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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
Mural, 2015
Group exhibition, New Glarus, Kunsthaus Glarus
The installation “Happy Landing” in Kunsthaus Glarus consists of a wall object and a hanging sculpture on a metal chain.
The sculpture resembles a meteorite and has a green surface with a grainy structure. The color was made by mixing Acrystal, a type of fast-drying plaster, with Chlorella, 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.
The wall art deals with a continuation in the Buster series, named for the comic and film director Buster Keaton. Its inspiration came from a scene from the slapstick comedy “Cops” (1922). In this scene, Buster lights a cigarette from the burning fuse of a bomb. In the film, the lit fuse is structured in a chronological sequence. As soon as a bomb fuse is lit, a foreseeable time period is defined, in which tension increases palpably as the awaited explosion approaches. In the Buster series this tension is translated into a spatial model, with zigzag lines and circles. In combination with the marks of the burning fuse, is a digital glitch incorporated into the work.
Curation: Judith Welter
Image 01-02, Happy Landing, 2015
Arylic paint, fuses 1008 cm x 315 cm Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris, styrofoam, chain 120 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm
Image 01
Happy Landing, installation, wall: arylic paint, fuse on wall, 1008 cm x 315 cm, sculpture: Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris, styrofoam, chain, 120 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm
Image 02
Happy Landing, installation, wall: arylic paint, fuse on wall 1008 cm x 315 cm, sculpture; Acrystal, chlorella vulgaris, styrofoam, chain 120 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm