Tobias Zielony (born 1973) is a German photographer and short filmmaker, living in Berlin. He has made work about communities at the margins of society, such as young people. In 2015, Zielony's series on African refugees in Germany, ''the Citizen'', co-represented the country at the

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and was shortlisted for the

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. He had a mid-career retrospective at

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in Essen, Germany in 2021 and his work is held in the collection of

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Biography

Zielony was born in

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, Germany. From 1998 to 2001, he studied

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at the

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in Wales. From 2001 to 2006, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. He now lives in Berlin.

Publications

Books by Zielony

*''Behind the Block''. Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst, 2004. . *''Tobias Zielony''. ; Universitätsverlag, Weimar, 2004. . *''The Cast''. Berlin:

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;

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, 2007. . *''Trona: Armpit of America''. Leipzig: , 2008. . *''Story / No Story''. Ostfildern:

Hatje Cantz Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd Hatje Museum Folkwang Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patr ...

, Essen, Germany, 2021. A mid-career retrospective of photography and video.

Group exhibitions

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, Venice, Italy, 2015. Curated by .

Awards

*One of four shortlisted,

, London, 2015 for ''the Citizen''

Collections

Zielony's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 5 prints (as of 25 September 2022)

References

External links

Zielony's profile at Kow gallery, Berlin
Social documentary photographers 21st-century German photographers Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig alumni Alumni of the University of Wales, Newport Artists from Wuppertal Living people 1973 births {{Germany-photographer-stub