Giger, Hans Rudolf

(1940 Chur, Switzerland- ) (Switzerland); aka Giger, Hansruedi / Giger, Ruedi

   Painter, sculptor, set designer, airbrush artist, filmmaker, furniture and interior designer. Studied at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich. His unique style combines imagery from science fiction and surrealism, many works with erotic use of body parts. Gained international fame for creating set designs for the movie Alien. He has his own museum in Gruyeres, Switzerland.

   Reproductions: Paysage XV, Bomarzo; 1972-1973; acrylic; Smith, 1980: p. 71 . Paysage XX; D'ou venons-nous?; 1973; acrylic; Smith, 1980: pp. 172-173 [C]. Vled Tepes; acrylic; Frisch, 1981: p. 55 . \#219 landscape XX; 1973; Olley, 2005: pp. 214-215 [C]. \#414 armoire door for Mia; Olley, 2005: p. 215 [C]. \#422b biomechanics VII; 1979; Olley, 2005: pp. 218-219 [C]. \#423b erotomechanics VIII; Olley, 2005: p. 216 [C]. \#582 succession; 1986; Olley, 2005: p. 218 [C]. \#608 das netz II; 1988; Olley, 2005: p. 217 [C],

   [b]Source: H.R. Giger, Necronomicon (London: Big O, 1977); "H.R. Giger's alien encounters," Penthouse (May 1980): pp. 142-153.