Tillman Kaiser
*1972, Graz, Austria
lives and works in Vienna
EDUCATION
1993 – 1998 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Prof. Hundertwasser and Prof. Schmalix)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Screaming Swifts, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York (US)
Tillman Kaiser, Museo Cannonica, Villa Borghese, Rome (IT)
Invite The Light, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (AT)
2014 Arco Madrid, with Honor Fraser Gallery (ES)
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)
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)
2005 kubismus, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (AT)
Artothek Alte Schmiede, Vienna (AT)
2003 contor, Vienna (AT)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Über die Unmöglichkeit des Seins, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT)
2015 The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World, Mitchell Algus
Gallery, New York (US)
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)
2011 All That Is Unseen, cur. by Meg O’Rourke and Caris Reid, Allan Nederpelt,
New York (US)
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)
The Object is the Mirror, Part 2, Wilkinson Gallery, London (UK)
Art LA, prestented 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)
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)
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Kaiser, Tillman. Hermetische Melancholie, (Kunsthalle Krems, 2013)
2008 Kaiser, Tillman. Ready add-ons, (Graz: Neue Galerie Graz, 2008)
2005 Kaiser, Tillman. Kubismus, (Vienna: Layr Wuestenhagen, 2005)
SELECTED PRESS
2013 Artforum, Picks, March 2013, Aaron Bogart
2011 Frieze Magazine, 3. issue, winter 2011-12, Simon Rees
2009 artopic.org, October 18, 2009, Steven Barich
2008 Art Ltd., Sept/Oct 2008, Allison Gibson
Art Review, September 2008, Catherine Taft, p 144
Frieze Magazine, July 2008, Jeffrey Ryan
Artslant, May 2008, Interview with Tillman Kaiser, Nancy Lupo
The Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2008, Untitled, Paul Young
Flavorpill, May 20, 2008, Tillman Kaiser: Don’t Worry About the Motion on
the Ocean, Ashley Tibbits
NPR, Feb 29, 2008, Just Browsing for Art in Los Angeles, Susan Stamberg
2007 Artnet, Oct 25, 2007, The Vienna Minute, Abraham Orden
LECTURES
2012 Vienna Artist Lectures, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
2011 Collage-Workshop, Klasse Bohatsch, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
2010 Guest lecture, Philadelphia School of Art, Philadelphia (US)
2009 Artists Insight, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco (US)