Born 1978 in Hobro, Denmark.

Lives and works in Vordingborg

 

Education

2006   The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024    Torben Ribe, Kunst Elsker Aabenraa, Aabenraa

2023    Vinterbilleder, KIOSK, Frederiksberg

2022    Minor Works, Gæsteværelset, Valby

2021    Summer 2021 - Torben Ribe, For Seasons, Zurich

2020    OUTLET, Overgaden. Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2019    Lagersalg (with Maiken Bent), Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted

2018    Café Time, Grand Teatret, Copenhagen

2017    Torben Ribe (bilag), Kbh_kabinet, Glostrup

2016    Indoor Paintings, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen

2013    Landscapes and Fruit, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2012    Medium sized paintings (mostly) on walls on walls, IMO, Copenhagen

2010    Among Other Things, BN 24, Hamburg

            Dust, Kiwi, Rucola, IMO, Copenhagen

2009    Dummy, KØS - Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge

2008    Resurrection - Night of the Ghouls, Grand Teatret, Copenhagen

            Reconsidering Everything (again), Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2007    Torben Ribe (with Maiken Bent), Morsø Kunstforening, Mors

2006    Pimp My Horizon, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2005    Torben Ribe (with René Schmidt), Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen

2004    Musea Mordor, Museumsbygningen Kunstauktioner, Copenhagen

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023    Frie Hænder, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2022    The Power to Dream, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

            Hvert øjeblik - det lige nu, Lundsgaard Gods, Kerteminde

2021    Work It Out, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg

            THE LEGACY - of Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

            Soil.Sickness.Society, Rønnebæksholm, Næstved

2019    ON WOOD, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen

            Parterre, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen

2018    ON BOOZE, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen

            Graphic Interchange Format, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde

            INTERDIMENSIONALE, Gammelgaard, Herlev

            Action Paint MMXVIII, Kunsthal Århus/Århus Festuge, Århus 

            Chair, Chair, Chair, Lamp, Table, Bed, Sofa, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen

            The origin of who u are right now, Kvadrat 16, Copenhagen

            Pizza is God, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

2017    Cool, Calm and Collected, AROS, Århus

            Landscape Modern Oil Painting Canvas Painting Abstract Oil Painting Wall Hanging,            

            Galleri Benoni, Copenhagen

            Lean Issues, Kyoto Art Canter, Kyoto

            A Moveable Feast I, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2016    Painters? Painting?, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen

            Summer Solstice, Age of Aquarius, Copenhagen

            Neighbours, CAR drde, Bologna

2015    Ctrl_Alt_Del, Fort Delta, Melbourne

            TRUST, Roma's Pizza & Burger House, Copenhagen

            The Easter Show, Dragsholm Castle, Odsherred

            BARBADOS (It's not where you're from, it's where you're at),

            David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen

2014    RRBGGGRWW (polysemes), Grand Century, New York

            Right On, DUVE Berlin, Berlin

            Bien Ou Bien?, MonCheri, Brussels

            L'embarras - a sketch for an exhibition, TOVES, Copenhagen

            Present in Absentia, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm

            Raid, Taylor Macklin, Zurich

2013    Post Culture, Elizabeth Dee, New York

            Display @, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

            FOKUS 2013, Nicolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen

            Time Machine, Frutta Gallery, Rome

2012    Painting without Paint, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen

            Nothing comes from nothing, Peter Amby Gallery, Copenhagen

            Endless Scroll Deregulated Generation, IMO, Copenhagen

            Oil on Water Calming Effect, Skur2, Stavanger

            It’s Hardly Softcore, BKS Garage, Copenhagen

            Art & Books, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

            Spatium – Danish Contemporary Art, KUMU Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

2011    Callous Hands, Ufo Presents, Berlin

            I feel like I’m disappearing, getting smaller everyday / but when I look in the mirror,

            I’m bigger in every way, Gallery West, The Hague

            WORNG, IMO, Copenhagen

            Pist Protta 1981-2031, Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

            Space Poetry, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense

            Kooh-I-Nor, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2010    Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki

            Carnegie Art Award, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

            En hilsen til Ib Geertsen, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen

            Carnegie Art Award, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik

2009    Verbale Pupiller, Århus Kunstbygning, Århus

            Kontrapunkt, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg

            Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

            KURS:HØJEN, Odsherred Kunstmuseum, Asnæs

            Update, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg

2008    We came in search of immortality, but found reality (with Golden Enterprise),

            Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

            Et blik på det fremmede, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen    

2007    BLING, Galleri Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen,

            The Suit Case Project, The Old Library, Cardiff, Wales

            Match Race, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg

            GAL KÆRLIGHED – Ung kunst I danske privatsamlinger, Arken, Ishøj

            Into concrete, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen

 2006   Exportable Goods – Contemporary Art from Denmark, Krinzinger Projekte, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna

            Maleri uden grænser, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg

            Add x to (n), Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde.

            EXIT 06, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen

            The Known and the Unknown, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen