CV
Tobias Zaft
born 1981 in Hamburg, Germany
Education
2002 – 2007
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany
Diploma in Fine Arts (Freie Kunst) | Studio class of Prof. Alexander Roob and Prof. Holger Bunk
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2026
Invited Artist, Unbounded Symbiosis – International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Xiamen Art Museum, Xiamen, China
2023
Invited Artist, Silk Road Artists’ Rendezvous, Liangzhu Culture & Arts Center, Hangzhou, China
2008 – 2009
CSC Graduate Scholarship (China Scholarship Council), Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China | Studio class of Prof. MA Lu
2007 – 2008
DAAD Graduate Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service), Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China | Studio class of Prof. MA Lu
Public Collections and Institutional Installations
ENNOVA Art Museum, Langfang, China (animated neon installation Burning Dawn, on view since 2026)
ENNOVA Art Museum, Langfang, China (work in the museum collection, 2024)
Liangzhu Culture & Arts Center Collection, Hangzhou, China (multiple works acquired for the collection, 2023)
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2026
Burning Dawn, ENNOVA Art Museum, Langfang, China
Two Paths, One Light, Nancy’s Gallery, Shanghai, China
2024
Vernetzte Gefühle (Connected Emotions), Städtische Galerie der Stadt Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany
Work-Life-Challenge, Rathausplatz, Quickborn, Germany (temporary public sculptures)
2022
Fragmented Reality, Die Drostei, Pinneberg, Germany
2021
Geisterstadt (Ghost Town), Drosteipark, Pinneberg, Germany (temporary public light installation)
2020
ZONES, Qiao Cheng Fang, Shenzhen, China
2017
STADTWESEN (Urban Entities), Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany
Virtual City, Galerie Hamburger Kunstprojekt, Hamburg, Germany
2016
FlexiPolis, Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart, Germany (acquired, on view in the gallery's collection)
One-Artist-Show – art karlsruhe, Galerie ABTART, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015
BureauCrazy, NOUS Gallery, Beijing, China
2013
Dresscode, Stadtbibliothek, Bremen, Germany (temporary public light installation)
Dresscode, Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany (temporary public light installation)
2012
Function and Emotion, FdL Space, Beijing, China (light installation, sponsored by Bayer Sheet (Beijing))
2010
One World, One Dream, Chaoyang Park, Beijing, China (temporary public video-light installation)
Chinese Whisper, Sanlitun Village, Beijing, China (temporary public media facade installation)
2009
Ding, Gang, Chui, Golden Tower, Beijing, China (long-term public media facade installation)
Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together, Siemens Pavilion, Wuhan, China (video sculpture, sponsored by Siemens Arts Program)
2008
German Centre, Beijing, China
2007
Lost in Translation, Galerie Vero Wollmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
1st Shenzhen Art and Technology Biennale (SATB), Shenzhen International Museum of Art (SIMoA), Shenzhen, China
Unbounded Symbiosis – International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Xiamen Art Museum, Xiamen, China
2025
Between Longitudes and Latitudes: United in Beauty, Lulu Art Space, Xi'an, China
2024
ENNOVA Art Biennale, ENNOVA Art Museum, Langfang, China
Existence – Songzhuang Contemporary Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Wuhan Biennale – Urban Fluidity 2024, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
Skulpturenpark auf der Schlossinsel (Sculpture Park on Schlossinsel), Barmstedt, Germany
2023
Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous, Liangzhu Culture & Arts Center, Hangzhou, China
2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany (One of Europe's Largest International Contemporary Art Exhibitions)
2018
HABITAT vom Sich-Einrichten in der Welt (HABITAT: Settling in the World), Kunstverein Villa Streccius, Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
Domestic Space, DomagkAteliers, München, Germany
Luminale – Biennale für Lichtkunst und Stadtgestaltung (Luminale - Biennale for Light Art and Urban Design), TaunusTurm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Licht V (Light V), Galerie M Beck, Homburg/Saar, Germany
2017
Domestic Space, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany
TurmBau II, Dominikanermuseum, Rottweil, Germany
art karlsruhe, Galerie ABTART, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016
Neubauten (New Buildings), Galerie Hamburger Kunstprojekt, Hamburg, Germany
art karlsruhe, Galerie ABTART, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie VB, Quickborn, Germany
2012
Art Beijing: The Artist Network New York – Beijing, Beijing, China
Kulturjahr Chinas in Deutschland (China Cultural Year in Germany), Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany
Loft 3 Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Galerie Vero Linzmeier, Berlin, Germany
2010
Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2009
Painting the Midland of Expression, Sunshine International Museum, Beijing, China
Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together, Wuhan, China (temporary public light installation, sponsored by Goethe-Institut)
Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together, Shenyang, China (temporary public light installation, sponsored by Goethe-Institut)
Modern Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Und ewig lockt die Malerei IV (Eternal Allure of Painting IV), Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
Zeigen, was nicht augenscheinlich ist (Revealing What Is Not Apparent), Künstlerbund Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2006
Hidden Jewel, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2005
10.000 Seiten (10,000 Pages), SSB am Charlottenplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Stadtbücherei, Stuttgart, Germany
2004
Traumhaus (Dream House), Schwäbisch Hall, Germany