Marcus Egli

Marcus Egli is one of Switzerland's most successful sculptors today, with his distinctive work in aluminium. Starting with raw aluminium, he heats, hammers, saws, welds and polishes each piece by hand, making each figure unique. He creates aluminium figures which he calls "Hominium".

Marcus Egli was born in Zurich in 1957. He spent part of his youth drifting happily and was offered a bursary at Art College to study manual arts. Before taking up his place at college he travelled to America, and on his return to Switzerland realised that he valued his independence too much and decided to set up his own studio. With his wife Rita he bought a small aluminium forge and workshop, where he was finally able to indulge in his lifelong passion of creating with his hands.