b. 1989, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
Four Blue Fan Shaped Lines 5, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 132 in., 260 x 335 cm.
Two Green Fan Shaped Lines 3, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 59 in., 190 x 150 cm.
Three Pink Lines 1, 2022, acrylic on linen, 53 x 43 in., 135 x 110 cm.
Autobahn, 2024, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Autobahn, 2024, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Autobahn, 2024, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Duotone Shaped Line 2, 2023, acrylic on paper, 41 x 33 in., 104 x 84 cm.
Four Red Fan Shaped Lines 3, 2021, acrylic on paper, 41 x 33 in., 104 x 84 cm.
Four Green Lines, 2022, acrylic and glycerin on linen, 75 x 59 in., 190 x 150 cm.
Loops, 2022, The Hole, New York, NY
Loops, 2022, The Hole, New York, NY
Two Blue Fan Shaped Lines 7, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 59 in., 190 x 150 cm.
Two Blue Lines 53, 2023, acrylic on paper, 41 x 33 in., 104 x 84 cm.
Two Yellow Fan Shaped Lines 4, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 59 in., 190 x 150 cm.
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Thomas Trum is a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of art and design. With a self-imposed, restrictive practice that exclusively focuses on line and color, Trum showcases a keen understanding of spatial composition and the material qualities of paint.
In his exploration of how to make a line, Trum develops unconventional tools like giant felt-tip pens and custom-built rotating spraying machines. His works on canvas are applied with a giant squeegee and special ink controlled meticulously by the artist's hand and body. His drawings are similarly precise, drawn carefully with a super-sized felt pen.
Intrigued by large vehicles such as agricultural machinery, Trum fashions cyborg-like paint sprayers with giant rotating arms to distribute colorful gradients of hypnotic, drippy loops. Whether researching the behavior of paint on paper or expanding public spaces with his colorful large-scale work, Trum gives nuance to the fundamental practice of line drawing.
Trum studied at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. His work is represented in public and private collections including the Noordbrabants Museum, AkzoNobel Art Foundation and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
thomas trum
Lives and works in Den Bosch, The Netherlands
education
Diploma Bachelor Man & Leisure, Design Academy, Eindhoven
2014
Diploma SWD (Spatial Design), St Lucas, Boxtel
2010
solo exhibitions
Autobahn, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Daily Spins, Het Noord Brabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL
2023
Loops, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Flat Loops, Gallery Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL
2022
Farbwechselfelder, Conrads Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022
Smooth Synergy, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2021
Taking a Line for a Walk, Grote Kerk Alkmaar, NL
2021
Solo show, Gallery Conrads, Berlin, DE
2021
Repeating Ramp, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2020
Solo show, Erasmus Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2019
Two Orange Lines, Het Noord Brabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL
2018
Superimposed, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam, NL
2017
group exhibitions
Ethereal, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin , DE
2025
Katharina Grosse, Marcia Hafif, Rosemary Laig, Aneta Kajzer, Thomas Trum– feeling pink-feeling blue, CONRADS, Berlin, DE
Pulp Fiction, PLATO Gallery, New York, NY
Tone Poem, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Repetition // Variation -herman de vries, Marcia Hafif, Diet Sayler, Thomas Trum, Tatjana Doll, Anna Vogel, CONRADS, Berlin, DE
PAN Amsterdam 2024, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL
Contemporary Art Now Ibiza 2024, The Hole, Ibiza, ESP
2024
Craft! Now Craft, Coda Apeldoorn, NL
Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
L’été Indien, Ballroom Gallery, Brussel, BE
Art Rotterdam, Gallery Gerhard Hofland, Rotterdam, NL
2023
Enter Art Fair, Conrads Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2022
Art Cologne, Conrads Gallery, Cologne, DE
Colors etc., Tripostal, Lille, FR
Paper Positions, Conrads Gallery, Berlin, DE
AkzoNobel Art foundation, AkzoNobel Headquarter, Amsterdam, NL
2021
Cubed, The Hole, New York Unfair TM, Amsterdam, NL
Unfair TM, Amsterdam, NL
Mind the gap!, Museum fur Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstad, DE
Minimalism, Minigalerie, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Modern Pictures for Modern Rooms, Billytown, Den Haag
The One Day Show, Minigalerie, Amsterdam
Cluster Bubble, Studio Omstand, Arnhem
2019
Unfair 2018, Amsterdam
No Time, WillemTwee, Den Bosch
2018
Design Miami, Galerie VIVID, Miami, FL
Beyond the Thunderdome, Nest, Den Haag Stromboli, De Omstand, Arnhem, NL
Shapes of Color, Galerie VIVID, Rotterdam, NL
Stromboli, De Omstand, Arnhem, NL
Art Rotterdam, Galerie VIVID, Rotterdam, NL
Designing the Surface, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
2017
Thomas Trum & Maria van Kesteren, Galerie VIVID, Rotterdam, NL
2016