Claudia Comte


Claudia Comte is a Swiss artist. Comte works in a variety of media including sculpture, engraving, installation murals and painting.
WWW claudiacomte.ch

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

L’Echo, standard deluxe, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007Inimitable, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008Georges abstraction surface air, Bureau des vidéos, Le George, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2008Video projection, Rêves, Window of Swiss Cultural Center, Paris, France, 2008Rond Point, Darse Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009You cut but you can’t, with Mélodie Mousset, Galerie 20qmberlin, Berlin, Germany, 2009Naturalisés, collaboration with Tatiana Rihs, Musée Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009Welcome to Colorful, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010Scantione-Tensione, Swiss Institute of Rome, Rome, Italy, 2011IBIZA, Milieu Gallery, with Vittorio Brodmann, Bern, Switzerland, 2011Trouble Rainbow II, with A. Galiciadis and M. Mousset, Favorite Goods, Los Angeles, USA, 2011Trouble Rainbow, with A. Galiciadis and M. Mousset, Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Roma, Italy, 2011Estampes, Studio Raynald Métraux, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011NO LEMON NO MELON, Tripode, Nantes, France, 2012From Zanzibar to Acapulco, with Guillaume Pilet, SALTS, Basel, Switzerland, 2012Trouble Rainbow III, with A. Galiciadis and M. Mousset, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012Vanity Loop, Kunst am Bau, Yverdon Gymnasium, Canton Vaud, Switzerland, 2012From Acapulco to Zanzibar, with Guillaume Pilet, La Rada, Locarno, Switzerland, 2012All Work and All Play, Toshiba House, Besançon, France, 2013Claudia Comte & Omar Ba, Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland, 2013Wir baden auf der Freianlage, curated by Neville Wakefield, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2013If I were a rabbit, where would I keep my gloves?, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, 2013X, Y, Z, Friart, Centre d’Art de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013Summer Villa Extension, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France, 2013Le Passage de L’Etoile, with Guillaume Pilet, Vevey, Switzerland, 2014Fluide Glacial, LISTE, with BolteLang, Basel, 2014Solo presentation Art Brussels, with Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2014Easy Heavy III, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland, 2014Sharp Sharp, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Ireland, 2014Sonic Geometry, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, 2015Sonic Geometry, Galerie Art et Essaie, Rennes, France, 2015Story Bumping, Milieu Galerie, Bern, Switzerland, 2015No Melon No Lemon, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA, 2015Welcome to Colorful, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2015The Curves, the Corners and the Machines, Festival International d‘Art Toulouse at le Bazacle, Toulouse, France, 2016Zigzag division, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2016Catch The Tail By The Tiger, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 2016The Primary Fondue Party, performance organized with BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, 2016The Primary Fondue Party, Salon Suisse: ATARAXIA / Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2017La Ligne Claire, curated by Samuel Leuenberger at Basement Roma, Rome, Italy, 2017Black and White Circles in the Sky, solo exhibition curated by Christoph Doswald, Münsterhof, Zurich, Switzerland, 2017NOW I WON, curated by Chus Martinez, Messeplatz, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 201710 Rooms, 40 Walls, 1059 m2, Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland, 2017Solo booth for ArtGeneve, with König Galerie, ArtGeneve 2017, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017Fruits and Bodies, Villa Wenkenhof & Alexander Clavel Prize 2018, Switzerland, 2018When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 2018Electric Burst , Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, USA, 2018Zigzags and Diagonals, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA, 2018How to Grow and Still Stay the Same Shape, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy, 2019Fruits and Jungle, König Galerie, London, UK, 2019The Cavern of Lost Dreams , Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019Bunnies and ZigZag, Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019I have Grown Taller from Standing with Trees, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019The Morphing Scallops, Gladstone Gallery, 24th St, New York, USA, 2019The Sea of Darkness, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria, 2020Corals and Jungle, CLAUDIA COMTE x KÖNIG GALERIE, Kunsttage Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2020Tree Line Curve, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 2021The Interview Paintings Ensemble , Art Basel Parcours, StadtCasino, Basel, Switzerland, 2021After Nature, Museo Nacional Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, 2021Dreaming of Alligator Head, König Digital, König Galerie, 2021Jungle and Corals, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 2021Jungle and Corals, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 2022Through Dry Ocean Forests, Albarrán Bourdais, Madrid, Spain, 2022Five Marble Leaves, Central Wharf Park, Boston, USA, 2022An Impending Disaster , König Galerie im Kleines Haus der Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 2022Cacti, Waves and Sunsets, Globus Public Art Project in collaboration with Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2023Marine Wildfire & Underwater Forests, Gladstone Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023From Where We Rise, Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, 2023Ascending the Ashes: A Tale of Renewal, K&L Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2024There Was No Up, There Was No Down, There Was No Side To Side, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2024Birds and Trees, permanent installation, Cosmos Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland, 2024Home Sweet Home, Vistamare, Milano, Italy, 2024The Origin of the Shockwave Ripple Effect , EMST, Athens, Greece, 2024Lost in the Forest, OMR, Mexico City, Mexico, 2025Lightning Symphony, ESC, Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland, 2025

