Studio Tobias Zehntner
Lately
Statement
«Science and art are the modern descendants of magic.»
Robert Shapley (1985)
My work begins with observations in everyday life: visual oddities with a sympathetic resonance, small phenomena and movements with a degree of humility and commonplace that are often overlooked. Taken into the studio to be recreated, distilled, amplified and extended through experiments, I then form new encounters that have their roots in my interests for architectural space and natural sciences, yet bear the poetics of ordinary experience from which they originate.
Reoccurring themes are light, movement, space and time. My recent work focuses on first-hand experience, often in the form of kinetic works and installations. Its nature requires time from the viewer, and suggests new ways of seeing in return.
Projects
CV
Swiss-Danish artist
Born 1983, Switzerland
Based in Brussels, Belgium
2015 | Master of Fine Arts: Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
2011 | Bachelor of Arts: Art Practice, First Class Honours, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK |
2007 | Fatamorgana - The Danish Art Photography School, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2023 | WeArtXL, Chapelle de Boondael, Ixelles, Belgium |
2022 | Bright Brussels Festival of Light, Brussels, Belgium |
2019 | Toggler (online), Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Thrapston, UK |
2018 | Multiplication of Rhythm, Alte Reithalle, Aarau, Switzerland |
2015 | Orbit, Pantocrátor Gallery, Shanghai, China |
2015 | MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA |
2015 | To Feel What I Am, Hap Gallery, Portland, USA |
2014 | Media Futures, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA |
2014 | 12 Step, SAIC at 900, Bloomingdales, Chicago, USA |
2014 | Visual Ends: The Edge of Perception, FLAT Space, Chicago, USA |
2012 | Audio Video, DegreeArt Gallery, London, UK |
2012 | The Function of the Oblique – Part II: Action, Son Gallery, London, UK |
2012 | The Function of the Oblique – Part I: Resistance, No Format Gallery, London, UK |
2011 | Recent Graduates Showcase, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea and Hampstead, London, UK |
2011 | Multichannel, Richmix, London, UK |
2011 | I Wish I Was A Circle, The Alekano Club, London, UK |
2011 | Undergraduate Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London, UK |
2010 | Heterotopia Provocation, Stamford Works, London, UK |
2010 | Worcester Open, City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcester, UK |
2010 | Zeitfenster, LightWall, London, UK |
2009 | Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Gl. Holtegaard, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2009 | Firing the Canon, The Gallery, Goldsmiths, London, UK |
2008 | Dream Vision, Lauritz Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2007 | Fatamorgana’s Sommerudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2005 | 1+1, Senko Studio, Viborg, Denmark |
2004 | Sport, Kornhaus, Bern, Switzerland |
2023 | Fatamorgana, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2016 | RomanSusan Gallery, Chicago, USA |
2014 | Dome of Visions, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2012 | A-House Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine |
2012 | Panteion University, Athens, Greece |
2011 | Quadrangle Film Festival, Shoreham, Kent, UK |
2011 | Holmfirth Arts Festival, Holmfirth, UK |
2011 | Art Walks, Kalamata, Greece |
2010 | Instituto Superior del Arte, Havana, Cuba |
2010 | Video art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece |
2010 | Video art cable TV station Souvenirs From Earth, Germany/France |
2009 | FolkUs Festival, London, UK |
2015 | John Quincy Adams Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
2010 | The Hamad Butt Memorial Prize, Goldsmiths Art Department, UK |
2023 | Soutien Arts Numériques, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium |
2023 | Service Culture, Commune d’Ixelles, Belgium |
2015 | Dagmar og Karl Thyrres Legat, Denmark |
2015 | UBS Kulturstiftung, Switzerland |
2015 | Knud Højgaards Fond, Denmark |
2014 | Arts, Science & Culture Initiative, University of Chicago, USA |
2014 | Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Denmark |
2014 | Minerva Kunststiftung, Switzerland |
2014 | Etatsraad Georg Bestle og Hustrus Mindelegat, Denmark |
2014 | Graduate Scholarships, SAIC, Chicago, USA |
2014 | Patronagefond, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
2014 | Oticon Fonden, Denmark |
2014 | Swiss-American Society, Switzerland |
2013 | Nordea Fonden, Denmark |
2013 | Dagmar og Karl Thyrres Legat, Denmark |
2013 | Direktør J. P. Lund og Vilhelmine Bugge’s Legat, Denmark |
2013 | Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond, Denmark |
2013 | Patronagefond, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
2013 | Ellen Sandor Scholarship, SAIC, USA |
2013 | Knud Højgaards Fond, Denmark |
2013 | Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond, Denmark |
2013 | Oticon Fonden, Denmark |
2013 | Stiftung Mano, Switzerland |
2012 | Minerva Kunststiftung, Switzerland |
2012 | Fulbright Scholarship, Department of State, USA |
2010 | Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond, Denmark |
2023 | Halo, Info Ixelles, Belgium |
2015 | Profile video, University of Chicago Arts, USA |
2015 | Interview, MFA Show Website, SAIC |
2014 | fNews Magazine interview, Chicago, USA |
2014 | In conversation, Natalia De Orellana, FLAT Space, Chicago, USA |
2014 | Suplex Online |
2014 | fNews Magazine Online |
2013 | fNews Magazine Online |
2011 | Mint Magazine Online |
2011 | Blog mentionings: Ozon International, Off Modern, Triangulation Blog, Dark Room Gallery, ArchDezArt |
2010 | AnOther Magazine Online |
2010 | Art Nouveau Magazine Online |
2016 | Light Workshop, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Corby, UK |
2015 | Light Workshop, Manning Public Library, Chicago, USA |
2013-15 | Teaching Assistant in Contemporary Practices, Actuators, Installations and Public Light & Space, SAIC, USA |
2011 | Teaching Assistant for Fine Art Summer School, Goldsmiths/Cubitt Gallery, London, UK |
2011 | Teacher in image editing and desktop publishing, QueBeat, London, UK |
2010-11 | Guest teacher in video art and photography, Kreuzfeld 4, Langenthal, Switzerland |
2011 | Mentor in fine art, Crossways Sixth Form College, London, UK |
2008-10 | Teaching Assistant in art and photography summer courses, Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Denmark |
2007 | Teaching Assistant in art photography summer course, Fatamorgana, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2005 | Teaching Assistant in art photography, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark |
2016- | Software Developer, Niboo, Brussels, Belgium |
2016 | Fabricator, Renders Brothers, Halen, Belgium |
2016 | Technician, Gallery Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium |
2014-15 | Technician, Electronics & Kinetics Lab, SAIC, USA |
2014 | Technician, Exhibition Continues Ltd., London, UK |
2012-13 | Art, Design and Media Technician, Richmond - The American International University in London, UK |
2006-10 | Artist’s assistant, Søren Lose, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2009 | Exhibition Coordinator, A.R.T. Alternative Risk Transfer, Rag Factory, London, UK |
2008 | Cinematographer, Shortfilm Marionetter by Jesper Nislev, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2007 | Photographer, Roskilde Festival, Denmark |
2004 | Photographer, University of Bern, Switzerland |