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