Group exhibitions

Accrochage, Vaud 2005, collective exhibition, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005Académie de sculpture, proposition by Pierre Vadi, Atelier 304, Usine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005Les Urbaines, young videographers at the Cinemathèque Suisse, « Rêves », Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005Cabinet Budget, collective exhibition, Atelier 304, Usine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006Sonal, collective exhibition of sound installations, Arsenic, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006Sublime, collective exhibition, Atelier 304, Usine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006Morgenstern, collective exhibition, Château de Morges, Morges, Switzerland, 2006Mini-golf, collective exhibition, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006Weihnachtsmarkt, Milieu Gallery, Bern, Switzerland, 2007Athéne, Claudia, Orlane, Milieu Gallery, Bern, Switzerland, 2007Patapsychique, Library of the Swiss Cultural Center, Paris, France, 2008Le Spectrarium, Le Corbusier Pavilion, Cité universitaire, Paris, France, 2008Made by ECAL, Espace lausannois d’art contemporain, Renens, Switzerland, 2008Abstraction-Extension, Fondation Salomon, Alex, France, 2008That’s all Folks!, Chez Popper, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008X, proposed by N. Wagnières, galerie 1m3, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008Black Diaspora, exposition collective, Galerie Out of this World, Montreux, Switzerland, 2008I could do that! No, you could’t!, Milieu Gallery, Bern, Switzerland, 2009Kawabanga, Espace Delrue, La Barthoteque, Nantes, France, 2009Condominia, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009I am by birth a Genevese, Espace Forde, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009I am by birth a Genevese, Vegas Gallery, London, UK, 2009Transit, collective urban exhibition, Renens, Switzerland, 2009Jeune Création 2010, Le CENTQUATRE, Paris, France, 2010Minipic, Pauline’s, New York, USA, 201010 ans du MUDAC, collaboration with Tatiana Rihs, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010Territoires, Bex & Arts, Swiss Sculpture Triannual, Bex, Switzerland, 2011Train Fantôme, Cruise and Callas Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2011Rock The Casbah, Swiss Institute of Rome, Rome, Italy, 201120 ans des espaces d’une sculpture, Visarte Vaud, Parc de Mont Repos, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011Le Fédéral à Semen-Contra, Rotwand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011Accrochage Vaud 2011, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011Under 30, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland, 2012La jeunesse est un art, Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, 2012Tell The Children / Abstraction pour enfant, La Salle de Bain, Lyon, France, 2012If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend 6 sharpening my ax, Kunst Raum, Riehen, Switzerland, 2012Post-Mortem, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013Draft for a particular vision of the future, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany, 2013Châteaux Secrets, Fondation Ricard, Iles des Embiez, 2013Mixed Message Media, curated by Neville Wakefield, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA, 2013Harum Scarum, Galerie Blancpain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013Paraphernalia, Telemark Contemporary Art Center, Skien, Norway, 2013Elevation 1049, curated by Neville Wakefield, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2014Post-Op. Perceptual Gone Painterly / Du perceptuel au pictural. 1958 – 2014, curated by Matthieu Poirier, Galerie Perrotin, Paris France, 2014BolteLang Stadtbiotop 2014, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, 2014Bex & Arts, triennale de la sculpture Suisse, Bex, Switzerland, 2014Ars Multiplicata, Kunsthalle Koidl, Berlin, Germany, 2014Christmas show, SALTS, Basel, Switzerland, 2015Des Seins à Dessein, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2015Ligne Aveugle, ISBA, Besançon, France, 2015Full House, Bunk Club at Shanaynay, Paris, France, 2015Architecture & Nature, curated by Simon Lamunière, Domaine de Muy, Contemporary Sculpture Park, France, 2015My Lonely Days Are Gone Part 2, curated by Arturo Herrera, Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany, 2015Art Imprimé, Triennale 2015, Musee des Beaux-Arts Le Locle, Le Locle, Switzerland, 2015Môtiers Art en plein air 2015, Môtiers, Switzerland, 2015Gargle/Spit, curated by Kenny Schachter, TBD, New York, USA, 2015Work Hard: Selections by Valentin Carron, Swiss Institute, New York, USA, 2015Reliability of Recognition, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, 2015128 triangles and their demonstration, Installation for the Public sector at ArtBasel Miami Beach, USA, 2016The Language of Things, with the Public Art Fund, City Hall Park Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, 2016UM DIE ECKE DENKEN – DIE SAMMLUNG , Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland, 2016Tous les tableaux sont à l’envers, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2016/Quiz 2, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2016Crib II, curated by Yves Scherer, Galerie 95, Biel, Switzerland, 2017SkulptureKöln #9 "La Fin de Babylone. Mich wundert, dass ich so fröhlich bin!”, curated by Chus Martinez, Sculpture Park Cologne, Germany, 2017Beneath the Salt, presented by Conglomerate with Joe Clark and Lauryn Youden, Kinderhook and Caracas, Berlin, Germany, 2017Curves and Zigzags, Desert X, Palm Springs, USA, 2017Geometric Opulence, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland, 2022Desert X AlUla, AlUla, Saudi Arabia, 2022Voices in the Evening, Vistamare, Milan, Italy, 2022Abundant Futures, C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain, 2022Omnibus, Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin, Germany, 2022Hypermaremma, Pescia Fiorentina, IT, 2022The Bright Side of the Desert Moon, Noor Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2023Solo Summer Group Show III at Solo Houses, Matarraña, Spain, 2023Hot Saw - Power Edition, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark, 2023The Liberation of Form. Barbara Hepworth - A Master of Abstraction in the Mirror of Modernism, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, 2023Desert Flood, LagoAlgo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2023The Big Marble Trio and Digging Snakes , Jing'an International Sculpture Project, Shanghai, China, 2024Regenerative Futures, Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium, 2024NEOGEO - Décalagés féminins, Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2025Hodler. Un modèle pour l’art suisse, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2025Temporal Drift , Art Basel, Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland, 2025Whoever Has Learned How to Listen to Trees, Domaine du Muy, Le Muy, France, 2025

