Born 1983 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Lives and works in Switzerland and Germany.


EDUCATION

2010
Master of Art in Science of Education, Haute Ecole Pédagogique, Visual Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

2007
BA Visual Arts, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, ECAL, Lausanne, Switzerland


SELECTED AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2019
TBA21–Academy Residency: Claudia Comte at Alligator Head Foundation, Port Antonio, Jamaica

2018
The Irène Reymond Foundation Prize, Switzerland
The Current, TBA21-Academy, expedition and residency, New Zealand
Kulturförderpreis 2018 der Alexander Clavel Stiftung, Riehen, Switzerland

2015
International Artists-In-Labs Residency – Russian-Swiss Exchange, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Division Ipae of Russian Academy of Sciences at Jekaterinburg, Russia
Prix de la Ville du Locle, Triennale de l’Art Imprime Contemporain, Switzerland
Sponsorship Award, Stiftung für die Graphische Kunst in der Schweiz, Switzerland

2014
Swiss Art Award

2013
Pro Helvetia Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa

2012
Kiefer Hablitzel Award, Switzerland
Mobiliar Award, Switzerland
Support from the UBS Foundation for Contemporary Art, Switzerland

2011
Support from the Canton Vaud, Switzerland
Support from the city of Lausanne, Switzerland

2010
Residency Swiss Institute of Rome, Rome, Italy
Residency Vent des Forêts, Meuse, France

2009
Residency galerie Zwanzigquadrameter, Berlin, Germany

2008
Residency Cité des Arts, Paris, Laureate of l’atelier Vaudois du 700ème, France


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
(S) soloshow, (T) two-person show, (G) groupshow, (C) catalogue

2020
Sculpture Zeitgeist, Achenbach Hagemeier, Düsseldorf, Germany (G)

2019
The Diagnosis of Life, Castello di Rivoli - Museo D´Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy (S)
Claudia Comte, Fruits and Jungle, KÖNIG LONDON, London, UK (S)
Claudia Comte, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (S)
Bunnies and ZigZag, Joy de Rouvre, Geneva, Switzerland (S)
Wallpaintings, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA (S)
Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark (S)
Zone Dangereuse, Zeidoun Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (G)
Lustwarande '19 - Delirious, Platform for Contemporary Sculpture, Tilburg, Netherlands (G)
Blickachsen 12, Stiftung Blickachsen, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hessen, Germany (G)

2018
Wenkenhof Villa - Alexander Clavel, Riehen, Switzerland (S)
Performance "Hot Saw-Electric Power", New Swiss Performance Now, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (G)
Electric Burst (Lines and Zigzags), Contemporary Art Museum St.Louis, St. Louis, USA (S)
When Dinosaurs ruled the world, KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, Germany (S)
Zigzags and Diagonals, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA (S)

2017
La Ligne Claire, Basement Roma, Rome, Italy (S)
Black and White Circles in the Sky, Kulturplatz Münsterhof, Zürich, Switzerland (S)
The Primary Fondue Party, Salon Suisse: ATARAXIA / Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (S)
Now I Won, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland (S)Curves and Zigzags, Desert X, Palm Springs, California (G)
Beneath the Salt, presented by conglomerate with Joe Clark and Lauryn Yuoden, Kinderhook and Caracas, Berlin, Germany (G)
Crib II, curated by Yves Scherer, Biel, Switzerland (G)
10 Rooms. 40 Walls, 1046 m2, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland (S)