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Urs August Steiner (CH)
Born 1980, lives in Zürich, Switzerland


Education

2009/11

Master in Fine Arts, ECAL, University of Art and Design Lausanne

2007

Fine Arts, CCA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco

2005/08

Bachelor Scenography, ZHdK, Zurich University of the Arts, Zürich


Solo exhibitions

2021

  • S01E08 Exposure, Untitled Basel, Basel

2019

  • Swiss Pavilion - S01E03 Pavilion, Bombay Beach Biennale, California
  • S01E02 Defreeze, Nextex, St.Gallen

2017

  • Super Cool X-1000, Fokus Preis, Kunsthaus Glarus
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Old Dogs - New Tricks, With Walter Pfeiffer, Dienstgebäude, Zürich

2015

  • Buster Six, Des Pacio, San José, Costa Rica, CRI
  • Orbit 2046, MoCA Pavilion, Museum for Contemporary Art, Shanghai, CHN

2014

  • Twin Peaks, Grand Palais, Bern
  • Buster II, Lokal-int, Biel

2013

  • Some Scream and Some Don‘t, Splatterpool, New York, USA

Group exhibitions (selection)

2021

  • Trovate Ortensia, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milano

2020

  • Werk- und Auslandatelier-Stipendien 2020, Helmhaus, Zürich

2019

  • The Big Rip, Bounce, Chill or Crunch?, Last Tango, Zürich

2018

  • Heimspiel, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen

2017

  • Previous, Blossom, Zürich
  • Farrago, L‘OV, Centre d‘art Neuchâtel

2016

  • Eleven Flags, Sitterwerk, St. Gallen

2015

  • New Glarus, Kunsthaus Glarus
  • F?!, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, USA

2014

  • Kunstschaffen Glarus und Linthgebiet, Kunsthaus Glarus
  • Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zürich
  • The Rest is Noise, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

Awards / Residencies

2019

  • Artist residency, Roma Calling, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, ITA
  • Bursary award, UBS

2018

  • Bursary award, canton St. Gallen
  • Research bursary, Pro Helvetia 2016

2016

  • Bursary award, canton St. Gallen

2015

  • Artist residency, Pro Helvetia, Shanghai, CHN

2014

  • Fokus-Prize, Kunsthaus Glarus

2012

  • Artist residency, Residency Unlimited, New York, USA

Collection

2019

  • Canton St.Gallen

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