WERKVERZEICHNIS · 1997 — 2026
Your funny painter
next door.
Beat Canonica is a Swiss artist based in Winterthur. Since 1997, he has created works in acrylic, charcoal, oil, graphite, coloured pencils, lacquers and pastel — alongside calligraphy, photography, sculpture, music, acting and poetry, e.g. haiku.
Concentrated work at the dining table
Photo by Nico Spahni, Winterthur
STATEMENT · DEC 2025
“It is a wide range of my creativity that I am allowed to express. You as a viewer, as a listener, decide how broad, how deep, how intense my work is. — Diversity.”
BC · WINTERTHUR · 12.2025
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PRACTICES · 08
Art is what
people see in it.
He embodies what we might call a jack-of-all-trades: Beat Canonicas artistic work is impressive in its diversity. Seamlessly, he moves between different art forms — and his passion for what he does is palpable and tangible.
01 · Painting
Acrylic, oil, pigment ink
02 · Drawing
Charcoal, pastel, graphite
03 · Calligraphy
Signs and writings since age 8
04 · Photography
Flowers, landscapes, phenomena
05 · Sculptures and Installations
Objects, figures, installation views
06 · Music
Piano, guitar, xylophone, flute, harmonica
07 · Acting
Improvisation, slapstick, roles
08 · Poetry
Poems, short stories, lyrical fragments
RECENT WORKS · 2025 — 2026
From the
drawing table.
Latest drawings, studies and new works continue to emerge from the studio table in Winterthur.
FEATURED PROJECT · 2022
A bottle, a city,
a sign.
For the City of Zürichs Schutz und Prävention department, Beat translated his calligraphic vocabulary onto 330ml glass bottles — an everyday object that carries one of his invented signs into public hands.
EXHIBITIONS · ON RECORD
In rooms,
on walls.
ON VIEW · LATEST EXHIBITION
Alte Kaserne
Winterthur, 2025
PHOTO · MAJA CANONICA
A FRIENDS PORTRAIT · 12 FEB 2025
“He embodies what we might call a jack-of-all-trades: Beat Canonicas artistic work is impressive in its diversity. Seamlessly he moves between different art forms — and his passion for what he does is palpable and tangible.”
BEYOND PAINTING
The other rooms.
What I see
Flowers, landscapes, a particular slant of light. Both moments of action and the moments of inaction.
Rhapsody
Piano, guitar, xylophone, flute, harmonica, voice. Mostly improvisation. There is also a video — link below.
The crazy grandmother
Beats own creation. Improvisation, slapstick, language imitation — Russian, Chinese, with a wink.
Three lines, one breath
Poems, short stories, and lyrical fragments — a continuous practice since 1997.
STUDIO VISITS · COMMISSIONS · PRESS
Drop a line, or
walk past for tea.
If you wish to have an exhibition, a concert or a show with Beats oeuvres, music or acting, please get in touch.