About

Tabor Robak
b. 1986, Portland, OR
Lives and works in Paris

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Biography

American contemporary artist based in Paris recognized for his contributions to new media. Starting as a Photoshop editor at age 13, Robak later earned a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. After relocating to New York, Robak was featured in group shows at institutions like MOMA PS1 and the Lyon Biennale before his first solo exhibition in 2013. His exhibitions have spanned 23 countries.

Robak's artworks, distinguished by multi-channel video installations and generative Artworks, are collected by globally recognized museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Serpentine Galleries, London; Yuz Foundation, Jakarta; and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin.

Recognized in Forbes' 30 Under 30, Robak's influence extends beyond art. He has collaborated with notable brands like Maison Margiela, Balenciaga, and Microsoft. His distinctive fusion of digital craftsmanship and varied cultural elements has extended into film, fashion, and design.

Robak has instructed at NYU where he co-taught a full-semester course on the use of video game engines in artwork, and delivered guest lectures at institutions like Yale and Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.

His work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Artforum International, Art in America, Modern Painters, Sculpture Magazine, Interview Magazine, Nylon China, and Vogue Arabia.

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News

Aug 12, 2026 — Welcome to my new website!
Jun 14, 2026 — Human Resources presented at Basel Social Club via DANAE.io
Dec 03, 2026 — Human Resources sells out at verse.works - 10k PFP collection
Oct 12, 2024 — Solo show: Causality Mosaic opens at Bremond Capela
Sep 04, 2023 — Skypad Acquired by Portland Art Museum
Jul 29, 2023 — Two new books
Apr 21, 2023 — Twisted Scribe at Art Brussels
May 23, 2022 — Colorspace Drops on Art Blocks curated
Jan 12, 2022 — Whitney Museum of American Art acquires Colorwheel
May 15, 2021 — Buffalo Viral

