Heidi Bucher (b. 1926, Switzerland, d. 1993, Switzerland) was a Swiss artist who attended the School of Applied Arts in Zurich from 1942 to 1946, specialising in fashion design. After a spell in New York in the 1950s, she spent the 1960s in Switzerland. She returned to the United States in the 1970’s, this time to California where she made her first mature work, ‘Body Shells, Venice Beach’, in 1972. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, she returned to her native land, devoting her practice to her innovative use of latex and her exploration of the physical boundaries between the body and its surroundings. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized since her death at Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea (2023); Muzeum Susch, Zernez, Switzerland (2022); Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2022); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2021); Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom (2018); Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (2014); Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France (2013); Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland (2004); Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Warth-Weiningen, Switzerland (1993); among others. Her work was included in the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy in 2017. Bucher’s work is featured in numerous international collections, including Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Tate, London, United Kingdom, among others. She is represented by The Approach, London and Lehmann Maupin.