The Verbier 3-D Foundation proudly introduces artist Cannupa Hanska Luger as our 2025 Artist-in-Residence.

Cannupa Hanska Luger is a New Mexico based multidisciplinary artist creating monumental installations, sculpture and performance to communicate urgent stories of 21st Century Indigeneity. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, Luger is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold and is Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota.

Luger’s bold visual storytelling presents new ways of seeing our collective humanity while foregrounding an Indigenous worldview. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including for the  the 81st Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China, the National Gallery of Art, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Georgia. Luger has been awarded fellowships from Guggenheim, United States Artists, Creative Capital, Smithsonian and Joan Mitchell Foundation, among others.

The Foundation is particularly intrigued by his renowned commitment to exploring themes of community, environment, and cultural heritage—all of which align closely with the foundation's goals of fostering sustainable and innovative art in mountainous settings. His creative approach would resonate well within Verbier and the larger Valais region, an area deeply connected to its landscapes, local traditions, and ecological concerns. By integrating his cultural background and understanding of preservation, Luger’s work could offer a unique, meaningful dialogue on the role of place, memory, and the human responsibility toward the environment.

The residency’s goal is to foster the development of a new project inspired by the materials, technologies, and ecological knowledge rooted in the landscape of Verbier, Switzerland.

The research-led residency is developed with curator Alexa Jeanne Kusber.

SAVE THE DATE: Cannupa Hanska Luger
VERNISSAGE: 6 September 2025
Verbier 3-D Foundation Sculpture Park