Portrait of HR Giger

HR Giger was born in Chur, Switzerland, in 1940. Even as a child, he developed a strong passion for all things surreal and macabre. His need to express himself and share the unique aspects of his powerful imagination with others led him to visual art. Giger's own dreams and the brilliant imagery of such brilliant artists as Gustav Meyrink, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Kubin and H.P. Lovecraft provided fertile ground for the fascinating imagery of Giger's own art to flourish. Since then, this has developed into an immeasurable wealth of exotic women, wondrously bizarre landscapes and terrifying creatures that have captivated millions of fans around the world.

Giger's meticulously detailed, mostly large-format paintings are edited and reworked by the master of the airbrush. It was Giger's popular art book "Necronomicon" that caught the attention of director Ridley Scott when he was looking for the right look for a creature in his upcoming movie. That creature, of course, turned out to be "Alien," and Giger's masterful designs for the movie of the same name earned him a well-deserved Oscar.

Giger's fascinating biomechanical style, that brilliant synthesis of flesh and machine, has been realized not only through his remarkable paintings, but also through sculptures, elegantly designed furniture and architectural and interior design projects. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.

Giger's strange aesthetic, his "biomechanics", goes beyond talent and even beyond art. He enters the rarefied realm of the almost magical and certainly the land of genius. The resulting art is just a foretaste of the phenomenal oeuvre created by this unique Swiss master.