David Weishaar is a painter born in 1987 in Hagueneau (fr) who lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg (2009) and the ECAL–Ecole Cantonale d’Arts et de Design de Lausanne (2013). Favouring the portrait genre as his main means of expression, David Weishaar chooses his models from among people with whom he has a strong relationship, either of friendship or of admiration for their activism or commitment. In short, it is a matter of group, of entourage, of chosen family. So he takes his characters into nocturnal worlds referenced from fantasy, mainstream, vampire or witch stories. These dreamlike and symbolic environments are conducive to the exploration of bodies, genders and desires. Through his pictorial work, David Weishaar attempts to deconstruct and make visible the relationship to plural identities. His work has already been shown in numerous exhibitions abroad, in galleries and institutions, including “Peintres, Une exploration de la peinture contemporaine in French-speaking Switzerland” at the Centre d’Art Contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland, 2023). In autumn 2022, David Weishaar was featured on the cover of “T”, Le Temps magazine, which devoted a portfolio to him. In March 2023, David Weishaar presented his first solo show in France at DS Galerie, “La griffe leur apporta une fleur” and had a solo exhibition at Material fair in Mexico City in 2024 with DS Galerie.