Markus Zürcher

[1][2] Zürcher completed his initial training as Schaufensterdekorateuer in St. Gallen, after which he shifted his residence to Bern.

Subsequently, he attended free art courses and worked as stage designer.

Sonderborg, then at the Gesamthochschule Kassel, studying sculpture and painting with Eberhard Fiebig, which he finished in 1983 with a diploma.

With linear and minimalist works, he was considered an important representative of the concept art, influenced by Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Meret Oppenheim and Robert Filliou.

His early work revealed a pronounced radicalism in dealing with minimal shapes; the use of color was largely avoided.