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Stephanie Künzli Ycaza

Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland

I’m Stephanie Künzli Ycaza, a Swiss-Ecuadorian artist living and working near Basel, Switzerland. My...

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Stephanie Künzli Ycaza

Joined In 2022

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About the artist

Stephanie Künzli Ycaza

Joined In 2022

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I’m Stephanie Künzli Ycaza, a Swiss-Ecuadorian artist living and working near Basel, Switzerland. My work explores the emotional and symbolic connection between nature and femininity. Through textured layers, earthy tones, and dreamlike compositions, I aim to tell visual stories that speak to strength, vulnerability, transformation, and ancestral memory.

My artistic language combines abstract landscapes with figurative elements – especially feminine forms that emerge organically from the surface. These women are not portraits, but archetypes: silent warriors, spiritual beings, or elemental guardians who carry emotions we often cannot put into words.

I work intuitively, guided by feeling and material. Using a blend of plaster, pigment, acrylic, oils, gold, and natural textures, I create surfaces that feel both ancient and raw, yet timeless and intimate. I’m deeply inspired by geology, mythology, and inner worlds — my paintings often feel like fragments of memory or places we've dreamed before.

Art, for me, is a quiet dialogue between the visible and the invisible. I invite the viewer to pause and enter these visual spaces, to reflect, connect, and perhaps recognize something familiar within.

Stephanie Künzli Ycaza is a self-taught artist based in Switzerland with a background in visual storytelling and design. Her creative journey began early in life through illustration and experimental painting, later expanding into mixed media and sculptural texture work. While not classically trained through a formal fine arts academy, Stephanie has developed her technique through years of artistic exploration, international exhibitions, and collaborations with professional creatives from various fields.

She continuously evolves her practice through workshops, artist residencies, and self-directed studies in the areas of composition, material theory, and contemporary abstract art. Her education is rooted in intuition, hands-on experimentation, and a deep connection to the natural world.

Dates:
24.05.25 (one day) Gala Give a Chance
12.06.25 – 26.06.25 Art Exhibition Flow Art Space
20.08.25 - 24.08.25 ARTBOX.PROJECT ZÜRICH 7.0​
07.11.25 - 16.11.25 Art Exhibition Binningen

March 2025: Galerie Marziart Paris – Group Exhibition

2024
Expolat Kleines Klingental, Basel
Galerie Numas Igra, Basel – Between Two Worlds

2023
Art Basel Exhibition with Kollektiv Ansichtssache
United Art Zürich Deluxe – Curated by Jose Toledo Art Studio
Hilton Zurich Airport – Curated by Bubble Projects
Museum of Porn in Art, Zürich – The Flower Opens
Museumsnacht Basel – Historisches Museum Basel – Extinction of Biodiversity

2022
NFT Art Exhibition during Art Basel – Lora Restaurant, Basel
Swissartexpo, Zürich Main Station
United Art Zürich – Joss Toledo Art Studio & Gallery
Artbox Project Palma – Gallery Casa del Arte Palma
Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg
Art Exhibition Valley Art Days – Guest Artist in Kemptthal, Switzerland

2021
Artbox Projects Zürich – Group Exhibition
Collectors Club Restaurant Lora, Basel – Group Exhibition
Aktienmühle meets Art Basel – Curated by Chantal Convertini
MUBA Solo Exhibition, Basel

2019 – 2020
Kunst im Petershof, Basel – Group Exhibition
Swissartexpo – The Art Festival, Zürich
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