jaya schuerch

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Jaya`s studio in Pietrasanta is tucked up against the marble mountains, where she learned to carve marble and stone, and has made her life in Italy, Switzerland and USA.

Sculptures by jaya schuerch

Credentials

Biography

1958 - Born in Stana Barbara, California, USA
1972 - Move to Berne, Switzerland with family
1977 - Matura from the Kantonsschule Oerlikon in Zurich, Switzerland
1978/80 - Studies in Mechanical Enginnering at the Eidgenossische, Technische Hochschule in Zurich
1981 - Travels in Asia
1982/84 - Studies in Batany, Biology and Art at Santa Barbara City College
1984/86 - Artist assistant in Ira Ono and Be Jones in Volcano, Hawaii
1986 - Apprenticeship in sculpture restoration at Cloverleaf Studios in Santa Barbara
1988 - Return to Italy, full time occupation as artist
2001 - Foundation of personal art studio, Studio Pescarella in Pietrasanta

Public Works

Since 1998, I have been showing internationally in personal and group shows, in public collections in USA, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, Taiwan, China and Africa.

Teaching Experience
1996 - Stone Carving Master Class at Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, USA 1998 - Stone Carving Master Class at Idyllwild Arts 2000 - Stone Carving Master Class at Idyllwild Arts 2002 - Marc Adams School, Indiana, USA 2002 - Stone Carving Master Class at Idyllwild Arts 2008 - Stone Carving Course, Ballenberg, Bern, Switzerland
Public Acquisitions
Since 1998, I have been showing internationally in personal and group shows, in private collections in the USA, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, Taiwan, China and Africa. SELECTED PUBLIC, MUSEUM AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS City of Vorno, Italy City of Gap, France City of Teulada, Sardinia, Italy Yuzi Paradise Park, Guilin, China Sculpture Park at Ben Amira, Mauritania Laongo Sculpture Park, Burkina Faso Chianti Sculpture Park, Italy www.chiantisculpturepark.it Eyemann Sculpture Garden, Idyllwild Arts, California, USA Vogtei in Herrliberg, Zürich, Switzerland Sterns and Fisher Investment Co., Los Angeles, USA HypoSwiss Bank, Switzerland DuchampsArt Co. LTD, Taiwan East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration, Hualien County, Taiwan Seolbong Park, Icheon, South Korea Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, New Hampshire, USA Mosan Museum, Boryeong, South Korea Monterrey, Mexico Alamazan, Spain San Nazzaro, Switzerland Monte Tamaro, Switzerland www.montetamaro.ch Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta, Italy Mount Barker, Australia
Symposiums
SYMPOSIA 1992 - 1st International Sculpture Symposium in Vorno, Italy 1993 - International Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Gap, France 1996 - 9th International Sculpture Symposium in Teulada, Sardinia, Italy 1998 - 5th International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Yuzi Paradise Park, Guilin, China 1999 - Woodcarving Symposium on the Rigi, Switzerland 2000 - International Granite Sculpture Symposium, Ben Amira, Mauritania 2000 - Woodcarving Symposium on the Uetliberg for the Mädchenhaus, Zürich, Switzerland 2001 - 5. International Granite Sculpture Symposium, Laongo, Burkina Faso 2003 - 5. International Sculpture Symposium in Hualien, Taiwan 2005 - 8. International Symposium in Icheon, South Korea 2005 - Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, New Hampshire, USA 2006 - International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Mosan Museum, Boryeong, South Korea 2007 - SIEMM International Marble Sculpture Symposium, Monterrey, Mexico 2008 - Almazan International Sculpture Symposium, Spain 2012 - Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium, Australia