About

Photo: Gunnar Meier
Claudia Comte (b. 1983, Morges, Switzerland) lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. She works between media, often combining sculptures or installations with wall paintings, to create immersive environments where multimedia works unfold with a visual rhythm that is both methodical and playful.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include K&L Museum, Seoul, Korea (2024); Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (2023); LagoAlgo, Mexico City (2023); Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico (2023); Desert X, Alula, Saudi Arabia (2022), Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (2022), 58th October Salon - Belgrade Biennale (2022), Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2021), Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria (2020); Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (2019), Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark (2019); MOCA Cleveland, Ohio (2018); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2018); KölnSkulptur #9, Cologne, Italy (2017); Basement Roma, Italy (2017); Messeplatz, Art Basel, Switzerland (2017); Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland (2017); Desert X, Palm Springs, California (2017); Public Art Fund, New York (2016); Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2014).
Exhibitions
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The New York Times ↗Elisabetta Povoledo
May 4, 2021
Download PDF ↓Deep dive: artist Claudia Comte on preserving marine life through art
Wallpaper* ↗Simon Mills
February 2, 2021
Download PDF ↓‘I Wanted to Leave Something in Return’: Artist Claudia Comte on Why She Installed Permanent Underwater Sculptures Off Jamaica’s Coast
Artnet ↗Sarah Cascone
August 19, 2019
Surprises and Innovations Abound at Art Basel
The New York Times ↗Louis Lecero II
June 15, 2017
Download PDF ↓Experiential Art Puts a Song in People’s Path
The Wall Street Journal ↗Andy Battaglia
July 14, 2016
Download PDF ↓Review: NO MELON NO LEMON at Gladstone Gallery
Art in America ↗Tatiana Istomina
May 1, 2015
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