Liliane Tomasko

Liliane Tomasko is a contemporary artist known for her distinctive abstract paintings. 

Biography of Liliane Tomasko

Liliane Tomasko was born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1992, she completed a Foundation Course at Camberwell College in London, UK. In 1995, she earned a BA in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, UK. Three years later, in 1998, Tomasko obtained an MA in Fine Arts from the Royal Academy of Arts in London, UK.

Liliane Tomasko has showcased her paintings in various solo exhibitions at venues worldwide, including Galeria Llucià Homs in Barcelona, Spain; Walter Storms Galerie in Munich, Germany; New York Studio School in New York, USA; Timothy Taylor Gallery in London, UK; Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland; and Bechter Katowsky Galerie in Vienna, Austria, among many others.

She has also participated in group shows, including "Original #2" at Kapil Jariwala Gallery in London; "Go between" at Oberösterreichischer Kunstverein in Linz, Austria; "Couleurs Contemporaines" at Centre D’Art de Chateauvert in France; "White Heat" at Marc Straus in New York, NY, USA; "Catch It and Lose It" at Locks Gallery in Philadelphia, USA; "Double-M, Double-X" at Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland; and "Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown: from the collections of The Albertina" at The Albertina in Vienna, Austria, among many more.

Currently, Liliane Tomasko lives and works in New York and Germany.

Liliane Tomasko's Art Style

Liliane Tomasko's paintings are characterized by a unique and daring lyrical quality, paired with an equally bold exploration of color. The artist frequently initiates her creative process by examining the personal belongings of everyday domestic life, such as bedding or clothing. This approach gives rise to artworks that offer a gateway into the realms of sleep and dreaming, delving into the gap between our understanding of the "conscious" and "subconscious."

Her recent paintings exhibit a growing vitality and confidence, expressing an abstraction that finds its roots in the tangible world while also attempting a departure from it. Vibrant colors, nuanced tones, shadows, and expressive brushwork intertwine in a manner that manipulates space, causing it to shift in and out of focus. This suspends one's perception and emulates the clarity or ambiguity inherent in dreams and memories.