History of Art at the University of Geneva and classical art training at a number of teaching institutions including the School of Decorative Arts of Geneva.

Techniques :
Oil painting on canvas, wood and on hand-made paper. Paper making. New media. Installations.

Statement :
My art work is essentially centered on the research of light, transparency, marks and imprints, colours, lines and textures. My paintings are inspired by Jazz music and strive to possess their own musicality. Moreover, they speak of a passage between the interior and the outside. They are to be understood rather as suggestions than as obligations and certainties.

My train of thought has taken me to continue my painting on stelas, in order to pursue and establish a real dialogue between these “sculptures” and my paintings.


Other artistic activities :
Practice of Jazz music.


Exhibits :


2011 :

Rathania’s Ars Similis Casus, Rath Museum, Geneva
« From Floor to Ceiling » Exhibit Nabad Gallery, Amman, permanent artist
Exhibit « Jordan Lights », under the patronage of the Swiss Embassy, Amman - Jordan
Residency in Amman, Jordan
Ferme Rosset, Troinex


2010 :

Open Week, Geneva
Ferme de la Chapelle, Geneva, « Haïti »
Kulturschiene, Herrliberg


2009 :

Espace Ruine, Geneva
« IN THE BOX », Sierre
7ème Biennale d'Art Sacré Actuel , Lyon


2008 :

Projektraum M54, Basel (Installation)
BIAM, Canada
« Frontière », Neuchâtel
Contemporary Art Space Larith, Chambéry (Installation)


2007 :

Okkupation, Zürich (Installation)
Gallery Au-delà-des-Apparences, Annecy
« Affiches » SSBA, Geneva
Gallery 29, Evian
Contemporary Art Space Larith, Chambéry (Installation)


2006 :

Gallery Allaire - Aigret, Paris
Villa Dutoit, Genève


2005 :

Artforum Montreux
Europ’Art, Geneva
Art Week, Douvaine
Gallery l’Enclume, Bôle/Neuchâtel
Invented artist at the Biennale de Soyères, Jura


2004 :

Gallery Art-au-Pluriel, Vevey
Quid Novi, Château de Gaillard


1999 - 2003 :

Various exhibits in Geneva, Paris, Lausanne.


1993 - 1999 :

Nîmes, Saint-Victor-sur-Loire, Nyons, Sablet, Orange, Nyon, Geneva, Carcassonne, Vaison-la-Romaine, La Roche-sur-Foron, Malaucène.

Public and private acquisitions in England, France, Japan, Jordan, Switzerland, Turkey and United States.

Member of Visarte 

          © Barbara Gabathuler, 2007. All rights reserved. Reproduction is prohibited without written permission.