Tillman Kaiser
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light (Erlach), 2023
Installation view
MuseumsQuartier Wien
© Tillman Kaiser | MuseumsQuartier Wien, Foto: Klaus Pichler
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light (Fischer), 2023
Installation view
MuseumsQuartier Wien
© Tillman Kaiser | MuseumsQuartier Wien, Foto: Klaus Pichler
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light (Bernhard), 2023
Installation view
MuseumsQuartier Wien
© Tillman Kaiser | MuseumsQuartier Wien, Foto: Klaus Pichler
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2023
Installation view
MuseumsQuartier Wien
© Tillman Kaiser | MuseumsQuartier Wien, Foto: Klaus Pichler
Tillman Kaiser
La voix des airs, 2021
Installation view
Layr Coburgbastei, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Die Sonne scheint auf den Mond, 2021
Oil/egg tempera on B/W photography on paper & canvas
240 × 180 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Zerstreutes hinausschaun, 2021
Oil/egg tempera on B/W photography on paper & canvas
240 × 180 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Reinschrift, 2021
Oil/egg tempera on B/W photography on paper & canvas
240 × 170 cm
Tillman Kaiser
La voix des airs, 2021
Installation view
Layr Coburgbastei, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
La voix des airs, 2021
Installation view
Layr Coburgbastei, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
This, 2021
Oil on cyanotype on paper & canvas
200 × 150 cm
Tillman Kaiser
La voix des airs, 2021
Installation view
Layr Coburgbastei, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Toll, 2021, detail
Oil/egg tempera on cyanotype on paper & canvas
200 × 150 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2022
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2022
Tillman Kaiser
Harmolodic Substi, 2020
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Harmolodic Substi, 2020
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Harmolodic Substi, 2020
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Harmolodic Substi, 2020
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Harmolodic Substi, 2020
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Vampier als Espressomaschine, 2005
Cardboard, tin plate
66 × 50 × 50 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Im Dom, 2019
Installation view
Secession, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Im Dom, 2019
Installation view
Secession, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Im Dom, 2019
Installation view
Secession, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2018
Cyanotype and egg tempera on paper on canvas
200 × 300 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Antilopenleber, 2018
Photogram and egg tempera on paper on canvas
200 × 300 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Im Dom, 2019
Installation view
Secession, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
More Blood, 2018
Photogram and egg tempera on paper on canvas
200 × 300 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2018
Photogram and egg tempera on paper on canvas
200 × 300 cm
Tillman Kaiser
NON È ANCORA ILLEGALE, 2018
Installation view
Layr, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
NON È ANCORA ILLEGALE, 2018
Installation view
Layr, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Maggot brain, 2018
Eggtempera on cyanothypie on paper/canvas
200 × 150 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2018
Black and white photo on paper on wood
204 × 154 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2016
Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2016
Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Head into the flames, 2013
Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Der Mond ist aufgegangen, 2011
Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Burn the devil, 2013
Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2016
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2016
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2016
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2015
Silvergelatine, eggtempera and oil on paper on wood
180 × 140 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2015
Silvergelatine, eggtempera and oil on paper on wood
180 × 140 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Invite the Light, 2016
Installation view
Layr Seilerstaette, Vienna
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2015
Silvergelatine, eggtempera and oil on paper on wood
180 × 140 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Untitled, 2016
Photogram on paper on wood
180 × 140 cm
Tillman Kaiser
Hermetische Melancholie III, 2013
Installation view
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
Tillman Kaiser
Hermetische Melancholie III, 2013
Installation view
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
Tillman Kaiser
Hermetische Melancholie III, 2013
Installation view
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
Tillman Kaiser
Hermetische Melancholie III, 2013
Installation view
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
Tillman Kaiser
Hermetische Melancholie III, 2013
Installation view
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
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Claudia Aigner, (Review) Die Farbe des Rauschens, in: Wiener Zeitung (April 2020)
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Rachel Spence, (Review) Tillman Kaiser’s enigmatic geometry on show in Vienna, in: Financial Times (October 2019)
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Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer, (Review) Im Dom mit Stammesmaske, in: Wiener Zeitung (September 2019)
