"Concepts around consciousness have always been the driving force behind my work. By approaching the subject from slightly different angles in each group or series of paintings, which are defined by a common title, I try to shed light on our particular form of existence."
Dreams have always been an important point of reference for Liliane Tomasko and represent a blending of the past and the now. They have no history in the conventional sense, but all the more a sensual quality. The artist captures this sensuality in her paintings.
During the painting process, she binds the hidden and fleeting to the body of colour: all feelings, thoughts, emotions, desires, fears, doubts and anxieties are collected and formed into linear structures in order to take centre stage on the painted surface. There they bounce off each other, merge and mix or are separated by sprayed or painted lines that range from wafer-thin to solid.
While the works on linen often show a clear direction in painting, those paintings on aluminium are laid out in different directions, they are more moving, more open and their sensuality is sometimes a little more confused.
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Shapeshifter (in a state of indecision), 2024
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Shapeshifter (using gray to manifest dark violet), 2024
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Shapeshifter (strolling through forgotten lands), 2024
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Shapeshifter (emulating stability), 2024
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Shapeshifter (lost in a dream), 2024
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Shapeshifter (yesterday and tomorrrow, divided by the present), 2024
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Lazarus, 2020
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all that we want, 2021
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UNTITLED THREE, 2021
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DON’T KNOW WHO I AM BUT I DO KNOW WHERE I AM GOING, 2022
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DREAMING OF PAUL KLEE, 2022
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STRUCTURAL INNOCENCE, 2022
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EVERYTHING IS CLEAR, BUT NOTHING MAKES SENSE, 2022
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FOSSIL, 2022
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HYSTERICAL GRAVITY, 2022
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I HEARD IT GROW, 2022
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PORTRAIT OF A DARK THOUGHT, 2022
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Reptilian Weave 09/23/2020, 2020
Liliane Tomasko lives and works in New York, Mooseurach and Aix
born 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland
1991-92 Camberwell College, London, UK
1995 BA Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK
1998 MA Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
EXHIBITIONS IN MUSEUMS OR GALLERIES (selection)
2024 bechter kastowsky gallery, Vienna
2024 The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2023 Albertina, Vienna
2023 CAB Burgos, Spain
2022 Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
2022 Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, USA
2021 bechter kastowsky gallery, Schaan
2021 Museum of Art Kloster unser lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
2020 Chateau La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection)
Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Museum Kistefos, Oslo, Norway
Sammlung Nicola Erni, Zug, Switzerland
Bank Vontobel AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Hilti Art Foundation, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Hôtel des Arts, Centre Méditerranéen D’Art, Toulon, France
IVAM-Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
K20 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Try-Me Collection, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
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SPEKTRUM FL
Gruppenausstellung 31 Aug - 2 Nov 2024 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanThe bechter kastowsky gallery is showing a selective choice of works by its artists at its location in Schaan. The exhibition “SPEKTRUM FL” creates a link between past and future...Read more -
Liliane Tomasko
Shifting Shapes 7 May - 6 Jul 2024 bechter kastowsky gallery. Vienna“During the painting process, I bind the hidden and fleeting to the body of paint: all feelings, thoughts, emotions, desires, fears, doubts and anxieties are collected and formed into linear...Read more -
Welcome 2024
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 bechter kastowsky gallery. Schaan27 January till 24 Fabruary 2024Read more -
10 years bechter kastowsky gallery!
