Uwe Wittwer Studio

[EXPOSITION] Uwe Wittwer. Avant que le verre ne cède À travers une sélection d’œuvres réalisées depuis la fin des années 1990, l’exposition Uwe Wittwer. Avant que le verre ne cède propose une immersion dans l’univers singulier de l’artiste suisse Uwe Wittwer. Entre mémoire, disparition et reconstruction du souvenir, son travail interroge la manière dont les images façonnent notre compréhension du passé. Dessins, aquarelles et peintures composent un parcours sensible et profondément contemporain. Le Musée Jenisch souhaite atténuer l’impact de la barrière linguistique dans la reconnaissance des artistes suisses. Cette exposition a ainsi pour ambition de faire découvrir le travail d’Uwe Wittwer auprès de la scène romande. A voir jusqu'au 9 août 2026 #UweWittwer #MuseeJenischVevey #Museum #Vevey #ArtContemporain #ArtSuisse #exposition @culturevevey @musees_riviera @myvaud @uwewittwerstudio

One week left to discover: Uwe Wittwer La Cloche dans la Forêt This immersive video offers a glimpse into the work of Uwe Wittwer, where oil paintings and watercolours unfold as shifting images drawn from archives, art history, and contemporary sources. Between appearance and disappearance, his works explore how memory persists, fractures, and transforms. On view until Saturday, May 9 at: Galerie Peter Kilchmann 11–13 rue des Arquebusiers, Paris #UweWittwer #LaClocheDansLaForet #Painting #ContemporaryArt #Memory #images

OPENING TOMORROW UWE WITTWER Avant que le verre ne cède Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland May 1st - August 9, 2026 Opening: Thursday, April 30, 6:30 PM Avenue de la Gare 2, CH-1800, Vevey Swiss artist @uwewittwerstudio (born in 1954, lives and works in Zurich) presents Avant que le verre ne cède, his first solo exhibition in French-speaking Switzerland, at @jenischmuseedartdevevey . Curated by Marie Gaitzsch and Margaux Farron, the exhibition features monumental works and smaller ones, mainly watercolours, alongside charcoal drawings and oil paintings, and highlights several of the artist’s most emblematic series. Visitors will discover Wittwer’s artistic evolution from the late 1990s to the present day, through a selection of works that explores the recurring themes of his practice: the relationship to history, however painful it may be; to memory, whether collective or personal; and to the dreamlike, however deeply rooted in reality it may be. The exhibition features iconic series by the Swiss painter, such as the “Im Walde” (“In the Woods”) series, large-format watercolors depicting faint silhouettes set against a sparse forest backdrop. This forest is representative of many of Uwe Wittver’s works, where figurative or even iconic scenes contrast with entire areas of the painting that are erased, like fragments of memory fading with time. Uwe’s painting often serves to remind us that truth and memory are constantly being destroyed and reconstructed, and that the history that reaches us is not always the one that is told to us, or painted. Beneath their refined surfaces, his works often carry a quiet tension — between beauty and unease, clarity and fragility, between truth and representation. Portrait, 2023 Oil on canvas 57 x 52 cm (22 ½ x 20 ½ in.), framed Im Walde (In the Woods), 2018 Watercolor on paper 191 x 161 cm (75.2 x 63.4 in.), framed Im Walde (In the Woods), 2018 Watercolor on paper 191 x 161 cm (75.2 x 63.4 in.), framed Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools), 2020 Charcoal on paper 192 x 145 cm (75.6 x 57.1 in.), framed Gruppe (Group), 2022 Oil on canvas 130 x 110 cm (51 ⅛ x 43 ¼ in.) #UweWittwer #Painting #SwissArt #GaleriePeterKilchmann

My solo exhibition “Glass is Cracking Silently / Avant que le verre ne cède” is opening at Musée Jenisch. Please join me for the vernissage on Thursday April 30.

