Christian Vonarburg/ Rhythm

Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1967, Christian Vonarburg began his artistic training at the Neuchâtel Art School before studying architectural drawing in Fribourg. His interest in the relationship between creativity, perception, and human experience led him to study psychology, followed by a master’s degree in Human Resources Development in Guatemala City.

His practice develops at the intersection of art, architecture, pedagogy, and technology. Over the years, Vonarburg has explored how systems of knowledge, visual structures, and creative processes shape our understanding of the world. As an educator, he taught computer-aided drawing, colour theory, and architectural representation at Rafael Landívar University and Mariano Gálvez University in Guatemala, before continuing his work in knowledge transmission within international organisations, including the UN and IUCN, and, since 2015, at the Center for Digital Education of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). This experience in education and digital technologies has profoundly influenced Vonarburg’s artistic approach, leading him to investigate how forms emerge, how perception constructs meaning, and how simple rules can generate complex visual systems. Rooted in the Swiss tradition of Concrete and Constructive Art, his work explores geometry as a dynamic field where structure, transformation, and perception interact. Through installations, drawings, and spatial interventions, he investigates the relationships between repetition, variation, and emergence. Vonarburg’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Switzerland and internationally, including at Searles and Spicer Gallery in New York, QCC Gallery at New York University, Herter Art Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, and the Ixchel Museum in Guatemala City. He has also developed public-space projects, including a sound barrier wall along the Fribourg–Lausanne highway. His work is represented in public and private collections, including the State of Fribourg, Swisscom, and Nestlé.