Mario Dilitz / Jakob Gasteiger / Aurelia Gratzer / Karen Holländer / Petar Mirkovic / Klaus Mosettig / Ahmet Oran / Drago Persic / Hanna Roeckle / Hubert Scheibl / Christoph Schirmer / Martin Schnur / Anneliese Schrenk / Liliane Tomasko 10 Sep - 29 Oct 2022 bechter kastowsky gallery. Vienna -
Summer 2022
Karen Holländer. Liliane Tomasko. Hubert Scheibl. Jakob Gasteiger 13 Jul - 13 Aug 2022 bechter kastowsky gallery. Schaan -
Winter 2021
Liliane Tomasko. Martin Schnur. Ahmet Oran. Aurelia Gratzer. Conrad Jon Godly 27 Oct - 18 Dec 2021 bechter kastowsky gallery. Schaan -
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Blind Spot 25 Aug - 23 Oct 2021 bechter kastowsky gallery. Schaan -
Liliane Tomasko
second nature 8 Nov - 22 Dec 2018 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaThe theme of dreaming is nothing new in Tomasko's work. The realisation is based on coloured lines that intertwine, become knots and form free structures, as it were. The colours...Read more -
Liliane Tomasko
texere 8 Sep - 22 Oct 2016 bechter kastowsky gallery. Vienna'Around 2015, Liliane Tomasko opened a new chapter in her painting, which now sees itself as a system completely detached from the subject. However, the artist still holds on to...Read more
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Liliane Tomasko. The Artist's Eye
The Douglas Hyde. Dublin 1 Dec 2023 - 10 Mar 2024Acknowledging the crucial role artists play in influencing and shaping other artistic practices, ‘The Artist’s Eye’ series asks those exhibiting in Gallery 1 to invite...Read more -
Albertina modern. Austria-Germany
Painting 1970 to 2020 6 Sep 2023 - 21 Jan 2024The relationship between Austria and Germany is different in the visual arts than in sports: there is no competition, no winners and losers. In a...Read more -
„her*spectives“
Kunstraum. Konrad-Patzenhofer-Gasse 1. 7011 Siegendorf 7 May - 29 Oct 2023Sunday, 7 May 2023, 10:00 to 18:00 In the exhibition, the Kunstraum shows works by international women artists who place their own bodies at the...Read more -
LILIANE TOMASKO. NAME ME NOT
CAB Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos. Burgos. España 3 Feb - 28 May 2023In the exhibition are juxtaposed works on canvas, aluminum and paper alike. Three large-format canvases form the bracket around the small paintings with oil pastels:...Read more -
Liliane Tomasko. SPELLOFTHEWOOD
Highlanes Gallery. Drogheda. Ireland 2 Jul - 20 Aug 2022 -
Liliane Tomasko. Evening Wind
Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center. Nyack. NY 1 Apr - 24 Jul 2022Curated by Faye Fleming The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogRead more -
Liliane Tomasko
Andy Warhol bis Cecily Brown - Albertina Vienna 12 Dec 2021 - 20 Feb 2022Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown presents works of art from the second half of the 20th century to the present day. Around 40 works by...Read more
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STAGE BREGENZ 2024
Contemporary Fair / Art / Design 22 - 25 Feb 2024STAGE Bregenz is a meeting place for a broad art and culture audience and at the same time a stage for the diverse interactions of...Read more -
ART SALON ZÜRICH 2023
Liliane Tomasko. Conrad Jon Godly. Constantin Luser 28 Sep - 1 Oct 2023Zurich's new art fair Art Salon Zürich focuses primarily on the needs of art galleries, art dealers and their artists to address and serve a...Read more -
VOLTA BASEL 2022
Hanna Roeckle, Liliane Tomasko 13 - 19 Jun 2022 -
VOLTA BASEL 2021
Hanna Roeckle, Liliane Tomasko, Conrad Jon Godly 20 - 26 Sep 2021 -
VOLTA BASEL 2019
Liliane Tomasko, Aurelia Gratzer 10 - 15 Jun 2019 -
viennacontemporary 2018
Enirco Bach, Aurelia Gratzer, Philip Patkowitsch, Drago Persic, Christoph Schirmer, Martin Schnur, Liliane Tomasko 27 - 30 Sep 2018 -
Drawing now 2018
Klaus Mosettig, Liliane Tomasko 22 - 25 Mar 2018 -
viennacontemporary 2017
Liliane Tomasko 21 - 24 Sep 2017 -
viennacontemporary 2016
Martin Schnur, Walter Vopava, Liliane Tomasko 22 - 25 Sep 2016