COMMODE
Tobias Allen
b. Whakatū Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand
Lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland
MFA, Glasgow School of Art, 2026
Works and acquisition enquiries
Selected exhibitions
2026
A Response That is All I Have, Stow Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.
2025
The Right to my Last Breath, Salon des Echangistes, Annex Gallery, Glasgow.
…And They Walked into a Bar, Members Show, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh. With Rho McGuire and John James Perangie.
The Lonely Songs; Excerpts 1, 2 & 4, Comma, The Glue Factory, Glasgow.
The Harvest, COMMODE, Aotearoa Art Fair, Auckland. Curated by DJCS.
2024
Walking Action with Rose, Interference, Annex Gallery, Glasgow.
How Far Do Your Arms Reach, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington. With Footnote Contemporary Dance Company.
2023
To The Friend Who Did Not Save My Life, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington. Curated by Jess Clifford.
LAMENT // COMPLAINTE, Unweaving Patterns, Stanmore Block, Christchurch. With Ivan Lupi.
My Skin is Open // Red Raw, Untimely, Scott Lawrie Gallery, Auckland.
ECOPOESIS, The Performance Arcade, Wellington.With Leslie Carol Roberts.
2022
The Tableau of Two Throats, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington.
Mourn You in the Seen, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington.
The Car Video, Hunters and Collectors, Wellington.
2021
The Corpse, The Voice, The Faggot and We, Performance Art Week Aotearoa, Wellington.
Tobias Allen, LEATHER QUEENS DO THE SLOSH, 2026. Performance.
Tobias Allen, AGAINST ALL HOLD, 2026. Performance.
Tobias Allen, AN EMAIL IS AN IMAGE IS AN INSTRUCTION, 2026. Photograms on Ilford MGRC Resin Coated Paper, inkjet on copy paper.
Tobias Allen, Selected Polaroids.
Tobias Allen, How Far Do Your Arms Reach, 2024. City Gallery Wellington.
Tobias Allen, The Last Breath, 2026. Annex Gallery.
Tobias Allen, Ashes and Action, 2024. Enjoy Contemporary Art Space.
Tobias Allen, The Lonely Songs Excerpt 1, 2025.