Born in Kiel, Germany (b. 1967)

Tomma Abts

Leko, 2018

Acrylic and oil on canvas
© Tomma Abts; courtesy the artist and greengrassi, London. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Tomma Abts. Courtesy of The Guardian. Photo by Sarah Lee.

“Develop something without any preconceptions of what it is going to look like, so, to give it a meaning and sense of self-evidence, I try to define the forms precisely.”

—Tomma Abts