Dario Zeo
*1986, lives and works in Basel, Switzerland



Education
2020-2023 MA Contemporary Arts Practice, Bern University of the Arts
2015-2018 BA Fine Arts, Academy of Art and Design, Basel
2011-2013 Professional Baccalaureate, College of Art and Design, Zurich
2009-2010 Preparatory Art Course, ZMK, Winterthur
2002-2006 Apprenticeship as polymechanic EFZ


Solo
2022 SCHIESSER Himbeer, Galerie Durchgang, Basel
2021 The Brady Island Experience, DOCK, Basel
2020 Welcome To Brady Island, Cabane B, Bern
2020 AFTER FINITUDE - Preface, Junkere 11, Bern
2019 [chuckle], Wurm, Basel
2018 Die Vernissage, Hammerstrasse 91, Basel
2018 PURE IDIOCY, Artachment, Basel


Group (selection)
2024 arthur#18, Kunsthalle[N] Toggenburg, Krummenau
2023 Regionale 24, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg (F)
2023 Salon du Lapin, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2023 Sous Nos Ongles, Centre Pasquart, Biel
2022 JA NEIN VIELLEICHT, Kunsthalle[N] Toggenburg, Propstei St.Peterzell
2021 LE FESTIVAL DES ÉCHECS, espace libre, Biel
2020 Regionale 21, Cargo Bar, Basel
2020 Freie Republik Bad Hemberg, Kunsthalle[N] Toggenburg, Hemberg
2020 Les jours des éphémères, Mokka-Rubin, Olten
2019 sieben mal 20, Kunsthalle Wil
2018 CONCRETE POETRY, Im ersten Rank, Lichtensteig
2018 ATLAS OF HEAVENS, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
2018 Cover, Bonjour Baby, Basel
2017 Regionale 18, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2017 Elysium, NOVILLA, Berlin
2017 VERSUS, Monatsmodell, Basel
2017 Zwischengespeichert, 4 1/2, St.Gallen
2016 Club Universe, SALTS, Basel


Performances (selection)
2023 26 Stunden (S), lecture performance, Stadtgalerie, Bern
2024 Jill's Story, lecture performance, Café Zytlos, Zürich
2024 And agglomerations, of Trees or, collective reading-performance by Alessandro de Francesco, Kunstraum ¾, Bern
2023 Total verhext von TINA - ein Entzauberungselixier, performative talk w/ Vera Mühlebach, concept by Vera Mühlebach, M54, Basel
2023 26 Stunden (G), lecture performance, Le Singe, Biel
2019 BEDIENUNG (ALL EYES ON US performance festival), sound performance, Sattelkammer, Bern, w/ Manuel Köchli / Christian Löffel
2018 ai sctrn hi (NeuN), sound performance, Zentrale, Luzern, w/ Manuel Köchli / Christian Löffel
2018 Eröffnungsrede 2, lecture performance, Flatterschafft, Basel, w/ Raphael Reichert
2017 Eröffnungsrede, lecture performance, 4¹/₂, St.Gallen, w/ Raphael Reichert
2016 Winterkrieg Cut Up, lecture performance, Flatterschafft, Basel, w/ Aysa Stettler
2016 Puschkin und Gogol, lecture performance, Museum of Cultures, Basel


Publications (selection)
2023 PASSAGES, Print: edition-V.I.B, Bern, edition of 200 copies / Digital object: edition taberna kritika, Bern
2021 FUSION, self-published, edition of 12 copies, released at Petit Salon du Livre Maison, Espace Libre, Biel
2018 VERSIONS, self-published hard copies, online book, ongoing series, exhibition release at Kunsthaus Baselland
2018 AVERAGE, self-published, unique copy, exhibition release at Artachment, Basel
2018 Art After Philosophy, self-published, edition of 12 copies, released at Art Book Fair Basel
2017 5-7-5, self-published, edition of 20 copies, released at Art Book Fair Basel


Projects (selection)
2018 Perform the Museum: Project Phoenix II, Museum Tinguely, Basel
2017 Elysium, NOVILLA, Berlin
2017 Project Phoenix I, Campus of the Arts, Basel


Funding / Residencies
2023 Project funding by Kanton Basel-Stadt and Burgergemeinde Bern for the artist book PASSAGES, edition-V.I.B, Bern
2021 Villa Villekulla, Faucogney-et-la-Mer (FR)
2020-2027 Subsidized artist studio, city of Basel
2020 Project funding by kulturelles.bl for Die Decke ist höher als sie scheint - Ein metaphorisches Ereignis, Hemberg
2019 Artist Residency, Fish Factory, Stöðvarfjördur (ISL)
2019 Project funding by Burgergemeinde Bern for BEDIENUNG, Sattelkammer Bern
2018 Artist Residency, Bonjour Baby, Basel