Claudia Comte

Born in 1983 in Grancy, Switzerland. Lives and works in Basel, Switzerland.

 

Over the past decades, Claudia Comte has developed an internationally recognized practice that merges digital technologies with fundamental natural forms, creating imaginative landscapes that engage with climate change and ecosystem conservation. Her work spans site-specific installations, paintings, and sculptures, all driven by her interest in exploring the history of biomorphic forms through both traditional manual techniques and industrial technologies.

 

Comte creates monumental wall paintings and serial sculptures inspired by organic and morphological patterns, such as waves, sonar imagery, cacti, and rock strata. These elements are playfully reassembled into fluid, immersive environments. Drawing on the principles of communication, cognition, and symbiosis within the natural world, her dynamic, ever-evolving objects reflect the intelligence and transformative capacity of ecological systems.

 

She is widely recognized for her public installations, including a major installation featuring three marble sculptures and freestanding wall paintings at the Jing’An International Sculpture Project, Shanghai (2024), and Five Marble Leaves (2023) at the Jardin des Tuileries during Art Basel Paris. Her work has also been presented at the Jing’An International Sculpture Biennial, Shanghai; Globus Art Project with the Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia; and the Public Art Fund, New York, among others.

 

Comte’s work has been exhibited in renowned museums worldwide, including the K+L Museum, Seoul; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai; Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; Lago Algo, Mexico City; Castello di Rivoli, Torino; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich; Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen; and Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn.

 

Her work is also part of several significant museum and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kunstmuseum Luzern; Baltimore Museum of Art; Collection Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich; the Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; and the UBS Art Collection, among others.

 

Passionate about using art as a tool for marine conservation, policy change, and climate education, Comte has collaborated with various organizations on impactful projects. In 2019, she undertook a residency and an underwater commission with TB21-Academy to raise awareness of coral health around the Alligator Head Foundation in Jamaica.