03/04/2026
We’re delighted to announce the opening of 42 Square Meters of Shade, a solo exhibition by Stefan Inauen (b. 1976, Appenzell), opening on 10 April and on view until 16 May.⛱️
Join us for the reception on Friday, 10 April, from 6 – 8 pm at the gallery.
We look forward to seeing you there!
stefaninauen.com
Stefan Inauen (b. 1976) is a Swiss contemporary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation. Trained at the Universität der Künste Berlin (1999–2005), his practice explores memory, transience, and everyday life through intuitive, process-driven approaches. He works with everyday materials and symbolic systems, often at the scale of the body and architecture, extending from painting into spatial compositions.
His solo and duo exhibitions include: Stefan Inauen / Martina Morger, HILTIBOLT, St. Gallen (2024-2025), Stefan Inauen / Thea Gvetadze, Zeughaus Teufen, CH (2024), Stefan Inauen, Night‑Collection, Weissbad, CH (2023), Raoul Doré / Stefan Inauen, HILTIBOLT, St.Gallen, CH (2022), Stefan Inauen and Hans Josephson, Sitterwerk, St.Gallen, CH (2015/16), Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, CH (2014), Kampf um die Vorherrschaft von Licht und Dunkelheit, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, CH (2012), Mama Energy (4:00 am), Stiftung Binz39, Zurich, CH (2009), I Can Wait, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, DE (2005).
Inauen is the initiator of Night-Collection, an independent project space, and he has participated in numerous group exhibitions at institutions such as Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Kunsthalle Appenzell, Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and others. He was a resident at Binz39, Zurich.
Stefan Inauen lives and works in Appenzell, Switzerland.
The exhibition was supported by the Swiss Cultural Fund in Serbia.
