Tom Anholt

Tom Anholt (b. 1987, Bath, UK) is a scholar-stylist for today’s figurative painting. Anholt combs a galaxy of pictorial strategies to conjure a place both exotic and everyday, filtering modern life through a lens of art history, optical effects and florid allegory. In addition to 2018, 2020 and 2022 exhibitions at Josh Lilley, Anholt has been the subject of solo exhibitions at EIGEN + ART, Berlin and Leipzig; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; and Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen. His work is collected internationally, including recent acquisitions by the Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles and MWoods, Beijing.

Tom Anholt lives and works in Berlin.

Education

2010, BA Hons, Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
2009, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2007, ABC Diploma Foundation, Falmouth College of Art, Falmouth

Solo Exhibitions

2024
Rising Tide, Josh Lilley, London

2023
Sticks and Stones, BLUM, Los Angeles
Icarus, Josh Lilley, Los Angeles

2022
New Lands, Josh Lilley, London

2021
Fallen Flower, Hakgojae, Seoul
Moonlight, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Artificial Light, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen
Close to Home, Galerie EIGEN+ART, Berlin

2020
Notes on Everything, Josh Lilley, London

2019
Blue, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Vom Leben, Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig
Tom Anholt, Hakgojae Cheongdam Gallery, Seoul

2018
True Stories, Josh Lilley, London
TAKE FIVE, Galerie EIGEN+ART, Berlin
Time Machine, Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm

2017
New Work, New York, 1969 Gallery, New York
Sixty, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2016
Inside Out, Galerie EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin
Ancient Games, Project B Gallery, Milan

2015
History Boy, Galerie EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin

2014
Vejby Strand, Galerie Mikael Andersen Residency, Vejby Strand
Rainbow Walk, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2013
Man Made, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin

Group Exhibitions

2023
New Positions in British Painting, Telegraph, Olomouc
Selections from the Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles

2022
Liminal Spaces, Galerie Isa, Mumbai
Dissolving Realms, Kasmin Gallery, New York

2021
Platform, François Ghebaly with David Zwirner, Online
Trace Evidence, Badr el Jundi, Marbella, Malaga

2020
HEART - 100 Artists. 1 Mission, Kunstmuseum Bonn; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Berlin

2019
Gifts for you, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin
GMA XXX AAR, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
What's up/London, 22 Davies Street, London
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
Preparing for What, Josh Lilley, London
Tom Anholt/ Chris Hammerlein, Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2018
Known Unknowns, Saatchi Gallery, London
Berlin Calling, Kornfeld Gallery, Berlin
Art on Paper, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
wunderkammer, KH7 artspace, Aarhus

2017
A New Kitchen Sink, Josh Lilley Gallery, London
border experience, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin

2016
All Together Now, 1969 Gallery, New York
Papier!, 68 Projects, Berlin

2015
You don’t bring me flowers, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin
The Islanders, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2014
Person, Place or Thing, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin
Paper works and Sculptures, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin

2013
Days Like This - Tom Anholt and David Moses, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin
One Each, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin
Alles Wasser, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Självporträtt, Fullersta Gård, Stockholm
Synekdoche, Freies Museum, Berlin

2012
Billedstorm, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Alles Wasser, with works from SØR Rusche Collection, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
Ridge Fine Art, Artists Showcase, London
Welten, Galerie Ardes, Berlin

