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Fabian Treiber (*1986, Ludwigsburg, DE) lives and works in Stuttgart. He studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste under Prof. Reto Boller, Discoteca Flaming Star (Prof. Cristina Gómez Barrio and Prof. Wolfgang Mayer) and Prof. Andreas Opiolka and graduated in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts.
Treiber’s paintings often depict landscapes and architectural structures with surreal, disjointed perspectives, where the presence of human life is only hinted at through fragmentary elements. He explores the possibilities of painting and its various techniques with compositions led by form, colour, and texture rather than narrative subjects.
Treiber’s practice is inspired by the traditions of East Asian landscape painting, particularly those of China. In his works, striking pastel colours against muted backgrounds evoke a certain detachment. This deliberate interplay of presence and absence is always of symbolic significance, adding to the atmosphere of metaphysical inquiry inherent to Treiber’s imagery. Furthermore, the paintings often contain recurring details such as burning candles and smouldering cigarettes, alluding to the temporality of existence and encouraging moments of contemplation.
Fabian Treiber has had numerous solo exhibitions (selection) Städtische Galerie Ostfildern, DE; Städtische Galerie Ehingen, DE; Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, DE; Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, DE; Ruttkowski 68, Paris, FR; Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, CG; KANT Galleri, Copenhagen, DK; Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart, DE and has been part of a large number of group exhibitions, including (selection): Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, DE; Kulturhof, Speyer; G-Art-en Artspace, Como, IT; Vollery Gallery, Dubai, AE; König Gallery, Berlin, DE; CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm, SE; Kunstverein Neuhausen, DE; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE; Arts Projects Australia, Melbourne, AUS; Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne, DE; Kunstverein Lüneburg e. V., DE; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, DE; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.
geboren / born in Ludwigsburg
Meisterschüler im Weißenhof-Programm der Bildenden Kunst / Master Student in the Weissenhof Programme of Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
Studium der Bildenden Kunst / Studies of Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart bei / with Prof. Reto Boller, Discoteca Flaming Star (Prof. Cristina Gómez Barrio und Prof. Wolfgang Mayer) und / and Prof. Andreas Opiolka
It’s Not Late, It’s Only Dark, Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, New York (US) (forthcoming)
FABIAN TREIBER – „zu viel blau wird schnell Nacht“, Städtische Galerie Ostfildern (DE)
Fabian Treiber | No Name Gets To The Heart Of It, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin
Most Common Things,Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (CH)
Fabian Treiber, Städtische Galerie Ehingen (DE)
For a While Longer, Haverkampf Gallery, Berlin (DE)
Doppio, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen (CH)
Plein Air, Ruttkowski; 68, Paris (FR)
Painting the Night Unreal, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich (CH)
Dream Home Heartache, KANT Galleri, Copenhagen (DK)
Sweet Home, Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart (DE)
More Feeling, Ruttkowski; 68, Köln (DE)
A Minibar in a large scale Room, Kunsthalle Nürnberg (DE)
Common Things, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg (DE)
Autogrill, Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart (DE)
Candle, Candle, Kunstverein Sebastianskapelle e.V., Ulm
Front Yard, pop;68, Ruttkowski; 68, Köln
body doesn’t know, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (CH)
Sleeping in an unmade bed, Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt a.M.
