Stefan Tcherepnin

Stefan Tcherepnin is a composer, musician and visual artist. These different roles are brought together in his installations which typically combine sonic elements with sculpture, photography and moving image. Tcherepnin has developed a host of furry stuffed creatures who populate his installations. As characters from the muppets brought into a museum setting, these large figures pose dramatically within dioramas crafted by Tcherepnin, casually operating machinery or watching music videos. Constantly bemused and bewildered by their enlarged googly eyes, these figures demand inspection from viewers. Operating within a distinct sense of satire, these monsters act as mirrors to our everyday actions, humorously revelling in the banal. Drawing on his background in composition and performance, Tcherepnin frequently joins these creatures in the gallery space, working collaboratively with artists such as Richard Aldrich, Anne Imhof and Max Brand, or bands such as Real Rags, Existential Blowfish and Steit to creatively respond to these beings and to provoke further questioning from audiences about who or what dictates our daily lives. ...

Galerie Francesca Pia was founded 1990 in Bern and from their first exhibitions forward has consistently fostered contemporary artists including Betty Woodman (1990), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (1992), Hans-Peter Feldmann (1993), Thomas Bayrle (1998), Mai-Thu Perret (2000), Wade Guyton (2004), Jutta Koether (2008) and Rochelle Feinstein (2016) et al. Today the gallery is known for the discovery and promotion of emerging artists. After 16 years in Bern, the gallery moved to a larger space in Zurich in 2007. In 2012 the gallery extended and relocated to a more generous space in the historic Löwenbrau building, where it continues to engage in an ambitious program, representing over thirty artists of different generations. ...