Behind the Scenes

Mathias Forbach, born in Vevey in 1983, is an illustrator and media designer with a passion for images, reading, and music. He lives and works between Basel and French-speaking Switzerland. As a teenager, he became Fichtre! when he had to come up with an alter ego to sign his graffitis. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne in 2005, he co-founded the STADIO art space in Vevey in 2014. Then, in 2015, he earned his WorkMaster degree from t