Anita Muçolli (Swiss-born Kosovar artist based in Basel, Switzerland) explores the psychological impact of objects, buildings, and spaces. In doing so, she starts from what already exists and places it into a new constellation, a new material, or a new, smoothed formal language. This method of alienation and distillation enables a focused examination of the expressive qualities of spaces and objects, as well as the social and political intentions behind their design. Muçolli takes aim at the Western belief in progress, which is measured by the conviction that all of humanity’s problems can be solved through ever-new technologies. What presents itself on the one hand as sleek, efficiency-driven design reveals, on the other hand, an increasingly blatant loss of the spiritual, emotional, or ethical. This mixture of optimism, performance-oriented thinking, but also fear, manifests in ambivalent abstract forms that Muçolli investigates, addressing the disappearance of human dimensions in our societies as the price paid for technological perfection. —Kathleen Bühler, Chief Curator Kunstmuseum Bern

Anita Muçolli has exhibited in various group shows including at ifa Gallery, Berlin, Autostrada Biennale, Prizren, Kosovo, Tirana Art Weekend, Albania, Widefield Geneva, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, The National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Gallery Von Bartha, Basel, Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Montabaur, Germany, and the Swiss Art Awards, Basel. Her first solo show was held at Sattelkammer, Bern, followed by Liste Art Fair, Basel, Kulturfolger, Zurich, and the Centre d'Art Contemporain Yverdon.

She was awarded the Manor Art Prize 2026 of the Canton of Bern, the Helvetia Art Prize 2021, is amongst the laureates of the Kiefer │ Hablitzel Göhner Art Prize 2022 and was nominated for the Swiss Art Award 2024, the Shizuko Yoshikawa Award 2024 and the Prix Mobilière 2026.

She completed both her BA (2020) and MA (2022) studies at the Basel Academy of Art & Design FHNW.