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Biography - Tomma Abts

Born

1967 Kiel, Germany
Lives and works in London

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2009 Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2008 David Zwirner, New York, NY
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
(traveling to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles)
2006 Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
2005 Greengrassi, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 Journal#7, “Tomma Abts/Vincent Fecteau”,
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
2003 The Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2002 Greengrassi, London, United Kingdom
2001 Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
1999 Greengrassi, London, United Kingdom
1998 habitat, Kings Road, London, United Kingdom

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennal, Tirana,Albania
2008 The Gallery, David Zwirner, New York, NY
History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize,
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Yes, No & Other Options, Art Sheffield, 08, S1 Artspace, Sheffield,
curated by Jan Verwoert
2007 Turner Prize: A Retrospective 1986 – 2007, London (traveling to Moscow,Tokyo)
2006 The Shanghai Biennale – Hyper Design, Shanghai, China
Of Mice and Men, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
2005 British Art Show 6, organized by the Hayward Gallery, London (traveling to
various venues in Gateshead, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol)
2004 54th Carnegie International, Carnegioe Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
Formalismus: Moderne Kunst Heute, Kunstverein Hamburg, Humburg.
Müllberg, Galerie Daniel Buchholz
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum fur Neue Kunst, ZKM Karlsruhe, 7th
February - 9th May
2003 Black Rainbow, Lucky Tackle, Oakland, CA
Honey I Rearranged the Collection, greengrassi /Corvi Mora, London,
United Kingdom
Kunstpreis der Bottcherstrasse in Bremen, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Hot, Blue and Righteous, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei Frankfurter Kunstverein
2002 Richard Hakins & Tomma Abts, Lecia Dole-Recio, Morgan Fisher, James
Hayward, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Tomma Abts & Vincent Fecteau, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Devil is in the Details, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 Limit Less, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Etcetera, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, NH
1998 The Origin of Parties, greengrassi, London, United Kingdom
The Vauxhall Gardens, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom
1996 Fast, 520 King Street West, Toronto, Canada
1995 filmcuts, Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

