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DISTANT PLACES: AMERICAS 1955 Born in Toronto, Canada
1956 Move to Zurich, then Thalwil, Switzerland
Schooling in Thalwil, Switzerland
1972-75 Graphic Designer apprenticeship
Member of Swiss Athletics National Team from 1973 to 1977
1977 Ruptured Achilles tendon - end of athletic career
1977-78 Extensive travelling in Mexico, Cuba, Belize, USA
1979 Marriage with Judy and settling in Montreal. Graphic Designer then Hand Papermaker, 1st personal exhibition
1980 Travelling from Montreal to Key Largo, mostly following Route 1, settling in Urbanna, Virginia, USA - Working as help in ship yard and on sailing jachts
1981 After some travelling in the USA, Greece and Italy settling in Lausanne, Switzerland
1979-95 40 exhibitions in Europe and North America (see list below)
1983-2000 Elsevier Publisher: Graphic Designer, then Application Manager and Project Development Manager for Electronic Projects
2000 Elsevier Publisher Lausanne Office closed, founding of FontisMedia - Publishing Services, Project Management
2000-20 FontisMedia Partner and Project Manager
Scientific Societies administration and conference organization
Organizing 48 scientific conferences on five continents (Acquired projects and clients)
2020 Retiring from FontisMedia during Covid lockdown
Unique Book: Cantares Mexicanos (Painting and caligraphy)
Unique Book: Narratives of Origins (Painting and caligraphy)
2021 – Leaving Lausanne and moving to Villars le Terroir
Unique Book: Distant Places - Americas (Painting and caligraphy)
Unique Book: Distant Places - Far East & South (Painting and caligraphy)
Unique Book: Distant Places - Europe (Painting and caligraphy)
2022-23 – Moving to Yverdon-les-Bains
Unique Book: Fabulas et Alia (Painting and caligraphy)
Graphic Novels:
Graphic Novel: Two Cats on the Road
Graphic Novel: Fair Winds
2024 – Moving to Biel/Bienne
Graphic Novel: Travels of John Smith
Exhibitions
1979
Montreal, Canada - Monk Bretton Gallery
Montreal, Canada - Galerie Francois-Xavier
1980
Montreal, Canada - Club des Arts
White Stone, Virginia, USA - Mustard Seed
1981
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA - 20th Century Gallery
1984
Lausanne, Switzerland - Galerie UNIP
1985
Lausanne, Switzerland - CHUV
Geneve, Switzerland - Palais des Nations
1986
Yverdon, Switzerland - Centre Thermal
1988
Lausanne, Switzerland - CET
Barcelonnette, France - Festival d'art contemporain
1989
Paris, France SAGA
Geneve, Switzerland - Walter Rentsch
Allaman, Switzerland - Caveau du Château
1990
Basel, Switzerland - Galerie Siegert
Lausanne, Switzerland - Galerie d'art contemporain britannique
Nuernberg, Germany - Kunstmesse ART 90
Basel, Switzerland - ART / Edition 1/90
Muenster, Germany - Galerie Hachmeister
Boston, USA Gallery - Rolly-Michaux
1991
Basel, Switzerland - Galerie Siegert
Nuernberg, Germany - Kunstmesse ART '91
Basel, Switzerland - ART / Edition 2/91
Muenster, Germany - Galerie Schnake
Boston, USA Gallery - Rolly-Michaux
1992
Nuernberg, Germany - Kunstmesse ART 92
Basel, Switzerland - Galerie Siegert
Basel, Switzerland - ART / Edition 3/92
Lausanne, Switzerland - Galerie Collis
Duesseldorf, Germany - ART MULTIPLE, Kunstmesse
Geneve, Switzerland - Galerie Stalder
1993
Davos, Switzerland - Kunstraum
Geneve, Switzerland - Galerie Stalder
Ovronnaz, Switzerland - Centre Thermal
Duesseldorf, Germany - ART MULTIPLE, Kunstmesse
Gent, Belgium - Lineart
1994
Zuerich, Switzerland - Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth
Stockholm, S - ART FAIR Sollentuna
Dresden, Germany - KunstMesse Dresden
Geneve, Switzerland - Galerie Stalder
Basel, Switzerland - Galerie Siegert
Granges, Switzerland - Galerie Contempo
Gent, Belgium - Lineart
Zuerich, Switzerland - Kunst 94
1995
Lausanne, Switzerland - Galerie Collis
Frankfurt, Germany - ART
Dresden, Germany - KUNSTMESSE DRESDEN
Geneve, Switzerland - Galerie Stalder
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