Marius Steiger
*1999, lives and works in London and Bern
Marius Steiger is Swiss artist who holds a Master’s degree in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London. He has been awarded a scholarship from the Patronage Fund for Young Swiss Artists of the Kunsthalle Basel. His work is part of public collections such as the Julius Baer Art Collection, Zurich; Collection of the New Art Dealers Alliance, New York City; the Art Collection of the City of Zurich; the Art Collection of the Canton of Bern and the Swiss National Library.
His recent exhibitions include Monsieur Hulot, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland (2025); Clear History, Perrotin, Paris, France (2025); Brick Breath Horizon, Lisson X Zian, Lisson Gallery, Shanghai, China (2025); Maison Clearing, Clearing NY LA (Off-Site), Basel, Switzerland (2025); Day, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (2024); Sun shines, Money falls, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland (2023); Lust for Life, Incubator, London, United Kingdom (2022).
Marius Steiger’s upcoming exhibitions include his first institutional solo show at the Kunstraum Riehen in Basel, Switzerland (September 2025) and a solo show at Duarte Sequeira in Seoul, Korea (September 2025).
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Education
2023 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015 Visual Communications, Schule für Gestaltung SfGBB, Biel, Switzerland
Selected Solo Exhibitions2025 Monsieur Hulot, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland
2025 Hermitage, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland [Forthcoming Institutional]
2025 Vanity, Duarte Sequeira, Seoul, Korea [Forthcoming]
2024 Day, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
2023 Sun shines, Money falls, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland
2022 Lust for Life, Incubator, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibtions2025 Brick Breath Horizon, Lisson X Zian, Lisson Gallery, Shanghai, China
2025 Maison Clearing, Clearing NY LA (Off-Site), Basel, Switzerland
2025 Clear History, Perrotin, Paris, France
2025 Aeschlimann Corti, Kunsthaus Biel, Biel, Switzerland
2025 Bellevue, Rothschild & Co, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 Cantonale, Kunsthaus Interlaken, Interlaken, Switzerland
2024 1974/2024, Villa Benkemoun, Arles, France
2023 May your dream come, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Basel, Switzerland
2022 Ohne Titel, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2022 Aeschlimann Corti, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
2021 Down the hills, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland
2021 Cantonale, Musée des Arts, Moutier, Switzerland
Awards, Grants & Scholarships2022 Scholarship, Patronage fund for young Swiss artists, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
2022 Scholarship, Niarchos Foundation for young artists, St. Moritz, Switzerland
2021 Work grant, Canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2021 Work grant, City of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Public CollectionsCollection of the New Art Dealers Alliance, New York City, USA
Art Collection City of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss National Library, Bern, Switzerland
Art Collection Canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Solo exhibition: Monsieur Hulot
26 April – 6 June 2025
Solo presentation: Nada, Miami, USA
3 – 7 December 2024Solo exhibition: Belvédère Asset Management, Zurich
8 June – 17 September 2024
Solo presentation, Artissima, Turin
2 – 5 November 2023Solo exhibition: Sun shines, Money falls
15 April – 27 May 2023Group exhibition: Down the Hills
27 November – 22 January 2022 -
Marius Steiger Apple Circle, 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 154 × 154 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Case and Desk (Welcome), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 205 × 175 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Ball Pile (Optimism), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 240 × 120 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Case (Monsieur Hulot), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 155 × 115 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Case (Money, Power and Glory), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 155 × 115 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Case (Banality, Decadence and Easyfun), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 155 × 115 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Wood, 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen Each: 290 × 25 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Wood (Three Planks), 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 145 × 205 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Mirror 2 (Million Dollar Girl), 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 131 × 92 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Van, 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 240 × 250 × 4.5 cm
Marius Steiger Car (Wedge), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 255 × 246 × 4.5 cm