Claudia Comte


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

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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

    Group exhibitions

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