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Christiane Margraitner, <\/b>3 February 1956, nationality : Swiss\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Education in Switzerland :<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n 1975 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Matura (Type B : Latin, English in Biel\/Bienne<\/span><\/p>\n 1977 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Primary school teaching certificate from the Canton of Bern<\/span><\/p>\n 1980 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Diploma from the Werkseminar Kunstgewerbeschule \/ School of Fine Arts in\u00a0 <\/span>Zurich\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1982\u201384 \u00a0 <\/span>Acting training at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Populaire Romand in\u00a0<\/span>La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Born in 1956 in Biel, Christiane Margraitner is an actress, drama teacher and director who lives in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, since 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n Alongside her career as an actress, she taught art at a secondary school for four years, from 2004 to 2008, and has continued to paint ever since her teenage years.<\/span><\/p>\n Between the ages of 16 and 20, she attended expressive painting workshops in the style of Arno Stern, led by Luc Monnier.<\/span><\/p>\n For many years, she was involved in training teachers in the fields of visual arts and theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n Between 1982 and 2026, she appeared in around ninety productions, directed numerous professional and amateur productions, and works regularly as a speakerin.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2007, during a stay in Cairo on the island of Qursayah, she created a series of collages using items collected during her walks.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2026, she was awarded a six-month artist residency, from early February to late July, in Cairo, and a grant, provided by the City of La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Swiss Conference of Cities for Culture (CVC\/SKK).<\/span><\/p>\n She produced around a hundred collages on 15cm x 15cm paper using items found on the ground. A sort of logbook.<\/span><\/p>\n Her concept: to use items of little value\u2014mostly rubbish\u2014to give them a new lease of life, enhancing them in small, spontaneous compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n At the same time, she creates larger-format abstract compositions on canvas using earth, sand and objects found in Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n Her graduation project at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich involved building a portable gas-fired ceramic kiln!! Her love for working with clay was already very evident; she devoted a great deal of time to modelling.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”Verdana||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”1.5em” min_height=”357px” custom_margin=”26px||27px|||”]<\/p>\n Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2009 \u00a0 ‘<\/span>Cairotiques\u2019 Impressions\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Group exhibition following a trip to Cairo . With \u00a0Roman Br\u00e4ndli (photography), <\/span>Jean-Luc Marchina (video), <\/span>Thomas Steiger (soundtrack) and Christiane Margraitner (painting) at the ABC Cultural Centre in La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n 2015\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRacines\u201d <\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Exhibition with her sister, Isabelle Hofer- Margraitner at \u00abJoli mois de mai\u00bb <\/i>in Biel<\/span><\/p>\n 2019<\/b> \u00a0 <\/span>Group exhibition in Sarah Favre-Bulle\u2019s ceramics studio . <\/b>With Sarah Favre-Bulle (ceramics), Marisa L\u00e9a (textiles), Christiane Margraitner (painting) in Neuch\u00e2tel<\/span><\/p>\n 2020 <\/b>and 2021 \u00a0Bon Pied Bon Art Open Day<\/b> in the studio of and with Nicole Gr\u00e9dy \u00a0<\/b>in La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n 2022 \u00a0 <\/span>Les Th\u00e9s du March\u00e9<\/b> \u00a0 <\/span>at Anouk Santschi\u2019s from 15 February to 15 September\u00a0<\/span>in La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n 2023 \u00a0 <\/span>Alterrapy\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>at C\u00e9lestin Jobin\u2019 \u00a0<\/span>from 30 March to 17 August \u00a0<\/span>in La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n 2024 \u00a0 <\/span>Galerie di Maillart<\/b> 9 February to 23 March in Le Landeron<\/span><\/p>\n 2024 \/ 25 \u00a0Les Th\u00e9s du March\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/b> \u00a0<\/span>at Anouk Santschi\u2019s from 3 October 2024 to 30 March 2025\u00a0<\/span>in La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.thomisteiger.ch\/index.php\/christiane-margraitner\/” button_text=”Back” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”26px” button_text_color=”#b3b3b3″ button_bg_color=”#5c5c5c” button_border_width=”5px” button_border_color=”#242424″ button_border_radius=”12px” button_letter_spacing=”14px” hover_enabled=”0″ button_text_shadow_style=”preset5″ button_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.09em” button_text_shadow_color=”#000000″ 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