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Julia Schafferhofer, (Review) Im Kunsttempel, in: Kleine Zeitung (September 2019)
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Barbara Wünsch, (Interview) In the Studio, in: Collector’s Agenda (2018)
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John Yau, (Review) Light Shining through Sharp Edges, in: Hyperallergic (September 2016)
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Matthieu Poirier, (Essay) Dark Icebergs (2016)
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Ken Johnson, (Review) A Five-Artist Exhibition Goes Sci-Fi at Mitchell Algus, in: New York Times (November 2015)
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Aaron Bogart, (Review) Tillman Kaiser at Emanuel Layr Vienna, in: Artforum 51, No. 7 (March 2013)
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Christa Benzer, (Review) Kristallisationen des Unbewussten, in: der Standard (February 2013)
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Simon Rees, (Review) Marius Engh & Tillman Kaiser at Emanuel Layr Vienna, in: Frieze 3 (Winter 2011-12)
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Astrid Mania, (Review) EIN GLÄSCHEN DREHBESCHLEUNIGER, in: Artnet (November 2009)
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Jeffrey Ryan, (Review) Tillman Kaiser at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, in: Frieze (Summer 2008)
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Catherine Taft, (Review) Tillman Kaiser, in: Art Review 25 (September 2008)
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Nancy Lupo, (Interview) Interview with Tillman Kaiser, in: Artslant (May 2008)
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Allison Gibson, (Review) Tillman Kaiser at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, in: Art ltd. (September/October 2008)
Tillman Kaiser
*1972, Graz, Austria
lives and works in Vienna
Education
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1993-98
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Prof. Hundertwasser and Prof. Schmalix)
Solo Exhibitions
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2023
Almost like me, Polansky, Prague (CZE)
Weihnachtsbaum 2023, Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna (AT) -
2022
Tillman Kaiser, Eduardo Secci, Milan (IT)
Tillman Kaiser – La voix des airs, Layr Coburgbastei, Vienna (AT) -
2020
Tillman Kaiser – Harmolodic Substi, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (AT)
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2019
Im Dom, Secession, Vienna (AT)
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2018
NON È ANCORA ILLEGALE, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Rome (IT)
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2017
Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Art Cologne, with Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (DE) -
2016
Screaming Swifts, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York (US)
Tillman Kaiser, Museo Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome (IT)
Invite The Light, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (AT) -
2014
Arco Madrid, with Honor Fraser Gallery (ES)
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2013
Augenphantom & Kugelsucher, Einblicke in die Instrumentensammlung des Josephinums mit einer Intervention von Tillman Kaiser, curated by Simon Weber-Unger & Moritz Stipsicz, Vienna (AT)
Proposal for an Altar, Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Hermetische Melancholie III, Kunsthalle Krems Factory, Krems (AT)
Hermetische Melancholie II, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (AT) -
2012
Hermetische Melancholie I, LWZ, Vienna (AT)
The Truth and the Abstract Blues, Wilkinson Gallery, London (UK) -
2011
Für Kinder und Kenner, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles (US)
Marius Engh, Tillman Kaiser, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (AT) -
2010
Christi Geburt, Intervention, Museum Belvedere, Vienna (AT)
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2009
Habitación retorcida, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Hallucination Engine, Wilkinson Gallery, London (UK) -
2008
Don‘t Worry About The Motion On The Ocean, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
LISTE 08, presented by Layr Wuestenhagen, Basel (CH) -
2007
Desert Cooler, Neue Galerie Graz, Projektraum, Graz (AT)
Doppelleben, Layr Wuestenhagen Garage, Vienna (AT)
Open Plan, Solo project with Layr Wuestenhagen, Art Athina (GR) -
2006
Tillman Kaiser, Österreichisches Kulturinstitut, Rome (IT)
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2005
kubismus, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Artothek Alte Schmiede, Vienna (AT) -
2003
contor, Vienna (AT)
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2023
(INTIMITÄT) Feelings are Facts, Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AT)
Skulpturen für die Nischen, MQ Hauptfassade, Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT) -
2022
New Space Show, Layr, Vienna (AT)
The Drawing Centre Show, Consortium Museum, Dijon (FR)
Here and Now, Vienna Sculpture 2022, Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna (AT)
Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3: Lost In Space, Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia (IT) -
2021
Avantgarde und Gegenwart (Die Sammlung Belvedere von Lassnig bis Knebl), Belvedere 21, Vienna (AT)
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2019
Sternenpassage, Foto Wien, Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT)
Kaleidoscope, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK) -
2018
