Marc Raymond
Swiss Sculptor Marc Raymond uses an assemblage technique to create bare sculptures. His abstract work, made of painted plywood and wood, have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Galleries and Cultural Centres, in Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, Greece and Spain. Recently he exhibited in Switzerland at the Grande Fontaine Gallery in Sion and at the Athens Art Gallery.
Mr. Raymond has carried out several public commissions and is the recipient of awards in Switzerland. In 2009, he received fellowships from Visarte, the Visual Arts Association in Switzerland and from IAA, International Association of Art.
In addition to his sculpture work, Marc Raymond works with paper, presenting series of découpages, inks on paper and prints, close to the spirit of his sculptures.
Marc Raymond was born in Switzerland, in Saillon, in 1968. He attended the Swiss School of Sculpture in Brienz for three years with a specialistion in statuary and obtained his diploma in 1996. After graduation, he carried out internships with several Swiss sculptors.
Marc Raymond lives and works now in Lisbon.
Solo exhibitions
2019 ÉLOGE À LA MAIIN, Athens Art Gallery, text from Maria Xypolopoulou, Athens, Greece.
2017 Grande Fontaine Gallery, with Martine Rouiller, Sion, Switzerland.
2014 Athens Art Gallery, text from Benoît Antille, Athens, Greece.
2013 Park of the Swiss Ambassador’s residence, Athens, Greece.
2011 House of Arts and Culture of Brompton, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
2010 INTERFACES, Centre d’Exposition, Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada.
2009 Cube Gallery, with Mary Wong, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2009 Park of the Swiss Ambassador’s residence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2009 INTERFACES, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2008 ASSEMBLAGE, Art Centre Léo-Ayotte, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada.
2008 Alliance Française Gallery, with Ingo Hessel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2008 CONSTRUCTIONS, Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2005 Venthône Château Gallery, with Isabelle Fontannaz, Switzerland.
2003 Grande Fontaine Gallery, with Gilles Sherlé, Sion, Switzerland.
1999 Treille Gallery, with Paula Gaillard, Sion, Switzerland.
Selected group exhibitions
2023 50th YEARS OF VISARTE VALAIS, Manoir de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland.
2018 Artothèque from Canton du Valais, Sion, Switzerland.
2017 Summer Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2016 Summer Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2015 Summer Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2014 ART ATHINA, with the Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2013 ART À LA MEZZANINE, IANOS Gallery, Salle des Arts, Athens, Greece.
2013 40 ANS DE VISARTE VALAIS, Manoir de la ville de Martigny, Switzerland.
2007 Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2007 RED, Cube GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2006 RETROSPECTIVE ARTISTS FROM THE GALLERY, Grande Fontaine Gallery, Sion, Switzerland.
2003 Leewasser Gallery, Brunnen, Switzerland.
2002 REPUBLIKA, Open Air Art Exhibitions, Gersau, Switzerland.
2001 Maison Stella Helvetica, Saillon. Switzerland.
2001 HUIT ARTISTES, La Grange à Vannay Gallery, Monthey, Switzerland.
1999 ART VALAISAN, Espace Malraux, Chambéry, France.
1998 Maison Stella Helvética, Saillon, Switzerland.
1998 HOLZ HAT VIELE GESICHTER, Germany, Switzerland.
1997 Maison Stella Helvética, Saillon, Switzerland.
1995 GOLDENER SCHLEGEL, Switzerland, Germany.
Marc Raymond shapes materials with this sensitivity which allows, from the inert, to create a sculpture full of life. We feel the gestures of the man inhabited by a perhaps cosmic dimension which sometimes surpasses him and which he must materialize in his works. The emotions and inner life of the artist suddenly appear in full light, a way of materializing a quest and a harmony to be perfected, to be constructed, to be made visible.
Jean-Marc Theytaz, cultural journalist, Le Nouvelliste