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Hugo Suter was born in Aarau in 1943. Between 1959 and 1963 he completed an apprenticeship as a gravure painting retoucher in Zofingen. Between 1964 and 1966 he attended the drawing class at the Kunstgewerbeschule [School of Arts and Crafts] in Zurich, followed by a studio internship with sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl the following year. Between 1968 and 1982, Suter taught drawing part-time at the Buchs district school, and was a member of the Ziegelrain studio community in Aarau between 1968 and 1974. Between 1982 and 1986, Suter taught figurative drawing at the ETH [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology] in Zurich. In addition to exhibitions such as those at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau (1982), the Kunsthaus Zürich (1988) and the Swiss Institute in New York (1992), Suter’s work has also been honoured with numerous awards: the Swiss Federal Art Scholarship (1972), the Preis der Stiftung für die Graphische Kunst in der Schweiz [Prize of the Swiss Graphic Arts Foundation] (1982), and the Aargauer Kulturpreis [Aargau Culture Prize] (2001). In his works, Hugo Suter explores the connections between artistic design and scientific research, exposing the different levels of meaning in his themes by means of delayed perception. He often used glass as a medium as it allowed for new perspectives and overlays, thus letting the surroundings flow into the work. The focus is usually on a specific question, which the artist then explores almost methodically in thematic groups of works. Suter died in Birrwil in 2013.
Hugo Suter was born in Aarau in 1943. Between 1959 and 1963 he completed an apprenticeship as a gravure painting retoucher in Zofingen. Between 1964 and 1966 he attended the drawing class at the Kunstgewerbeschule [School of Arts and Crafts] in Zurich, followed by a studio internship with sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl the following year. Between 1968 and 1982, Suter taught drawing part-time at the Buchs district school, and was a member of the Ziegelrain studio community in Aarau between 1968 and 1974. Between 1982 and 1986, Suter taught figurative drawing at the ETH [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology] in Zurich. In addition to exhibitions such as those at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau (1982), the Kunsthaus Zürich (1988) and the Swiss Institute in New York (1992), Suter’s work has also been honoured with numerous awards: the Swiss Federal Art Scholarship (1972), the Preis der Stiftung für die Graphische Kunst in der Schweiz [Prize of the Swiss Graphic Arts Foundation] (1982), and the Aargauer Kulturpreis [Aargau Culture Prize] (2001). In his works, Hugo Suter explores the connections between artistic design and scientific research, exposing the different levels of meaning in his themes by means of delayed perception. He often used glass as a medium as it allowed for new perspectives and overlays, thus letting the surroundings flow into the work. The focus is usually on a specific question, which the artist then explores almost methodically in thematic groups of works. Suter died in Birrwil in 2013.
