Lecturers

Born in 1954. Third-generation sculptor. Studied art education, art therapy and cultur management. Co-owner and Co-Director (President) of the Scuola di Scultura di Peccia.

Studied art education, art therapy and cultur management. Co-owner and Co-Director (Management) of the Scuola di Scultura di Peccia.

Since completing her Master's degree in Art Education with a specialisation in "Exhibiting and Mediating" — now Curatorial Studies — at Zurich University of the Arts in 2017, Antonella Barone has been committed to promoting, increasing the visibility of and establishing a sustainable position for contemporary artists from Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

In 2018, she co-curated JKON (Jungkunst Olten), among other projects. In 2019, together with Tanja Breu, she founded the curatorial collective baronebreu, which provides a platform particularly for performative, installation-based and process-oriented artistic practices. From 2023 to 2024, Barone co-curated the kunstkasten in Winterthur with Tanja Breu, and since 2025 she has held sole responsibility for its curatorial direction.

Studied art history, folklore and medieval history at the University of Basel. Doctorate in 1990. Has been a lecturer at the Scuola di Scultura since 2003.

Sculptor/calligrapher. Born in 1949. Lucerne School of Design. Trained as a sculptor. Tutor at the Scuola di Scultura since 1998.

Curator, art critic, creativity researcher

Born in 1954, Hubert Bienek lives and works today as a sculptor in Langenthal, Switzerland. After completing a degree in the natural sciences and spending extended periods abroad, he studied art therapy, art education, and fine arts at the University of Applied Sciences in Ottersberg (Germany), with a focus on human anatomy. He later obtained a Master of Advanced Studies in Nonprofit Management from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.

Freelance sculptor with studio and art laboratory. From 2021 engaged as a course instructor at the Scuola di Scultura.

Born in 1961 in Bielefeld, she grew up in a family of pharmacists and initially wanted to study instrument making before deciding on figurative sculpture – because it relates to the human being. Today she is an expressionist-realist sculptor. Since 2018, she has been teaching at the Scuola di Scultura in Peccia.

As a lecturer at the School of Design in St. Gallen, she taught preparatory courses for young people and adults for secondary schools of design for many years - preparatory course HF, preliminary course, various art studies, etc.

Freelance designer in the areas of advertising, theatre and interior decoration. Started tutoring at the Scuola di Scultura in 2012.

Freelance Sculptor and Graphic Designer. Studio in Flawil. Starting in 2025, Lecturer at the Scuola di Scultura in Peccia.