Tobias Izsó

Off the Cuff by Tobias Izsó @derizso The tension of daily life can at times be unbearable. Just so having arrived in the cosy security of one’s own four walls, having lowered the keychain onto the dresser, thrown both jacket and scarf onto the old coat rack, and finally having dropped one’s bottom, after a long day, onto one’s favourite chair, restlessness sets in. Silently, internally, gently at first, then becoming ever louder. Does it have to do with the growing pile of laundry on the designated armchair in the corner, or with the dripping faucet whose sealing ring gently but noticeably attempts to claim its retirement, or with the dust settling on the furniture, sparkling particularly mesmerizingly in the last rays of the setting sun? Excerpt from “Off the Cuff”. . Tobias Izsó @derizso Born in 1997 in Vienna, he lives and works in Vienna. Izsó studied Photography and Fine Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Sculpture through Erasmus programs at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, Izsó employs assemblage as a central method. IZSÓ has presented solo and group exhibitions at institutions including Kunstverein Dresden, Lentos Museum Linz,Vienna Contemporary, NADA Warsaw, and many others. He is the recipient of multiple grants and scholarships, including the BMKÖS Visual Arts Grant, and is represented by Galerie Christine König, Vienna. . #ArttacaSpotlight is our weekly feature where we share works of three artists per week on our social media channels. #ArttacaSpotlight #Arttaca #OffTheCuff #TobiasIzsó

“The Accountant” by Tobias Izsó Opening: 17 October 2025, 19:00 Exhibition: 18 October 2025 – 10 January 2026 Kunstverein Dresden @kunstverein_dresden Hours: Thu/Fri 16:00–20:00, Sat 12:00–16:00 / by appointment Artist talk with Tobias Izsó and curator Eva Slabá on 18 October at 11:00 In his new installation at Kunstverein Dresden, Tobias Izsó constructs a sculptural world suspended between daily and office, domestic ritual and bureaucratic absurdity. Assemblages of bent wood, textiles, and found materials drift between function and fiction: wooden shirts, emptied briefcases, exaggerated zippers. They mock their own logic and reveal the uneasy overlap of private and public life, order and refusal. Photography: © Anja Schneider @anjaschneiderfotografin @evaslaba @adinainfrontofart @christinekoeniggalerie @kunstvereine

We are excited to announce our solo booth with Tobias IZSÓ at this year’s edition of ZONE1 | curated by Aliaksei Barysionak @viennacontemporary 2025! Booth C21 | Hall D Messe Wien, Trabrennstraße 7, 1020 Vienna Friday, September 12 + Saturday, September 13, 11 am - 7 pm Sunday, September 14, 11 am - 6 pm ZONE1 is viennacontemporary’s central platform for emerging artistic positions. This year, the highly acclaimed section presents solo exhibitions by ten outstanding artists under the age of 40 with close ties to Austria. . Image: Tobias IZSÓ The Accountant, 2025 walnut wood, walnut veneer, oak veneer, pearl earring 152 x 47 x 39 cm #TobiasIZSÓ @derizso #zone1 #AliakseiBarysionak @borisonik6000 #viennacontemporary @viennacontemporary #viennacontemporary2025

We are pleased to announce Austrian sculptor Tobias Izsó as the next artist-in-residence for the NAYA x Arthouse Advisory Artist Residency & Collector Retreat Program in Chengmai, Hainan. Born in Vienna in 1997, Izso is part of a compelling new generation of Austrian artists. His sculptural practice transforms materials drawn from domestic life-wood, textiles, rattan, leather-into psychologically charged forms that explore tension, intimacy, and the boundary between public roles and private vulnerability. Izsó has exhibited internationally, including at Kunstverein Dresden, Galerie Christine Konig (König2), Vienna Contemporary Zone 1, and Fotogalerie Wien, with upcoming milestones including Art Cologne 2025 and a solo exhibition at the Max Pechstein Museum (2026). This residency marks his first creative project in China. During his time in Chengmai, Izsó will develop a new body of work responding to Hainan’s ecological materiality, domestic rituals, and evolving cultural landscape-aligning with NAYA’s mission to foster international artistic exchange beyond traditional metropolitan centers. We look forward to welcoming Tobias to Hainan and to the conversations his work will generate. #naya #nayaresidency #artresidency #arthouseadvisory #arthouseadvisoryshanghai

„The Accountant“ by Tobias Izsó Exhibition: 18 October 2025 - 10 January 2026 Kunstverein Dresden @kunstverein_dresden Hours: Thu/Fri 16:00-20:00, Sat 12:00-16:00 / by appointment In his new installation at Kunstverein Dresden, Tobias Izsó constructs a sculptural world suspended between daily and office, domestic ritual and bureaucratic absurdity. Assemblages of bent wood, textiles, and found materials drift between function and fiction: wooden shirts, emptied briefcases, exaggerated zippers. They mock their own logic and reveal the uneasy overlap of private and public life, order and refusal. Photography: @anjaschneiderfotografin @evaslaba @adinainfrontofart @christinekoeniggalerie @kunstvereine

The Accountant #5, 2025 Stained ashwood, paper 50 × 32 × 27 cm Courtesy of @christinekoeniggalerie

