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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
Web-Development
Another Code Project
Karen Czock, Fabian Wohlfart
Installation, 2019
Group exhibition, The Big Rip, Bounce Chill Or Crunch?, Last Tango, Zurich
The sculptures resembles meteorites and have a green surface with a grainy structure. The color was made by mixing Acrystal, a type of fast-drying plaster, with chlorella vulgaris, an algae powder. The algae is one of 137 microorganisms whose color value is searched for in space by scientists, in the hope of finding potential life on other planets.
Curation: Linda Jensen & Arianna Gellini
Photography: Kilian Bannwart
Link: https://www.lasttango.info/the-big-rip-bounce-chill-or-crunch
Image 01
S01E04 Fading, installation, wall: PVC, metal, stroboscope, base: 300 x 150 x 9cm
Image 02
S01E04 Fading, installation, wall: PVC, metal, stroboscope, base: 300 x 150 x 9cm
Image 03
S01E04 Fading, installation detail, motorcycle tyres, chain, stones: Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris powder
Image 04
S01E04 Fading, installation detail, stones: Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris powder, base: fuse on wood, dispersion
Image 05
S01E04 Fading, installation detail, stones: Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris powder, base: fuse on wood, dispersion