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 works across sculpture, drawing, installation, and painting to explore the interconnected relationships between humans, nature, and the cosmos. Deeply engaged with natural processes and materials, his work combines ecological reflection, sensorial experience, and an investigation of the structures and transformations that shape the natural world.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2027

conditions of persistence​, b art h Kunstraum, Brixen (IT)

unstable conditions, Galerie Urs Meile Zurich, Switzerland

 

2026

skin, structure, dissolution, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

transience – a study of an inner state​, Galerie Solca, Chur, Switzerland

 

2024

le jeu de l’échelle​, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

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

Lupus, Kunsthoch Luzern, Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne, Switzerland
Pardis (Curzoin), Abbatiale de Bellelay, Bellelay, 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

Group Exhibitions

2026

espace public space, Kunstwege - Vias d’art Puntraschigna, Pontresina, Switzerland

Génies du lieu, Bex Arts 26 - Triennale d’art contemporain en plein air, Bex, Switzerland

Hinterm Horizont geht’s weiter, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, Switzerland

Rumantsch!, Fundaziun Capauliana, Chur, Switzerland

Im Atelier. Raum, Arbeit, Mythos, Grisons Museum of fine Arts, Chur, Switzerland

PRIVATE COLLECTION, Castel Tirolo, Tirol, Italy

 

2025

Vaud Art & Architecture, Galerie de l’ELAC, Renens, Switzerland

Il verso della Lumaca, curated by Giulia Tornesello, Gallery Unosunove, Roma, Italy

the gallerist choice, Galerie Solca, Chur, Switzerland

Summer Show 2025,Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

Im Dialog mit Jürg Pesko, Galerie Pesko, Lenzerheide, Switzerland

Sommeroase, Zezzaneera, Raum für Kunst und Kultur, Ilanz, Switzerland

Kunst zu Hause V, Martinsammelt, Zumikon, Switzerland

Matières errantes, curated by Laura Giudici, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

Feelings of the Season IV, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland

 

2024

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

Le Temps est une Illusion , Fondation TEI, Tokyo, Japan

Backstage Engelberg , curated by Dorothea Strauss, Engelberg, Switzerland

SUMMER BLUES , Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne, Switzerland

Konturen – Sprache der Stille , Galerie Solca, Chur, Switzerland

GREEN , curated by Gottfried Hattinger, Altmünster, Austria

GIARDINO D’ACCLIMATAZIONE. In dialogo con la collezione d’arte della Posta Svizzera, Museo Villa

Dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland

“Are there any more real cowboys left out in these hills?” , Galerie am Stadtplatz, Wörgl, Austria

METAMORPHOSE II, Galerie Schenk.Modern, Munich, Germany

Feelings of the season III , Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland

CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN SPECIES, Galerie Schenk.Modern, Paper Positions Berlin,

Germany

 

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

Awards

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

Collections

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