Lives & Works: Basel, CH
Education: MA Contemporary Arts Practice, Hochschule der Künste Bern (CH); BA in Visual Arts, Haute École d’Art et de Design Genève (CH); BA in Fine Arts, Hochschule Kunst und Design Luzern (CH); Foundation Class Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Alfter Bonn (Germany); Studies in Political Science, Universität Bern (CH); Università di Bologna (Italy)
“As an artist, I have an inner yearning to gain new insights. This implies the non-understanding and non-recognition of the world: At first sight, I can’t recognize the process; I can see connections often only with distance. My process is a relationship with time and geography which I compare to a zoom lens, navigating from the macro structure then zooming out to reach the micro view”.
Gassmann creates process-oriented paintings, objects and installations which operate on similar principles as when shapes, colours, and materials interact with each other. Her works can be related to poems or music covering a wide range of sounds from “subtle, loud and disturbing dissonances to reflective moods and daytime light situations.”