Tobias Rehberger
Tobias Rehberger
Widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in contemporary art, Tobias Rehberger (b.1966, Esslingen, Germany) continuously tests the limits of art’s status and traditional categories, through a practice deeply engaged with visual explorations where form and function meet. His multifaceted, ambiguous works often break with conventional distinctions between art, design, architecture and everyday purpose, interrogating the nature of authorship and aesthetic value as a means of revealing how meaning is constantly renegotiated.
Tobias Rehberger, 53rd Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award Winner, lives and works in Germany. Solo exhibitions include presentations at Platform-L Contemporary Art Centre (Seoul, 2024); Yuelai Art Museum Chongqing (Chongqing, China, 2023); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany, 2022); Haus am Waldsee (Berlin, 2019); Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 2019), Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (Busan, South Korea, 2018); Foundation Beyeler (Riehen, Switzerland, 2015); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany, 2014); Leeum Samsung Museum of Art (Seoul, 2012); Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, 2008), among others. His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions at institutions such as Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg, Germany, 2025, 2020, 2008 & 1999); Le Tripostal (Lile, France, 2025); Noor Festival (Riyadh Saudi Arabia, 2023), Daejon Museum of Art (Daejon, South Korea, 2021); Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, 2019); Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy, 2019); Marta Herford Museum für Kunst (Herford, Germany, 2017 & 2022); Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2016); Kunstmuseum Bonn (Bonn, Germany, 2015); Musée d’art modern et contemporain (Geneva, Switzerland, 2015); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, China, 2014); and Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2014), to name a few. In addition, Rehberger has also participated in major biennials and triennials, including the 4th and 6th Yokohama Triennale (2017 & 2011); La Biennale di Venezia 53 (2009), 6th Shanghai Biennale (2006), Busan Biennale (2004) and, more recently, the 32nd Pontevedra Biennale (2025).
His work is held in significant international collections, including Centre Pompidou (Paris), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington D.C.), Inhotim Institute (Brazil), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg, Germany), MAXXI (Rome), Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany), Museu Serralves (Porto, Portugal), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), among many others.