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David Weishaar

Lives and works in Lausanne, CH
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French painter based in Lausanne/Switzerland, I began my studies in art history and in visual arts at the University of Strasbourg. I later continued my training in visual arts at ECAL, the University of Art and Design in Lausanne (2013).

My approach to painting is deeply rooted in a transhistorical exploration, where the past enters into dialogue with the present, and where historical images are reactivated through a contemporary lens.

Fascinated by the way historical iconography shapes our representations of bodies and identities, my work draws on references that span centuries: medieval illuminations, Romanticism, nineteenth-century Gothic, as well as contemporary queer visual culture.

These influences intersect in a painting that plays with tensions between visibility and erasure, flesh and specter.

My painting explores shadow zones where bodies, narratives and eras overlap. I invoke a reinvented Gothic, not as a nostalgic or decorative aesthetic, but as a living language capable of…

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Exhibitions featuring David Weishaar. Includes exhibitions where David Weishaar is a primary artist (the billed artist(s) used to classify the show as solo, two-person, or group) or a secondary artist (work shown to provide context).
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Jun 12, 2026 — Aug 15, 2026
flatmarkus•Zentralstrasse 76b, 8003 Zürich, Schweiz
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May 06, 2025 — Jun 10, 2025
DSC Gallery•Dlouhá 923/5, Staré MÄ›sto, 110 00 Praha, ÄŒesko
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Portrait of David Weishaar
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ARTIST

David Weishaar

Lives and works in Lausanne, CH
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French painter based in Lausanne/Switzerland, I began my studies in art history and in visual arts at the University of Strasbourg. I later continued my training in visual arts at ECAL, the University of Art and Design in Lausanne (2013).

My approach to painting is deeply rooted in a transhistorical exploration, where the past enters into dialogue with the present, and where historical images are reactivated through a contemporary lens.

Fascinated by the way historical iconography shapes our representations of bodies and identities, my work draws on references that span centuries: medieval illuminations, Romanticism, nineteenth-century Gothic, as well as contemporary queer visual culture.

These influences intersect in a painting that plays with tensions between visibility and erasure, flesh and specter.

My painting explores shadow zones where bodies, narratives and eras overlap. I invoke a reinvented Gothic, not as a nostalgic or decorative aesthetic, but as a living language capable of…

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Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring David Weishaar. Includes exhibitions where David Weishaar is a primary artist (the billed artist(s) used to classify the show as solo, two-person, or group) or a secondary artist (work shown to provide context).
No exhibitions curated by David Weishaar are listed in our catalog.
No exhibitions with text contributions by David Weishaar are listed in our catalog.
View exhibition
Jun 12, 2026 — Aug 15, 2026
flatmarkus•Zentralstrasse 76b, 8003 Zürich, Schweiz
View exhibition
May 06, 2025 — Jun 10, 2025
DSC Gallery•Dlouhá 923/5, Staré MÄ›sto, 110 00 Praha, ÄŒesko
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David Weishaar’s Observations
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David Weishaar’s Observations
Oct 09, 2026
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