2010
Works on Paper, Free Museum, Berlin

CV

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Pigeon Racer by Tom Anholt, 2024
Long Way Home by Tom Anholt, 2024
Treasure Hunter by Tom Anholt, 2024
Abduction by Tom Anholt, 2024
The Twins’ Journey by Tom Anholt, 2024
Cosmic Journey by Tom Anholt, 2024
Installation View: Rising Tide by Tom Anholt, 2024
Installation View: Rising Tide by Tom Anholt, 2024
Installation View: Rising Tide by Tom Anholt, undefined
Nature Lovers by Tom Anholt, 2024
Noah’s Ark by Tom Anholt, 2024
Retired Pirate by Tom Anholt, 2024
Long Drive by Tom Anholt, 2024
Outcast King by Tom Anholt, 2023
The Diver's Rest (Day) by Tom Anholt, 2023
Growing to the Sun by Tom Anholt, 2023
Installation View: Frieze Seoul  by Tom Anholt, 2023
Installation View: Frieze Seoul by Tom Anholt, 2023
Installation View: Frieze Seoul by Tom Anholt, 2023
The Diver's Rest (Night) by Tom Anholt, 2023
The Boxer by Tom Anholt, 2023
Perfect Day by Tom Anholt, 2023
Twin Branches (For Maddy) by Tom Anholt, 2023
Installation View: New Lands  by Tom Anholt, 2022
The Waterfall by Tom Anholt, 2022
Installation View: The Dive at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 by Tom Anholt, undefined
Moving On by Tom Anholt, 2022
Upstream by Tom Anholt, 2023
Four Seasons by Tom Anholt, 2022
Icarus by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands (Installation View) by Tom Anholt, undefined
Hunters in the Snow (After Pieter Bruegel the Elder) by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands (Installation View) by Tom Anholt, undefined
Cherry Blossom by Tom Anholt, 2022
Night Climb by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands (Installation View) by Tom Anholt, undefined
Passing Through by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands (Installation View) by Tom Anholt, undefined
Deep Dive by Tom Anholt, 2022
Island Life by Tom Anholt, 2022
New Lands (Installation View) by Tom Anholt, undefined
Mighty Wave by Tom Anholt, 2022
King in Exile by Tom Anholt, 2022
The Bridge by Tom Anholt, 2022
Hunting Cat by Tom Anholt, 2022
Walden by Tom Anholt, 2021
Dangerous Crossing by Tom Anholt, 2020
Kopfkino by Tom Anholt, 2020
The Lake by Tom Anholt, 2020
Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Figure it out Kid by Tom Anholt, 2019
Time Apart by Tom Anholt, 2020
Mass Exodus by Tom Anholt, 2020
Self Isolation by Tom Anholt, 2020
On the Rise by Tom Anholt, 2019
The Search by Tom Anholt, 2020
Installation View: Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Installation View: Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Installation View: Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (After Picasso) by Tom Anholt, 2017
Madame by Tom Anholt, 2018
Avignon Street by Tom Anholt, 2018
Installation View: Frieze New York by Tom Anholt, 2018
The Screenwriter by Tom Anholt, 2020
Alternative Lifestyle by Tom Anholt, 2019
Threesome by Tom Anholt, 2020
Seaside Town by Tom Anholt, 2020
The Peaceful One by Tom Anholt, 2020
New Dawn by Tom Anholt, 2020
Viking by Tom Anholt, 2019
Installation View: Time Machine by Tom Anholt, 2018
Installation View: Time Machine by Tom Anholt, 2018
Installation View: True Stories by Tom Anholt, 2017
Installation View: True Stories by Tom Anholt, 2017
The Missing Doctor by Tom Anholt, 2018
Neighbourhood by Tom Anholt, 2017
Angel by Tom Anholt, 2018
The Sailor by Tom Anholt, 2017
Love Story by Tom Anholt, 2017
The Brother's Feud by Tom Anholt, 2018
Installation View: Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Installation View: Notes on Everything by Tom Anholt, 2020
Sleeping Bird by Tom Anholt, 2019
The Lion’s Second Dream by Tom Anholt, 2017
The Lion’s Dream by Tom Anholt, 2017
Sicilian Soil by Tom Anholt, 2017
The Domestic by Tom Anholt, 2017

Exhibitions

Rising Tide at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

Rising Tide

Solo Show

Frieze Seoul at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

Frieze Seoul

Solo Show

Icarus - Los Angeles at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

Icarus - Los Angeles

Solo Show

New Lands at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

New Lands

Solo Show

Notes on Everything at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

Notes on Everything

Solo Show

Stains on a Decade at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt, Brian Bress, Peter Linde Busk, Gareth Cadwallader, Sarah Dwyer, Derek Fordjour, Nick Goss, Nicholas Hatfull, Christof Mascher, Rebecca Nassauer, Sarah Pichlkostner, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Belén Rodríguez , Kathleen Ryan, Analia Saban, Vicky Wright, Ryan Mosley, Celeste Rapone, Hurvin Anderson, Jack Burton, Ian Davis, Svenja Deininger, Holly Hendry, John Houck, Aliza Nisenbaum, Conrad Shawcross, Leon Kossoff, Tal R, Paula Rego, Euan Uglow & Kaari Upson

Stains on a Decade

Group Show

Preparing for What at Josh Lilley,presenting Nick Goss, Nicholas Hatfull, Tom Anholt, Jack Burton, Gabriella Boyd & Phil Goss

Preparing for What

Group Show

Frieze New York at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

Frieze New York

Solo Show

True Stories at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt

True Stories

Solo Show