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Torben Giehler
Berlin, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
From 1995 to 1999, Torben Giehler was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the New York Studio Program. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he stayed until 2009. In 2000, Giehler had his first solo exhibition at the Leo Koenig Inc. gallery, which was followed by numerous exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world. In 2008, he was honoured with the Falkenrot Prize and an extensive solo...
Read moreFrom 1995 to 1999, Torben Giehler was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the New York Studio Program. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he stayed until 2009. In 2000, Giehler had his first solo exhibition at the Leo Koenig Inc. gallery, which was followed by numerous exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world. In 2008, he was honoured with the Falkenrot Prize and an extensive solo exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
Giehler’s trademark painting style revolves around abstract compositions of geometric shapes. He photographs his hand-drawn sketches and edits them digitally to create his large canvasses, often using vibrant colours. Giehler deconstructs cities and landscapes into grids that distil the three-dimensional depth and perspective into straight lines and coloured facets. That way, he manages to capture the impressions of mountains, streets, or buildings with just a few elements. Using many layers of transparent acrylic paint creates visual planes and spaces in which the eye can move around almost as it would in a virtual reality.
"Through my paintings I try to understand and process our increasingly complex but also exciting digital world. I am interested how we are moving between the real and virtual world. Painting helps me to stay in the real world." - Torben Giehler
CANYON X Torben Giehler
ULTIMATE ARTIST EDITION 2021
2014
Bodmin Pill, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany
2012
Sonic Titan I Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
2011
Lateralus I Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY, USA
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2021
Expedition I The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT, USA
Enviromental Reflections I Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA
2019
Intermittens Rivers I XIII Bienal de La Habana, Matanzas, Cuba
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Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hall Art Foundation, Vermont, USA
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1997 Scholarship I New York Studio Program, New York, NY, USA
1998 Diploma I School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
1999 Fifth Year Certificate I School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
