Tonio Trzebinski
Tonio Trzebinski (* 1960 - October 16, 2001 ) was a Kenyan visual artist . His father was the architect Sbish Trzebinski († 2005); his mother is the writer Errol Trzebinski.
Born in Kenya, Tonio Trzebinski attended an English boarding school and then studied at the Slade School . He lived in Nairobi with his wife Anna, the German-born daughter of the English aristocrat Michael Cunningham Reid, and their children , where he was shot near his house in 2001.
His work includes assemblages in the style of Mario Merz as well as painting in the tradition of abstract expressionism , Informel and the Neue Wilde . After the Lefevre Gallery closed in 2002, it was sold by his wife. Today she is married to the Samburu Loyapan Lemarti and runs a camp with him in the Kenyan wilderness (Lemarti's Camp).
exhibition
- Lefevre Contemporary Art Gallery, London, December 1999
literature
- Report in the magazine Monopol 2004
Web links
- Tonio Trzebinski on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ obituary Coast Week Newspapers Ltd. (English)
- ↑ The New York Times: Two in the Bush , February 25, 2007 (English)
- ↑ The Telegraph: British artist is shot dead in Kenya (English)
- ^ Exhibition catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trzebinski, Tonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 2001 |