Marius Steiger
*1999, lives and works in London and Switzerland

Marius Steiger is a 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; CC Foundation, Shanghai; Collection of the New Art Dealers Alliance, New York; 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 his first institutional solo show Hermitage at the Kunstraum Riehen in Basel, Switzerland; 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); Monsieur Hulot, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland (2025); Day, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (2024).

Steiger’s upcoming exhibitions include a groupshow with Jeffery Deitch during the fairs in Miami in December and a groupshow with Tara Downs in New York in February.

  • Education

    2022–2023 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom

    2015–2019 Visual Communication, Schule für Gestaltung SfGBB, Biel, Switzerland

    Solo Exhibitions

    2025 Values & Values, ZIAN, Hangzhou, China [with Philipp Timischl]

    2025 Hermitage, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland [Institutional]

    2025 Vanity, Duarte Sequeira, Seoul, Korea

    2025 Monsieur Hulot, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland

    2024 Day, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway

    2024 Marius Steiger, Belvédère Asset Management presented by Blue Velvet, Zurich

    2023 Sun shines, Money falls, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland

    2022 Lust for Life, Incubator, London, United Kingdom

    2021 Four Seasons, Mattenstrasse 81, Biel, Switzerland

    Selected group Exhibitions

    2026 Tara Downs, New York, USA  [Forthcoming Feb.]

    2025 That was then, this is now, Jeffrey Deitch, (Off-Site), Miami, USA

    2025 Brick Breath Horizon, Lisson X Zian, Lisson Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2025 Clear History, Perrotin, Paris, France

    2025 Maison Clearing, CLEARING NY LA (Off-Site), Basel, Switzerland

    2025 Aeschlimann Corti Award, Kunsthaus Biel, Biel, Switzerland

    2025 Bellevue, Rothschild & Co, Zurich, 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 Deep Moments, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland

    2022 Aeschlimann Corti Award, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland

    2021 Down the hills, Blue Velvet, Zurich, Switzerland

    2019 Cantonale, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland

    Scholarships, Grants & Awards

    2025 Shortlisted, New Contemporaries, United Kingdom

    2025 Nomination, Aeschlimann Corti Award, Bern, Switzerland

    2022 Nomination, Aeschlimann Corti Award, Bern, Switzerland

    2022 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

    Public Collections

    CC Foundation, Shanghai, China

    Julius Baer Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

    Collection 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