Galerie Kurt Schürer
Kurt Schürer has been a goldsmith for over 50 years. He started his career with an apprenticeship at the Siegel goldsmith's studio in Biel. On March 1, 1973, he opened his first goldsmith shop on Bahnhofstrasse in Biel. In 1982 he also set up an art gallery in the basement and held regular exhibitions with regional and Swiss artists.
Today Kurt Schürer (born October 27, 1944) works at Plänkestrasse 37 in a small studio as a goldsmith. He no longer organizes exhibitions himself - however, his passion for the production of sculptures gripped him. Until then, Schürer had hardly ever created larger works of art. On the occasion of an exhibition on his 60th birthday, he came up with the idea of producing larger iron objects. The positive reactions that this prompted among his customers prompted him to continue, so that he remained loyal to this art form and has participated in various exhibitions in recent years. However, it is often the case that he produces an iron object to match a piece of jewelry, or vice versa, just as if he were playing with the contrast between rusting iron and sparkling precious metal.