate / Galerie Carla Renggli / Zug, Switzerland 
Miniatures and Masterstrokes / Rye Art Gallery / Rye, East Sussex
2019
Winter Group Show / Linden Hall Studio Gallery / Deal, Kent
Annual Exhibition / Royal Institute of Oil Painters ROI / Mall Galleries London Annual Exhibition / Royal Society of Marine Artists RSMA / Mall Galleries London
Annual Exhibition 2019 / Royal Society of British Artists RBA / Mall Galleries London
2017
Small Sizes – Kleine Formate / Galerie Carla Renggli / Zug, Switzerland


Multi-Disciplinary

Solo & Duo Exhibitions:
2016 Schicht um Schicht / Galerie grunderperren / Luzern
2013 Atelier-Apéro / Alte Spinnerei Wettingen 
2008 Tagesblumenblätter /Atelier Landenberg / Zürich
1997 Objekte / Galerie an der Gerbegass / Sempach/Luzern
1996 Der Kreis, die Welt und das Quadrat / Frauen Kunst Forum / Bern
1990 Schicht-Wechsel / o.T.- Galerie / Luzern
1986 Bilder / Galerie Etterna Interim / Zürich

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025/26 In preparation: ARTemis - Archeology meets Contemporary Art; Travel Exhibition / Greece and Switzerland
2022 Art Take Away 2022 / Kunstraum Baden / Baden/CH 
2015 Die Welt retten – Ex Voto 2015 / Projektraum 54 / Basel
2014 Truffes & Trouvilles / Kunstraum Baden
2014 Unter einem Dach / Kunsthaus Zofingen 
2012 Mise à Sac / Villa Dutoit Genève
2012 Ein-Trudeln / Trudelhaus Baden
2011 Silent Head-Anthese / Multimedia-Landart-Project / Mellingen-Heitersberg
2010 Ateliergemeinschaft Spinnerei Wettingen / Galerie Gluri Suter Huus / Wettingen 2010 Silent Heads-Flabellum / Multimedia-Landart-Project / Seasalter Beach, England 
2003 Zeichnung / Galerie Kunst-Raum / Zürich
1998 Jahresausstellung Interlaken (Gast) / Kunsthaus Interlaken
1998 En Miniature / Frauen Kunst Forum / Bern 
1997 Na-Tour / Skulpturenausstellung / Outdoor Exhibition / Hitzkirch/Luzern
1996 Witz und Erotik / Frauen Kunst Forum Bern 
1989 Junge Kunst / Galerie an der Gerbegass / Sempach/Luzern
1988 Innerschweizer Jahresausstellung / Kunsthaus Luzern
1987 Pittura Giovane / Galleria Nuova / Bologna/I

Creativity Coaching / Eric Maisel - Noble Manhattan Coaching Ltd N.Y.
Bern University of the Arts / Lecturer and Tutor in Art Education
Zurich University of the Arts / Further Education in Art Education
Further Education in Classical Sculpting and Digital Arts // CH / DE
Academy of Fine Arts Bologna/Italy / Painting / Professor Giovanny D'Agostino
Lucerne School of Art and Design / MA

2023/24 Scholarship / SMKK-Stiftung / St Gallen
2022 Project contribution / Boner Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur / Chur
2018 Internationale Kunst Heute / Art Book / Selected for Edition 2018
2018 Project contribution "The Sea" / Baumgartner-Stünzi Kunststiftung, Basel
2017 Project contribution "The Sea"/ Sutter-Stöttner Stiftung, Münchwilen
2016 Project contribution "Beyond The Point" / Casimir Eigensatz Stiftung / Lucerne
2014 Project contribution "Silent Heads" / Kupper-Stiftung, Zürich
2011 Project contribution Silent Heads / Swiss Cultural Fund
2009/2010 Artist in Residence / Studio House Sciaredo, Barbengo (Oct-March)
1991 Swiss Archaeological School in Greece / Eretria/GR (April-Nov)
1990 SUVA Art Award

The work of Estelle Vera is represented in many public and private collections in Asia, Australia, Europe and Great Britain. Her work has also appeared in numerous publications.