WES 21 /

REM0

LIENHARD 

CONTACT:

 

r.lienhard@schwarzmaler.ch


CV

WES 21 / REMO LIENHARD

 

1989               Born in Bern, Switzerland

1995 – 2007   Primary & Secondary School in Biel

2007 – 2010   School of Art & Design / SfGB-B, Switzerland

since 2008      Independent Artist 

                       Co-founder of SCHWARZMALER


ABOUT

After the School of Art & Design in Biel, WES 21 dedicates himself to contemporary art and works as a freelance artist. In recent decades, he established himself as a respected protagonist of a subculture-movement that artfully affects your immediate environment and actively shapes our present. From house-sized murals to oil painting, illustration to sculpture, he serves a diverse spectrum of art forms and skillfully and innovatively transforms masterful techniques into the future. His work enjoys an international reputation and has been exhibited in prestigious galleries and renowned art fairs around the world.

 



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2024 _ PERMANENT EXHIBITION | WES 21 Gallery, private showroom in Biel, Switzerland

2022 _ PARALLEL UNIVERSE | SOON Gallery Zurich, Switzerland

2019 _ THE MISSING LINK | SOON Gallery Bern, Switzerland

2017 _ WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE | SOON Gallery Zurich, Switzerland

2016 _ METAPHYSICS | Whitewalls Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2015 _ OUTSIDE THE BOX | SOON Gallery Zurich, Switzerland

2013 _ HUNGRY EYES | SOON Gallery Bern, Switzerland

2012 _ APPETITE | SOON Gallery Zurich, Switzerland 

2008 _ INTERMEZZO | Gallerie Quellgasse 3, Biel, Switzerland 

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 _ COIN OF THE YEAR | WES 21 with Swissmint | Nomination for 'coin of the year 2022', Pittsburg, USA

2022 _ COUPOLE BLEIBT | Art exhibition, Coupole AJZ | Biel, Switzerland

2021 _ FLAIR | Outdoor exhibition | Biel, Switzerland

2019 _ SCHWARZMALER EXPO | Schule für Gestaltung | Bern, Switzerland

2019 _ PEACE OF MIND | Next Street Gallery | Paris, France

2018 _ ON THE MOVE | Kirk Gallery | Aalborg, Denmark

2017 _ URBAN NATION MUSEUM  | Permanent collection | Museum of urban contemporary art, Berlin, Germany

2017 _ URBAN NATION MUSEUM | Pre-opening exhibition | Museum of urban contemporary art, Berlin, Germany

2016 _ ARTMOSSPHERE BIENNALE MOSCOW | Curated by Urban Nation | Moscow, Russia

2016 _ POW! WOW! | Honolulu Museum Art School | Curated by Thinkspace Gallery | Hawai’i, USA

2015 _ BROTHERHOOD | Jonathan Levine Gallery | Curated by Yasha Young | New York City, USA

2015 _ IMPACT | 1975 Gallery, Rochester | Curated by Urban Nation | New York, USA 

2015 _ URBAN SPACE | Kirk Gallery | Aalborg, Denmark

2015 _ JUNGKUNST CONTAINER MUSEUM | Winterthur, Switzerland

2015 _ NEW LANDSCAPES | SOON Gallery | Bern, Switzerland

2014 _ GROUP SHOW | Art Whino Gallery | Washington DC, USA

2013 _ OPENING EXHIBITION | SOON Gallery, Bern, Switzerland

2012 _ VERYCONTEMPORARAY 12 | Culture Center PROGR, Bern, Switzerland

2012 _ RENAISSANCE NOW! | Chimera-Project Space, Budapest, Hungary

2011 _ ARTYOU | Basel, Switzerland

2011 _ VERYCONTEMPORARY 11 | Culture center PROGR, Bern, Switzerland

2010 _ SWISS URBAN SALON | Budapest, Hungary

2010 _ JUNGKUNST | Winterthur, Switzerland

2010 _ SCHWARZMALER | INCIDENT IN BUDAPEST | TeleP, Budapest, Hungary

2008 _ ARTIG | Basel, Switzerland 

 

MuralS / KUNST AM BAU

2024 _ POWER PLANT | WES 21 | Nuklearinspektorat / SVTI | Zurich, Switzerland

2022 _ UNITY IS KEYWES 21 | Le Locle, Switzerland

2020 _ AAREWES 21 | Kursaal Bern, Switzerland

2019 _ OFFWES 21 | Primarschule Orpund | Biel, Switzerland

2018 _ BERLIN MURAL FEST | Herakut x WES 21 x Onur | Presented by Urban Nation | Berlin, Germany 

2016 _ ICELAND AIRWAVES | WES 21 x Onur | Curated by Urban Nation  | Reykjavîk, Iceland

2016 _ DEPTHS | Kkade x WES 21 x Onur | Curated by The Trace Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland

2015 _ ART BASEL MIAMI | WES 21 x Onur | „Sea Walls“ By Pangea Seed x Urban Nation | Miami, USA

2015 ONE WALL PROJECT | WES 21 x Onur | Presented by Urban Nation | Berlin, Germany 

2015 _ WALLTHERAPY WES 21 x Onur | Presented by Urban Nation | Rochester, New York, USA

2015 _ OUT IN THE OPEN  WES 21 x Onur | Presented by Kirk Gallery | Aalborg, Denmark 

2015 _ AAC | Arhuus Art Convention | WES 21 x Kkade x Semor | Arhuus, Denmark

2014 _ RICHMOND MURAL PROJECT | WES 21 x Onur | Richmond, USA

2014 URBAN NATION GALLERY | WES 21 x Onur | Berlin, Germany

2013 _ ELEMENTI SOTTERRANEI | WES 21 x Onur x Kkade x Semor | Gemoa del Friuli, Italy

2013 _ LAC| Laboratorio Actividades Criativas | WES 21 x Onur | Lagos, Portugal

2013 _ SAVE 5 POINTZ | WES 21 x Onur x Kkade x Semor | New York City, USA

2007 AARGAUER KUNSTHAUS | WES 21 mural for 'Haus am Gern' | Aarau, Switzerland