Mirko Baselgia
Biography

1982 born in Lantsch/Lenz, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Lain, Switzerland.
2010 MA in Fine Arts, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 BA in Fine Arts, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, Switzerland

Mirko Baselgia observes the dynamics and structures that shape our world to redefine them in a
personal and intriguing way, indicating the essential interdependence connecting human beings
and their activities with the rest of the natural world.
Many of his works are directly inspired by natural formations, which the artist has reworked in an
unexpected medium, giving it new aesthetic value. In all his creations the sensorial experience
and a subtle investigation of materials play a key role and have a direct and tangible impact on
one‘s perception of the surrounding space and the world in general. Baselgia likes to work with a
vast variety of mediums (like sculpture, installation, video, painting or drawing), exploring their
potential thank to the collaboration with craftsmen and other professionals that allows him to
take advantage of their specific knowledge and know-how for the materialization of his ideas, even
the most demanding and eccentric ones.
Philosophical and existential reflections are combined with craftsmanship and scientific knowledge
to create poetic and evocative works. The connection between visible and invisible, real and
imaginary, and material transformation processes are recurring motifs in his artistic practice.

Solo Exhibitions

2023

structura / sistem, Galerie Urs Meile Ardez, Switzerland
INTERVENZIUN AVIEUL - Intervention Biene, KOENIGmuseum, Landshut, Germany

 

2022

materia viva, Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne, Switzerland

inner desert, museumbickel, Walenstadt, Switzerland

 

2021
)IN(OUT) TILL SUNDOWN, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Imagine a White Surface with Irregular Black Spots, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

2020

GIUSTRAR, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland

 

2019

Les étoiles ne sont pas seules, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

2018
Habitat, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
Pardis (Curzoin), Abbatiale de Bellelay, Bellelay, Switzerland
Cuntradas, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

2017
Transmutaziun, Kunst in der Krypta No5, Grossmünster Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Membrana, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland


2016
Antupada I + II, Kloster Schönthal, Langenbruck, Switzerland
Lontan e manevel - ma fee mishkleh, Maarad li yawm wahed in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon

2015
Val-bella, Galerie Pesko, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Igl tor muribund, Markus Vonlanthen, Chur, Switzerland
SOZEIN TA PHAINOMENA, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

2014
The pattern which connects, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, Switzerland
Aleph - fier bugliaint, Choisi - One at a time, Lugano, Switzerland

2013
Primavera, Manor Kunstpreis, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Midada da structura, Galerie Edition Z, Chur, Switzerland

2011
Spatio-Temporal Pattern, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland

2010
Meisterstück, Museum für Gestaltung (Garden), Zurich, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions

2024

Underground. Exploring Ecosystems, Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland

 

2023

SPRING BREAK, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrumes, Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Internationaler Museumstag​, KOENIGmuseum, Landshut, Germany
75 Jahre VfO​, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland

 

2022

Nature X Culture, VFO Edition, Zurich, Switzerland
Rebuilding Connections, VFO Edition, Zurich, Switzerland
SOCKELGESCHICHTEN, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland

LOVE & PEACE. Kunst, Konflikt und Frieden, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Switzerland

 

2021
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
LandLiebe. Kunst und Landwirtschaft, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
il luf el visier digl art / der Wolf im Visier der Kunst, Casa d’Angel, Lumbrein, Switzerland
SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Transition, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland

 

2020

Jahresausstellung der Bündner Kunstschaffenden, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
You, Art!, Galerie Loewen, Chur, Switzerland
EXPOSITION D’ETE, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland
Morcote 2020 - Habitat, Public Art Biennal, Morcote, Switzerland
HORTUS CONCLUSUS. L’ILLUSIONE DI UN PARADISO, Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona,
Switzerland
ÜNA STÀ CUN, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland
eingefangen und ausgestellt - zeitgenössische Kunst im Gefängnis Willisau, Gefängnis Willisau, Willisau,
Switzerland
Mit Beethoven unter einem D-A-CH, ArtDialog Bonn, Bonn, Germany

 

2019
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Kunstschaffenden, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Jagd, Sils Museum, Sils, Switzerland
Paradise, Lost; 6. Skulpturen-Biennale Weiertal 2019, Weiertal, Switzerland
Anima / Animals, Villa Datris Fundation, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France

