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Tomma Abts
German-born visual artist
Tomma Abts (born 26 December 1967)[1] is a German-born visual artist known for her abstract oil paintings.
Abts won the Turner Prize in 2006.[2] She currently lives and works in London, England.[3]
Early life and education
Abts was born in 1967 in Kiel, Germany,[2][4] to a teacher in a primary school and a gynecologist.[5] Between 1989 and 1995 Abts attended the Hochschule der Künste Berlin.[2] She has been living in London since 1995,[6] and maintains a studio in Clerkenwell, which she has occupied since first coming to London on a grant.[5] It was only in 2002 that she was able to live solely from her paintings.[5]
Work
Starting each of her works without a preconceived idea, knowing only the size of the canvas and her materials,[7] Abts works in acrylic and oil, often building up her designs from repetitive geometrical ele