Lukas Beyeler

Guest 25/26

Lukas Beyeler is a Zurich-based photo and video artist and co-founder of KUNT, the city's celebrated queer art and party platform. Bold, provocative, and vividly staged, his work moves fluidly between fine art, fashion, and subculture.

Beyeler studied Visual Arts at the École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) and has since built an internationally recognized practice rooted in portrait, image-making, and visual storytelling. His awards include the Prix de la Fondation Ernest Manganel, the Prix du Jury at Accrochage Vaud (Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne) — accompanied by a solo exhibition and publication at the MCBA — and the City of Zurich Art Grant (Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich), with work presented at the Helmhaus Zürich.

His practice spans fashion, visual arts, nightlife, film, and photography, with work shown at institutions including the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts Lausanne and the Essl Collection in Vienna, and films screened at major festivals across New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. Collaborators include photographer Walter Pfeiffer, filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, and fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm.