Artist

Tomás Saraceno

Born in Tucuman, 1973 and lives in Berlin, Germany

After attaining his architecture degree at Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires in Argentina, Tomás received postgraduate degrees in Art and Architecture from Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de la Nación Ernesto de la Carcova, Buenos Aires (2000) and Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main (2003).
In 2009, he attended the International Space Studies Program at NASA Ames. The same year Saraceno presented a major installation at the 53rd Biennale di Venezia, and was later on awarded the prestigious Calder Prize.
In the last years, Saraceno’s work has been shown in international solo and group exhibitions such as Le Bord des Mondes, at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), In orbit at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21 in Düsseldorf (2013-15) and On Space time foam at Hangar Bicocca in Milan (2012-13), amongst others. His work has also been exhibited in public museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (2012), the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in St. Louis (2011-12), and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2011-12).

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Tomás Saraceno: Life(s) of Webs
Matera Basilicata Foundation 2019, together with The National Museum of Matera, present Life(s) of Webs, arachnophobias, arachnophilias, and other stories, a permanent installation at Chiesa Madonna del Carmine, Palazzo Lanfranchi by Tomás Saraceno.
25 Nov 2023
Museo Nazionale di Matera
Italy
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Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: Web(s) of Life
A living, collaborative and multi-species exhibition that delves into how different life forms, technologies and energy systems are connected in the climate emergency.
01 Jun 2023 - 10 Sep 2023
Serpentine Galleries
London
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Tomás Saraceno: Particular Matter(s)
An expansive exhibition of Tomás Saraceno on the relationship between human and nonhuman lifeforms at The Shed, New York.
11 Feb 2022 - 17 Apr 2022
The Shed
New York
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Sun is Coming Up
Custot Gallery Dubai is delighted to present a group exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photography by the international contemporary artists Etel Adnan, Tony Cragg, Richard Höglund, William Klein, Marc Quinn, Pablo Reinoso, Arnaud Rivieren, Tomás Saraceno, Sophia Vari, Bernar Venet and Fabienne Verdier.
12 Jan 2022 - 20 Mar 2022
Custot Gallery
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
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Tomás Saraceno: Webs of Life
Presented by Serpentine and Acute Art
19 Jun 2021 - 17 Oct 2021
Serpentine Galleries
London
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Unreal City
London’s biggest public festival of AR art
08 Dec 2020 - 08 Jan 2021
24 sites between Waterloo Bridge and Millennium Bridge
London
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Tomás Saraceno: Aria
Saraceno's largest project to date in Italy, responding to the specific context of Palazzo Strozzi
01 Jun 2020 - 01 Nov 2020
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
Florence
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Tomás Saraceno: Aerocene
Esther Schipper presents Tomás Saraceno’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Saraceno’s Aerocene...
21 Apr 2016 - 28 Oct 2017
Berlin
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Life is Beautiful
Laurence Dreyfus presents the first edition of “Chambre à Part” in the USA, during Art Basel in...
28 Nov 2016 - 03 Dec 2016
Miami
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Tomás Saraceno: Stillness in Motion — Cloud Cities
SFMOMA presents an immersive installation by Tomás Saraceno. Viewers can explore and pass across...
17 Dec 2016 - 21 May 2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
San Francisco
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Antarctic Pavilion
The Russian artist, seaman and philosopher Alexander Ponomarev but also project’s founder and Commissioner,...
11 May 2017 - 30 Jul 2017
Palazzo Molin
Venice
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Tomás Saraceno: Aerosolar Journeys
The museum showcases the artist’s latest works and experiments from his project “Aerocene“, together...
01 Jun 2017 - 03 Sep 2017
Museum Haus Konstruktiv
Zurich
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Tomás Saraceno: ON AIR
The exhibition ON AIR investigates new ways to experience the relation of humans with the planet and...
17 Oct 2018 - 06 Jan 2019
Palais de Tokyo
Paris
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More-than-humans
Third collaboration between the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary...
25 Sep 2019 - 01 Dec 2019
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Madrid
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On the Spiritual Matter of Art
MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, brings together a number of leading figures from the...
17 Oct 2019 - 08 Mar 2019
Rome
Art Spaces
Custot Gallery
Galleries in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
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Articles
In the Artist’s Studio: Tomás Saraceno – Read
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence to Feature a Solo Show by Tomas Saraceno in 2020 – Read
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