Biography

I paint the things I don't know, because the things I know I don't have to paint. Of course, I always fail. Then I start digging until I feel innocent. It's very simple: I paint how I am.

Martin Zimmermann, 1983
Martin Zimmermann

Born 1952 in Bern. Apprenticeship as typesetter and layouter. Studies at the Zurich Academy of Fine Arts. Extended stays in Cambridge (UK) and Princeton, New Jersey (USA). Lives in Geneva.