Tanja Mosblech was born on January 20, 1970, in Cologne (Germany) and has lived in Belgium since 1975. She holds dual nationality.
Awards
2020
Artist of East Belgium, Hyperbild, with Andrea Radermacher-Mennicken
2018
Nomination: Prix de la Fondation Bolly-Charlier, Espace St. Mengold, Huy (Belgium)
2014
Nomination: Artist of the German-speaking Community (Belgium)
2007
Nomination: 2nd Prize, Biennale Georges Collignon, Mamas, Liège (Belgium)
2005
Nomination: East Belgium Art Prize, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
Collections
IKOB Art Collection; Collection of the German-speaking Community of East Belgium; Collection of the Walloon Region; Art Library of the Province of Liège.
Artist Residencies
2025
Art Grant, Victor Rolff Foundation, Burg Gladbach (Germany)
2018
Artist residency at the Belgian customs house KuKuK, Köpfchen (Belgium/Germany)
2016
Open Studio, NiMac, Nicosia (Cyprus)
2011
Views, Westwall Art Symposium, collaborative project with Matthias Lehmann, German Eifel (Germany)
Education
1988–91
Painting studies, Institut St. Luc, Liège (Belgium)
1991–93
Textile Design studies, Institut Bischoffsheim, Brussels (Belgium)
Publications / Editions
2023
Hyperbild, art book with Andrea Radermacher-Mennicken (Belgium)
2022
La fille l’arbre, art book, Edition Le Caïd (Belgium)
2016
Et si c’était le paradis, catalogue, Galerie vorn und oben, Eupen (Belgium)
2012
Krautgarten, St. Vith (Belgium)
Stained Glass
2025
Realisation of a three-part window (2 m × 3 m) – concept and execution, St. Francis Senior Centre, Eupen (Belgium).
Commissioned by the Franciscan Order.
Execution site: Stained Glass Studio Dr. H. Oidtmann, Linnich (Germany)
Courses and Workshops
Since 2003 - teaching free painting.
Sommerwerkstatt Eupen (Belgium) / atelier d’Art contemporain, Liège (Belgium) / akdt, Libramont (Belgium) / private groups, Eupen (Belgium) / European Academy of Art, Trier (Germany) / workshops in Vabrette (France) / Hermitage Sykaminea, Lesbos (Greece) / ZENTRALE Art and Culture, Lontzen Busch (Belgium)
Projects
Since 2022 - development of a cultural centre in East Belgian meadows, located in a listed early-17th-century farmstead in Lontzen Busch.
"zentrale kunst und kultur lontzen" - a place for encounters, art, and culture in the broadest sense.
Workshops, Artist residencies, Concerts, Festivals, Exhibitions, and more
Info/photos on Instagram
Solo Exhibitions
2025
La fille à l’arbre, Le Comptoir, Liège (Belgium)
2023
Hyperbild, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
2022
Causerie, Hyperbild, Strasbourg (France)
Zweigespräch, Hyperbild, Kunstverein Meißen (Germany)
Seule la poudre du temps, Oyou, Grand-Marchin (Belgium)
Zweigespräch, Hyperbild, Galerie Flux, Liège (Belgium)
2021
Das unentwegte Bedürfnis nach Idylle, Galerie Einmalich, Röntgen (Germany)
Matrimoine, Hyperbild, State Archives Eupen (Belgium)
2020
In the Garden, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
Frau Baum, Galerie Wégimont, Soumagne (Belgium)
De corps à os, Galerie vorn und oben, Eupen (Belgium)
2018
Ah… l’amour, L’Orangerie, Centre for Contemporary Art, Bastogne (Belgium)
2017
Et si tu m’aimais, Saarländische Galerie, Berlin (Germany)
2016
Et si c’était le paradis, Galerie vorn und oben (Germany)
Open Studio, NiMac, Nicosia (Cyprus)
2013
Vriendenconcert, Ensemble88, Roermond (Netherlands)
2012
Frau und Goldfische, Galerie Einmalich, Röntgen (Germany)
2011
KuKuK, Regio Art, Border Region (Belgium/Germany)
2010
Galerie Flux, Liège (Belgium)
2009
Transparenz, KuKuK an der Grenze (Germany)
2007
Galerie ArsLineandi, Liège (Belgium)
Group Exhibitions
2025
Collection Bonnemaison, Bonnemaison, Liège (Belgium)
Die von drüben, Atelierhaus, Aachen (Germany)
ACCROCHAGE, Galerie vorn und oben, Eupen (Belgium)
2024
EAT THE RAINBOW, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
TZEN BOYSCH, ZENTRALE Art and Culture, Lontzen (Belgium)
2022
Was uns angeht, Collection of the German-speaking Community, IKOB (Belgium)
2021
Grenzkunstroute, fragil – Heimat, KuKuK (Germany/Belgium)
2020
En piste, La Boverie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Liège (Belgium)
2019
4/10 – A Critical Review of the IKOB Collection, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
2018
Grenzland, Belgian Customs House, KuKuK (Belgium)
2017
Multiply by Sharing, Werkplaats K, Kerkrade (Netherlands)
Foto Files, Atelierhaus Aachen (Germany)
If I Had My Way, I’d Tear the Building Down, Tapijnkazerne 15, Maastricht (Netherlands)
2016
Museum = K (x+y) / D, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
2015
Ostrale, Dresden (Germany)
Next 1, Galerie vorn und oben, Eupen (Belgium)
2013
Galerie Dogan, Schönecken (Germany)
2012
White Cube, Ostrale, Dresden, with Matthias Lehmann (Germany)
Collection 1, Monos Galerie, Liège (Belgium)
2011
Out of the Box, Aula Carolina, Aachen (Germany); Ministry of East Belgium, Eupen (Belgium)
2010
Out of Ostrale, Eupen (Belgium)
2009
Ostrale, Dresden (Germany)
Souvenir – se souvenir, Limbourg (Belgium)
2008
Focus China, Liège (Belgium)
2007
Y’a pas d’Lezarts, Château de Waroux, Ans (Belgium)
Ou vous sentez-vous chez vous ?, Liège (Belgium)
2006
5 × in Progress, IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
Ou vous sentez-vous chez vous ?, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Galerie Prince de Condé, Spa (Belgium)
Trilogie, Seraing (Belgium)
2005
Trilogie, Kerkrade (Netherlands)
Paximobile, Old Slaughterhouse, Eupen (Belgium)
2004
Trilogie, KUNST&KULTUR fam2004, Aachen (Germany)
La Grange du Faing, Belgian Centre for Contemporary Art in Luxembourg
2003
Künstlerfahnen, Liège (Belgium)
2001
German-speaking Artists, IKOB, Jamoigne (Belgium)
2000
German-speaking Artists, Knokke (Belgium), Aachen (Germany), Luxembourg
1992
Abbey, Stavelot (Belgium)
1991
Galerie Cinéma le Parc, Liège (Belgium)