Liliane Tomasko

Liliane Tomasko’s abstract paintings employ a distinctive, bold lyricism and assertive sense of colour. The artist begins her investigation of the human psyche in the domestic sphere, offering attentive studies of bedding and clothing. These materials open a gateway into the nocturnal realm of sleep and dreaming, articulating the creatively fertile space between ‘conscious’ and ‘unconscious’.

Tomasko begins her investigation of the human psyche in the domestic sphere, offering attentive studies of bedding and clothing. These materials open a gateway into the nocturnal realm of sleep and dreaming. Tomasko’s earlier works center on evocations of the textures, fabrics, and atmospheres of domestic interiors. Based upon close-up polaroids taken by the artist of clothes belonging to absent others, used mattresses, slept-in bedsheets, and light- filtering curtains, her paintings brought inspired attention to the traces and impressions of life visible in the materials left in one’s wake. These works cultivate a sense of intimacy absent of its figural representation. Tomasko’s recent works develop her interest in powerfully atmospheric evocations of psyche. Abstract acrylic paintings distinguish themselves from the paintings inspired by polaroids, instead searching for the subconscious through colour and tonal depth. In such emotionally magnetic works, Tomasko pushes beyond the haptic- the sensuality of the material world - to explore the world of dreams and the human psyche.

Liliane Tomasko lives and works between New York, US, and London, UK. Tomasko earned her BFA at the Chelsea College of Art & Design (1995), and her MFA at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (1998). Selected solo exhibitions include Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2024); Bechter Kastowsky, Vienna, Austria (2024); Nino Mier, Los Angeles, US (2023); Centro De Arte Caja De Burgos (CAB), Burgos, Spain (2023); Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, US (2022); Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Germany (2021); Newlands House Gallery, Petworth House and Park, Petworth, UK (2021); Château la Coste, France (2019); Kewenig, Palma De Mallorca, Spain (2019); Marc Straus Gallery, New York, US (2019); Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2019); Museo MATE, Lima, Peru (2018); Bechter Kastowsky Galerie, Vienna, Austria (2018); Rockland Center of the Arts, New York, US (2016); PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China (2017); Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida, US (2015); Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, US (2015); Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany (2015). Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US (2024); Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2023); Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (2023); The Albertina, The Albertina, Vienna, Austria (2022); Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany (2021); Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, China (2020); Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria (2019); Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (2017); Centre D’Art de Chateauvert, France (2014), among others. Her work is housed in the collection of the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; Bank Vontobel AG, Zürich, Switzerland; Charles Library Art Collection, Temple University, Philadelphia, US; Collection du Conseil Départemental du Var, Toulon, France; Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland; Drogheda Municipal Art Collection (DMAC), Drogheda, Ireland; Hilti Art Foundation, Schaan, Liechtenstein; Hôtel des Arts, Centre Méditerranéen D’Art, Toulon, France; The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain; K20 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway; Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, US; The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery at the George Washington University, Washington D.C., US; The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany; Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany; Swiss Re Art Collection, Switzerland; Try-me Collection, Richmond, Virginia, US; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.