Summary
Martin Bircher was born in 1978 in Aarau, Switzerland. After an apprenticeship as an electrician he studied at the University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland to receive a degree in Fine Arts with specialization in Media Art in 2003.
In 2006 he migrated to Kouvola, Finland, where he works as a media artist and lecturer for Digital Media. He occasionally teaches workshops in the fields of physical computing and electronic media in art.
The interest in his artistic work lies in combining antiquated items and digital technology in order to create objects with new purposes – to “objets trouvés numériques”.
Biography
2010 to date
Freelance workshop instructor
2008 to date
MA program in Audiovisual Media Culture at University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design in Rovaniemi, Finland
2006 to date
Lecturer at Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, Finland
2003 – 2006
1999 – 2003
Degree course in Fine Arts, specialization in Media Art at University of Applied Sciences Aargau Northwest Switzerland, Faculty of Art and Design, Aarau
1994 – 1998
Apprenticeship as an electrician and Professional Maturity of Technical Type Certificate in Aarau
26. October 1978
Born in Aarau, Switzerland
Exhibitions
19. March –
14. April 2013
14. April 2013
Artist Society Kouvola – Group Exhibition
Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
3. February –
27. February 2013
27. February 2013
VALOA!
Artist Society Kouvola – Group Exhibition
Kuusankoskitalo Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
Artist Society Kouvola – Group Exhibition
Kuusankoskitalo Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
28. September –
28. October 2012
28. October 2012
Martin Bircher – Electronic Installations
KOUTA-galleria
POIKILO - Kouvola Museum of Art, Finland
KOUTA-galleria
POIKILO - Kouvola Museum of Art, Finland
06. October –
23. October 2011
23. October 2011
Cartes Flux 2011, Pre-Exhibition
Installation “Digital Enhancement”
Cable Gallery, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Installation “Digital Enhancement”
Cable Gallery, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
9. October –
18. October 2011
18. October 2011
Exhibition “Intersection”
Installation “fogli di plastica a bolle d'aria”
(co-operation with Markku Metso and Jonne Pitkänen)
Project Space of the Freies Museum Berlin, Germany
Installation “fogli di plastica a bolle d'aria”
(co-operation with Markku Metso and Jonne Pitkänen)
Project Space of the Freies Museum Berlin, Germany
2. September –
24. September 2011
24. September 2011
Installation “fogli di plastica a bolle d'aria”
(co-operation with Markku Metso and Jonne Pitkänen)
KOUTA-galleria in the Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland
(co-operation with Markku Metso and Jonne Pitkänen)
KOUTA-galleria in the Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland
13. October –
24. October 2010
24. October 2010
Cartes Flux 2010 / Festival of New Media Art
Installation "Type Case"
Exhibition Centre WeeGee in Espoo, Finland
Installation "Type Case"
Exhibition Centre WeeGee in Espoo, Finland
3. March –
2. June 2007
2. June 2007
Martin Bircher / Eva Borner
www.saitensprung-online.ch
Interaktives Dilemma der Einsamkeit
VALIART KulturRaum in Bern, Switzerland
www.saitensprung-online.ch
Interaktives Dilemma der Einsamkeit
VALIART KulturRaum in Bern, Switzerland
8. September –
6. November 2005
6. November 2005
Exhibition "gesehene Worte". Kunst und Literatur
Installation «die Hand kann nicht» (cooperation with Irene Näf)
Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
Installation «die Hand kann nicht» (cooperation with Irene Näf)
Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
Grants
2012
One-year grant
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Kymenlaakso Regional Fund
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Kymenlaakso Regional Fund
2012
Production grant
Arts Council of Southeast Finland
Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2011
Production grant
CARTES Centre of Art and Technology Espoo, Finland
CARTES Centre of Art and Technology Espoo, Finland
2006
Valiart-Grant 2006
Valiart by Valiant, Bern, Switzerland
Valiart by Valiant, Bern, Switzerland