LOOK AWRY : Tilman

bio & biblio

TILMAN

  • Born 1959 in Munich (DE)
  • Currently lives & works in Brussels (BE) & New York City (US)

EDUCATION

  • 1981 - 1985 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (DE) with Prof. Günter Fruhtrunk and Prof. Hans Baschang
  • 1976 - 1978 Fachoberschule für Gestaltung und Design, Munich (DE)

CURATOR

  • Co-founder, artistic director & chief curator of CCNOA center for contemporary non-objective art Brussels (BE) since 2003 & freelance curator http://www.ccnoa.org

VISUAL ARTIST

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (*PUBLICATION / EDITION)

2013

    • Radio Vallebona / Transmission #1 Minusspace, Brooklyn NY (US) *
    • Vis-à-Vis / New York – Marseille La GAD, Galerie Arnaud Deschin, Marseille (FR)

2012

    • Tilman’s Flats Eric Linard Galerie, Garde-de-Adhémar (FR)
    • Mix 3 / 2 Galerie Rob de Vries, Haarlem (NL)

2011

    • Painted Obje(c)ts Ambigus Linard*Langsdorff, Paris (FR)
    • Mondriaanhuis, Amersfort (NL)

2010

    • Concept Space, Shibukawa (JP)

2009

    • NYC 37/9 and Other Dysfunctional Properties P.I.T., Tilburg (NL)
    • Freeforms Eric Linard Galerie, La Garde Adhémar (FR)
    • House of Colours Galerie Soardi, Nice (FR)
    • Substance (For Julian) The Suburban, Chicago (US)
    • 1/1 Galerie 69, Graz (AT) (with Clemens Hollerer, AT)

2008

    • 12 Colors for Brussels 2 Kartell Flagship Store, Brussels (BE)
    • Details exposed McBRIDE Fine Art, Antwerp (BE) (with ward Denys, BE)
    • RM 103, Auckland (NZ)
    • Peleton, Sydney (AU) June
    • MKD - Dum Umeni / House of Art, Ceske Budejovice (CZ)

2007

    • 12 Colors for Brussels CCNOA, Brussels (BE)
    • Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston TX (US) (with Alma Tischler, DE)
    • Lost & Found MINUSSPACE, Brooklyn NY (US)

2006

    • Look Awry Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO) *
    • Gridworks Konsortium, Düsseldorf (DE)

2005

    • H29, Brussels (BE) (with Marcus Bering, DE/BE)
    • andenken Stiftung für konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen (DE)
    • MOP Projects, Sydney (AU)
    • SNO Sydney Non-Objective, Sydney (AU) (with Kyle Jenkins, AU)

2004

    • Galerie CD, Tielt (BE)
    • E-472C-BSL Hebel _121, Basel (CH)

2003

    • F218B-BXL CCNOA, Brussels (BE) *
    • AMS:White PS, Amsterdam (NL) *
    • White-Out-Studio, Knokke-Heist (BE) *
    • Proximus, Bonn (DE) (with Joan Waltemath, US)

2000

    • Transforms & Constellations CCNOA, Brussels (BE) *
    • PS, Amsterdam (NL)

1999

    • Petra Bungert Projects, Brussels (BE)

1997

    • Petra Bungert Gallery, New York NY (US)

1996

    • Galerie Köstring/Maier, Munich (DE) (with Solveig Adelsdottir, ISL)

1995

    • Petra Bungert Gallery, New York NY (US)

1992

    • Galerij Annik Ketele, Antwerpen (BE) *
    • Galerij Transit, Leuven (BE)

1990

    • Galerij Transit, Leuven (BE) (with Josef Zuteltge, US)

1986

    • Galerie Nitsche, Munich (DE) *
    • Raumpunkt, Berlin (DE)
    • Galerie im Ottoblock, Munich (DE)

1985

    • Staatstheater Darmstadt (DE) (with Reinhard Tischler)
    • Bremm, Köln (DE) * (with Reinhard Tischler)
    • Darmstädter Sezession Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt (DE)

1984

    • Realitätenbüro, Berlin (DE)
    • Galerie am Rosengässchen, Weiden (DE) (with Reinhard Tischler, DE)

