He is the recipient of the James William Paige Fund and the Clarissa Bartlett Scholarship.
In 2008, he was awarded the Falkenrot Preis from the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Giehler is known for his geometric abstractions.
"He is fascinated by virtual spaces which, even from the outset, always illustrate realities that are just possibilities – imaginary worlds floating between planning, construction, and unconstrained fiction."
Giehler's work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, the Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, and Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland.
Torben Giehler is also the founder of Peloton Cyclin Club Berlin