Represented artist
Born
1987, France
David Weishaar
Works and lives
Lausanne
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.
“Est-ce celui-ci d’escargot qui renaît ou bien un autre”
22.05 — 13.07.2024
Group show
Material Art Fair, Solo show
08.02.24 — 11.02.2024
Fair
“La griffe leur apporta une fleur”
23.03 — 06.05.2023
Solo show
Group show, Marian Cramer Project, Amsterdam
“AFFECTION”, Curated by Thomas Oosterhof
20.04 – 15.06.2024
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Group show, Flat Markus, Zurich
“Undisclosed Sensibilities”
26.04 – 31.05.2024
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“MONSTERS”,
A multimedia installation by Valerie Reding in collaboration with David Weishaar, Lou Drago & Tyler Holmes
08 – 29.02.2024
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Fair, Artgenève 2024, Genève
“Chemically Induced Magic Unfolds”, Solo show with the Gallery Mighela Shama
25 – 28.01.2024
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Group show, EDJI Gallery, Bruxelles
“Pride Unprejudiced”,
21.06 – 23.07.2023
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Group show, Cabane B, Berne
“Invitation 4, Emergence”,
01.06 – 24.06.2023
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Group show, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains
“Peintres, Une exploration de la peinture contemporaine en Suisse romande”,
27.05 – 27.08.2023
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Kaltblut Magazine, 2023
The Darkness Is For Living Together , digital painting by David Weishaar
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Group show, 169 Gallery, New York
“Who Is Your Master?”, curated by Wold Hill
13.03 – 29.04.2023
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Group show, Taymour Grahne Projects, London
“QUEER INTIMACY”,
21.03 – 26.03.2023
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T, Le Temps Magazine, 2022
David Weishaar, Songes éclairés
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Curriculum Vitae
David Weishaar-CV.pdf
Portfolio