Maria Ceppi (b. 1963, Visp, Switzerland). Maria Ceppi lives and works in Valais. Ceppi studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris and completed the Master of Arts in Public Spheres (MAPS) programme at ECAV, now EDHEA in Sierre. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at institutions and art spaces including: the Valais Art Museum in Sion (2022), the Fondation Louis Moret in Martigny (2023) and the New Fulcrum Gallery in Soho (1999 and 1995), New York. Her recents solo exhibitions include: Chimära, Gallery Fabian Lang, Zurich (2025) and Maria Ceppi: Towards Elsewheres, was presented at the Kunstmuseum Thurgau in Warth in 2025/26. Ceppi has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including: Backstage Engelberg (2024), curated by Dorothea Strauss, as well as exhibitions at the Valais Art Museum (2022), the Lugano Art Museum (2008), the Musée de Bagnes (2015), the Triennale of Contemporary Sculpture in Sion, Bex & Arts (2006) and the Swiss Institute in New York (1996). In addition to her exhibition work, Ceppi has realised several public art and art-in-architecture projects, among them Zeitdokument, created for the NEAT Lötschberg tunnel construction site in Visp (2003- 2006), and Gronggusunna, created for the senior citizens’ centre in Naters (2024). She has received several awards and grants, including: the Prix Fondation Henri & Marcelle Gaspoz (2016) and the ArtPro grant from the Canton of Valais (2019). Her work is included in the collection of the Valais Art Museum and in numerous private collections in Europe and the United States. It has also been featured in various publications and critical texts.
MARIA CEPPI
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Maria Ceppi, Above , 2022, cast aluminium, cast plastic 3D-Print, lacquered, 125 x 37 x 54 cm. © kunstgiesserei St: Gallen. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. -
Maria Ceppi, Pricklyrose, 2025, Polymer plaster, Plastic, Lacquer, SLA-Print, 50 x 82 x 120 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. © Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen. -
Maria Ceppi, Déesse, 2011, Mixed Media, 11.5 x 6 x 5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. © Thomas Andenmatten. -
Maria Ceppi, Supion, 2021, Polyester, microfibre, 290 x 91 x 61 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. © Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen. -
Maria Ceppi, Funnelnet, 2022, Mixed Media, 20 x 10 x 10 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. © Thomas Andenmatten. -
Maria Ceppi, Stringbreast, 2024, Mixed Media, 9 x 12 x 7 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and GOWEN. © Thomas Andenmatten.
ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY
Maria Ceppi | Biography
Born in 1963,Visp, Switzerland
She lives and works in Valais, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2004 – 2006 MAPS, Master of Art in public Sphere, ECAV, Sierre, CH
1989 – 1990 Studio in Philadelphia, USA
1985 – 1987 School Nat. Sup. Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, F
1980 – 1985 School cantonale des Beaux-Arts, Sion, CH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2025 Towards Elsewhere(s). From Spongethorn to Screwbite, Art Museum, Thurgau, CH
2025 Chimära, Gallery Fabian Lang, Zürich, CH
2025 Mirabilia, galleria graziosa giger, Leuk, CH
2024 Maria Ceppi, Galerie jevouspropose, Zürich, CH
2024 Fausses pistes, Galerie 10, Lausanne, CH
2023 Objets Cultes, Virtual art space, Wallis, CH
2023 Hybrid Shapes, Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, CH
2022 Insights, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2019 Chute d’eau, Art Gallery Wil, CH
2018 Rideaux, Zone 30 Art public, Sierre, CH
2017 Art en Air, Maxxx, Art Space, Sierre, CH
2016 Déhiscence, Ferme Asile Sion, CH
1999 Soap Paintings, New Fulcrum Gallery SOHO, New York, USA
1995 Grass Paintings, New Fulcrum Gallery SOHO, New York, USA
1993 Work in Progress ll, Gallery Michéle Zeller, Bern, CH
