Tom sees himself as a one-man art group. A conceptionist following a certain idea which leads as a guiding line through his works. He always thinks and works in series. And tries to widen the boundaries of photography in combination with digital arts. Therefore he shoots a lot, does all the research and writes his concepts and spends nights editing his works all by himself. He never uses templates (except for this website) or filters or external specialists for his digital art (not even AI). He creates all on his own, fights for the 48 hours day, but without taking drugs, except a good Sauvignon Blanc. 

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Tom was born in the Utopia of German socialism, the GDR, but thanks to his courageous parents and a lucky escape he grew up in a small village between cattle paddocks and potato fields in the west of Germany. After school he studied visual communication and started photographing. He began working in advertising business when Miami Vice was still a TV series. As a Creative Director he sold lipsticks, bank loans and liquors (and sometimes his soul) for international advertising networks and got to know a lot of influential photographers and directors. Today Tom only works as an artist.

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Tom's main theme always is about human psychology. And then, as a result, creating empathy for humans, animals, plants and finally for the planet. His signature style is a blurry photography because it offers a different perspective to the people shown while sharp photos usually care more about this one shown person. Tom is interested in the meta level of human psyche and how it touches the viewer. He underlines his concepts by adding optical scars or digital paintings to his photography.

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Tom Bienert collaborates with different European galleries and has exhibited in galleries and art fairs in Asia, Europe and USA. His works were to be seen in British magazines as Vogue and Wired. His first solo show took place in New York City – a series about his father's dementia, (when memories get blurry) was shown at the World Trade Center in 2022.

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