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the:
  • Art Collection of the Canton Zürich
  • Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
  • BCV Art collection
  • Castello di Rivoli, Turin
  • Collection Bundesamt für Kultur
  • Collection of ECAL - Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne
  • Collection of Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
  • Credit Suisse Collection
  • Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Madrid
  • Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Annecy
  • Julius Baer Collection
  • Kunstmuseum Luzern
  • Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
  • Mobiliar Art Collection
  • MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
  • Musée Jenisch, Vevey
  • Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
  • Nationale Suisse Art Collection
  • Novartis Art Collection, Basel
  • The Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
  • UBS Art Collection

Awards & Residencies

2023
  • Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico City, Mexico
2019
2018
  • The Irène Reymond Foundation Prize, Switzerland
  • The Current, TBA21-Academy, expedition and residency, New Zealand
  • Kulturförderpreis 2018 der Alexander Clavel Stiftung, Riehen, Switzerland
2015
  • International Artists-In-Labs Residency – Russian-Swiss Exchange, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Division Ipae of Russian Academy of Sciences at Jekaterinburg, Russia
  • Prix de la Ville du Locle, Triennale de l’Art Imprime Contemporain, Switzerland
  • Sponsorship Award, Stiftung für die Graphische Kunst in der Schweiz, Switzerland
2014
  • Swiss Art Award, Switzerland
2013
2012
2011
  • Support from the Canton Vaud, Switzerland
  • Support from the city of Lausanne, Switzerland
2010
  • Residency Swiss Institute of Rome, Rome, Italy
  • Residency Vent des Forêts, Meuse, France
2009
  • Residency galerie Zwanzigquadrameter, Berlin, Germany
2008
  • Residency Cité des Arts, Paris, Laureate of l’atelier Vaudois du 700ème, France
  • Support from the Social and Cultural Association for the Swiss in Paris, France