"My work and its coloring should penetrate deeply into the viewer and touch on an emotional level and awaken understanding for the relevance of color. Because seeing color is so normal for us, for me it is a freaky wonder."
- Tomislav Topic
Born in 1985 and a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim (Germany), Tomislav Topic lives and works in Berlin. Combining art, mathematics and optics, he has developed over the years a body of work that combines studio works (paintings, sculptures) with regular interventions in public spaces in the form of murals and monumental installations.
His work is characterized using simple and colourful geometric forms, an abstract plastic vocabulary that makes his works accessible to all. By going to the essence, focusing on the inherent impact of colour and drawing on its expressiveness to create nuanced and shifting spaces, Topic has succeeded in developing his own language.
With his interventions in public space, Topic seeks to create a poetic visual experience by altering our perception of the environment. From monumental installations to sculptures, these interventions seek to break our routines, to surprise us, to stimulate our daily lives and to stimulate our senses. Topic's unique style of colourful suspended textile installations are easily recognizable and have made him internationally renowned.
Between the rigour of his creations and the unstable perception generated by moiré effects, the Berlin artist delivers a paradoxical work that defies simple classification.
Tomislav Topic was born in Hanover and currently lives in Berlin. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim (Germany) and the University of Wisconsin-Stout (USA). He completed his academic career with a diploma in colour design and is also a lecturer in art courses at the universities of Berlin, Halle and Hildesheim. He is a member of the artist duo Quintessenz and has been pursuing a solo career for over ten years. He is regularly invited to festivals, exhibitions and artist residencies and has created works in public spaces in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece, Mauritius, Qatar, the United States and China. His paintings are regularly shown in solo and group exhibitions and can be found in numerous private collections.