2018
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Kunstschaffenden, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Verre en scène, MUDAC - Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Beehave, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Formen der Natur: Pure Nature Art, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany

2017
Extended Ground, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Kunstschaffenden, Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Triennale 2017 - Art Contemporain Valais, Martigny, Switzerland
Nach der Natur - Material, Form, Struktur, Museum Sinclair-Haus - Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
Bex & Arts - Triennale de sculpture contemporaine en plein air, Propriété de Szilassy, Bex, Switzerland
METAMORFOSI. Uno sguardo alla scultura contemporanea, Museo d’arte Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland
Linien bündeln - Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, Switzerland
CLIMAX, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

2016
Archiv - 80 Jahre Bündner Kunst, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
24, Galerie Loewen, Chur, Switzerland
Totentanz, Park der Predigerkirche, Basel, Switzerland
Transfer, Global Architecture Platform, Zurich, Switzerland
Bündner Künstler, Galerie Loewen, Chur, Switzerland
Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
colony collapse disorder, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland
Kunst + Nachhaltigkeit Vol 5 - Prix Moduliere 2016, Mobiliar, Berne, Switzerland
Edition Verein für Originalgraphik, Verein für Originalgraphik, Zurich, Switzerland
Nominations for the Prix Mobilière 2016, Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

2015
Charaktere - Das Bündner Kunstmuseum zu Gast, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Imagination of Nature - Der Traum von gebändigter Wildnis, Gebert Stiftung für Kultur - Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Kunstsammlung der Schweizerischen Post, Kornhausforum Bern, Berne, Switzerland

2014
Junge Bündner Künstler, Stalla Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland
Werkstoff Glas, Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Punt’ota, Vias d’art Pontresina, Pontresina, Switzerland
Garten-Kunst-Architektur II, sic! Raum für Kunst / o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst im Kunstpavillon, Lucerne, Switzerland

2013
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Banana Split, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland
Vordemberge-Gildewart-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

2012
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Unter 30 VIII - Junge Schweizer Kunst, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
Kiefer Hablitzel Grant, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
Dancing Fundament, IRBIS - 12°, Kunstruiert, Samedan, Switzerland

2011
transblau, Stadtgalerie im Rathaus Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Avieuler (Bienenhaus), IRBIS - 11°, Kunstruiert, Samedan, Switzerland

2010
Indextine - Inszenierung in 11 Akten, Corner College, Perla Mode, Zurich, Switzerland

2009
repetiziun. repetiziun. repetiziun, Galerie Pesko, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Entenschwärme, Galerie der Vertiefung Fotografie, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Delayed, Schmuck Inc, Zurich, Switzerland
Solo Exhibition, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesien

2008
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Phönix*(Version Alpha), Kunsthof Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

2007
Voia da Son Giatgen, Neustadtgasse 21, Winterthur, Switzerland
Arteffel, Espace Culturel Assens, Lausanne, Switzerland
Materia Prima, Papiersaal Sihlcity, Zurich, Switzerland
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland

2006
Das Lenzerheide – Fragment, Kurhaus, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Vera Icon, Bad Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2004
Bartscha da mestgel, Kultursommer Greina, Sumvitg, Switzerland

2003
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
D’onna d’earvas, Triennale der Skulptur, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Public Collection

Helvetia Art Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Muzeum Susch, Switzerland
Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland
Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zurich, Switzerland
Schweizer Post, Switzerland
Manor Art Collection
Roche Art Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Credit Suisse Collection, Zürich, Switzerland
Raiffeisen Bank, Chur, Switzerland
Bündner Kunstsammlung, Chur, Switzerland
MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
Burger Collection, Hong Kong, China
Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
Ricola Collection, Laufen, Switzerland
Graubündner Kantonalbank, Chur, Switzerland
Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
Stiftung Kloster Schönthal, Basel, Switzerland
Artphilein de Pietri Foundation, Vaduz, Lichtenstein
Hahnloser Stiftung, Winterthur, Switzerland
Bordier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland

Awards

Manor Art Price Chur, 2013
Kiefer Hablitzel Grant, 2012
Willi Reber Foundation Promotion Award, 2005
Promotion Award of Canton Grisons, 2004