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Gerhard Petzl Sculptures & Fine Art

About

Artist Gerhard Petzl

Gerhard Petzl

Born 1973, in Graz, Austria

Lives & works in Vevey, Switzerland and Kalsdorf/Graz, Austria.

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A visual artist who works with bronze, stone, wood, mixed media, chocolate and does not limit himself to any medium, technique and shape. The exploration is the journey, which brings him into unexplored areas and self-discoveries. He sails between 2D-visuals the classical way of drawings on paper or digital, 3D-sculptures and ends up often even in the field of Science.

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Artist statement 

I am following an inner urge to explore and understand myself. It's like a flow of thoughts that manifests in a sculpture, drawing, or even a photographed arrangement of objects. Sometimes I revisit unfinished sculptures I began decades ago, only now realising what they needed to be complete. My artistic and personal growth are intertwined, guiding the process over time. With over 30 years in both the creative industries of food and chocolate (on the highest possible level globally for a Corporation or self-employed), as well as creating abstract sculptures in different media and techniques, my brain is trained to create and deliver.
I work with materials like bronze, aluminum, wood, resin, and even chocolate, as I am known internationally as a chocolate artist. My sculptures, whether chaotic or refined, are thoughtfully composed to achieve harmony.
My works, like the “Planet series,” are detailed and scientific chocolate experiments of macrophotography visuals.
As my artistic approach also focuses on sustainable life-cycle processes I often use recycled materials like seen in the "Mask series" where onion husks, mandarin peels, fin needles, found plastic pieces, power cables and others are used and allowing the artworks to reveal themself in a completely different context than the original use - instead of ending up as waste, they are now preserved and transformed into valuable and unique artworks. 

Exhibitions

2025 Galerium Art (Online), I see U, Planet 3, Toronto, CAN 2025 Castello gallery, Whispered Realms: Hidden spaces & Beings, Fragile egg shells masks, Venice, Italy 2024 ExhibiZone, The sky above (Exhibition & promotion), CAN 2024 Contemporary art curator - Parallel world (Online Portrait), Spain 2024 Exhibizone - Emptiness 2024 (3rd Annual Exhibition and Promotion), Ont, CAN 2023 Andakulova Gallery, Lung lobster, Dubai, UAE 2023 Nicoletta gallery, Anthill mouse, Berlin, Germany 2023 Thomson gallery, Mandala sculpture, Zug, Switzerland 2023 Andie art gallery, Fake Ruby, Athens, Greece 2023 Casa del arte gallery, Grass lion, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2023 SwissART Expo, Mandala green, Zurich, Switzerland 2023 Cipriarte Venezia Gallery , Terbacil quattro, Venice, Italy 2023 ArtEXPO Basel, Taddli, Switzerland 2023 Finity Gallery Berlin, Light tie, Berlin, Germany 2023 Strata II, Layered reality (Verum Ultimum), Layered chocolate, Santa Fe, USA 2023 Red Bluff Art Gallery - Furry friends, Egyptian temple cat, USA 2023 AVE22 MetaGallery - ALIVE exhibition, Two planets GIF, Metaverse 2023 Figures or Faces - Las Laguna Art Gallery, Odessa, CA, USA 2023 Core ART space - Rose Colored Glasses, Tulips happiness, Colorado, USA 2023 The Holy ART - DRIFT exhibition, Spider-mirrored world Edition, Athens, Greece 2023 Influx gallery - The Endless exhibition, Pink lung lobster, London, UK

Education

2003 - 2005 Masterclasses of Art & Design - sculpturing (with Diploma)  HTBLVA Ortweinschule, Graz, Austria 2002 - Entrepreneur's exam (Chamber of Commerce, Graz, Austria) 1994 - Master's degree in Pastries and Confectionery (Chamber of Commerce, St. Pölten, Austria)  Nude painting classes - University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

​Accolades

​​Received 8 gold medals in international competitions and over 21 awards on 4 continents.

 

​​16 x on TV (9 x Germany, 3 x Austria, UK, Poland, Australia, China)

250+ publications in magazines and Newspapers 

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