This Summer, the Foundation is delighted to install a captivating mural by former residency artist Tessa Perutz situated above the Verbier 3-D Foundation Sculpture Park.

In the summer of 2023, Perutz returned to Verbier for her second residency with the Foundation, deepening a creative dialogue that began in 2018. Her practice explores themes such as perception, time, scale, awe, sublimity, escape, and the profound connection between art and the natural world. This latest residency focused on translating the alpine environment into a site-specific mural — one that not only emerges from the landscape but also exists within it. Through this work, Perutz underscores the harmonious coexistence of human expression and the ecosystem that inspires it, offering viewers a space for reflection on their relationship with the natural world.

Eager to push the boundaries of its curatorial vision, the Foundation sought to experiment with art placed at altitude, recognizing the psychological effects of the high alpine setting. These elevated environments can stir a wide spectrum of human emotion and perception, making them potent sites for artistic intervention. Perutz’s forthcoming mural will be installed atop a repurposed ski lift structure, positioned at the highest point of the Verbier 3D Sculpture Park. This bold placement invites an intricate dialogue between the artwork, its environment, and the internal landscape of the viewer.

The mural is scheduled for installation in June 2025.

Tessa Perutz is an artist based in New York and Paris. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and also studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL in London, UK. 

Her first solo institutional exhibition How to Map the Infinite was presented by Casino – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg in 2023 – 2024. Her first major publication consisting of a selection of her journals will be published by Casino Luxembourg in Autumn 2025. 

Recent solo exhibitions include R;68, Cologne (2024); ATM Gallery, New York (2023); Art Brussels with Baronian (2023); Baronian, Knokke (2022); Avee Gallery, Kortrijk (2021); Baronian Xippas, Brussels (2020); Ballon Rouge, Brussels (2020); Stems Gallery, Brussels (2019); Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels (2019); Verbier 3-D Foundation, CH (2018); Pablo’s Birthday, New York (2018, 2016).  

Notable group institutional exhibitions include The Drawing Center, New York (2020); Verbier 3-D Foundation, CH (2020); M KHA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (2019); MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2017); Atlanta Contemporary (2017).  

Select group gallery exhibitions include Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg (2025); Phillips, Los Angeles (2024); Studio Underground, New York (2024); Baronian, Brussels & Knokke (2024, 2023, 2022); Pablo’s Birthday, New York & Verbier (2024, 2023, 2021, 2019); PLUS-ONE / Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (2024, 2019); Super Super Markt, Cologne (2023); Ruttkowski;68, New York & Paris (2023, 2021); basis, Frankfurt (2022); Taymour Grahne Projects, London (2022); WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong (2022); Romero Paprocki, Paris (2022); Magenta Plains, New York (2021); Baronian Xippas, Brussels & Knokke (2021, 2020); Avee Gallery, Kortrijk (2021, 2020); Milk Studios, New York (2018); September Gallery, Hudson, NY (2017); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2016); Motel, Brooklyn (2016).

Perutz has participated in residencies including Verbier 3-D Foundation, CH (2023, 2018); Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR (2022); The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY (2019); SÍM, Berlin & Reykjavik (2018, 2016); The Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco (2017).

Her work is included in the public collections of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Fondation CAB, Brussels & Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR; and Verbier 3-D Foundation, CH. 

In addition to her art practice, Tessa curates & operates Massif Central, a collection of silk scarves by popular contemporary artists. 

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