Theta New York

Tony Chrenka’s practice examines how perception is shaped by systems of work, constraint, and material mediation. Working across sculpture, photography, and collage, Chrenka foregrounds processes that translate expansive phenomena—light, time, work, bodily experience—into usable and legible forms. For Liste Art Fair Basel 2026, the presentation will bring together three interrelated bodies of work: new bentwood sculptures, mylar tubes, and lighting gel photo collages. Together, these works articulate a shared concern with surface versus depth, support versus image, and the way materials regulate our experience of space and time.

Tony Chrenka (b. 1992, Minneapolis) lives and works in New York. Solo and two-person exhibitions include SculptureCenter, Long Island City (2024); Theta, New York (2023, 2021); and Kaje, Brooklyn (2019). Group exhibitions include Cherry Hill, Cologne (2025); Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf (2024); Clementin Seedorf, Cologne (2023); and Shoot the Lobster, New York (2022). In 2023, he participated in the Independent Study Program at The Whitney Museum of American Art.