Jorrit Tornquist: Graz (Austria) 1938, Cisano Bergamasco 2023.
In his hometown he studied biology and architecture and took his first steps in the artistic world.
Since 1964 he moved to Italy, and in 1992 he obtained Italian citizenship while retaining his Austrian one.
His research, since 1959, is a passionate study of color, both in its relationship with light and with the surface of the painting, and in its potential to act upon the environment, especially in the architectural field.
His approach to painting is always scientific: a research that aims, especially in his later works, at the materialization of the object through light and that focuses not only on the perception of color and its relationship with light, but also on its functions in nature and on its psychological effects on human beings.
The resulting research work on the perception and use of color led Jorrit
Tornquist to significant applications in the architectural and design fields.
Since 1965 his work has been exhibited in major galleries and public spaces both in Italy and abroad, receiving numerous awards and recognitions.
The numerous publications explore the approach to color from both a theoretical and a technical-practical point of view.
Selection of solo and group exhibitions
Since 1965 exhibitions in private galleries, public institutions and museums in Europe, the United States, Japan, including:
1967
Arte a Milano, Palazzo Reale, Milan
Trigon 67, Graz, Austria
1968
Public Eye, Hamburg, Germany
1969
Nt 4, Zagreb, Croatia
Trigon 69, Graz, Austria
1970
Recherches objectives, Brussels, Belgium
Tangenten 70, Vienna, Austria
1973
Kansas City Museum, United States
1974
Geplante Malerei, Münster, Germany
1986
“Colore” Venice Biennale, curated by Attilio Marcolli, Venice
1990
L’apprendista stregone, Faenza
1992
Il cerchio, Dioce Ecbatana, Turin
1994
Big & Great, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia
1995
La sindrome di Leonardo, Turin, Barcelona
1996
Plaza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Jenseits von Kunst", Ludwigmuseum/Budapest-H / Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
1999
Galleria Credito Valtellinese, Palazzo Sertoli, Sondrio
2004
Collezione biennale delle arti dell'Unità d'Italia, Royal Palace of Caserta
2006
Palazzo della Loggia, Salone Vanvitelliano, Brescia
2007
La materia della scienza, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PoliArt, Milan
2008
Jorrit Tornquist, viaggio a Roma, Museums of San Salvatore in Lauro
2009
Jorrit Tornquist, viaggio a Perugia, National Gallery of Umbria, Palazzo dei Priori
Jorrit Tornquist, Prinzip Farbe, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
2010
Jorrit Tornquist, viaggio a Genova, Royal Palace Museum
2012
The intersection of color and thought, P.J. Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and
Design, Denver, Colorado, USA
Jorrit Tornquist at Studio d’Arte GR, Sacile (Pordenone)
2014
De la luz a la imagen, MACBA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires
2015
Jorrit Tornquist – Alberto Biasi en America del Sur, Mac, Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile
Traguardare il colore, PoliArt, Milan
2016
Jorrit Tornquist and other geometries of color, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo
Colore sempre, National Archaeological Museum, Mantua
2017
Jorrit Tornquist, viaggio a Trani, Swabian Castle
Color Works, Spazio heart, Vimercate (Milan)
Bordered, Arte Silva, Seregno (Milan)
Jorrit Tornquist, Artea Gallery, Milan
2018
Jorrit Tornquist, Galerie Leonhard, Graz, Austria
Jorrit Tornquist, Glance Art Studio, Forlì
2019
Coloristi a confronto, Jorrit Tornquist, Rocco Borella, Palazzo delle Arti, Naples
Jorrit Tornquist, Colore arte ambiente, Palazzo Regazzoni, Sacile
Jorrit Tornquist, Studio F22 modern art Gallery, Palazzolo s/O
Contact, Galleria Brescia, Brescia
Touch, Spin-Off Gallery, Milan
Lucio Fontana, la sua lunga ombra, quelle tracce non cancellate, Regional Archaeological Museum, Aosta
Transiti, Palazzo Lascaris, Sala Viglione, Turin
Colore movimento illusione. Tornquist Costalonga Hsiao, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice
Ars Regia. La granda Alchemica, Mùses European Academy of Essences, Palazzo Taffini
d’Acceglio, Savigliano
3200 gradi kelvin, arte e mito del bianco, Municipal Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Portogruaro
Lucio Fontana e i mondi oltre la tela, tra oggetto e pittura, Municipal Gallery, Monfalcone
2021
Ormenese e i suoi tempi, Municipal Art Gallery Antonio Sapone, Gaeta
Presentation of the permanent installation of sculptures by Jorrit Tornquist and Rasheed Araeen,
Assicurazioni Generali Castello, Brescia.
Selected public collections
Museum des XX° Jahrhunderts. Vienna, Austria.
Mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig. Vienna, Austria.
Neue Galerie. Graz, Austria.
Museum Liaunig Neuhaus / Suha, Austria
Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto. Bolívar, Venezuela.
MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mc Crory Collection. New York, USA.
Fondazione Antonio e Carmela Calderara. Vacciago, Italy.
Civic Museum, Acireale, Italy
Civica Raccolta del Disegno. Salò, Italy.
His resulting research work on the perception and use of color led to significant applications in the architectural and design fields. Since 1966 he has created numerous color-projects for public and private clients in Italy and Europe, including:
1994
Jakomini Platz, Graz, Austria
1996
ASM Waste-to-Energy Plant, Brescia
2013
Expo 2015 Bridge, Milan
The numerous publications explore the approach to color from both a theoretical and a technical-practical viewpoint, including:
1998
Colore e luce (theory and practice) Ed. Istituto del Colore, Milan
2008
Color Y Luz, Teoría Y Práctica, Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL Barcelona, Spain