Born 1968 in Ulm, Germany, Sabien Tress studied painting at Beaux-Arts Paris under Pierre Matthey, Vincent Bioulès and Jan Voss from 1989-94/Diplome des Arts Plastiques. Today she lives and works in Cologne.

sabine@sabinetress.de  
KunstWerk Köln e.V. 
Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 115
51063 Köln (DE)

Solo Shows 

upcoming
2024/ JIGGY, Galerie Esther Verhaeghe, Brussels
11.4-30.5.2024, 3 Avenue G. Macau


2022/ Space Oddities, Esther Verhaeghe, Brussels
2021/ Eyes like Lotus Leaves, Stroma Space, Cologne
2020/ Stay Golden, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2018/ Resplendor, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2017/ Nomansland (w/ Oliver Braig), Proarte Ulmer Kunststiftung, Ulm
2016/ Cool for Cats, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver,
2016/ a colourful date (w/ Gary Komarin), Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2015/ Matière Sauvage, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2014/ Run Run Painter Run, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam
2014/ Eigentlich Abstrakt (w/ Juan Morales), Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2014/ Get it got it good (w/ Gabriele Künne), Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2013/ For peak performance, Galerie Pesko, Lenzerheide
2013/ Siegfried vergisst Brunhilde (w/ Thomas Lohmann), De Queeste Art, Abele
2012/ Colorscapes, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2012/ Glanz/ Matt, Galerie im Torhaus, Leutkirch
2012/ No Paintbox no Photoshop (w/ Roland Berning), Appels Gallery, Amsterdam
2011/ Peng Zack Bumm, Galerie Brühl
2010/ Just Colour, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2009/ Living Rooms, Proarte Ulmer Kunststiftung, Ulm
2007/ Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2006/ Galerie Kaysser, Munich
2005/ Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2004/ Galerie Mesaoo Wrede, Hamburg
2004/ Espace Martiningo, Chambéry
2004/ Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm
2002/ Galerie Proarta (w/ Gary Komarin), Zurich
1999/ The Well Hung Gallery, London

Group Shows

upcoming
2024/ Erregung öffentlicher Freude, HilbertRaum, Berlin
20.4-12.5.2024, Reuterstraße 31
Vernissage 19.4. 18-22h


2024/ let´s talk about intuition, hosted by coincidence gallery at pictorem gallery, London
2023/ darker than a blackbirds retina, hosted by Terrace Gallery, at the art studio,Huddersfield
2022/ how to get the paint to tango, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt
2022/ Einfädelspur, Zuostant, Berlin
2022/ Comme un léger contretemps, La Grange Gallery, Cernay-les-Reims
2021/ The Nature of Abstraction, Kunstwerk Köln, Cologne
2020/ Way Out, La Grange Gallery, Cernay-les-Reims
2020/ How the paint got the beat, Kunstwerk Köln, Cologne
2020/ 33 Jahre Proarte Ulmer Kunststiftung, Ulm
2019/ Remmidemmi, Raumbaart, Mainz
2019/ Durchsichtig, Hebebühne, Wuppertal
2019/ Fresh test #5, Cologne
2019/ killer abstract women, Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin
2019/ Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London
2019/ true romance, Kühlhaus Berlin/Galerie Seletcted Artists, Berlin
2019/ Im weitesten Sinne Papier, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2019/ Dialog, Japanische Keramik und Malerei, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2018/ Spring Show, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2018/ Small is beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London
2017/ The other Side of Things, Garrison Art Centre, NY
2017/ Hommage Aux Femmes, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2017/ Hydrophil, Galerie Schmidt&Schütte, Cologne
2016/ we are the dead, Kirk Hopper Fine Arts, Dallas
2016/ Queerbeet durchs Grün, Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart
2016/ Group show, Class Room, Coventry
2015/ Touched for the first Time, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver
2015/ States of Being, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance/CA
2015/ Abstraktionen, Galerie Weick, Dusseldorf
2015/ Wanderer, Angelika Studios, Wycombe
2015/ Push, Wright Gallery, Northport
2015/ Abstract Strategies, Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne
2015/ Mainzer Ansichten, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz
2015/ South of North East of no West, Low Mill, Huntsville
2014/ Summer Show, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2014/ Off the Wall, 9th Terrace Annual Open, London,
2014/ A Dream within a Dream, Bankley Studios, Manchester
2014/ Kunstverein Montez im Exil, Kunstwerk Köln, Cologne
2013/ Collaborations, with Pier Wright, Wright Gallery, Northport
2013/ Goup show, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam
2012/ Topits, Kunstwerk Köln, Cologne
2012/ Group show, Gallery Proarta, Zurich
2011/ Sommerausstellung, Galerie Kunst 2, Heidelberg
2011/ Done Paint Done, Drawer ́s Gallery, London
2010/ Group show, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2007/ Lowe Gallery, Sant