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.
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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
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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 Display (A New Dawn), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 157 × 122 × 4.5 cm / 61 ¾ × 48 × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Apple Circle, 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 154 × 154 × 4.5 cm / 60 ⅝ × 60 ⅝ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Luck, 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 11 × 11 × 4.5 cm / 4 ⅜ × 4 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Door (Consoling Love), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 410 × 240 × 4.5 cm / 161 ½ × 94 ½ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Car (Totem), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 420 × 137 × 4.5 cm / 165 ⅜ × 53 ⅞ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Case (Summertime), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 155 × 115 × 4.5 cm / 61 × 45 ¼ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Case and Desk (Welcome), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 205 × 175 × 4.5 cm / 80 ¾ × 68 ⅞ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Case (Utility), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 155 × 115 × 4.5 cm / 61 × 45 ¼ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Ball Pile (Optimism), 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen 240 × 120 × 4.5 cm / 94 ½ × 47 ¼ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Wood, 2025 Oil and acrylic on linen Each: 290 × 25 × 4.5 cm / 114 ¼ × 9 ¾ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Van, 2024 Oil and acrylic on linen 240 × 250 × 4.5 cm / 94 ½ × 98 ½ × 1 ¾ in
Marius Steiger Wall (Hermitage), 2025 276 parts; Oil and acrylic on linen 300 × 480 × 4.5 cm / 118 ⅛ × 189 × 1 ¾ in