Bio
Gaia Del Santo (b. 1999) is an artist, writer, and researcher based in Zurich. Tracing the links between branding, femininity as spectacle, and the Anglo-American grip on social media, her practice assays the workings of platform-mediated identity culture. She holds a Master of Arts from the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from the Zurich University of the Arts. Her solo exhibitions include Always Greener, Tribeca Gallery, New York City (US, 2026) and Acme Studios, marytwo, Lucerne (CH, 2024). She has exhibited at Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal (CH, 2026); Galerie Kramer, Paris (FR, 2026); Treize, Paris (FR, 2025); Sentiment, Zurich (CH, 2025); Burned Out, Basel (CH, 2025); Halmet, Zurich (CH, 2024 and 2025); Last Tango, Zurich (CH, 2023); Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH, 2023); lower_cavity, Holyoke (US, 2022), and Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus (CH, 2021), among others. She was invited to speak at the OUT IN THE LOOP pop cultures festival and was part of the artist-run curatorial project Toxi in Zurich.
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Education
- 2024 – 2026Master of Arts, ECAL, Lausanne (CH)
- 2022 – 2023What‘s next_Compass Studio Program, Z-Kubator, Zurich (CH)
- 2019 – 2022Bachelor of Fine Arts (with honors), ZHdK, Zurich (CH)
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
- 2026Always Greener, Tribeca Gallery, New York City (US)
- 2024Acme Studios, marytwo, Lucerne (CH)
- 2025Casting Days, Burned Out, Basel (CH), duo exhibition with Simon Pellegrini
- 2020brb,,,,,,,......,,,,crying, Warenlift, Zurich (CH)
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 202621.0 x 29.7 cm, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal (CH)
- 2026La Bride, Galerie Kramer, Paris (FR)
- 2026Bliss & Vanities, Espace Amaretto, Lausanne (CH)
- 2025Deemed Visionless, Treize, Paris (FR)
- 2025Moniker, Halmet, Zurich (CH)
- 2025SCOPE, Sentiment, Zurich (CH)
- 2024Long Distance, Halmet, Zurich (CH)
- 2023a room of one's own, Stadtgalerie Baliere, Frauenfeld (CH)
- 2023In My Nightmare The Title Was Cuteness, Last Tango, Zurich (CH)
- 2023Com’è bello far l’amore da Trieste in giù, Canale Milva, Locarno (CH, online)
- 2023Scrap Yard Screenings, SARA'S, New York City (US)
- 2023I Need a Holiday, Hotel Tiger, Zurich (CH)
- 2023Plattform23, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH)
- 2022Do Not Research, lower_cavity, Holyoke (US)
- 2022post, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (AUS)
- 2022Bless‘ed Curse II, Catabasis, New York City (US, offsite)
- 2021Heimspiel, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus (CH)
- 2021Bräuel, Eulachtunnel, Winterthur (CH, offsite)
- 2021 Neck of the Wood, Reservoir Lyren, Zurich (CH, offsite)
- 2021Bubbles and Borders, Leeremptyblank, Vienna (AUT, online)
- 2021Mockingbird, Toxi Space, Zurich (CH)
Residencies
- 2022Lago Mio Summer Residency, organized by Lago Mio, Lugano (CH)
- 2025Thesis Research Residency, realized through ECAL, New York City (US)
Awards & Grants
- 2025Production Grant, GGG Kulturkick
- 2024Sparx Stipend, Migros Kulturprozent
- 2022BFA Award, Zurich University of the Arts
- 2021Artist Stipend, Gamil-Stiftung
Selected Press
- 2024Interview with Zurich-based Artist Gaia Del Santo by Endre Cserna (interview), Eidolon Journal
- 2024Almost Close to Very Nearly Nothing (feature, in print), Currents vol. 5, invited by Ivy Lockhart
- 2023An interview with Gaia Del Santo by Rebecca Lally (interview, in print), ERA Journal
- 2023I love my computer. All my friends are in there (artist book), Usure Presse vol. 3
- 2021YOU ARE ALL SO REAL TO ME (artist publication), Fétiche vol. 5
Writings
- 2026No matter where you are, everyone is always connected: On the Hypertext of Our Becoming (essay, in print), marytwo, invited by Elvira Bättig and Jack Pryce
- 2026Addison Rae, the Zaniness of Algorithmic Subjectivity (essay), everyone is a girl Substack, curated by Kindred Haller
- 2026The Self-Brand as Conditioning (introduction, in print), Schema Magazine 03
- 2025On Sharing Clothes and Not Having a Sister (essay, in print), Schema Magazine 02
Talks & Readings
- 2023Usure Presse vol. 3 Launch, Urgent Paradise, Lausanne (CH), invited by Myriam Ziehli and Ascanio Cecco
- 2022OUT IN THE LOOP Global Pop Cultures Festival, ZHdK, Zurich (CH), invited by Judith Mair and Rada Leu
Curatorial
- 2024 – 2026Toxi Space, Zurich (CH)