1983

    • Lucky Strike, New York NY (US)
    • 249 Eldridge, New York NY (US)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (*PUBLICATION / EDITION)

2013

    • The smaller The bigger Rob de Vries Gallery & Projects, Haarlem (NL)

2012

    • Supervues 012 Hotel Burrhus, Vaison la Romaine (FR) / presented by La GAD - Galerie Arnaud Deschin, Marseille (FR)
    • Reserve sans Reserve Galerie Eric Linard, Garde-de-Adhemar (FR)
    • 30/30 Image Archive Project Moins Un, Paris (FR)
    • Au delà du tableau Le 19 CRAC, Montbéliard (FR) * / curator: Philippe Cyroulnik (FR)
    • All I Need Galerie 6b, Elingen (BE)
    • Colorific Ecole des Arts, Braine-L’Alleud (BE) / curator: Petra Bungert (DE)*
    • Acchrochage Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston (US)
    • Minusspace en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca (IAGO) (MX)

2011

    • Plane Speaking McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY (US)
    • Back to Basic Pont-Le-Claix (FR / curated by Roland Orepük)
    • Collection Sanders Wereeldmuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Schnittstellen IS Projects, Leiden (NL)
    • Sugarmountain 2 Galerie van den Berge, Goes (NL / curated by Clary Stolte)
    • Columna 1 - Biennial de Lyon Satelitte Vienne & Chasse-sur Rhone (FR / curated by Paul Raguenes)
    • The Pulse T’Herlinkxhuis, Beersel (BE / curated by Piki Verschueren)
    • The 2011 Light Space Project Gallery SEESCAPE, Muang, Chiang Mai (TH)
    • z.t. Galerie Rob de Fries Projecten, Haarlem (NL)

2010

    • Composite Visions CAN Centre d’art de Neuchatel (CH)
    • My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble La Station Nice (FR)
    • With Your Eyes Only CCNOA @ YUM, Brussels (BE)
    • 10 ans d’art contemporain Mission Culturelle de France, Beyrouth (LBN) & touring, organized by Edition Eric Linard (FR)
    • Collection Musee d’Art Moderne, Neuchatel (CH)
    • From New Abstraction to Post Formalism - SNO 61 SNO, Sydney (AU) curators: Rhonda Davis & Camilla Tellez
    • ÌS comes to SNO - SNO 62 SNO, Sydney (AU), co-organized by IS Leiden (NL)
    • Multiple Art Kunsthaus Zoffingen (CH)
    • Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life Minusspace, New York (US) organized by Minusspace, Victoria Munro, and Jan van der Ploeg
    • Accrochage Galerie Leonard, Graz (AT)
    • UND 6 Schwartz Gallery, London (UK)
    • Darf es mal wieder weniger sein? pp Projects, Hamburg (DE)

2009

    • Accrochage Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston (US)
    • PS 1999-2009 Kunstruimte09, Groningen (NL) & PS, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Rashomon Petit Port, Leiden (NL)
    • mypainting.nu Lokaal01, Breda (NL)
    • UND 5 (Voila) Maison Abandonnee/Villa Camelie, Nice (FR)
    • A la pleine tube ... Galerie Guy Ledune / art & co, Brussels (BE)
    • We Go far ... And Way Back Show Gallery Staten Island NY (US)
    • Concrete Now! Introducing PS H-I-C-A, Dalcrombie (UK) / curator: Jan van der Ploeg (NL)
    • Rondo Abstract 09 Atelier Rondo, Graz (AT)
    • Accrochage McBride Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
    • With Your Eyes Only Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (AT)

2008

    • Minusspace @ PS 1/MOMA, PS 1/MoMABrooklyn NY (US) curated by Phong Bui (US)
    • Antwerp Sculpture, Antwerp (BE) organized by the MUHKA & the Middelheim Museum
    • UND 4 croxhapox, Gent (BE)
    • i.e., Towoomba (AU)
    • Subset Conical Inc, Melbourne (AU)
    • My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble SCA Sydney, (AU) & The Physics Room, Christchurch (NZ)
    • Hello/Goodbye Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL) curated by Martijn Lucas Smit (NL)
    • Under the surface RC Ruimte, Ijmuiden (NL) curated by J.M. Voskuil (NL)
    • Revisited (Tragicomedy in 7 Acts) La Salle de Bains/CAC, Lyon (FR) concept: Dan Walsh (US)