Strange Attractors, Kerry Schuss, New York (US)
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2017
FOTG, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York (US)
Wild West, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (US)
Specular Windows - Reflections on the Self and the Wider World, 21er Haus, Vienna (AT)
Art Duesseldorf, with Polansky Gallery (DE) -
2016
Über die Unmöglichkeit des Seins, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT)
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2015
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York (US)
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2014
The Degeneration Of Painting, Fondazione 107, Turin (IT)
Megarave - Metarave, WallRiss Kunstraum and Kunsthaus Langenthal, Fribourg (CH)
Post-Op. Perceptual Gone Painterly. 1958-2014, cur. by Matthieu Poirier, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris (FR)
Franz Graf, Siehe was Dich sieht, 21er Haus, Vienna (AT) -
2012
Utopie GESAMTKUNSTWERK, 21er Haus, Vienna (AT)
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2011
All That Is Unseen, cur. by Meg O‘Rourke and Caris Reid, Allan Nederpelt, New York (US)
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2010
14th Vilnius Painting Triennial „False Recognition“, cur. by Anders Kreuger, Evaldas Stankevičius, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (LT)
Mike, Alec or Rufus? („Tom, Dick or Harry“), Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AT)
The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK) -
2009
Artists Insight: Tillman Kaiser, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (US)
Until the end of the world, Cur. Max Henry, AMP, Athens (GR)
ConceptIOUS, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (DE)
Paint, The Saatchi Gallery, London (UK) -
2008
UNREAL: ALTERED PERSPECTIVES IN PAINTING, The Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
The Object is the Mirror, Part 2, Wilkinson Gallery, London (UK)
Art LA, presented by Honor Fraser, Los Angeles (US)
Jan Koch, Tillman Kaiser, Danielle Tegeder, Klaus-Martin Treder, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (DE) -
2007
GRUPS, Hydra School, Hydra (GR)
Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (AT)
NADA Art Fair, presented by Layr Wuestenhagen, Miami Beach (US) -
2006
Tillman Kaiser, Österreichisches Kulturinstitut, Rome (IT)
Viennafair, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Hur är läget?, cur. Gregor Elder, Vienna (AT) -
2005
Fiac Paris, presented by Layr Wuestenhagen, Paris (FR)
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2004
Camouflage, Galerie Betonsalon, Paris (FR)
Group exhibition, pool, Vienna (AT) -
2003
Artlab siemens, Vienna (AT)
Kunst wien 2003, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT) -
2002
Scherenschnitte (with Bernhard Resch), Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
SOHO in Ottakring, Vienna (AT)
Kunstverein Supersaat, Vienna (AT)
kunst:architektur, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Ausgewahlt, IG, Bildende Kunst, Vienna (AT)
Publications
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2022
Kaiser, Tillman. Invite The Light, published by Layr, concept by Tillman Kaiser, Alexander Nussbaumer, Olivia Thurn-Valsassina, text by Bob Nickas, (Vienna, 2022)
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2014
Kaiser, Tillman. The Truth and the Abstract Blues, published by Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, edited by Hans-Peter Wipplinger, text by Alexandra Hennig, Astrid Mania, Abraham Orden, Hans-Peter Wipplinger (Nürnberg, 2014)
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2013
Kaiser, Tillman. Hermetische Melancholie, (Kunsthalle Krems, 2013)
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2008
Kaiser, Tillman. Ready add-ons, (Graz: Neue Galerie Graz, 2008)
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2005
Kaiser, Tillman. Kubismus, (Vienna: Layr Wuestenhagen, 2005)
Selected Press
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2019
Brigitte Borchardt-Birmbaumer, Wiener Zeitung, 13.9.2019
Julia Schafferhofer, Kleine Zeitung, 11.9.2019
Almuth Spiegler, Die Presse,30.10.2019
Rachel Spence, The Financial Times, 29.10.2019 -
2018
Barbara Wünsch, Collector‘s Agenda, 2018
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2016
John Yau, Hyperallergic, September 25, 2016
Matthieu Poirier, Dark Icebergs, 2016 -
2013
Aaron Bogart, Artforum, Picks, March 2013
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2011
Simon Rees, Frieze Magazine, 3. issue, winter 2011-12
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2009
Steven Barich, artopic.org, October 18, 2009
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2008
Allison Gibson, Art Ltd., Sept/Oct 2008
Catherine Taft, Art Review, September 2008, p 144
Jeffrey Ryan, Frieze Magazine, July 2008
Nancy Lupo, Interview with Tillman Kaiser, Artslant, May 2008
Ashley Tibbits, Flavorpill, May 20, 2008
Susan Stamberg NPR, Feb 29, 2008 -
2007
Abraham Orden, Artnet, Oct 25, 2007
Lectures
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2022
Workshop experimentelle Fotografie, Fotoschule Friedl Kubelka, Vienna (AT)
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2012
Vienna Artist Lectures, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
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2011
Collage-Workshop, Klasse Bohatsch, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
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2010
Guest lecture, Philadelphia School of Art, Philadelphia (US)
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2009
Artists Insight, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco (US)