Torben Giehler

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Torben Giehler (* 1973 in Bad Oeynhausen ) is a German painter .

Life

Torben Giehler studied from 1995 to 1999 at the School of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston and the New York Studio Program in New York. In 1999 he showed his thesis at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . After graduation, he moved to New York City, where he lived until 2009. He has been living and working in Berlin since 2009.

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His works have been shown in numerous international exhibitions in galleries and museums. In 2005 he was represented at the Prague Biennale and in “Greater NY” at MoMA PS1 in New York and in 2003 had a solo exhibition at the Centro de Arte Salamanca in Spain. Furthermore, his works were in renowned group exhibitions, such as Exhibited in PAINTING PICTURES at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , in "abstract art now" at the Wilhelm-Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, in the New Orleans Museum of Art and in the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. In 2008 he received the Falkenrot Prize with a comprehensive solo exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2012 Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke , Belgium
  • 2011 "Lateralus", Leo Koenig Inc., New York
  • 2009 "Devil In The Woods", Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris
  • 2009 Gallery SixFriedrichLisaUnger, Munich
  • 2008 Falkenroth Prize, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (catalog)
  • 2007 "Invisible Limits", Martin Geier Gallery, Algund , Italy
  • 2007 "Ice Witch", Leo Koenig Inc., New York
  • 2006 "Alphaville", Gallery Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris (catalog)
  • 2005 "Suspended Animation", Arndt & Partner, Zurich , Switzerland
  • 2004 "Jpeg Twister", Leo Koenig Inc., New York
  • 2004 "Sputnik Sweetheart", Arndt & Partner, Berlin
  • 2003 Paolo Curti & Co., Milan
  • 2003 Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain (catalog)
  • 2003 The Happy Lion, Los Angeles
  • 2003 Eleni Koroneou, Athens
  • 2002 Leo Koenig Inc., New York (catalog)
  • 2002 Arndt & Partner, Berlin
  • 2001 Art Dealers Invitational, Marseille
  • 2000 Leo Koenig Inc., New York (catalog)

Group exhibitions

  • 2012 "abstract confusion", Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt (catalog)
  • 2012 "Berlin.Status (1)", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (catalog)
  • 2011 "Forces of Nature: Selection from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation" curated by Milam Weisman, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 2011 "I love ALDI", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (catalog)
  • 2011 "abstract confusion", Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm (catalog)
  • 2011 "A Sense Of Place: Landscapes from Monet to Hockney", Bellagio Gallery of Fine Arts, Las Vegas, NV
  • 2011 "abstract confusion", B-05, Montabur Art and Culture Center (catalog)
  • 2010 "Changing Soil: Contemporary Landscape Painting (Za Fukei), Nagoya / Boston MFA, Nagoya, Japan (catalog)
  • 2010 "Celebration", curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, The Museum Alex Mylona, ​​Macedonian MOCA, Athens, Greece
  • 2010 "Elements of Nature, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation", Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
  • 2008 Uncoordinated: Mapping Cartography in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • 2008 Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalog)
  • 2008 Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
  • 2007 "Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation", Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • 2007 "Grups", Hydra School Projects curated by Dimitris Antonitsis, Hydra, Greece
  • 2007 "Like color in pictures", Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (catalog)
  • 2006 "Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection", Denver University, Denver, Colorado (catalog)
  • 2006 “abstract art now - strictly geometrica”, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen (catalog)
  • 2006 “Made in Germany”, gip international fine art, Burgdorf, Switzerland
  • 2005 "Generation X: Young Art from the Collection", Wolfsburg Art Museum
  • 2005 Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic (catalog)
  • 2005 “Greater New York”, PS1 New York (catalog)
  • 2005 "We Can Do It!", Gary Tatinsian Gallery, Moscow (catalog)
  • 2004 "Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation", New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2004 "Surface Tension", curated by Manon Slome, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
  • 2004 "Treasure Islands", Wolfsburg Art Museum
  • 2003 "A New Modernism for a New Millenium: Abstraction and Surrealism are reinvented in the Internet Age", The Logan Collection, Vail, Colorado (catalog)
  • 2003 "Project 244: MetaScape", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2003 "Painting Pictures", curated by Gijs van Tuyl, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (catalog)
  • 2002 "Building a Collection: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2001 "Come on Feel the Noice", Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
  • 2000 "Collector's Choice", Exit Art, New York
  • 1999 Traveling Scholarship Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (catalog)
  • 1999 Fifth Year Competition & Exhibition, School of the Museum of the Fine Arts, Boston

literature

  • Verena Ummenhofer: "Picturesque-virtual geodesy of conceived worlds", in KUNSTFORUM Volume 206, 2010, p. 166
  • Kerstin Kohlenberg: Studio visit: Everything in motion . In: DIE ZEIT, October 23, 2008, No. 44 .
  • Roberta Smith : Art in Review . In: New York Times . October 4, 2002.
  • David Hunt: Torben Giehler , in: Artext 78 (2002) pp. 58–63.
  • Leo Koenig, Inc., New York (ed.): Torben Giehler . Cologne, König 2004. ISBN 3-88375-825-6

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personal data
SURNAME Giehler, Torben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Oeynhausen