Thomas Canto

BIOGRAPHY

Inspired by experts across a variety of industries, Thomas Canto has charged himself to find the connection between the different areas. He is known for his work distorting speed and city structures until their original forms are effectively unrecognizable. Regardless of the genre, Canto finds inspiration from figures like the Hungarian painter and sculptor László Moholy- Nagy to architects like Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel. His works also focus on creating new images through technology that express the relationship between humans and architecture.

His work has been featured in solo exhibitions including Chiasma, Matthew Liu fine arts, Shanghai (2019); Structural reverberations, Sogo Seibu, Tokyo (2019); Temporal geometries, Bermel Von Luxburg gallery, Berlin (2018); Structuring shadows, RX Gallery, Paris (2017); Illusory perspectives, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2016) Gravitational transparencies, Matthew Liu Fine arts, Shanghai (2016) Suspended landscape, ArtCentral, Projects section, Hong Kong (2016); Still lifes of spacetime, ART021, Shanghai (2016) and Still lifes of spacetime, Wunderkammern gallery, Rome (2015).

His work has also been included in group exhibitions, such as ADAA art fair, Sandra Gering, New York (2021); West Bund art fair, Matthew Liu fine arts, Shanghai (2021); ART021, Matthew Liu Fine Arts, Shanghai (2021); PhotoShanghai fair, Matthew Liu fine arts, Shanghai (2021); Beijing contemporary art fair, Matthew Liu fine arts, Beijing (2021); Concrete expansion (public art), Rouen, France (2021); La collective, Hangar 107, Rouen (2020); West Bund art fair, Matthew Liu fine arts, Shanghai (2020); Materia, Bermel Von Luxburg gallery, Berlin (2020); Art Karlsruhe, Bermel Von Luxburg gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany (2020); Exponential Urban symphony, Paradise Art foundation, Incheon, Korea (2019); Levitating structured inertia, Paradise art foundation, Incheon (2019); Positions Berlin, Bermel Von Luxburg gallery, Berlin (2019); ART021, Matthew Liu Fine Arts, Shanghai (2019); Art Paris art fair, Wunderkammern, Paris (2019); Objet Impossible, Hangar 107, Rouen (2018); Luxembourg art fair, Bermel Von Luxburg gallery, Luxembourg (2018); Cologne art fair, Bermel Von Luxburg, Cologne (2018); Volklingen Art biennale, Germany (2017) 

His work is part of public collections, such as New York Metropolitan Museum of art library, New York; K11 foundation, Hong Kong; Fosun Foundation, Shanghai; French national Library, Paris and Gunther Sächs collection, Germany. His awards include Swatch art peace, Shanghai (2019); Residency Unlimited, New York (2018) and Flux Factory, New York (2003).

Born in 1979 in Venissieux, he currently lives and works in France.

Portrait photo: Fan Wu

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