Our Artist in Focus column is now a #DiscoverWeekly! New artist every Monday! Today, meet Tobias Izsó (@derizso ), a Vienna-based artist who manages to turn the mundane into a riddle, inviting us to look twice – and then once more, just to be sure. Through a practice that spans sculpture, installation, and photography, with a special interest in assemblage, he manages to externalise the interior, not merely in a spatial sense. Read more 👉 click the link in our bio! Follow and subscribe to never miss the next big name in the art world. @christinekoeniggalerie . Photos: (1) Tobias Izsó, portrait. Photo by Andreas Heiler; (2) Tobias Izsó, Gabel, vitrine, deformed acrylicg-glass, raw silk padded, fabric border, pitchfork, steel rings, 190 x 55 x 20 cm, 2021. Photo by Jorit Aust; (3) Tobias Izsó. Textile, foam, horsehair, walnut, lime wood, willow, rattan, brass, 80 x 70 x 5 cm, 2023. Photo by Jorit Aust; (4) Tobias Izsó. Oil painted acacia wood, leather, wax flowers, blades of grass, carved wooden potatoes, electronics, 130 x 42 x 42 cm, 2021. Photo by Jorit Aust; (5) Tobias Izsó, Brutkasten, laminated pigment prints, lacquer, Beech wood, lime wood, Mdf, raw silk, metal fittings, potatoes, 160 x 86 x 39 cm, 2021. Photo by Jorit Aust. All photos courtesy of the artist.

Auf etwa 15m² entfaltet sich in einem Wiener Atelier die hölzerne Welt von Tobias Izsó (@derizso ). Als einer unserer Up&Coming Artists überzeugt der Künstler mit Gespür für das Alte und wie man es in neue Formen bringt. Seine Assemblage-Arbeiten befinden sich an der Gratwanderung zwischen Starrem und Fließendem und sind nostalgische Zitate an vergangene Zeiten. In Österreich von der @christinekoeniggalerie vertreten, zeigt Izsó in Deutschland im @kunstverein_dresden ab 17.10. eine Soloausstellung. Mehr zur jungen Kunstszene in unserem Up&Coming Special 2025 🐦‍🔥🔗 Jetzt auf parnass/shop bestellen! • Video: PARNASS Musik: beneath the world staring upwards - Tristan Arp

See you later @viennacontemporary - with Tobias IZSÓ at this year’s edition of ZONE1 | curated by Aliaksei Barysionak 🙌 Booth C21 | Hall D Messe Wien, Trabrennstraße 7, 1020 Vienna Thursday, September 11: Preview noon - 5 pm + Vernissage 5 - 9 pm Friday, September 12 + Saturday, September 13, 11 am - 7 pm Sunday, September 14, 11 am - 6 pm Tobias IZSÓ was born in Vienna in 1997, where he lives and works. He studied studied Photography and Fine Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and attended the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague. IZSÓ’s work spans various media, including sculpture, installation, and photography, with a particular focus on assemblage. In his practice, he explores themes such as domesticity, memory, and identity, using everyday objects as metaphors for larger existential questions. Through the precise arrangement of materials like wood, textiles, and found objects, he creates complex, tactile installations that explore the tension between the familiar and the uncanny. His work is marked by an engagement with contradictions – between order and entropy, intimacy and alienation. . Images: Installations views Tobias IZSÓ @ ZONE1 | curated by Aliaksei Barysionak, viennacontemporary 2025 Photos: @kunstdokumentationcom #TobiasIZSÓ @derizso #zone1 #AliakseiBarysionak @borisonik6000 #viennacontemporary #viennacontemporary2025

toupee, 2025 Pear wood, rattan, bent oak veneer, carved lacquered bottle gourd

CHRISTINE KÖNIG GALERIE | now representing Tobias IZSÓ 💓🎊✨😻🎉❤️ @christinekoeniggalerie is pleased to announce the representation of the artist @derizso (born 1997 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna). Following his debut exhibition Off the cuff @koenigzwei in spring 2024, Tobias IZSÓ will be presented by the gallery at this year’s edition of NADA Villa Warsaw / @artwarsaw which will take place from May 22 to 25, 2025. IZSÓ’s work spans various media, including sculpture, installation, and photography, with a particular focus on assemblage. In his practice, he explores themes such as domesticity, memory, and identity, using everyday objects as metaphors for larger existential questions. Through the precise arrangement of materials like wood, textiles, and found objects, he creates complex, tactile installations that explore the tension between the familiar and the uncanny. His work is marked by an engagement with contradictions – between order and entropy, intimacy and alienation. Images: Portrait by Andreas Heiler + Exhibition view Tobias IZSÓ | Off the Cuff @koenigzwei , Vienna 2024 Photo: Simon Veres @simonveres_aeph + Exhibition view Tobias IZSÓ | Reap What You Sow @holesovickasachta , Prague 2024 + Exhibition view Tobias IZSÓ | RITUALE IV - Körper @fotogaleriewien , Vienna 2020 #TobiasIzso #christinekoeniggalerie #nada @newartdealers #nadavillawarsaw #koenig2 #robbygreif #holešovickášachta #fotogaleriewien