“Uncommon Ground” Markus Baenziger, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York in 2014
“Wayside” Markus Baenziger, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA in 2014
Field Guide: Markus Baenziger, curated by John Muse, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2011
Markus Baenziger: “Vortex”, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ in 2009
Group Exhibitions:
Luminous Reveries, curated by Premjish Achari, Travancore Palace, Delhi, India in 2024
The Place, Baer Art Center, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2023
Educate, Duke Gallery, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA in 2021
A Time for Farewells, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2019
A Time for Farewells, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India in 2019
1959: Spirit of the Void, Dumbo Open Studios, Two Coats of Paint HQ, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sharon Butler and Stephanie Theodore in 2019
Navigation is Offline, Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art, Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Odisha Tourism, Bhubaneswar, India in 2018
Sign of the Times, The Weave Shed Gallery, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2018
Three Sculptors, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2017
Great ARTdoors Festival, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2017
Regrouping, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2016
Snap to Grid, LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA in 2016
Group Show, Lorimoto Gallery, Bushwick, NY in 2015
Summer Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2014
Residencies:
Baer Art Center Residency Program, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2022
La Napoule Art Foundation Residency Program, Mandelieu La Napoule, France in 2018
Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, Georgia in 2017
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Summer'14 Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, Maine in 2014
Weir Farm Artist Residency, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton CT in 2014
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Fellowship in 2006
Collections:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Agnes Gund, New York, NY
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
Botanical Garden, Key West
and numerous private collections
Media Coverage links:
2018 Uma Nair, Bhubaneshwar art trail makes a splash, The Times of India, November 29, 2018
2018 Uma Nair, Imprints of shadows and water, The Daily Pioneer, November 27, 2018
2018 Seema Rajpal, Everything you need to know about Bhubaneswar Art trail, The New Indian Express, November 16, 2018
2018 Kamayani Sharma, Temple City meets Smart City: The first Bhubaneswar Art Trail questions rhetoric behind development, Scroll, December 10, 2018
Markus Baenziger is a Swiss born artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. After receiving his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he attended the graduate program at Yale University, where he received his MFA in sculpture. He is a
Markus Baenziger is a Swiss born artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. After receiving his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he attended the graduate program at Yale University, where he received his MFA in sculpture. He is a full-time professor at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
His work was featured in several one person exhibitions at the Edward Thorp Gallery in New York City. He had additional solo exhibitions at the List Gallery at Swarthmore College; the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College; the Louise Jones Brown Gallery at Duke University; Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, NYC; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NYC; and Cohen Gallery, NYC. His work has also been included in the Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Bhubaneswar, India, and in select group exhibitions at the Rose Art Museum; the Walker Art Center; the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas; the Yale University Art Gallery; the Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL; the Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY; the Florida Atlantic University Gallery; the Swiss Institute; Shrine Empire Gallery in New Delhi, India; Zabriskie Gallery; WithSpace Gallery in Beijing, China; and C/O Gallery in Oslo, Norway, among others.
Markus Baenziger is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship award. He also received the State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts artist fellowship, and a Yale Norfolk Fellowship in sculpture. He was awarded an artist residency fellowship at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and he received the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Summer'14 Open Studio Residency award, and the Weir Farm Artist Residency award at the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton, CT. Most recently he received a Baer Art Center Residency fellowship in Iceland, a Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Artist Residency fellowship, and he was awarded a residency at the La Napoule Art Foundation Residency Program in Mandelieu La Napoule, France. His work has been widely reviewed, including reviews of his solo exhibitions at the List Gallery and at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Additional reviews of his work appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Arts & Antiques, Sculpture Magazine, the New York Times, the New York Sun, the Art Newspaper, the Village Voice, and others. His work can be found in the collections of the Walker Art Center, MN; the Agnes Gund Collection, NY, and numerous private collections.
Academics
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT - MFA in sculpture
Parsons School of Design, New York - BFA in sculpture
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship
Friends of Lake Burton Fellowship Award, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences
Theodore and Jane Norman Award for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, Brandeis University
Markus Baenziger is a Swiss born artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. After receiving his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he attended the graduate program at Yale University, where he received his MFA in sculpture. He is a full-time professor at Haverford College in
Markus Baenziger is a Swiss born artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. After receiving his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he attended the graduate program at Yale University, where he received his MFA in sculpture. He is a full-time professor at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
His work was featured in several one person exhibitions at the Edward Thorp Gallery in New York City. He had additional solo exhibitions at the List Gallery at Swarthmore College; the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College; the Louise Jones Brown Gallery at Duke University; Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, NYC; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NYC; and Cohen Gallery, NYC. His work has also been included in the Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Bhubaneswar, India, and in select group exhibitions at the Rose Art Museum; the Walker Art Center; the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas; the Yale University Art Gallery; the Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL; the Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY; the Florida Atlantic University Gallery; the Swiss Institute; Shrine Empire Gallery in New Delhi, India; Zabriskie Gallery; WithSpace Gallery in Beijing, China; and C/O Gallery in Oslo, Norway, among others.
