AXEL LIEBER

exemplary works

biography

1960 born in Düsseldorf, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Stockholm, Sweden

Axel Lieber uses everyday objects as references and alienates their form, often by rearranging, reducing or fragmenting them. These interventions often lead to alternative functionalities of the objects. He semantically reduces the density of the found objects and fills the resulting gaps with new content. Axel Lieber studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and graduated with an MFA. In 1992, he co-founded the artist group “inges idee”, which focuses on art in public spaces. Lieber taught as a lecturer at the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden and was a visiting professor at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, among others.

He has been a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm since 2016. His works are represented in various important collections, including the contemporary art collection of the Berlinische Galerie.

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exhibitions

solo

PAST

AXEL LIEBER
daily bread
13 Sep – 21 Dec 2024

PAST

AXEL LIEBER
illicit constructions
28 Apr – 30 Jun 2018

group

PAST

w/ AXEL LIEBER
A-Z · a memento
4 Jul – 29 Aug 2020

PAST

w/ AXEL LIEBER
whodunnit
6 Jul – 31 Aug 2018

external projects &
exhibitions