Bibliography

2007 Rhodes, Richards, “The New Abstraction”, Canadian Art, Spring, p. 14-16
Thornton, Sarah, “Reality Art Show”, The New Yorker, March 19th, pp. 74 – 82
Margalejo, Isabel, Rosario Nadal, Architectural Digest, March, No.12, p.338, ill.
2006 Ben, Lewis, “Space Exploration”, The Sunday Telegraph, December 10th
Brockes, Emma, “I’m sure they were thinking it was time a woman won”, The
Guardian, G2, December 6th, 2006
Searle, Adrian, “Odd but worthy winner”, The Guardian, December 5th, p.3
Dorment, Richard, “No other artist seems to be working like this”,
The Telegraph, December 5th, p.15
Lubbock, Tom, “A worthy winner. And I think we will be seeing a lot more of her”,
The Independent, December 5th, p.7
Falconer, Morgan, “Wenn ich mich zu meinen bildern äussere, könnte ich
genauso gut das Gegenteil sagen”, Welt am Sonntag, Kultur, December 3rd,
pp. 80-81
Grosse, Julia, “Kunst der Langsamkeit”, ZEIT online, 30th November
Cummings, Laura, “Painting triumphs again”, The Observer,
October 10th, p.17 – 18
2006 Vahland, Kia, “Fiugobjekte, Metallvogel, Wurfgeschosse”, Suddeutsche Zeitung,
July 28,No. 172, p.14
Collings, Matthew, “Diary”, Modern Painters, March, p.34 - 35
Morton, Tom, “Terminally New”, Frieze, March 2006, p.120 – 125
Prince, Mark, “Pluralism”, Art Monthly, February 2006, p. 7 – 11
Buck, Louisa, “Artist Interview /Champion of Abstraction”, The Art Newspaper,
January 2006
2005 Searle, Adrian, “Is Anyone There?”, The Guardian, G2, 13 December, p.18 - 20
Abts, Tomma, “The Artists’ Artists”, Artforum, December, p. 104
Abts, Tomma, “on Gwen John’s Chloe Boughton-Leigh (1904 -1908)”, Tate etc.,
#5 p. 56
Ohnemus, Melanie, “Das quadratische Gespenst”, Texte zur Kunst, nr.59,
September, pp.181 - 183
Dunne, Aidan, “Artist obsessions and fantasy extravaganzas”, The Irish Times,
September 7th
Schwabsky, Barry, “Slow Time”, Modern Painters, September, pp. 58-59
Burnett, Craig, “Tomma Abts- Kunsthalle Basel”, Art Review September, p. 114
Preuss, Sebastian, “Die neue Liebe zur Geometrie”, Monopol, nr. 3, June – July,
pp. 50 - 63
Abts, Tomma, “Who are you?”, Domus, nr. 881, May
Bell, Kirsty, “Formalism: Modern Art Today”, Frieze, March
Kerr, Merrily, “54th Carnegie International”, Flash Art, January – February, p.51
Siegel, Katy, “Carnegie International 2004”, Artforum January, p.175
2004 Seigel, Katy, “Tomma Abts”, Artforum, January p. 135
Tomma Abts, “Bijutsu Techo” Magazine, April, p.26
2002 Slyce, John; “Last exit: painting”, Flash Art, October, p.69
Burnett, Craig, “Tomma Abts”, Untitled, no. 28, Summer Issue, p. 60.
Tomma Abts, Contemporary, April pp.89-90
2001 Sherman, Mary, “Toale Gallery exhibit draws on trends”, Boston Sunday Herald,
December 2001 p. 49.
Parcellin, Paul, “Low-tech, high concept”, Retro-Rocket.com, December.
McQuaid, Cate, “Paintings a nice fit for Allston Skirt”, The Boston Globe. 22
December 2001. p. 47.
Buck, Louisa, “Tomma Abts Welf and Zaarke”, ArcoNoticias 21,
July-August, pp.6-7.
Ebner, Jorn, Frankfurter “Allgemeine Zeitung”, 5 May p. 53.
Schwabsky, Barry, “painting: a minor art?” Tema Celeste, May-June, pp.42-47.
2000 Higgie, Jennifer, Bijutsu Techno Magazine, February.
McFarland, Dale, Wallflower, Frieze, Issue 51, March-April, pp. 92-93.
Glover, Izi, Tomma Abts, greengrassi, Time Out London, January 5-12.
1999 Buck, Louisa, The Art Newspaper, Issue 98, December, p.68

Publications

2008 “Tomma Abts”, Phaidon
“Art & Today”, Phaidon
“Collaborations: Tomma Abts, Zoe Leonard, Mai-Thu Perret”, Parkett: No. 84
2007 “Turner Prize: A Retrospective 1984 – 2006”, Tate publishing,
exhibition catalogue
2006 “Turner Prize 2006”, Tate Publishing, exhibition catalogue
“Of Mice and Men – The Book”, 4th Berlin Biennale, exhibition catalogue
“Of Mice and Men – Exhibition Guide”, 4th Berlin Biennale, exhibition catalogue
2005 “Tomma Abts”, Kunsthalle Basel, exhibition catalogue
2004 “Wrong Times, The Wrong Gallery”, New York, Exhibition Catalogue.
2003 “deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein”, exhibition catalogue.
2002 “Vitamin P”, edited by Valerie Breuvart, Phaidon,
(Terry Myers on Tomma Abts)
2001 “Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennial, exhibition catalogue.
“Desperado, or First notes on the Vernacular”, by Bruce Hainley exhibition text
for The Devil is in the Details, Allsto Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA

Awards

2006 Turner Prize, United Kingdom
2004 The Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award, United Kingdom
1996 NaFöG - Stipendium, Berlin, Germany
1995 DAAD - Stipendium for London, Germany