Markus Baenziger is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship award. He also received the State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts artist fellowship, and a Yale Norfolk Fellowship in sculpture. He was awarded an artist residency fellowship at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and he received the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Summer'14 Open Studio Residency award, and the Weir Farm Artist Residency award at the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton, CT. Most recently he received a Baer Art Center Residency fellowship in Iceland, a Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Artist Residency fellowship, and he was awarded a residency at the La Napoule Art Foundation Residency Program in Mandelieu La Napoule, France. His work has been widely reviewed, including reviews of his solo exhibitions at the List Gallery and at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Additional reviews of his work appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Arts & Antiques, Sculpture Magazine, the New York Times, the New York Sun, the Art Newspaper, the Village Voice, and others. His work can be found in the collections of the Walker Art Center, MN; the Agnes Gund Collection, NY, and numerous private collections.
Academics
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT - MFA in sculpture
Parsons School of Design, New York - BFA in sculpture
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship
Friends of Lake Burton Fellowship Award, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences
Theodore and Jane Norman Award for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, Brandeis University
Yale University, Rebecca Taylor Porter Award
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
“Uncommon Ground” Markus Baenziger, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York in 2014
“Wayside” Markus Baenziger, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA in 2014
Field Guide: Markus Baenziger, curated by John Muse, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2011
Markus Baenziger: “Vortex”, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ in 2009
Group Exhibitions:
Luminous Reveries, curated by Premjish Achari, Travancore Palace, Delhi, India in 2024
The Place, Baer Art Center, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2023
Educate, Duke Gallery, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA in 2021
A Time for Farewells, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2019
A Time for Farewells, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India in 2019
1959: Spirit of the Void, Dumbo Open Studios, Two Coats of Paint HQ, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sharon Butler and Stephanie Theodore in 2019
Navigation is Offline, Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art, Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Odisha Tourism, Bhubaneswar, India in 2018
Sign of the Times, The Weave Shed Gallery, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2018
Three Sculptors, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2017
Great ARTdoors Festival, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2017
Regrouping, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2016
Snap to Grid, LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA in 2016
Group Show, Lorimoto Gallery, Bushwick, NY in 2015
Summer Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2014
Residencies:
Baer Art Center Residency Program, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2022
La Napoule Art Foundation Residency Program, Mandelieu La Napoule, France in 2018
Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, Georgia in 2017
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Summer'14 Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, Maine in 2014
Weir Farm Artist Residency, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton CT in 2014
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Fellowship in 2006
Collections:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Agnes Gund, New York, NY
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
Botanical Garden, Key West
and numerous private collections
Media Coverage links:
2018 Uma Nair, Bhubaneshwar art trail makes a splash, The Times of India, November 29, 2018
2018 Uma Nair, Imprints of shadows and water, The Daily Pioneer, November 27, 2018
2018 Seema Rajpal, Everything you need to know about Bhubaneswar Art trail, The New Indian Express, November 16, 2018
2018 Kamayani Sharma, Temple City meets Smart City: The first Bhubaneswar Art Trail questions rhetoric behind development, Scroll, December 10, 2018
“Uncommon Ground” Markus Baenziger, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York in 2014
“Wayside” Markus Baenziger, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA in 2014
Field Guide: Markus Baenziger, curated by John Muse, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2011
Markus Baenziger: “Vortex”, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ in 2009
Group Exhibitions:
Luminous Reveries, curated by Premjish Achari, Travancore Palace, Delhi, India in 2024
The Place, Baer Art Center, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2023
Educate, Duke Gallery, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA in 2021
A Time for Farewells, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA in 2019
A Time for Farewells, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India in 2019
1959: Spirit of the Void, Dumbo Open Studios, Two Coats of Paint HQ, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sharon Butler and Stephanie Theodore in 2019
Navigation is Offline, Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art, Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Odisha Tourism, Bhubaneswar, India in 2018
Sign of the Times, The Weave Shed Gallery, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2018
Three Sculptors, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2017
Great ARTdoors Festival, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA in 2017
Regrouping, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2016
Snap to Grid, LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA in 2016
Group Show, Lorimoto Gallery, Bushwick, NY in 2015
Summer Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY in 2014
Residencies:
Baer Art Center Residency Program, Höfdaströnd, Hofsós, Iceland in 2022
La Napoule Art Foundation Residency Program, Mandelieu La Napoule, France in 2018
Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, Georgia in 2017
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Summer'14 Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, Maine in 2014
Weir Farm Artist Residency, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton CT in 2014
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency Fellowship in 2006
Collections:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Agnes Gund, New York, NY
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
Botanical Garden, Key West
and numerous private collections
Media Coverage links:
2018 Uma Nair, Bhubaneshwar art trail makes a splash, The Times of India, November 29, 2018
2018 Uma Nair, Imprints of shadows and water, The Daily Pioneer, November 27, 2018
2018 Seema Rajpal, Everything you need to know about Bhubaneswar Art trail, The New Indian Express, November 16, 2018
2018 Kamayani Sharma, Temple City meets Smart City: The first Bhubaneswar Art Trail questions rhetoric behind development, Scroll, December 10, 2018