Timo Kube

Lives and works in London, UK

b. 1977

Timo Kube critically examines the conditions of human perception and the formation of knowledge as the most direct instruments for encountering and constituting a world in which he seeks to locate himself. The experience of physical action, process, and change forms an important aspect of his artistic practice. This may arise through the prolonged labour of artistic creation or in the observation of an artwork’s continuously shifting appearance. A nuanced sensitivity to subtle differences between phenomena is central to his attention.

Kube focuses on how surfaces appear, exploring their potential to merge what is physically present with what is perceived or imagined. A variety of natural and industrial materials are used, such as water, clay, silk fabric, mirrors, polyurethane foam, and polyester film. Through close observation, determination, and analysis, their specific aesthetic properties are examined, alongside the broader context, history, and meaning of each substance.

Kube studied Fine Art at the University of Fine Arts Münster, where he was a master class student of Ulrich Erben, as well as at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and Chelsea College of Arts in London. He is represented by Galerie Gisela Clement in Bonn, Germany, and Chauffeur in Sydney, Australia.

Born in 1977 in Harsewinkel, Germany
Lives and works in London, UK
2005
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK
1998-2004
Fine Art Diploma, Academy of Fine Art Münster, Münster, Germany
2002-2003
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
2007
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Kunststiftung North Rhine-Westphalian Foundation for the Arts, London, UK
2005
DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service, London, UK
2002
Erasmus Sokrates, Geneva, Switzerland
Solo exhibitions

2026 / forthcoming
Atmospheric Pressure, Inspection Pit, West Sussex, UK
2024
With Light in Mind, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2021
sensibilities, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2020
material imaging, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2019
skindeep, a collaboration with Sebastian Wickeroth, Projektraum RFK, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017
NEUE KONSTELLATION, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany
saɪt, 21 Willowbrook Road, London, UK
2014
Friendship ⏐ mit Gelassenheit, a collaboration with Robert Luzar, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2012
Tracing Reflection, Bun House, London, UK
2009
Screens and Stages, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
Grauzone, a collaboration with Sebastian Wickeroth, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008
This, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Berlin, Germany
2007
Almost Touched, Gallery Annarumma, Naples, Italy

Selected group exhibitions

2024
As it is, Commongage Projects & No Show Space, London, UK
Universen in der Nussschale, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Shapeshifters, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2023
Surface to Surface, Edison, Lisbon, Portugal
Spielzeit 22/23, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2022
Array, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
Off the Grid / Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany
Die Wirklichkeit ist sowieso da, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
IDYLLE, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany
To Move And To Act, Rather Than To Inhabit, Chauffeur, Melbourne, Australia
2021
Dell + Kube , Chauffeur / Föenander Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2020
Earth Eaters, Hoxton 235 Art Project Space, London, UK
Protean, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2019 #1 Biennale of International Reductive and Non-Objective Art, The Stores Building Nth Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
No Colour: Short Meditations in Black, Chauffeur, Sydney, Australia
2018
Cleave, Laurieston Arches, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
2017
Farbe ohne Farbe, Galerie Ulrich Mueller, Cologne, Germany
2016
Line Plane and Point, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
Mirrors, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2015
Intro, Galerie Clement & Schneider (now Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn, Germany
2014
Painting and Beyond, Kunstgaleriebonn (now Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn, Germany
Plastik, Kunstgaleriebonn (now Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn, Germany
2013
The Parallel Universe, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, UK
Summer Show, Cul De Sac Gallery, London, UK
2012
The Reality Of The Unbuilt, Stiftung Insel Hombroich Raketenstation Haus für Musiker, Neuss, Germany
2011
terra incognita Weltbilder–Welterfahrungen, Altana Galerie TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (exh. cat.)
2010
Bildgründe, Galerie Ulrich Müller, Cologne, Germany
2009 Now you see it, CGP London, London, UK
2008
Unsculptured, Gallery Atelier35, Bucharest, Romania
In 7 Feldern, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2007
Ein Blick, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sleek Magazine, Hide/Seek, Winter 2007/2008, p. 30.
Flash Art, June/July 2007, no. 264, p. 142. Text by Elda Oreto.
Art Review, July 2005, Vol. LVI, p. 121. Text by Charlotte Edwards. Selected by Catrina Warren, Flora Fairbairn, and Kay Saatchi.
Kunstbulletin Schweiz, no. 4, 2003. Text by Guthier Huber.
Berger, Christian, ed. Timo Kube: Sensibilities. Berlin: DISTANZ, 2024.
www.timokube.net
@kubetimo

Selected images

Untitled Silk (in silver) #9, 2025, silk and metal fabric, glass mirror and plywood, 132.5 x 98 x 2.9 cm

Azores #1, 2025, volcanic rock, linen and wood, 274 x 198 x 3.5 cm

From Earth, 2024, silicon bronze, 8 x 41 x 41 cm

From Earth, 2026, cast iron, 8 x 41 x 41 cm

From Earth, 2026, aluminium bronze, 8 x 41 x 41 cm

Bog Body composition, 2026, site specific installation with additional containers

From Earth, 2025, bell metal, 8 x 41 x 41 cm

Untitled Weatherwork (Lead Tin Yellow #4), 2025, lead-tin yellow, linen and wood, 35 x 25 x 2.5 cm

New Order, 2025, Portland stone, size variable, here: 12.5 x 104 x 215 cm

Untitled Bog #12, 2025, polyethylene, chalk and water, 12.7 x 59.7 x 39.7 cm

Untitled Bog #11, 2023, polyethylene, paper files and water, 12.7 x 59.7 x 39.7 cm

Bog Body Abstractions, 2024, 4K looped video, 13 minutes and looped soundtrack 34 minutes

Moorkörper, 2024, glass reinforced plastic pipe, neoprene, black and white peat, water, 50 x 150 x 150 cm

Current Studies, 2018, stainless steel and water, 5.7 x 93.4 x 127.4 cm

Study for untitled bogs, 2022, aluminium, earth and water, 5.7 x 93.4 x 127.4 cm

Timo Kube, artist portrait. Photo: Dirk Esplör.

Timo Kube

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