SEBASTIAN HAAS
With a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, the artist’s sculptural reverse glass paintings combine the unpredictability of glass with precise element setting. His work explores the ambivalence between abstraction and figuration, experimenting with a pared-down style that invites viewers to discover recognizable forms in unexpected ways. Citing the painter by Giorgio de Chirico, a forerunner of Surrealism known for his perspectival urban landscapes, Sebastian Haas’s artworks present a contemporary, dystopian reinterpretation of these metaphysical spaces. The artist also draws on the philosophy of Byung-Chul Han, whose "society of fatigue" theory describes Western people in the 21st century as introspective beings, grappling with burnout and and other nervous diseases. Building on his earlier grayscale-focused works, Sebastian Haas deepens and broadens his artistic exploration, introducing a wider color spectrum, creating a story with an open ending, yet one that wants to be discovered and told to the end.
Photo by artist
At Clinique La Prairie
Sebastian Haas’s artwork has previously been exhibited at Clinique La Prairie in Montreux and Clinique La Prairie’s Longevity Hub in Madrid. A selection of his art works is part of our permanent art collection.
Sebastian Haas
Untitled -Series “total” 1.2, 2018
Oil, spray-paint, reverse glass | 84 x 119 cm
Sebastian Haas
Untitled, 2020
Oil, spray-paint, reverse glass | 30 x 40 cm
Sebastian Haas
Untitled, 2022
Oil, spray-paint, reverse glass | 24 x 30 cm
Sebastian Haas
Untitled, 2020
Oil, spray-paint, reverse glass | 24 x 30 cm
Biography
Sebastian Haas, born in 1992, studied at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. The artist currently lives and works in Bern, Switzerland.
Selected exhibitions
Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH (2023 ), The Incident Ray, with Sebastian Burger, Kali Gallery, Lucerne, CH (Duo) (2023), AC-Stipendium, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, CH (2023 ), Text-ure, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, KR (2023 ), Blocks, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, CH (Solo) (2022), Un disegno sul vetro appannato, Galleria Daniele Agostini, Lugano, CH (2022), Dessin, Kunsthalle Luzern, Lucerne, CH (2022), Beyond the Anthropocene, CLP, Montreux/Madrid, CH, ES (2022), OneHundred, Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel, CH (2022), Zentral!, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, CH (2021), Dreimaldreimaldrei, Kunsthalle Luzern, Lucerne, CH (2021), Positions Berlin Art Fair, with Kali Gallery, Berlin, DE (2021), Nothing’s gonna change my world?, Gr_und, Berlin, DE (2021), Liminoid, Netzwerk Neubad, Lucerne, CH (MA Show) (2021), Plangent, Kali Gallery, Lucerne, CH (Solo) (2020), Sentimental, Chez les Artistes, Basel, CH (2020), Cantonale Berne Jura, EAC les halles, Porrentruy, CH (2020).
Awards and more
C. & A. Kupper Foundation, Zurich 2023 Bürgergemeinde Bern, CH (2023), Canton of Bern, CH (2023), Max von Moos Foundation, Lucerne (2021), Continuer, Canton of Bern, CH (2021), Chapeau, HSLU D&K Luzern, CH (2021), BEWE Foundation, Basel, CH (2018).
His work is featured in institutional and private collections.
Installation views | Sebastian Haas | Clinique La Prairie | Montreux and Madrid
Photos by Diego Lafuente (Madrid), photos by Alex Pittet (Montreux)
Portrait Sebastian Haas