Samuel Haitz

Zurich, 1997

Samuel Haitz

Zurich, 1997

Samuel Haitz currently lives and works in Zurich. He earned a BFA at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2020 and a diploma in Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Berlin (Class Prof. Josephine Pryde) in 2023. His work deals with the legacies and concepts of artistic practice, as well as desire and its projections.

Selected solo and duo exhibitions

  • 2024

    Projection, Grotto, Berlin, DE (upcoming)

    Hermeneutics, Triangolo, Cremona, IT

    Above All Love, Espace Topic, Geneva, CH (with Valentin Rilliet)

    Anthology (Diary), Lokal-Int, Biel, CH

  • 2023

    Samuel Haitz & Covey Gong, HIT, Geneva, CH (with Covey Gong)

    Samuel Haitz, The Estate, Mesocco, CH

  • 2022

    En Transit, All Stars x Signal L, Lausanne, CH (with Julie Beaufils)

    Neue Arbeiten, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, DE

  • 2021

    Memorabilia, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, CH

  • 2019

    On the filmy foundation of my dreams, Plymouth Rock, Zürich, CH

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2024

    Hidden Structures, Triangolo, Cremona, IT

    Swiss Art Awards 2024, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, CH

    An Account of The Luck and Misfortunes of ________, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, BE

    Atopia 1, Dacodac, Zürich, CH

  • 2023

    Goodnight, Shower, Seoul, KOR

    Kévin Blindermann, Sofia Defino Leiby, Julius Pristauz, Samuel Haitz, Good or Trash, Paris, FR

    …It doesn’t get better than this, Galerie Lange Pult, Auvernier, CH

  • 2022

    Kunst für diese Stadt – Kunstankäufe der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zürich, CH

    Seen by #17: Profiling, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin, DE

    Gazed and Confused, Last Tango, Zürich, CH

  • 2021

    … von möglichen Welten, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH

    Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, CH

    Plattform21, MASI, Lugano, CH

    The Crossdresser and the Phoenix, Nevven, Gothenborg, CH

  • 2020

    Period S01E01, Longtang, Zürich, CH

Archive (I’m Very into You) (2)

2023 | Acrylic glass, wood, c-prints, book page, coins, pencil | 42 × 29.7 × 7.5 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Archive (Studio)

2023 | Acrylic glass, wood, c-prints, bluetooth headphone case, Physique Illustrated (1965), receipt, coins, l-hooks, nail, brush, painkillers, drawing feather, opened gum pack | 84 × 29.7 × 13.5 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

First Lines

2023 | Silver-gelatin print, glass, l-hooks | 21 x 29.7 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Poetry

2023 | Silver-gelatin print, glass, l-hooks | 29.7 x 21 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

I’m Very into You

2023 | Inkjet-print on archival paper, mounted on aluminium, framed | 47.5 x 60 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Hyperfixation

2024 | From Having a Coke with You, 2019–ongoing | Coke cans

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Infatuation

2023 | Inkjet-print on archival paper, mounted on aluminium, framed | 47.5 x 60 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum. 

Anthology (Rimbaud, p. 55)

2024 | C-prints and adhesive on c-print mounted on alu-dibond, framed | 59.4 x 42 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Installation view

Hermeneutics – solo show

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Anthology (Rimbaud, p. 72-73) (He loves me, he loves me not)

2024 | C-prints and adhesive on c-print mounted on alu-dibond, framed | 59.4 x 84 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Installation view

Hermeneutics – solo show

All photo credits to Julian Blum.

Anthology (Rimbaud, p. 88-89)

2024 | C-prints and adhesive on c-print mounted on alu-dibond, framed | 59.4 x 84 cm

All photo credits to Julian Blum.