Jacques Pugin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jacques Pugin
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	May 20, 1954(1954-05-20)
Age	70
Birthplace	Riaz
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Fribourg
Horoscope	Taurus

Jacques Pugin Biography

Jacques Pugin is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on May 20, 1954 in Riaz, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

At 18, against his father’s will, Jacques Pugin moves to Zurich to become a photographer. Suzanne Abelin, who runs Gallery 38, one of the first galleries in Switzerland dedicated to photography, curates his first solo exhibition in

1977. In 1978, he moves to his first studio in Geneva, where he meets many artists. He then travels to Greece, where he produces a photographic work for which he obtains in 1979 the Federal Grant of Applied Arts (Switzerland). He goes on to make the series titled Grafted Graffiti, using light painting. This series has been widely exhibited and published on an international level. Three years in a row he obtains the Federal Grant of Fine Arts (Switzerland) in 1980, 1981 and 1982.

Grafted graffiti (1978–1979). In his photographs dating back to the 1970s, Jacques Pugin uses light as a pencil that allows him to draw within the photographic process (Light Painting). In this way, he uses a candle to draw shapes in the landscape or to highlight its contours. By modifying the appearance of places or landscapes, incorporating in his photographs traces that connect invisible links between present, past and future, Jacques Pugin invests his photographs with symbolism.

Jacques Pugin Net Worth

Jacques Pugin is one of the richest Artist from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jacques Pugin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jacques Pugin (born May 20, 1954 in Riaz, Switzerland) is an artist- photographer. He is one of the precursors of the Light Painting technique, which consists in capturing luminous traces during the photographic process, either via direct exposure of the sensor to the light source, or else to a lit subject. Jacques constructs his images by intervening either in the actual capturing process (incamera) or in post-production, using various techniques, such as drawing, painting or digital tools. If the subject of his early work was the Body, since then he primarily photographs Nature. A feature of Jacques Pugin’s work is his particular focus on traces or signs, that indicate the presence of human or natural elements in the landscape. His photographs are a reflection on time, space and the complex relation between man and nature.

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In the 1990s, Jacques Pugin becomes interested in the still images as they are taken from a video source, giving rise to a series of photographs entitled Blue Mountain and a book of the same name, with text by Jean-Michel Olivier, published by Idees et Calendes. His investigations then develop into a few series on the theme of vegetation.

Facts & Trivia

Jagdish Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Jacques Pugin celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.

In the 2000s, he travels worldwide – especially to African deserts, India and Latin America- for a large work entitled Sacred Sites (2002–present), supported by a grant of the Leenaards Foundation. Since 2005 he also devotes his practice to mountain landscapes, with his series The Mountain Shadow.