Rolf Frischherz
Rolf Frischherz, Born in 1955
Lucerne - Switzerland
Visual Artist & Sculptor
About this artist
Rolf Frischherz, born in 1955 in Lucerne, is a contemporary artist and sculptor based in Switzerland and Spain. He grew up in Ticino and now works between Madiswil, Bern, and his Spanish studio.
Since 2016, his studio has produced sculptures using wire and epoxy resin based on his original designs. Miniature versions of his works, created through 3D printing, began appearing as limited editions in 2022. Frischherz’s sculptures are held in public and private collections across Switzerland and Europe.
His artistic focus lies in human development, self-optimization, and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. The works draw from his career as a coach for executives in transitional phases within global corporations. He translates personal growth, challenges, and transformation into large-scale abstract sculptural forms. His process begins with hand-formed wire frameworks coated with glass fiber and epoxy resin.
Each sculpture is then sanded, painted, and finished to ensure durability and weather resistance. Many works feature abstract, interlocking forms that contain multiple visible faces or perspectives. In 2024, he created the CHESS sculpture group, which led to the collectible CHESS EDITION set. LOVERS TWENTY GOLD is a limited series of 20 miniature sculptures covered by hand with gold leaf. Frischherz's art balances organic form with reflective themes on modern life and inner transformation.
Towards Rolf Frischherz
By Gerhard Johann Lischka, Bern 2024
The first jewelry and artworks date back to the Paleolithic era. People pierced shells and wore them on strings. Large ritual sculptures and the Roche-Cotard mask were found in European caves. Hands were painted or sculpted in these ancient spaces over many generations. Stone, ivory, and bone objects survived early carvings that already carried artistic and symbolic meaning. These works show the makers understood form, symbolism, and human expression.
Some of the earliest figurines became known as “Venus” figures, such as those from Hohle Fels, Galgenfeld, and Willendorf. They depict women with breasts, vulvas, hands, navels and sometimes even an eyelet for carrying them. These figures suggest reverence for the feminine and human form. The best known shows a woman with raised arms, a covered head, and asymmetric features. It may have worn a crown to symbolize feminine importance.
Such early objects follow a principle: representing what humans can do and what defines their existence. They reflect natural realism and a need to symbolize life.
In today’s global art landscape, creation is both intellectual and sensory. Art reflects our digital environment and connects us to global phenomena. It engages with reality—not just a copy of the world, but an active experience of the real. Through signs and symbols, we perceive and process what is knowable. We need awareness to grasp the depth of our existence.
Frischherz invites us to share in his visual thought process. His works offer a counterpoint to fast-paced, surface-level perceptions. They are three-dimensional forms, each titled, abstract, and symbolic. We see his sculptures and recognize their presence, yet could never have predicted their form. Art becomes a focus point in a world full of stimuli. It’s through art we make decisions and experience meaning.
His sculptures seem to move, like thoughts in motion. They appear static, yet spiral and narrow toward a final point. They twist in colorful, undulating vortices that feel both grounded and airborne. We sense thought processes flowing like neurons through matter.
Frischherz’s forms rotate between solid and void, between thickness and flight. They capture motion, perception, and a kind of mental vibration. The works exist like neurons firing moments of cognition becoming visual events.
Art here is more than form, it is a dynamic articulation of thought. It reflects our digital lives and sensual perceptions. His works are meta-media realities, merging mental space with the present moment. They act like infrastructure for thought and feeling visualizations of what connects us to reality.
Recent Exhibitions
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WHAT ABOUT LOVE?
Fiermonte Museum, Lecce, Italy
3 May – 17 August 2025 -
LIMITED EDITIONS
Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17 – 20 April 2025 -
PERSONAL STRUCTURES
Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
20 April – 24 November 2024 -
SENSES
Museo Storico Città di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
12 – 21 July 2024 -
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Media Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
30 August – 12 September 2024
Publications
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Rolf Frischherz – LOVE/AMORE
Ed.: Glaab Fine Art | Publisher: Rolf Frischherz, Bern
2025 | ISBN: 978-3-9526107-1-8 -
Rolf Frischherz – Abstract Sculptures
Ed.: Glaab Fine Art | Publisher: Rolf Frischherz, Bern
2024 | ISBN: 978-3-9526107-0-1 -
Personal Structures – Beyond Boundaries
Ed.: European Cultural Centre | Publisher: European Cultural Centre
ISBN: 978-90-829434-9-8
