I am Marcel Munz – musician, artist and inventor of the art form MUTREA.
My work connects two worlds that were originally separate:
Music and visual art.
What begins audibly becomes visible.
What comes into being is not planned – it just happens.
Music was my origin from the very beginning.
Born in 1986 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, I grew up in a world shaped by sound, rhythm, and creativity. I came into contact with a wide variety of instruments at an early age, until I found my means of expression in the drums.
My journey has taken me to stages all over the world – over 1000 concerts, international tours and formative encounters with artists from a wide variety of genres.
After my studies in Paris, I reached the finals of the V-Drum World Championship in Los Angeles in 2012, where I had the honor of representing the Roland brand. As a musician, I have worked with artists such as Damian Lynn and performed as a support act for artists like Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Stefanie Heinzmann, and Bryan Adams.
Music was never just technique for me. It was always feeling. Movement. Energy.
And from that something new emerged.
My artistic side was influenced early on by my grandmother, who was a painter herself.
But it wasn't until 2020 that the vision emerged that changed everything:
Not just playing music –
but to make visible.
Thus, MUTREA was born.
An art form in which sound, rhythm, and movement are directly translated into a work of art. The music flows through the body and is transferred to a wooden panel through physical energy.
Plaster, pigments and movement become the expression of what is being created in the moment.
There is no repeat.
No plan.
Just the moment.
MUTREA stands for Music Transcends Art.
Each work begins with specially composed music.
The first note sets the process in motion.
The structure emerges in rhythm.
The color follows the emotion.
This way, music is not just heard –
it becomes visible.
Each work of art is an original.
One moment.
A translation of energy into form.
Ein MUTREA Werk ist mehr als ein Bild.
Es ist eine eingefrorene Bewegung.
Ein sichtbarer Klang.
Ein Moment, der für immer bestehen bleibt.
Der Besitz eines Werkes bedeutet nicht nur, Kunst zu erwerben –
sondern Teil dieser Energie zu werden.
Jede Struktur, jede Schicht, jede Farbe trägt die Geschichte ihrer Entstehung in sich.
Meine Mission ist es, Grenzen aufzulösen.
Zwischen Musik und Kunst.
Zwischen Mensch und Ausdruck.
Zwischen Idee und Realität.
MUTREA steht für etwas Grösseres:
Für Verbindung.
Für Transformation.
Für das gemeinsame Erschaffen von etwas, das vorher nicht existiert hat.
Jedes Werk entsteht aus sorgfältig gewählten Materialien:
• Rahmen aus Fichtenholz
• Platte aus nassgepresstem Okoumé-Holz
• Struktur aus Gipsmasse
• Farben ausschliesslich von KEIM – mineralisch und nachhaltig
Die Oberfläche wird mit Fixativ (Glaswasser) versiegelt und ist dadurch langfristig geschützt.
Die Werke sind für eine Lebensdauer von Jahrzehnten geschaffen –
beständig in ihrer Form, lebendig in ihrer Wirkung.
Willkommen in der Welt von MUTREA.
Wo Musik nicht endet – sondern Form annimmt.
