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Zio Ziegler Six Trees

Dec 22, 2025 — Feb 1, 2026 | Gstaad

Almine Rech Gstaad is pleased to present Six Trees, Zio Ziegler’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from December 22, 2025 to February 1, 2026.

Expressed through a rich vocabulary of form and color, Zio Ziegler's paintings offer a non-linear, transhistorical vision of knowledge and representation. “Painting is my attempt at processing and synthesizing the stories and information I’ve become curious about,” Ziegler explains. “Human beings advance by looking at things from different perspectives and by changing the way in which they look at themselves.”

There could hardly be a more fitting place than Gstaad to host this exhibition, which also marks Ziegler’s first solo show in Switzerland. The Saanenland is a mystic place, charged with energy—where nature and society, tradition and innovation, coexist, often in paradoxical ways. For Ziegler, this juxtaposition of opposites is familiar: he teaches design at Stanford, in the heart of Silicon Valley, yet lives and works in Mill Valley, California, riding his bike almost daily on Mount Tamalpais—a mountain once inhabited by Native American tribes.
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— Valentina Locatelli, Writer and Curator

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Selected artworks

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      Signal Tree, 2025

    Zio Ziegler Signal Tree, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm - 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm - 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      The Last Forest, 2025

    Zio Ziegler The Last Forest, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm, 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm, 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      Perceptual Drift, 2025

    Zio Ziegler Perceptual Drift, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm, 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm, 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      The Four Part Horizon, 2025

    Zio Ziegler The Four Part Horizon, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm, 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm, 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      Root System, 2025

    Zio Ziegler Root System, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm, 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm, 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

  • Zio Ziegler,                                      Noise Among the Leaves, 2025

    Zio Ziegler Noise Among the Leaves, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    149.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm, 59 x 38 x 1 in (unframed)
    154.6 x 101.3 x 5.1 cm, 61 x 40 x 2 in (framed)

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