Born in 1973, lives and works in Lausanne (Switzerland).
If Loïc Martin's work seems in reaction, his plastic expression finds its source in the intimate. The origin of his themes stems from a confrontation with his family heritage. Great grandson of the painter Rodolphe Théophile Bosshard, the painter's work was just as a freedom to see but also a heritage carried as a constraint crystallising the foundations of his works.
Using different media such as sculpture, photography and painting, his work revolves around our humanity, the reading of our modes of expression and the powers erected as justifications of existence. Seduction, sex, money, violence, technology and death collide in his works.
Using representation and references to clear symbols in the same way as Pop Art, the artist seeks to create a sense of collision or echo between these visual injunctions through his play on superimpositions.
Following studies in art and set design in Italy, over the past 20 years he has developed a body of work mainly exhibited in Switzerland, and that is partially represented in variate private collections.
EDUCATION
-2000-2006 Master in set design, Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome (IT).
-1997-2000 High school diploma of Fine Art, Liceo Artistico, Venice (IT).
PRACTICES AROUND
-2017-2018 One year trip (Asia and South America).
-2011- As art teacher at the EDT and CEPV schools (CH).
-2002-2011 As a theater, film and museum set designer (IT, CH, FR).