Tobias Kaspar
Tobias Kaspar (born 1984, Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss artist. He lives and works in Zurich and Riga.
Kaspar’s practice examines systems of value, taste, and desire within the art and fashion industries. His work spans sculpture, photography, installation, and publishing, often using strategies of appropriation, display, and circulation. Across his projects, Kaspar explores how cultural meaning is produced through images, objects, and institutional frameworks.
Since the early 2010s, Tobias Kaspar has exhibited internationally in museums, Kunsthallen, and galleries. His work has been shown at institutions including Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis, Kunsthalle Bern, MadeIn Art Museum in Shanghai, Foundry Seoul, MAMCO Musée d’Art Contemporain Genève, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and Artists Space in New York.
Kaspar is also the founder of PROVENCE, an independent publishing house and agency focused on contemporary art and culture.
His work engages with the relationship between artistic production, authorship, and the economies of attention and consumption. Kaspar’s work has been discussed in international publications including Artforum, Frieze, Texte zur Kunst, Mousse, and Flash Art, as well as in renowned lifestyle magazines such as Vogue Italia, Vogue US, and Harper’s Bazaar South Korea.
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Tobias KASPAR
Jockey (rose, pink), 2019
Inkjet print on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper mounted on dibond and in artist’s frame
208 x 160 cm
Edition 1/3

Tobias KASPAR
Birds (Red), 2026
Inkjet print on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper mounted on dibond and in artist’s frame
130 x 100 cm
Edition 1/3

Tobias KASPAR
Two Women in Polka-Dotted Jumpers, Miniskirts made from Feathers, 2018/26
Inkjet print on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper mounted on dibond and in artist’s frame
130 x 100 cm
Edition 1/3

