Tell us about yourself.

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My name is Gabrielle Graessle, I was born in Zürich, Switzerland. I studied at the art school ZHDK for 5 years and obtained a degree in graphic design. I had my first exhibitions while still studying art, at this time, mostly with drawings. Later on, at the beginning of 2000 my partner and I moved, first to France and later on to Spain. I left the art business, and we began to buy and renovate old houses and ruins in order to sell them later on. That became a passion and we loved life, moving around with our construction projects. During this time, diary-like drawings were created. In 2015 we settled down in Spain and I made the decision to work intensively again and to immerse myself in my own work.

My medium is painting, large format pictures, 180 x 130 cm. or 180 x 260.

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Where did your passion for art begin?

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My parents were both working in the drogerie parfumerie shop of my father. This gave me a lot of independence and freedom. At 3 my mother gave me my first pencils. Also in kindergarten I preferred to paint and not to play with the other girls or with the dolls. When I was about 4 or 5 my mother had a book about Paul Klee and I was fascinated to look at these simple pictures. At that moment I didn’t know that these drawings were from a well known artist. For me it was only funny to copy them. One I preferred more then the others- the picture’s name was The Forgetful Angel, Der Vergessliche Engel. But I loved all of them. I have still this book. Then I was very interested in comics, the ones with not too much text. I loved them more than the others. Later when I was a little bit older I loved a lot Matisse, for his colours, and his simplicity. Music was also very important at home. My father was a jazz fan and bought me a turntable when I was 7 years old. Music is still very important when I am working.