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Simone Steinegger holds a Masters in Fine Arts – Contemporary Art Practice from the Institute of Art Gender Nature at the University of Art and Design in Basel under the supervision of Prof. Chus Martínez. She completed the postgraduate Programa de Artistas directed by Inés Katzenstein at the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. Her artistic training began with the extended preliminary course at the School of Design led by Enrique Fontanilles and continued with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts under the mentorship of Matthias Frey, Muda Mathis and Alexandra Navratil. Simone owns a certificate of advanced studies in sculpture with various crafts – including a pedagogical license to teach creative practice. Her studio is based in Basel and she has lived and worked in Switzerland, Germany, France, Portugal, Argentina and Mexico, among others. Simones work thrives in multiple tactics that span the expanded fields of sculpture, performance, game- and public art projects. The inspiration comes from a range of human desires, both physical and psychological, including the cognitive demands of the human mind in relation to the environment. That opens a wide field of concepts, critical thinking within political, social and cultural life to which she refers. For the production of her pieces, she collects and processes recycled materials and researches various strategies. In addition to experimentation, the inclusion of chance and loss of control play an equally important role as well as the concrete analysis and of given circumstances, sometimes engaging in hazardous and exciting activities. A great motivation is the exploration of unknown territory and no medium is excluded from her playful extensions. The playful is explicitly defined as the utopian-childish playful, including fun, radicalism, being in love and fictional rules that can be reversed at any time. Simone celebrates a surrealist approach and offers a different perspective on the nature of things and the world in its possible alternative forms. Her visual language comprises processual and performative facets in connection with sculpture, movement or interaction as essential components, with the aim of creating an immersive atmosphere that enables a multi-sensory exploration of her work

2026Amazing things are in the pipeline – Stay tuned :)

2025Im Archiv – Kulturraum Waldenburg, Baselland/ Solothurn
2025St. Poz – Jetzt Kunst im Gartenbad Eglisee, Basel
2025Kunst am Bau, Bernstrasse 23, Murten
2025Artist in Residence – Kloster Schönthal
2025My Shadow also leaps – Edition Basel, Kasko Werkraum Warteck
2025St.Poz, Kulturstunde – Inselschulhaus Basel
2024Mit Vielen und OFFCUT – Dock Kunstraum
2024Deponie – Skulpturenpark Steinmaur, Zürich
2024Cazimi – Claire, Basel
2024Le pain is gone – Bäckerei Kult, Basel
2024Wild at Art 2 – Freilagerplatz, Atelier Mondial
2023Giftshop – Open Studio St.Poz
2023A Tale of two Rooms – Artstübli
2023Kulturwochen Ebenrain – Sissach
2022Jetzt Kunst – Gartenbad Eglisee, Basel
2022Portal of Parallel – Public Space, Lysbüchelareal
2022Entrée & Hommage – M54 Visarte, Basel
2022Æther – Wabe Basel, Solo.
2021Ärt – PilzWelleLust Exhibition Space, Basel
2021Vite que possible, lentement que nécessaire – Solo.http://dertank.ch/corona-kino
2021Cobweb – Private Showroom, Basel
2020Frischer Wind – Dreispitzhalle. A Project by KHBL and HeK for the Oslonight - Solo.
2020Bouncing Boundaries in Resonating Spaces – Garten Wilde Gallery Basel - Solo.
2020With (out) Fear – Ausstellungsraum Voltage, Basel
2020Life Love Justice – Kunsthaus Baselland
2020Supper Club – Wilde Gallery Basel
2019Draisinederby4 – Simone Steinegger presented by Museum Tinguely
2019Traces of Fire – Regionale 20, FABRIKculture, Hegenheim (FR)
2018Ya nos estamos yendo – UTDT, BuenosAires, Argentinien
2018Panch – Performance Art Network Schweiz in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kaskadenkondensator, Liste-Art Fair
2018A Tooth for an Eye – Regionale 19, Kunsthalle Basel
2018Atlas of Heavens – Kunsthaus Basel-Land
2018Lo que mueve la quietud – UTDT, BuenosAires, Argentinien
2018<STRG + S> – Dock, Basel
2017Regionale 17 – Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
2017Internet Yami-Ichi – Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel
2017I never Read – Kunstbuchmesse, Basel
2017A dónde va el blanco cuando la nieve se derrite – Departamento de Arte UTDT, Buenos Aires, Argentinien - Solo.
2016I never read – Kunstbuchmesse, Basel
2016Liebe Grüsse aus dem Depot – Collaboration with Aline Stalder and Nadine Cueni, Depot Basel
2016Totentanz – Performance auf Einladung von Gerda Steiner und Jörg Lenzlinger, Basel
2016Club Universe – Salts, Birsfelden
2016ListeTotal – Dr. Kuckucks Labrador mit Kaskadenkondensator Liste-Art Fair, Basel
2016Moving Image Friday – Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Freiburg i. Breisgau, DE
2016Kulturnacht Lörrach und Weil am Rhein – Stapflehus, Weil, DE
2015ACT – Performance Festival Basel und Zürich
2015Co-Evolution – Tank, Institut Kunst, Basel
2015Loose Thinking – Kunsthaus Basel-Land

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