Luma Westbau

06/01/2026

Matt Copson - Coming of Age. Age of Coming. Of Coming Age.
On view at Luma Westbau in Zurich until 15 February 2026.

🎥 Philip Staub

23/12/2025

21/10/2025

MATT COPSON — Coming of Age. Age of Coming. Of Coming Age.
Now on view at Luma Westbau, Zurich

British artist Matt Copson (b. 1992, Oxford) presents his first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland.
Spanning video, sculpture, opera, and performance, Copson’s work merges laser animation, sound, and text into a darkly playful meditation on the human condition.

At the centre of the exhibition is his ‘Coming of Age trilogy’ — a 30-minute animated bildungsroman told through laser-projected drawings that transform the gallery into a theatre. With music by Caroline Polachek and a libretto by the artist, the work follows the Baby, a restless protagonist caught between self-betterment and self-destruction.

Through this large-scale immersive installation, Copson reflects on insatiable desire — to grow, to be seen, to be loved, to entertain, and to be entertained.

‘Coming of Age. Age of Coming. Of Coming Age’ courtesy Maja Hoffmann / Luma Foundation Collection.

📍 On view across the 2nd and 3rd floors at Luma Westbau, Zurich.

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23/09/2025

✨ MATT COPSON
Coming of Age. Age of Coming. Of Coming Age
📅 26.09.2025 – 15.02.2026
📍 2nd & 3rd floor, Luma Westbau
🎉 Opening: Friday 26 September, 6–9 pm

Luma Westbau presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland by British artist Matt Copson (b. 1992, Oxford, UK).

Copson’s multidisciplinary practice spans video, sculpture, opera and performative installation—combining lasers, sound and text to probe existential questions and contemporary subjectivity.

At the centre of the exhibition is his Coming of Age trilogy: a 30-minute animated bildungsroman of laser-drawn imagery. Each wall becomes a stage—Coming of Age, Age of Coming, Of Coming Age—as the Baby, Copson’s central figure, wanders between acts, leaving traces of transformation behind.