1992 Work in Progress l, Gallery Heinz Julen, Zermatt, CH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Crossings, Maria Ceppi and Tami Ichino, GOWEN Gallery, Geneva, CH
2025 June Art Fair, Basel, CH
2025 Whispers in the Attic, by Three Janes, Zürich, CH
2024 Ice on Fire, Regarder le glacier s’en aller, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2024 Backstage Engelberg, Engelberg, CH
2022 Alabaster, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2022 Regionale, Gallery zur Matze, Brig, CH
2022 BrosSolo, Edition5, Erstfeld, CH
2021 Regionale Wallis, Gallery zur Matze, Brig, CH
2021 Stei am Wäg, Twingi Land Art 2021, Binn, CH
2021 Position Oberwallis 2021, Galerie zur Schützenlaube, Visp, CH
2021 Fondation Nouvelliste, Gallery de la Grenette, Sion, CH
2020 Klimainfarkt, Art Space Egg, CH
2015 Ce Valais qui n’a pas été, Art Museum, Bagnes, CH
2014 Entre quatre murs, Triennial of contemporary sculpture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2012 Beyond the Timberline, Sculpture trail ’12, Belalp, CH
2010 Pas de jeu, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
2008 Enigma Helvetia, Art Museum Lugano, CH
2006 Lasciami, 10. Triennial of contemporary sculpture, Bex & Arts, CH
1997 Eldorado City, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
1996 Swiss artists, Swiss Institut, New York, USA
1994 Hellraiser, Convento delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, CH
1993 Signal, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
1993 Quelques travaux aux sols... et une peinture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1989 Artist books/Objects, Gallery Michèle Zeller, Bern, CH
1985 Diploma Works, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1997 Eldorado City, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
1996 Swiss artists, Swiss Institut, New York, USA
1994 Hellraiser, Convento delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, CH
1993 Signal, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
1993 Quelques travaux aux sols... et une peinture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1989 Artist books/Objects, Gallery Michèle Zeller, Bern, CH
1985 Diploma Works, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
ART AND ARCHITECTURE / ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
2024 Gronggusunna, art in architecture, senior citizens’ centre, Naters, CH
2011 Habitat, art in architecture, competition, EPM, Martigny, CH
2003- 2006 Zeitdokument, art project for the NEAT/Lötschberg tunnel construction site, Visp (project management & realization),
2008 Acquisition of the Valais Art Museum, Sion, CH
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2021 Artist residency, Kunstdepot Göschenen, CH
2020 Artist residency, Kunstdepot Göschenen, CH
2019 ArtPro, support grant from the Canton of Valais, CH
2016 Prix Fondation Henri&Marcelle Gaspoz, Veyras, CH
1998 TCS- Prize, Town square , Valais Section Brig, CH
1993 Promotion Prize of the State of Valais, CH
1987 Recognition Award , Alfred Grünwald Fondation, Brig, CH
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Valais Art Museum, Sion, CH 1996 / 2007 / 2019 / 2021
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Conversation between Maria Ceppi and Elisabeth Bronfen, on the occasion of the exhibition at jevouspropose#16, 28.2.–5.5.2024.
2024 Dominique von Burg, «Maria Ceppi – Poesie des Unscheinbaren», in: Kunstbulletin weekly, 14.3.2024.
2022 Sibylle Omlin, «Maria Ceppi», in: Kunstbulletin, 10/2022, S. 77.
2022 «Maria Ceppi», Radio Bingo Show, Radio SRF 1, 30.10.2022.
2019 Céline Eidenbenz, Regarder le paysage / Die Landschaft betrachten, 5 Continents Editions, Mailand und Musée d’art du Valais, Sion, 2019, S. 182, 189.
2019 Sibylle Omlin, «Maria Ceppi. Chute d’eau», in: Kunstbulletin, 12/2019, S. 68.
2044 Claire de Ribaupierre, «Le Chantier (artistique) du tunnel du Lötschberg» in Schweizer Kunst / Art Suisse (Kunst und Öffentlichkeit / Art et public) No. 2, 2004, S. 41–48.
