Tobias Zielony Explained

Tobias Zielony (born 1973)^[1] is a German photographer and short filmmaker, living in Berlin.^[2] He has made work about communities at the margins of society, such as young people.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} In 2015, Zielony's series on African refugees in Germany, the Citizen, co-represented the country at the Venice Biennale and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.^{[8] [9]} He had a mid-career retrospective at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany in 2021^[10] and his work is held in the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art.^[11]

Biography

Zielony was born in Wuppertal, Germany. From 1998 to 2001, he studied documentary photography at the University of Wales, Newport in Wales.^[2] From 2001 to 2006, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.^[12] He now lives in Berlin.^[2]

Publications

Books by Zielony

• Behind the Block. Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst, 2004. .
• Tobias Zielony. ; Universitätsverlag, Weimar, 2004. .
• The Cast. Berlin: C/O Berlin; Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007. .
• Trona: Armpit of America. Leipzig:, 2008. .
• Story / No Story. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2010. .
• Manitoba. Leipzig: Spector, 2011. .
• Jenny Jenny. Leipzig: Spector, 2013. .
• Vele. Leipzig: Spector, 2014. .
• The Fall. Leipzig: Spector, 2021. . A series of six books, each including a text or work of fiction by one of Dora Koderhold,, Sophia Eisenhut,, Mazlum Nergiz and . Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at Museum Folkwang. In English and German.

Films

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• Big Sexyland (2008) – 3 mins
• The Deboard (2008) – 8 mins
• Le Vele di Scampia (2009) – 9 mins^[15]
• Der Brief (The Letter) (2013) – 5 mins
• Kalandia Kustom Kar Kommandos (Dream Lover) (2014) – 4 mins
• Al-Akrab (2014) – 7 mins
• Tamil Stars (2016) – 9 mins
• Alles (Chemnitz) (2002, 2017) – 6 mins
• Maskirovka (2018) – 8 mins

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Tobias Zielony. The Fall, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2021. A mid-career retrospective of photography and video.^[10]

Group exhibitions

• German pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2015. Curated by .^[9]

Awards

• One of four shortlisted, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, London, 2015 for the Citizen^[8]

Collections

Zielony's work is held in the following permanent collection:

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 5 prints (as of 25 September 2022)^[11]

External links

• Zielony's profile at Kow gallery, Berlin

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-09-25. Trevor Paglen's drone photography wins 2016 Deutsche Börse prize. 3 June 2016. The Guardian.
2. Web site: 2022-09-25. Tobias Zielony. metalmagazine.eu.
3. Web site: 2022-09-25. Photographing the queer youth of Kiev's underground techno scene. 24 January 2018. Dazed.
4. Web site: 2022-09-25. Jörg. Colberg. Jörg Colberg.
   1. 2 Dance: Tobias Zielony
   . 6 June 2019. Photoworks.
5. Web site: 2022-09-25. Photographer Tobias Zielony Explores How Fashion Can Manipulate and Conceal Identity. W Magazine. 21 November 2019 .
6. Web site: Edward. Siddons. 2022-09-25. photographer tobias zielony captures agency, not disempowerment. i–D.
7. Web site: 2022-09-25. Between Dusk and Dawn. 15 February 2018. Aperture Foundation.
8. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2022-09-25. Deutsche Börse photography prize shortlist: drones v the women of Tahrir. 5 November 2015. The Guardian.
9. News: 2022-09-25. Kunst-Biennale Venedig: Florian Ebner kuratiert deutschen Pavillon. Der Spiegel. 27 March 2014. 2195-1349.
10. Web site: 2022-09-25. Tobias Zielony. www.museum-folkwang.de.
11. Web site: 2022-09-25. Search. philamuseum.org.
12. Web site: tz_cv_06_2022 . kow-berlin.com.
13. Web site: dossier_tz_expo_kow_2014_web . kow-berlin.com.
14. Web site: 2022-09-26.
    1. 89: Tobias Zielony — Videoart at Midnight
    . www.videoart-at-midnight.de.
15. Web site: 2022-09-25. Exploring life under the sun. Times of Malta. 7 January 2020 .