Cassidy Toner American, b. 1992
Biography
Cassidy Toner questions artistic principles; aesthetic values and academic traditions, as well as existential matters; behavioral patterns anent desire and prejudice.
Toner was born 1992, in Baltimore and lives in Basel. In 2018, Toner graduated from FHNW Institute Kunst. Recent solo and duo exhibitions include at Kunstmuseum Basel (2025); PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2023, 2022 & 2019); All Stars (Lausanne 2023); Castiglioni (Milan, 2022); Sgomento Zurigo (2021); KunstRaumRiehen (2021) and Saint Luke (Zurich, 2019). In addition, she has participated in numerous group shows, such as at Fasan (Basel, 2024); Kunsthalle Zurich (2023); Rinde am Rhein (Dusseldorf, 2023); Sgomento Zurigo (2023); Forde (Geneva, 2022); N/A/S/L (Mexico City, 2022); PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2021); Haus Konstruktiv (Zurich, 2021); Swiss Institute (New York, 2020); Kunsthalle Basel (2019); KunstRaumRiehen (2019); C.Rockefeller (Dresden, 2019); Yverdon Art Center (2019); Kai Matsumiya (New York, 2019); Kunsthalle Freiburg (2018); Wallriss (Freiburg 2018) and Kunsthaus Baselland (2018). In 2018, Toner was the recipient of the Kunstkredit Award in Basel and in 2021, of the Kiefer Hablitzel Prize. This year, Cassidy Toner has been named the winner of the Manor Art Prize.
Exhibitions
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Heroic Protagonists
Group Exhibition Dec 8, 2023 - Jan 20, 2024We are thrilled to present the exhibition, Heroic Protagonists. The artists included are brave and determined to create works, which are idiosyncratic, sensuous, and evocative. Moreover, they have the ability...Read more -
Cassidy Toner
Almost Xerox Oct 27 - Dec 2, 2023We are thrilled to present the third solo exhibition by Cassidy Toner. Humour is scarce in the arts, but with Cassidy, it almost becomes its own medium as well as...Read more -
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Subverting expectations with bad humor and mediocre output Sep 9 - Oct 22, 2022bad humor and mediocre outputRead more -
URSULA HODEL, CEZARY BODZIANOWSKI, EVA BERESIN, CASSIDY TONER
Thanks for the Sour Persimmons May 8 - Jun 19, 2021We are proud to announce a group exhibition by Swiss-born, Zurich-based, Ursula Hodel; Polish-born, Lodz-based, Cezary Bodzianowski; Hungarian-born, Vienna-based, Eva Beresin and American-born, Basel-based, Cassidy Toner. All of the artists...Read more -
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Unstable 4th Wall Nov 2 - Dec 14, 2019We are proud to present a solo show by Baltimore-born, Basel-based artist Cassidy Toner. The exhibition Unstable 4th Wall introduces a setting with a series of recent sculptures and kinetic...Read more
Selected Works
News
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Prize Winner
CASSIDY TONER | Manor Kunstpreis 2025 Jun 23, 2024 Read more -
Institutional Exhibition
SOPHIE REINHOLD, CASSIDY TONER | KUNSTHALLE ZÜRICH Zürich Biennale, OCT 7 - Apr 01, 2024 Read more -
PRESS
Cassidy Toner | Topical Cream, New York FEATURE, SEP 14, 2023 Read more -
Press
CASSIDY TONER | ARTFORUM CRITICS’ PICKS, Oct 4, 2022 Read more -
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CASSIDY TONER | gallerytalk.net Highlights Liste Art Fair Basel, Jun 12, 2022 Read more -
Elsewhere
MONIKA EMMANUELLE KAZI, CASSIDY TONER | Forde, Geneva Group Exhibition, Jun 10 - Jul 24, 2022 Read more -
Press
CASSIDY TONER | Conceptual Fine Arts (CFA) Emerging Art, May 13, 2022 Read more -
Elsewhere
Cassidy Toner | Castiglioni, MIlano Solo Exhibition, May 11 - Apr 11, 2022 Read more -
Elsewhere
CASSIDY TONER | Sgomento Zurigo Duo Exhibition, Sep 17 - Nov 30, 2021 Read more -
Prize Winner
CASSIDY TONER | Kiefer Hablitzel Sep 2021 Read more -
Elsewhere
CASSIDY TONER | Kunst Raum Riehen Duo Exhibition, Jan 30 - Apr 25, 2021 Read more -
Institutional Exhibition
CASSIDY TONER | Swiss Institute, New York Group Exhibition, Oct 21, 2020 - Jan 03, 2021 Read more -
Press
CASSIDY TONER | ODDA Interview, May 2020 Read more
