Tomislav Topic

Tomislav Topic was born in 1985 in Hannover, Germany.
He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Topic is known for his colorful, site-specific art installations, in which he knows how to reduce his work to the actual essence of art itself: color and form. These are elevated to the sole and primary content of his art. His abstract works and the fundamental focus on colour and form allow him to create universally understandable installations, that enable the viewer to experience art in a true and direct way. In Topic’s work, the uplifting power of beauty and the logic of science enter into a symbiosis, which challenges us to perceive the environment with expanded senses. Whether painting or installation, his art has the ability to resonate worldwide as an internationally valid form of expression and also to unite people of very different cultures in art.
Over the years Topic has created a stylistically unique and unmistakable oeuvre. He has been able to realise numerous installations and murals in public spaces worldwide.

Education

2010

Diploma in Colour Design

2008-2010

University of Applied Science and Art, Hildesheim, Germany

2007-2008

University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomie, Wisconsin, USA

2005-2007

University of applied Science and Art, Hildesheim, Germany

2001-2003

Walter Gropius Schule, Art & Design City College, Hildesheim, Germany


Professional Experience

2023

Member of Curatorship „German Color Center“ (DFZ)

2021-2022

Lecturer at University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany

2022

Lecturer at University of Arts (UDK), Berlin, Germany

2008-2019

One part of the artist duo „Quintessenz“

2015-2019

Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences and Art, Hildesheim, Germany

2011-2014

Media Pedagogue at the German Children and Youth Foundation, Berlin, Germany

2006-2010

University Assistant at University of Applied Sciences and Art, Hildesheim, Germany


Exhibitions (selection)

2024

COLORAMA, Art Now Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Affordable Art Fair Brussels, 44309 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2023

Colour Play, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund, Germany

INTERPLAY, Paul Roosen Contemporary, Hamburg, Germany

Narrative Under Construction, Projektor HAWK, Berlin, Germany

Abstract Experience, DANYSZ Gallery — Paris, France

REPEAT, ArtNow Gallery — Berlin, German

2022

Jung & Schön, ATM Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

DIRECTION / INSTRUCTION, Straat Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Loose Ends, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund, Germany

#Colour, ArtNow Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2021

Mind Maps, with Nico Sawatzki, Ashwan, Alexander Rosol & Christian “Kera” Hinz, Lesmeister Projects, Regensburg, Germany

Metamorphosis, Foundation Fiminco, Paris, France

Lady Dior As Seen By, Michael Fuchs Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Immaterial Cargo, Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

Vol. 1, Gallery Gutleut, Mainz, Germany

Where are we now?, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund, Germany

2020

Stilwerk, ArtNow Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Quellen Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany

Out of Ground Effect, Paris, France

2019

Selbstläufer II, Artscape Gallery, Miami, USA

Yellow, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund, Germany

Selbstläufer, Volksbank, Dortmund, Germany

Ink Art Fair, Quantum Gallery, Hangzhou, China

Exhale, ArtNow (Gallery Weekend), Berlin, Germany

Aporias, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Carme Genesis, Carme Association, Brescia, Italy

2018

The Power of Art as a Social Architect, Urban Nation, Berlin, Germany

inside // out there, JR Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Colour Movements, Kabinett K, Hannover, Germany

P-Cap Exhibition, Old School in Lakka, Paxos, Greece

Pool Positions, Studio Hermann Hase, Berlin, Germany

Frühjahrsrundgang Tapetenwerk, Jahn Gallery, Leipzig, Germany



2017

Couleur En Mouvement, WA Gallery, Tamarin, Mauritius

Stückwerk, C28 Kunstraum, Hannover, Germany

Olympus Perspective Playground, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany

Abstract Realism, Affenfaust Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

Current Habits, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Berlin Art Bang, The Haus, Berlin, Germany

Inspektion Freiheit, Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Berlin, Germany

Colors of Berlin, Museum of Colors, Berlin, Germany

Berlin Papers, Espacio La Cochera, Santiago de Chile, Chile


Public Installations & Murals (selection)

2023

SCOPE Artfair— Miami Beach, USA (Installation)

Holland Village, Singapore, Singapore (Installation)

Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz, Germany (Mural)

IBUG Festival, Leipzig, Germany (Installation)

VR Bank, Rosenheim, Germany (Installation)

Piper Heidsieck, Reims, France (Installation)

Projektor HAWK, Berlin, Germany (Installation)

DANYSZ Gallery, Paris, France (Installation)

Kulturnetzwerk Etzdorf, Chemnitz, Germany (Installation)

Capital 8, Paris, France (Installation)

2022

Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar (Installation)

Trainstation Warschauer Straße, Berlin, Germany (Mural)

Caleido Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Installation)

Color Factory, Chicago, USA (Installation)

Trebly Park, Houston, USA (Installation)

Seaport Boston, Boston, USA (Installation)

NSDM Wharf, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Installation)

2021

ADM Conference, Hangzhou, China (Installation)

Foundation Fiminco, Paris, France (Installation)

Paris La Defense, Paris, France (Installation)

Henri Becquerel Hospital, Rouen, France (Mural)

Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (Installation)

Westpark, Dortmund, Germany (Mural)

44309 Gallery, Dortmund, Germany (Installation)

Gallery Gutleut, Mainz, Germany (Installation)

2020

Urban Furniture Project, Chemnitz, Germany (Installation)

Transit Art Festival, Rosenheim, Germany (Mural, in Residence)

Ibug Festival, Zwickau, Germany (Installation – in Residence)

Vanke Cultural and Creative Park, Beijing, China (Installation)

Home Mural Fest, Void Projects, Berlin, Germany

2019

Scope, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA (Installation – in Residence)

West Bund Artfair, Shanghai, China (Installation)

Tbilisi Mural Fest, Tbilisi, Georgia (Mural, in Residence)

La Condition Publique, Lille, France (Installation)

Northeastern University, Boston, USA (Installation – in Residence)

Urban Nation Biennale, Berlin, Germany (Installation)

Stadt.Wand.Kunst, Mannheim, Germany (Mural)

Summerwell, Bucharest, Romania (Installation)

Vision Art Festival, Crans Montana, Switzerland (Installation)

Walter Benjamin Platz, Berlin, Germany (Installation)

Main Trainstation, Hannover, Germany (Installation)

Carme, Brescia, Italy (Installation)

2018

Molitor Paris, Paris, France (Installation)

Creator Space, Shanghai, China (Installation – in Residence)

Ibug Festival, Chemnitz, Germany (Mural, in Residence)

Metropolink Festiva, Heidelberg, Germany (Mural)

Paxos Contemporary Art Project, Paxos, Greece (Installation – in Residence)

Fashion Week Panorama, Berlin, Germany (Installation)

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