The Verbier 3-D Foundation is pleased to announce artist Cannupa Hanska Luger as its 2025 artist in residence.
Cannupa Hanska Luger is a multidisciplinary artist based in New Mexico who creates monumental installations, sculptures and performances to tell urgent stories about 21st-century indigeneity. Born in the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, Luger is a registered member of the three tribes affiliated with Fort Berthold and is Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota.
Luger’s bold visual storytelling presents new ways of seeing our collective humanity while providing insight into the indigenous world. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the 81st Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the 14th Shanghai Biennial at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China; the National Gallery of Art, DC; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Gardiner Museum, Toronto; and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Georgia. Luger has received grants from the Guggenheim, American artists, Creative Capital, the Smithsonian and the Joan Mitchell Foundation, among others.
The Foundation is particularly intrigued by his well-known commitment to exploring the themes of community, environment and cultural heritage, all of which align closely with the Foundation’s objectives of fostering sustainable and innovative art in mountainous environments. His creative approach will be well received in Verbier and the Valais region, which is deeply connected to its landscapes, local traditions and ecological concerns. By incorporating his cultural background and his understanding of preservation, Luger’s work could offer a unique and meaningful dialogue on the role of place, memory and human responsibility towards the environment.
The aim of the residency is to foster the development of a new project inspired by the materials, technologies and ecological knowledge rooted in the landscape of Verbier, Switzerland.
The research residency has been developed with curator Alexa Jeanne Kusber.
Luger’s bold visual storytelling presents new ways of seeing our collective humanity while providing insight into the indigenous world. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the 81st Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the 14th Shanghai Biennial at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China; the National Gallery of Art, DC; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Gardiner Museum, Toronto; and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Georgia. Luger has received grants from the Guggenheim, American artists, Creative Capital, the Smithsonian and the Joan Mitchell Foundation, among others.
The Foundation is particularly intrigued by his well-known commitment to exploring the themes of community, environment and cultural heritage, all of which align closely with the Foundation’s objectives of fostering sustainable and innovative art in mountainous environments. His creative approach will be well received in Verbier and the Valais region, which is deeply connected to its landscapes, local traditions and ecological concerns. By incorporating his cultural background and his understanding of preservation, Luger’s work could offer a unique and meaningful dialogue on the role of place, memory and human responsibility towards the environment.
The aim of the residency is to foster the development of a new project inspired by the materials, technologies and ecological knowledge rooted in the landscape of Verbier, Switzerland.
The research residency has been developed with curator Alexa Jeanne Kusber.
