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TATO GREVE

Tato Greve is an artist and graphic designer who lives and works between Brussels and Amsterdam. She studied art history and graphic design in Ghent and did her master at Werkplaats Typografie. Her work emerges from observation of everyday life, focusing on overlooked gestures and social norms. She expresses her ideas through drawings, self-initiated publications, videos and installations.

Her books are available in Paard van Troje (Ghent), Limerick (Ghent), Walry (Ghent), Rokko (Ghent), Passa Porta (Brussels), Replica (Brussels), Rile (Brussels), San Seriffe (Amsterdam), Hijman (Arnhem), Het Colofon (Arnhem).

Her work has travelled to Offprint Paris (2025), Ghent Art Book Fair 2025, Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair 2025, It’s a Book! Book Fair Leipzig 2024, Ghent Art Book Fair 2024, Printed Matters NY Art Book Fair 2024.

tatogreve@hotmail.com

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  • The Fold

    The Fold

    The Fold installation, 2Walls, Amsterdam, 2025 Booklaunch of Border Balance and a performance of Rita Palha Lopes 1. read the script 2. fold = corner 3. try to balance

  • Retour

    Retour

    Retour book, 106x165mm, 2025 publisher: Doubleyoutee Publishing print: Wilco Art Books  ISBN 9789491003158 Retour is a book featuring a collection of drawings made on train journeys between Belgium and the Netherlands. It combines hand-drawn typography and train interiors, subtly highlighting cultural differences, the centerfold forming the countries’ border.  For sale at: Stedelijk Museum Bookshop (Amsterdam),…

  • Lexicon Marathon

    Lexicon Marathon

    Lexicon Marathon INSTALLATION, The Box, Arnhem, 2025 This work builds on Confetti. All the stutters have been collected and sorted by letter. I measured the height of the exhibition wall and assigned each letter of the alphabet its own row,  from top to bottom, from A to Z. The stutters run across the wall, trying…

  • Inefficient Calendar

    Inefficient Calendar

    inefficient calendar poster, 420X594MM, 2025

  • Heden, toekomst, verleden

    Heden, toekomst, verleden

    heden, toekomst, verleden print, 210X297MM, 2025

  • Hechtmappen bieden geen soelaas

    Hechtmappen bieden geen soelaas

    hechtmappen bieden geen soelaas BOOK, 210×297, 2024 Hechtmappen bieden geen soelaas is what remained after a vacation job that consisted mostly of removing staples from outdated documents. These weeks were the source of fascinations for awkward silences, conversations in elevators, the theft of fluorescent pens and an exploded fan.

  • Design for Xiaohan Zhang

    Design for Xiaohan Zhang

    poster and exhibition text for Xiaohan Zhang (2025) The Box: Oh Wow Ouch 29.01.2025 – 02.02.2025 Agnietenplaats 2, Arnhem

  • Design for Mae Dewerchin

    Design for Mae Dewerchin

  • Design for Linde Huygens

    Design for Linde Huygens

  • Confetti

    Confetti

    confetti VIDEO, 27 MIN, ARNHEM, 2025 Confetti is a video work in which I read aloud from a dictionary while a carnival parade passes by in the background. Every time I stutter on a letter, I hammer it out of the book. All the stutters are collected and sorted by letter.