BIOGRAPHY

Gerhard Kubassa (*1974) lives and works in Graz and Hönigsberg, Austria. Since the early 1990s, his artistic practice has moved between drawing, painting, and sculpture – preferably in moments where clear forms begin to dissolve and new spaces emerge. His central theme: the human body in transformation, in motion, in between.

Kubassa’s best-known work cycles – including Growing Bodies, Between, Tension Spaces, and Deformed Sculptures – remain deliberately open. New works may appear at any time. Surprise guaranteed.

Alongside drawings, paintings, and collages, his recent focus lies on sculptures made from bronze, fabric, or wood. Technical curiosity meets philosophical inquiry: How does a form grow? When does a body begin to shift? And how much seriousness can playfulness endure?

His work is accompanied by exhibitions, publications, and both private and institutional collectors – carried by the strong belief that poetry is a strategy. And that art may be quiet, as long as it has something to say.

Selected Work Series

Drawings – Growing Bodies (2000–2025): approx. 1500 pieces
Paintings – Growing Bodies (2000–2025): approx. 700 pieces
Paintings – Swing Meadows (2002–2016): approx. 150 pieces
Collages – Supported Bodies (from 2016)
Collages – Between (2016–2025): approx. 130 pieces
Sculptures – Growing Bodies / Laser Cuts (from 2006)
Sculptures – Bronze / Airlines / Special (from 2010)
Sculptures – Growing Bodies / Bronze (from 2013)
Sculptures – Tension Spaces / Fabric (from 2014)
Sculptures – Cubes (from 2014)
Sculptures – Between (from 2019)
Sculptures – Flowing Bodies (from 2023)
Sculptures – Deformed Sculptures (from 2023)
Sculptures – Inverted Sculptures (from 2024)

Influences & Inspirations

Among the artists and personalities who have influenced or inspired Kubassa’s work are:
Wes Anderson, In Ho Baik, Joseph Beuys, Eduardo Chillida, Tony Cragg, Funny van Dannen, Richard Deacon, Christian Eisenberger, Olafur Eliasson, Antony Gormley, Zaha Hadid, Keith Jarrett, Helmuth Gsöllpointner, Martin Heidegger, Barbara Hepworth, Anish Kapoor, Johanna Kubassa, Alicja Kwade, Henri Matisse, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ernst Molden, Herta Müller, Ernesto Neto, Nino aus Wien, Yoko Ono, Giuseppe Penone, Pablo Picasso, Walter Pichler, Not Vital, Bernhard Vogel, Tom Waits, Franz West, Rachel Whiteread, Erwin Wurm, Ai Weiwei.