2007

    • minimalpop Arti en Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Pas de soucis NOS Non Objectif Sud, Tulette (FR) *
    • Composite Realities CCP, Melbourne (AU) curated by David Thomas (AU)
    • Shifting trends: Transitions of intuitive abstraction SNO, Sydney (AU) -** curated by Kyle Jenkins (AU)
    • Und Jetzt IS, Leiden & Galerie Le Petit Port, Leiden (NL) *

2006

    • UND Chiellerie Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Multiple Art & Originale Galerie Elisabeth Staffelbach, Aarau (CH) & Galerie im Schützenhaus, Zoffingen (CH)
    • Minimalisms Gallery W 52, New York NY (US)
    • Painted Objects CCNOA, Brussels (BE)
    • Collected/Uncollected SNO, Sydney (AU)
    • 2step Kunstnernes HUS, Oslo (NO) & UH University Galleries, Hertfordshire (UK)
    • TAKE OFF Hebel_121, Basel (CH)
    • Early Fabricated Tracer Projects, Toowoomba (AUS) & CCNOA, Brussels (BE)
    • Deleget/Levine/Tilman Sonia Roesch Gallery, Houston TX (US)
    • Concrete Zaken Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
    • Panatteri/Tilman Counterpoint, Melbourne (AU)
    • Double Exposure CCNOA, Brussels (BE)

2005

    • minimalpop Galerie Filles du calvaire, Brussels (BE) & Paris (FR)
    • Drawings SmithAnderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA (US)
    • Galerie de multiple, Paris (FR)
    • Group Show II MOP, Sydney (AU)
    • N.O.T.3 The Office, Toowoomba (AU)
    • Early Fabricated Peletone, Sydney (AUS) & ocular lab, Brunswick (AU)
    • Painted Objects PS, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Means without End Guild & Greyshkul, New York NY (US)

2004

    • minimalpop Florence Lynch, New York NY (US)
    • Multipli + Originali Arte Contemporeana Ammann, Locarno (CH)
    • molti multipli CCNOA, Brussels (BE)

2003

    • Konkret-Privat Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn (DE)
    • 24 Eugene Binder, Marfa TX (US)
    • Small Colors Eva Mack, Stuttgart (DE)
    • Multiples and Originals Galerie Zimmermannshaus, Brugg (CH)
    • Raid Projects, Los Angeles CA (US) *
    • Images of desire 3 Winston Hotel, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Independence South London Gallery, London (UK)

2001

    • WOP PS, Amsterdam (NL)
    • New Minimal Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin (DE)
    • Multiples Ecritvain, Brussels (BE)
    • Hier en Nu / Ici Maintenant Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)

2000

    • From Rags to Riches Fondation de la Tapisserie des Arts du Tissu et des Arts mureaux, Tournai (BE) *

1999

    • Festivale St. Martin Tourinnes-La-Grosse (BE) *

1998

    • 9 + 1 Petra Bungert Projects, Brussels (BE)

1997

    • Invitational Edward Hopper House, Nyack NY (US)

1996

    • New Acquisitions Sammlung für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bayerische Landesbank International, Luxemburg (LU) *
    • Tinseltower Clocktower, New York NY (US)

1995

    • Introductions Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX (US)

1994

    • Interwoven Space Delta Axis CCA, Memphis TN (US)

1990

    • Transit @ Handelskantoor Handelskantoor, Leuven (BE)

1984

    • 10 Positionen zur Zeit Galerie der Künstler, BBK, Munich (DE) * Realitätenbüro, Berlin (DE)

1983

    • Asymmetrisch Assymmetrisch Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (DE)

CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Bayerische Landesbank International, Luxemburg (LU)
  • Beck GmbH, Munich (DE)
  • Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt (DE)
  • Fondation de la Tapisserie des Arts du Tissu et des Arts Mureaux, Tournai (BE)
  • Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo (NO)
  • Musee d’Art Moderne, Neuchatel (CH)
  • Pfizer, Inc., New York NY (US)
  • Teachers Insurance, New York NY (US)
  • The New York Public Library, New York NY (US)

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