✍️ Before the release of a new printmaking edition the artist working with Edition VFO always sign the artwork ensuring it’s quality. Here is Uwe Witter @uwewittwerstudio signing his new series “Mission” which was printed in collaboration with master printmaker Arno Hassler @zurichprintinstitute . Save the date! On May 20, 6 pm we are organising a studio visit with Uwe Wittwer as part of his current One-Wall exhibition “Mission” at Edition VFO! This offer is primarily aimed at members of Edition VFO plus one accompanying person. The number of places is limited. Please register by emailing [email protected]. Interested non-members are welcome to contact us and will be informed about the possibility of participating one week before the event. “Mission” with new works by Uwe Wittwer is on view at Edition VFO until May 30, 2026 - parallel to “Shifting Surface” with Sonia Kacem and Cédric Eisenring. You can find all new artworks online on our website www.edition-vfo.ch or visit us during our regular opening hours! Come by and get a private tour! Wed - Fr from 2 pm - 6 pm Sa from 12 - 4 pm Limmatstrasse 268 8005 Zürich #uwewittwer #editionvfo #museejenischvevey #printmaking

👀 Save the date! Join us next Thursday for our opening at Edition VFO, featuring a new One-Wall exhibition by Uwe Wittwer and a duo show by Sonia Kacem and Cédric Eisenring for which we have transformed our entire exhibition space. 🗓️ Thursday, April 16, from 6 to 8 pm @editionvfo Uwe Wittwer presents a new series of intaglio prints for our One-Wall exhibition. The “Mission” edition is being released in collaboration with the Musée Jenisch Vevey on the occasion of the exhibition “Avant que le verre ne cède / Glass is Cracking Silently,” Wittwer’s first major solo show in French-speaking part of Switzerland (May 1 to August 9, 2026). @jenischmuseedartdevevey Sonia Kacem and Cédric Eisenring will transform the exhibition space at Edition VFO! “Shifting Surface” brings together both artists around an expanded understanding of printmaking. Moving between lithography, intaglio, textile, wallpaper, and installation. Image: Uwe Wittwer, Mission 2, 2026, heliogravure, aquatint and spit bite, 83,5 x 63,3 cm #uwewittwer #soniakacem #cedriceisenring #editionvfo

UWE WITTWER — La Cloche dans la Forêt On view at Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 11-13 rue des Arquebusiers, Paris Exceptionally, the gallery will remain open until 9:30PM this Thursday, March 19, as part of the Printemps des Galeries: the perfect opportunity to come and discover our new exhibition ! Majestic oil paintings and watercolours shape "La Cloche dans la Forêt" (The Bell in the Grove), where Swiss artist Uwe Wittwer (born 1954 in Zurich, where he lives and works) continues his investigation into memory, history, and the perception of images. Drawing from archives, masterpieces, and contemporary sources, Wittwer transforms and reanimates familiar motives, revealing fragmented narratives in which the act of looking slows down and shifts. Through ruins, historical scenes, and negative imagery, his works question how images evolve and persist as unstable traces of the past. On view until May 9. Installation views by Hafid Lhachmi

Join me for the opening this Friday @galeriepeterkilchmann in Paris

My work is shown in the exhibition “A conversation without words” at the Musée Jenisch. The museum is exhibiting Thierry Barbier Mueller’s collection for the first time. He was a collector and dear friend. The show is up until October 26. Photo credit: Julien Gremaud

I’m excited to be part of the group show “passato presente” at Helmhaus Zürich. Please join me for the opening this Thursday at 6pm. #helmhauszuerich #uwewittwer #watercolour

II UPCOMING EXHIBITION II As we are dismantling @uwewittwerstudio 's solo exhibition "A Short Parade", we’d like to thank everyone who visited and engaged with the work. We look forward to welcoming you to our upcoming exhibitions, "Bombois by Anholt" and "Tom of Finland," during @galleryweekendberlin 2025! #camillebombois #tomanholt #tomoffinland #galleryweekendberlin2025 #galeriejudin

II EXHIBITION II Spring is in the air! Why not turn your city walk into the perfect opportunity to catch the last day of @uwewittwerstudio 's eighth solo exhibition, "A Short Parade"? Uwe Wittwer: A Short Parade, 20 February – 29 March 2025 #uwewittwer #ashortparade #galeriejudin