1997 Urs Richle, Dorado City. Eine Erzählung, exposition en Suisse – Maria Ceppi, Walter Eigenheer, Urs Richle, Martin Schmidt,Bruno Wank, Le Manoir, 1997, S. 9–25.
2007 «Maria Ceppi», in: Sammeln Inmitten der Alpen, hg. von Pascal Ruedin, Kunstmuseum Wallis, Paris: Somogy Ed. d’art, 2007, S. 170.
2008 Enigma Helvetia, Arti, riti e miti delle Svizzera moderna, hg. Pietro Bellasi, Marco Franciolli, Carlo Piccardi, Christina Sonderegger, Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2008, S. 63–69.
Katrin Rieder, «Frauen, der Tunnel und das Natz», in: Katrin Rieder, Béatrice Ziegler, Elisabeth Joris, Tiefenbohrungen, Frauen und Männer auf den grossen Tunnelbaustellen der Schweiz 1870–2005, S. 256–260.
«Maria Ceppi», in: Nicolas Raboud, Lasciami, 10e Triennale de sculpture contemporaine, Bex & Arts, S. 60.
2008 Pascal Ruedin, «Le Valais au petit point», in: L’Alpe 46. From the Alps to the Americas, 2008, S. 62.
Born in 1963,Visp, Switzerland
She lives and works in Valais, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2004 – 2006 MAPS, Master of Art in public Sphere, ECAV, Sierre, CH
1989 – 1990 Studio in Philadelphia, USA
1985 – 1987 School Nat. Sup. Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, F
1980 – 1985 School cantonale des Beaux-Arts, Sion, CH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2025 Towards Elsewhere(s). From Spongethorn to Screwbite, Art Museum, Thurgau, CH
2025 Chimära, Gallery Fabian Lang, Zürich, CH
2025 Mirabilia, galleria graziosa giger, Leuk, CH
2024 Maria Ceppi, Galerie jevouspropose, Zürich, CH
2024 Fausses pistes, Galerie 10, Lausanne, CH
2023 Objets Cultes, Virtual art space, Wallis, CH
2023 Hybrid Shapes, Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, CH
2022 Insights, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2019 Chute d’eau, Art Gallery Wil, CH
2018 Rideaux, Zone 30 Art public, Sierre, CH
2017 Art en Air, Maxxx, Art Space, Sierre, CH
2016 Déhiscence, Ferme Asile Sion, CH
1999 Soap Paintings, New Fulcrum Gallery SOHO, New York, USA
1995 Grass Paintings, New Fulcrum Gallery SOHO, New York, USA
1993 Work in Progress ll, Gallery Michéle Zeller, Bern, CH
1992 Work in Progress l, Gallery Heinz Julen, Zermatt, CH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Crossings, Maria Ceppi and Tami Ichino, GOWEN Gallery, Geneva, CH
2025 June Art Fair, Basel, CH
2025 Whispers in the Attic, by Three Janes, Zürich, CH
2024 Ice on Fire, Regarder le glacier s’en aller, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2024 Backstage Engelberg, Engelberg, CH
2022 Alabaster, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2022 Regionale, Gallery zur Matze, Brig, CH
2022 BrosSolo, Edition5, Erstfeld, CH
2021 Regionale Wallis, Gallery zur Matze, Brig, CH
2021 Stei am Wäg, Twingi Land Art 2021, Binn, CH
2021 Position Oberwallis 2021, Galerie zur Schützenlaube, Visp, CH
2021 Fondation Nouvelliste, Gallery de la Grenette, Sion, CH
2020 Klimainfarkt, Art Space Egg, CH
2015 Ce Valais qui n’a pas été, Art Museum, Bagnes, CH
2014 Entre quatre murs, Triennial of contemporary sculpture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
2012 Beyond the Timberline, Sculpture trail ’12, Belalp, CH
2010 Pas de jeu, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
2008 Enigma Helvetia, Art Museum Lugano, CH
2006 Lasciami, 10. Triennial of contemporary sculpture, Bex & Arts, CH
1997 Eldorado City, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
1996 Swiss artists, Swiss Institut, New York, USA