2025
Accumulation — Feb 2, 2025 - May 25, 2025 — Migros Museum , Zurich, Switzerland
Out of Silence — Jan 1, 2024 - Mar 2, 2025 — YUZ Museum , Shanghai, China
2024
Casualty Mosaic — Oct 12, 2024 - Nov 5, 2024 — Cadet Capela , Paris, France
IMPACT — Mar 7, 2024 - Apr 13, 2024 — Super Dakota , Brussels, Belgium
2023
Behind The Screens — Jan 22, 2023 - Jun 4, 2023 — CODA Museum , APELDOORN, NETHERLANDS
Mixed Feelings — Jul 1, 2023 - Aug 5, 2023 — Upstream Gallery , Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
CORE Festival — May 27, 2023 - May 28, 2023 — PLUS-ONE Projects , Brussels, Belgium [↗]
Mini Jumbo | RLWindow — Nov 10, 2023 - Dec 23, 2023 — Ryan Lee , New York, USA [↗]
2022
How to Win at Photography — Jun 24, 2022 - Sep 25, 2022 — The Photographers' Gallery , London, UK
LIQUID LIFE — Sep 8, 2022 - Oct 22, 2022 — SUPER DAKOTA , BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
PLAY - VIDEO GAME ART AND BEYOND — Jul 22, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023 — LA VENARIA REALE , VENARIA REALE, ITALY
2021
How to Win at Photography — May 6, 2021 - Oct 8, 2021 — Fotomuseum Winterthur , Winterthur, Switzerland
Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art — Oct 21, 2021 - Feb 21, 2022 — Oklahoma Contemporary , Oklahoma, USA
Reflections beyond the Surface — Jun 1, 2021 - Oct 15, 2021 — AkzoNobel Art Foundation , Amsterdam, Netherlands
World on a Wire — Oct 19, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021 — Rhizome / Hyundai Motorstudio , Moscow, Russia
World on a Wire — Jan 28, 2021 - Apr 5, 2021 — Rhizome / Hyundai Motorstudio , Beijing, China
2020
NO PARKING — October 11 – December 12, 2020 — Edward Ressle Gallery , Shanghai, China
Art in the Age of Anxiety — Jun 26, 2020 - Sep 26, 2020 — Sharjah Art Foundation , Dubai, UAE
Better Off Online — Sep 9, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020 — KÖNIG GALERIE / Ars Electronica , Online
Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art — Aug 20, 2020 - Winter, 2021 — Currier Museum of Art , New Hampshire, USA
Art Rotterdam — Feb 5, 2020 - Feb 9, 2020 — Presented by Upstream Gallery , Rotterdam, Netherlands
NGV Triennial 2020 — Dec 19, 2020 - Apr 18, 2021 — National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne, Australia
World Peace — Oct 8, 2020 - Jan 17, 2021 — Museum of Contemporary Art Westport , Connecticut, USA [↗]
2019
FlatEarth.io — August 31 – October 19, 2019 — Upstream Gallery , Amsterdam, Netherlands
MENTAL — April 6 – June 8, 2019 — Von Ammon Co , Washington DC
> SMILE — Halsey McKay Gallery , East Hampton, New York
Crossing The Borders of Photography — May 16, 2019 - May 19, 2019 — Somerset House - presented by Artuner , London, England
Focus Group — Nov 16, 2019 - Jan 11, 2020 — Von Ammon Co , Washington DC, USA
New Order: Art and Technology in the 21st Century — Mar 17, 2019 - Jun 15, 2019 — Museum of Modern Art , New York, USA
Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art — Oct 19, 2019 - Feb 2, 2019 — Akron Art Museum , Ohio, USA
Stads Triennial: Screen It — Oct 5, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020 — C-Mine , Genk, Belgium
The Extreme Present — Dec 4, 2019 - Dec 8, 2019 — Jeffrey Deitch & Gagosian Gallery , Florida, USA
2018
ARCOmadrid — Team Gallery @ ARCOmadrid , Madrid, Spain
Black Cake — Team Gallery , New York, NY
I Was Raised On The Internet — Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago, Illinois
In that Weird Age — Kunstraum Kreuzberg , Berlin, Germany
Live and Let Live — Upstream Gallery , Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lost and Found — ArTUNER , Paris, France
UNPREDICTABLE — Golinelli Art and Science Center , Bologna, Italy
Utopia/Dystopia — Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology , Lisbon, Portugal
We The People — Albright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo, New York
100 Sculptures — Sep 21, 2018 - Apr 30, 2019 — anonymous gallery , Mexico City, Mexico [↗]
2017
Botanica — Berggruen Gallery , San Francisco, CA
Human/Digital — Kunsthal Rotterdam , Rotterdam, Netherlands
Painting in the Network — University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky
Liquid Demo — Feb 6, 2017 - Mar 5, 2017 — Barclays Center - presented by Public Art Fund , New York, USA
Quantaspectra — May 5, 2017 - Jun 3, 2017 — Team Gallery , New York, USA
Sundial — Summer 2017 — Microsoft 5th Ave , New York, USA
2016
Overpop — Yuz Museum Shanghai , Shanghai, China
Sunflower Seed — May 15 – July 31, 2016 — Team Gallery (Bungalow) , Los Angeles, CA
Sunflower Seed — May 26 – July 9, 2016 — Johan Berggren Gallery , Malmö, Sweden
Tokyo — Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
2015
Artists and Architecture — Pavillon de l'Arsenal , Paris, France
Artuner — Artuner , Turin, Italy
Constructed Culture Sounds Like Conculture — Ellis King , Dublin, Ireland
Fake Shrimp — May 3 – June 2015 — Team Gallery , New York, NY
Open Source — Max Hetzler Gallery , Berlin, Germany
Playing Future — Kunsthalle zu Kiel , Kiel, Germany
Screen Play — Albright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo, NY
Special Projects: Drinking Bird Seasons — Serpentine Galleries , London, England
Toys Redux — Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst , Zürich, Switzerland
Unfamiliar Asia — CAFA Art Museum , Beijing, China
2014
Digital Revolution — Barbican Centre , London, England
Instrumental Assistance — Galerie Andreas Huber , Vienna, Austria
LIKENEWLANDSCAPE — Pablo's Birthday , New York, NY
Shifting Optics — Upstream Gallery , Amsterdam, Netherlands
Smart New World — Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf, Germany
The St. Petersburg Paradox — Swiss Institute Contemporary Art , New York, NY
2013
Cherry Picking — Karma International , Zürich, Switzerland
Empire State — Palazzo delle Esposizioni , Rome, Italy
Empire State — Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac , Paris, France
EXPO 1: New York - ProBio — MoMA PS1 , Long Island City, New York
Frieze Art Fair — Team Gallery @ Frieze Art Fair , London, England
Meanwhile…Suddenly and Then — 12th La Biennale de Lyon , Lyon, France
Next-Gen Open Beta — November 24, 2013 – January 12, 2014 — Team Gallery , New York, NY
2012
Inside The Banana — Algus Greenspon , New York, NY
2011
BCC #1 — Apr 13, 2011 — PM Galerie , Berlin, Germany [↗]
BNPJ.exe — 2011 — Extra Extra , Online
Post-Internet Survival Guide — Jun 16, 2011 - Aug 21, 2011 — The Future Gallery at Gentili Apri , Berlin, Germany [↗]
READ/WRITE — 2011 — 319 Scholes , New York, USA [↗]
Rhizome Benefit — Apr 22, 2011 — New Museum , New York, USA [↗]
2010
BFA Thesis Exhibition — 2010 — Pacific Northwest College of Art , Portland, Oregon
Carbon — Dec 7, 2010 — The State , Online [↗]
Festival de Arte Digital — 2010 — Various Locations , Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
New Age Default — 2010 — NewGallery , London, England
PaintFX Live! — 2010 — Future Gallery , Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions (86 entries)