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Marc Raymond is a Swiss sculptor born on November 8, 1968 in Martigny.

He uses a traditional assembly technique of wood, to create abstract and bare sculptures. His works in wood and painted plywood, as well as his works on paper, have been exhibited in galleries and cultural centres in Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, Portugal and Greece, during personal and collective exhibitions.

Marc Raymond lives and works in Lisbon.

Biography
Marc Raymond was born on November 8, 1968 in Martigny, in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. He grew up in Saillon, in the same canton.

After his schooling, he trained as a carpenter-cabinetmaker, then studied at the Brienz School of Sculpture (Schule für Holzbildhauerei). After obtaining his diploma as a sculptor, Marc Raymond opened his own studio in Saillon in 1996. He works mainly in wood, but also in stone, bronze and concrete. Human-centered and figurative at the beginning of his career, his sculptures become more raw, massive and simple over the years.

In 2001, the artist received the 3rd prize from the jury at the International Sculpture Symposium in Morges, Switzerland with the sculpture Homme à la grande main.

He was commissioned by the municipality of Saillon in 2002 for the creation of a sculpture in the public space, La Ronde. This work, composed of seven 6,5 ft hight figurative sculptures, is made of bronze, and pays homage to the inhabitants of the village of Saillon. The same year, Marc Raymond won first prize, with implementation mandate for the creation of a marble sculpture for the Saillon School Center. Representing a group of children, this sculpture prefigures, through its very refined forms and the material left raw, the evolution of the artist's work towards abstraction.

In 2004, he exhibited human figures, carved from wood with an ax or chainsaws, as well as a series of concrete sculptures at the Galerie Grande-Fontaine in Sion, Switzerland. In 2005, while Marc Raymond lives and works in Madrid, he stops figuration to devote himself entirely to abstract art. It develops a new technique by constructing his sculptures with wood assemblies rather than sculpting by subtraction in the material.

The Découpages series, an assembly of paper surfaces without color or glue, was created in 2007. These decoupages in two dimensions will lead to the creation of the series of sculptures Interfaces from 2008 to 2010. These sculptures are made of construction plywood assembled and painted in bright colours. The coherence of the works is found in the balance, imbalance and internal tensions. The sculptures are placed on the ground, on bases or inclined against the wall11, 12, 13. The exhibition Interfaces was presented in the Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Canada in 2009, at the Mont-Exhibition Center Laurier, Quebec, Canada in 2010, at the Maison des Arts et de la Culture in Brompton, Quebec, Canada in 2011 13,14 as well as at the Centre des Art Léo-Ayotte in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada in 2008. It was also exhibited in the Athens Art Gallery in Athens, Greece in 2014, with a text by Swiss curator Benoît Antille.12, 15

In 2013, the artist created the first sculpture Bout à bout series, with Rouge n.1. It is exhibited in the garden of the residence of the Swiss Ambassador in Athens and then at the Athens Art Gallery in 2014. This series is made of raw construction wood assembled will continue over the years to come.15, 12 The artist exhibits again in 2017 at the Galerie Grande-Fontaine in Switzerland fir and larch boards, common building materials in Switzerland, his sculptures become more massive. The raw material and the assemblages can be seen, while certain parts of the sculptures are painted.17, 18

In 2019, his solo exhibition Éloge à la Main took place at the Athens Art Gallery in Greece, with a text by independent curator and art critic Maria Xypolopoulou for the catalog. Alongside his sculptures which tend more and more towards simplicity, he exhibits the continuation of the Bout à Bout series with the sculptures Construction 1, 2 and 3 as well as twenty decoupages on paper forming a set of 7 × 7 ft 2, 19.

Marc Raymond lives and works in Lisbon.

Solo and duo exhibitions

 * 2019: ÉLOGE À LA MAIN, Athens Art Gallery, text from Maria Xypolopoulou, Athens, Greece.
 * 2017: Grande Fontaine Gallery, with Martine Rouiller, Sion, Switzerland.
 * 2014: Athens Art Gallery, text from Benoît Antille, Athens, Greece.
 * R013266.jpg: Park of the Swiss Ambassador’s residence, Athens, Greece.
 * 2011: House of Arts and Culture of Brompton, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
 * 2010: INTERFACES, Centre d’Exposition, Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada.
 * 2009: Cube Gallery, with Mary Wong, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2009: Park of the Swiss Ambassador’s residence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2009: INTERFACES, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2008: ASSEMBLAGE, Art Centre Léo-Ayotte, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada.
 * 2008: Alliance Française Gallery, with Ingo Hessel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2008: CONSTRUCTIONS, Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2005: Venthône Château Gallery, with Isabelle Fontannaz, Switzerland.
 * 2003: Grande Fontaine Gallery, with Gilles Sherlé, Sion, Switzerland.
 * 1999: Treille Gallery, with Paula Gaillard, Sion, Switzerland.

Selected group exhibitions

 * 2024: Exhibition IN&OUT, Espace Sohome, Lisbon, Portugal.
 * 2023: 50th YEARS OF VISARTE VALAIS, Manoir de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland.
 * 2018: Artothèque from Canton du Valais, Sion, Switzerland.
 * 2015: Summer Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
 * 2014: ART ATHINA, with the Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
 * 2013: 40 ANS DE VISARTE VALAIS, Manoir de la ville de Martigny, Switzerland.
 * 2007: RED, Cube GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
 * 2006: RETROSPECTIVE ARTISTS FROM THE GALLERY, Grande Fontaine Gallery, Sion, Switzerland.
 * 2003: Leewasser Gallery, Brunnen, Switzerland.
 * 2002: REPUBLIKA, Open Air Art Exhibitions, Gersau, Switzerland.

Awards

 * 2024: Swiss Dictionary of Art of the Swiss Institute for the Study of Art (SIKART).
 * 2016: Athens Academy Award for the Book Athens NATIONAL GARDEN, Nikolaos Tambakis and Elissabet Bargianni, Photographies from Marc Raymond.
 * 2009: Fellowship VISARTE, Visual Arts Association, Switzerland.
 * 2002: 1rst price for sculpture project for Elementary School, realization in 2003, Saillon, Switzerland.
 * 2001: 3rd price of the Jury, International Sculpture Symposium, Morges, Switzerland.
 * 1998: 1rst price, Art Sierre, Sierre, Switzerland

Publications

 * Book "JARDIN NATIONAL" from Nikolaos Tambakis and Elissabet Bargianni, photographies from Marc Raymond, ISBN-13: 9786188257306, Athens, Greece, 2016.
 * Exhibition catalogue, "40 ANS VISARTE VALAIS", Mads Olesen, Jacques Cordonier, Heinrich Gartentor, Josette Taramarcaz, Floriane Tissières, Véronique Ribordy, Anne Jean-Richard Largey, Art-Ray Editions, Manoir de Martigny, Switzerland, 2013.
 * International Contemporary Artists, Eve Lemonidou, First Edition, ISBN-13: 978-9609322980, New York City, USA, October 2010.