Tobias Rehberger Biography
Esslingen (Germany), 1966
Established German artist Tobias Rehberger started his accent superstardom in the early nineties. Over the decade, he developed a distinctive and personal style that explored the relationship between function and aesthetics. Often playing with 1960s and '70s design styles, Rehberger's environments, furniture, sculptures and ceiling installations have made him a focus of interest for art criticism stressing contextual approaches and cross-over aspirations.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005 - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge - Gio Marconi Gallery, Milano - XIV Quadriennale di Roma - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma - Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Nueva Cork - Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Viena
2004 - Neugerriemschneider, Berlin - 1 Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla - Fundacion Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla - BIACS, Sevilla - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung - 1950 - Heute Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
2003 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken - Museum fur Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt - Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin - Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antverpen - Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Viena
2002 - Gandy Gallery, Bratislava - Palais de Tokyo, Paris - Museu Serralves. Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto - Kunsthalle Basel, Basel - Kunsthalle Wien (Karlsplatz, project space), Viena - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - Torino, Turin - ZKM | Museum fur Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe - Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt
SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS - Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain