Tobias Molitor

Tobias Molitor, shortlisted in the BBA Artist Prize 2022, is a multidisciplinary artist and printmaker who lives and works in Berlin. He uses everyday products and fast moving consumer goods, which usually perceive very little attention. His work examines the role of the human being in the consumption cycle by documenting objects he himself or somebody else has used and left behind at different places.

His oeuvre comprises everyday objects like plastic bags, packages, chewing gum, receipts, postcards and others, including graphic elements which sometimes give an allusion to the cultural context and Zeitgeist. The technique of silkscreen printing underlines the repetitive and industrial character of these everyday objects. His works address topics such as cultural identity, consumerism, human traces and souvenirs.