1994 Hellraiser, Convento delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, CH
1993 Signal, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
1993 Quelques travaux aux sols... et une peinture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1989 Artist books/Objects, Gallery Michèle Zeller, Bern, CH
1985 Diploma Works, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1997 Eldorado City, Le Manoir, Martigny, CH
1996 Swiss artists, Swiss Institut, New York, USA
1994 Hellraiser, Convento delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, CH
1993 Signal, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
1993 Quelques travaux aux sols... et une peinture, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
1989 Artist books/Objects, Gallery Michèle Zeller, Bern, CH
1985 Diploma Works, Art Museum Wallis, Sion, CH
ART AND ARCHITECTURE / ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
2024 Gronggusunna, art in architecture, senior citizens’ centre, Naters, CH
2011 Habitat, art in architecture, competition, EPM, Martigny, CH
2003- 2006 Zeitdokument, art project for the NEAT/Lötschberg tunnel construction site, Visp (project management & realization),
2008 Acquisition of the Valais Art Museum, Sion, CH
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2021 Artist residency, Kunstdepot Göschenen, CH
2020 Artist residency, Kunstdepot Göschenen, CH
2019 ArtPro, support grant from the Canton of Valais, CH
2016 Prix Fondation Henri&Marcelle Gaspoz, Veyras, CH
1998 TCS- Prize, Town square , Valais Section Brig, CH
1993 Promotion Prize of the State of Valais, CH
1987 Recognition Award , Alfred Grünwald Fondation, Brig, CH
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Valais Art Museum, Sion, CH 1996 / 2007 / 2019 / 2021
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Conversation between Maria Ceppi and Elisabeth Bronfen, on the occasion of the exhibition at jevouspropose#16, 28.2.–5.5.2024.
2024 Dominique von Burg, «Maria Ceppi – Poesie des Unscheinbaren», in: Kunstbulletin weekly, 14.3.2024.
2022 Sibylle Omlin, «Maria Ceppi», in: Kunstbulletin, 10/2022, S. 77.
2022 «Maria Ceppi», Radio Bingo Show, Radio SRF 1, 30.10.2022.
2019 Céline Eidenbenz, Regarder le paysage / Die Landschaft betrachten, 5 Continents Editions, Mailand und Musée d’art du Valais, Sion, 2019, S. 182, 189.
2019 Sibylle Omlin, «Maria Ceppi. Chute d’eau», in: Kunstbulletin, 12/2019, S. 68.
2044 Claire de Ribaupierre, «Le Chantier (artistique) du tunnel du Lötschberg» in Schweizer Kunst / Art Suisse (Kunst und Öffentlichkeit / Art et public) No. 2, 2004, S. 41–48.
1997 Urs Richle, Dorado City. Eine Erzählung, exposition en Suisse – Maria Ceppi, Walter Eigenheer, Urs Richle, Martin Schmidt,Bruno Wank, Le Manoir, 1997, S. 9–25.
2007 «Maria Ceppi», in: Sammeln Inmitten der Alpen, hg. von Pascal Ruedin, Kunstmuseum Wallis, Paris: Somogy Ed. d’art, 2007, S. 170.
2008 Enigma Helvetia, Arti, riti e miti delle Svizzera moderna, hg. Pietro Bellasi, Marco Franciolli, Carlo Piccardi, Christina Sonderegger, Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2008, S. 63–69.
Katrin Rieder, «Frauen, der Tunnel und das Natz», in: Katrin Rieder, Béatrice Ziegler, Elisabeth Joris, Tiefenbohrungen, Frauen und Männer auf den grossen Tunnelbaustellen der Schweiz 1870–2005, S. 256–260.
«Maria Ceppi», in: Nicolas Raboud, Lasciami, 10e Triennale de sculpture contemporaine, Bex & Arts, S. 60.
2008 Pascal Ruedin, «Le Valais au petit point», in: L’Alpe 46. From the Alps to the Americas, 2008, S. 62.
