Artist
Thomas Kiesewetter
1963, Kassel, Germany · Berlin, Germany
Sculpture
Thomas Kiesewetter creates abstract sculptures from industrial materials such as sheet metal, which he bends, folds and bolts together with a playful ease. His work carries bold, monochromatic colour and an ongoing engagement with twentieth-century modernist form and the history of sculpture.
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Represented by
- Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
- Almine Rech
- Galería Alegría, Barcelona
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Patricia Low Contemporary
- Sabine Knust, Munich
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2026Beside Appearances, Among Ghosts, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels
- 2025Thomas Kiesewetter, Fuji Project Space (curated by Friedrich Meschede), Berlin
- 2022Solo Booth, Art Antwerp (Sorry We're Closed / Galería Alegría), Antwerp
- 2021Let the Children Play, Galería Alegría, Barcelona
- 2021Steine und Wolken, Orangerie Schloss Rheda, Rheda
- 2021Let the Children Play, Preview, Kunst Lager Haas, Berlin
- 2019Private Collection (Vol. II), Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht
- 2019PORTRÄTS, Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, Munich
- 2017Bildhauer, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
- 2017Bildhauer, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich
- 20151999, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
- 2015Broken Butterflies (Version 1), Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood
- 2013Fugit Amor, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- 2013Neue Skulpturen, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2013Kleine Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
- 2012Würfel. Skulpturen im Schlosspark, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
- 2012Midnight Sky, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels
- 2011Broken Butterflies (Gasträume 2011), Tessiner Platz, Zurich
- 2011Thomas Kiesewetter, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2011Thomas Kiesewetter, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht
- 2010Thomas Kiesewetter, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- 2010360 Mal Vorn, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2009Thomas Kiesewetter, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
- 2008Thomas Kiesewetter, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
- 2007Thomas Kiesewetter, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
- 2007Thomas Kiesewetter, Tilton Gallery, New York
- 2006Thomas Kiesewetter, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
- 2004Thomas Kiesewetter, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
- 2003Thomas Kiesewetter, Tilton Gallery, New York
- 2001Thomas Kiesewetter, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Selected group exhibitions
- 2026Martin Wöhrl Meets Multiple, Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, Munich
- 2018The Art of Recollecting, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
- 2017The Collectors Home, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
- 2017The Hot Wire, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Marl
- 2016Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection, Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama
- 2015Wo ist hier? #2 Raum und Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen
- 2015Undercover, Bourouina Gallery, Berlin
- 2014Bielefeld Contemporary, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld
- 2014How Soon Was Now, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2014Platform, Almine Rech, Brussels
- 2013Rain, Steam, and Speed, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
- 2012Köln Skulptur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne
- 2012Abstrakt // Skulptur, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
- 201230 Künstler / 30 Räume, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg
- 2012Review / Preview II, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
- 2011ENTROPIA, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
- 2011Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2011A Moving Plan B for Chapter 1, The Drawing Room, London
- 2011Skulpturengarten Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
- 2010Wall and Floor, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
- 2010Berliner Metallplastik, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin
- 2010Wild Thing, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City
- 2010Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
- 2009Abstrakte Tendenzen, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
- 2009Sculpture Trail, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
- 2007Made in Germany, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
- 2007Return to Form, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
- 2006Implosion, Ten Year Anniversary, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
- 2006Do Not Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
- 2006START!, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht
- 2005New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
- 2004Regard sur l'abstraction dans la scène berlinoise, Alimentation Générale, Luxembourg
- 2004Achtung Berlin!, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slupsk
- 2001Artists Imagine Architecture, ICA Boston, Boston
- 200124 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Galerie Neu, Berlin
- 1998Sehen, Sehen, Loop-Raum Berlin, Berlin
- 1997Jenseits der Gewissheit was Malerei nicht ist, Chausseestr. 11, Berlin
Education
- 1994Meisterschüler of Raimund Girke, Hochschule der Künste (UdK), Berlin
- 1988–1994Hochschule der Künste (UdK), Berlin
Public collections
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
- Saatchi Gallery, London
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