There was always something disturbing., Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart
Move your ass and your mind will follow, (Host Kairos) Experimentierbühne Heusteigtheater, Stuttgart
9 Minuten vor Vegas, Schloss Dagstuhl, Leibniz Gesellschaft, Saarbrücken/Wadern
2024
All Walks Of Life, PACE Gallery, Hong Kong (PRC)
The First Taste,Anat Ebgi Gallery, New York (US)
2023
X Pink 101,X-Museum, Beijing (PRC)
My World Play,Haverkampf Leistenschneider Gallery, Berlin (DE)
Der Stuhl Mit Zwei Beinen, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (CH)
How Many Times, I Have Left My Everyday Life,69Art Campus, Beijing (PRC)
MIXED PICKLES 12,Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, NYC (USA)
2022
Ohne Titel,Kunstmuseum Singen (DE)
Purple Rain, Kunstgruppe Köln, Salon Schmitz (DE)
It is, It isn’t, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (CH)
Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken,Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, Paris (FR)
This Must Be The Place, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam (DE)
Großer Hans Purrmann Preis, Kulturhof, Speyer
Contamination, G-Art-en Artspace, Como (IT)
Domesticity (curated by Sasha Bogojev), Vollery Gallery, Dubai (AE)
The Artist is Online – Painting & Sculpture in the digital Age (curated by Anika Meier & Johann König), KÖNIG Gallery, Berlin
Hybrids, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm (SE)
Fukubukuro, Haverkampf Gallery, Berlin (DE)
JUST PAINTED., Kunstverein Neuhausen (DE)
Mixed Pickles 8, Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, Wilhelmhallen, Berlin (DE)
Mixed Pickles 6, Michael Horbach Stiftung, Köln
Artifacts, Nevven Gallery, Göteborg (SE)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium – Die Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Frau A.S. trifft Volker Böhringer, zu Gast Fabian Treiber, Villa Merkel Galerien der Stadt Esslingen a.N.
Single, but happy, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich (CH)
a take on paper, KANT Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
mixed pickles 4, Michael Horbach Stiftung, Köln
OPEN HOUSE, (Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Hauptauswahl), Alte Münze, Berlin
Works on Paper, BEERS Gallery, London (UK)
interior motives, MPV Gallery, Den Bosch (NL)
Rue Charlot, Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, Paris (FR)
the art of living, Arts Projects Australia, Melbourne (AUS)
Ciao, Strizzi.Ausstellungsraum für Brauchbarkeit, Köln
on the home front, KANT Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
mixed pickles 3, the Shelf, Berlin
Emergencias del acontecimiento, Espacio [Es]positivo, Madrid (ES)
LICHTSTRASSE, Ruttkowski;68 gallery, Köln
mostly abstract_03, Benoni Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
RUDE ASSEMBLY, Campbell Project Space, Sydney (AUS)
paper cuts, tripp gallery, London (UK)
mixed pickles 2, Michael Horbach Stiftung, Köln
we are the ones, Carlsberg City Gallery & Art Hall, Copenhagen (DK)
mulhouse 017 Biennial of young contemporary art, Mulhouse (FR)
TRUNK, Kunstverein Lüneburg e.V., Lüneburg
GRUPPE II, Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt a.M.
PRACTICE PROCESS PROGRESS, Städtische Galerie Villa Merkel, Esslingen
groupshow, Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar
Content, Projektraum AKKU (Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg), Stuttgart
Übermorgenkünstler, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
small & mighty, Galerie Filser&Gräf, München
enge gebiert., Ostertagshof in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kunstverein Neuhausen
Monochromosomen, Domagk Ateliers, München
Walter Stöhrer Preis, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
Baby you can drive my car, Kunstverein Gästezimmer e.V., Möhringen
Stand.Jetzt, Fritz und Hildegard Ruoff Stiftung, Nürtingen
to heaven and back, Kunstverein Neuhausen
Show 3, Soglia Artspace, Leipzig
Weder breit noch tief verlängert, Graben, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
NO PLACE TO HIDE, Agentur für Arbeit, Stuttgart
NO PLACE TO HIDE – Return to Sender, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Klett Kunstprojekte, Next Big Gem, Stuttgart
Vergessen sie nicht die Wuchskraft der Bambuswurzel, Städtische Galerie Villa Merkel, Esslingen a.N
Stipendiatenauswahl der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Kunstakademie Braunschweig
CON|temporary arthouse, Galerienrundgang Mitte, Stuttgart
Closest to Paradise, Kunstverein Oberer Neckar, Horb a.N.
Jetzt, Jetzt, Städtische Galerie und Kunstverein, Reutlingen
Fluten, Galerien Müller-Roth und Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
Show me yours, I show you mine, Wilhelmspalais, Stuttgart
