Youri Messen-Jaschin (1981) by Erling Mandelmann

Youri Messen-Jaschin is an artist of Latvian origin, born in

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, Switzerland, in 1941. He often combines oils and gouaches. His favourite colors are: strong reds, yellows, greens, and blue. He also works in

body painting Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or "h ...

, exhibiting his works in nightclubs. He created three stamps in optical art for

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, in 2010.,

Biography

Between 1958 and 1962 Youri Messen-Jaschin studied

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at the

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(student of Robert Cami) and

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at the

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(student of

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), both in

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. Between 1962 and 1965, he attended the

École cantonale d'art de Lausanne The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) is a university of art and design located in the Renens suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1821 and is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerla ...

. He worked with engraver and painter Ernest Pizzotti. He exposed his kinetic glass and acrylic sculptures in Lausanne in 1964. He worked two years at the Center of Contemporary Engraving in

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and then in

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, where he collaborated with the painter Friederich Kuhn. Between 1968 and 1970, he studied at the School of Design and Crafts in Göteborg, where he researched textile kinetic objects. There, through his discussions with artists

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and Julio Le Parc, he became increasingly interested in by

Op art Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op artworks are abstract, with many better-known pieces created in black and white. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images ...

and decided to devote all his research to Kinetic art. He started to increasingly integrate movement and geometric shapes in his textiles and oil paintings. In 1968, he received the first prize for Swiss contemporary engraving art as well as a scholarship from the Swedish government. In 1970, he worked in

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, collaborating with North German artists on monumental projects, and created a kinetic sculpture for

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in Eichstetten, Germany. Youri Messen-Jaschin traveled in South America, where he was able to discuss architecture – which plays an important role in his work – and its relations to his own research on movement with architects and artists like

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and

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, and

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. In 1984 in

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, he staged theatre and choreography of his own works at the Ateneo, the

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Foundation, the Asociación Cultural Humboldt (

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), and at the

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. After a stay of several months in New York, he returned to Switzerland in 1971, where he took up residence in

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, where he lived for eleven years. During his stay, he frequently exhibited at the

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and other local museums. He currently lives in

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, Switzerland. He participated in many international exhibitions. His works are in private collections, in national and international museums.

Gallery

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Exhibitions

* 201
Youri Messen-Jaschin: Op Art, Galerie du Château, Renens, Switzerland
* 201
POPA Museum
, Exhibition Youri Messen-Jaschin Op Art , April 20-May 21 , Porrentruy, Switzerland * 2019 Youri Messen-Jaschin , Galerie du Château, Renens, Switzerland , March 15-April 7, 2019

Books and magazines

* 2000 Premio Internazionale di scultura "Terzo millenio" Terra Moretti Editor Fiorenza Mursia/

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/Italy * 201
Guide Contemporain, volume III
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Fondation Lémanique pour l'Art Contemporain
* 202
Youri Messen-Jaschin, an artist who plays with your brain
''Swiss Review'', The magazine for the Swiss Abroad, p. 10-11.

Awards

* USA Award Artavita , 30th international Art Contest , Certificate of excellence , 2019 * USA , Artist of the year award
Award for Wormhole
(screen printing) , Foundation for the Art , 2019 * USA ,

, Merit Award for Excellent Artwork , Feb. 2019

Encyclopedic

* 1987 to 1992 Who's and Who international art * 1981 Institut Suisse pour l'étude de l'art, Dictionnaire des artistes suisses contemporains (Swiss institute for the study of

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

, Dictionary of the contemporary Swiss artists) * 1970–1980, 1980–1990, 1990–2000 Editor Huber Frauenfeld-

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/Switzerland/Germany * 1999 Dictionnaire biographique de l'art Suisse, Répertoire des artistes suisses/ Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art Zurich & Lausanne (Biographical dictionary of Swiss art, Repertory of the Swiss artists/Swiss Institute for the study of art Zurich & Lausanne) Editor Neue Zürcher Zeitung/Zurich/Switzerland * 1990–2008 QUID Editor Robert Laffont Paris/France * 2008 Visarte Vaud – 152 creative personalities , Editor League of visual artists and architects Lausanne Switzerland.

Theater

* 1982 «PSICOTRONICÓ» Caracas;

; * 1983 «AH! AH! BARROCO» Caracas * 1983 «LA TORTA QUE CAMINA» Caracas;

;

; * 1964 «EMBRYO»

;

;

References

External links

Youri Messen-Jaschin , Neurosciences meet Op Art , University Viseu, Portugal

Brain project News: 1 March 2017 , Association Brain project 1 , Lausanne

Youri Messen-Jaschin , Weaving , 1960 - 1981

Youri Messen-Jaschin , Painting - Screen printing , 1960-2016
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