CHRISTOPH RUCKHÄBERLE
Born 1972 in Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany
Education
| 1991 – 1993 | Animation studies, California Institute of the Arts, California, USA |
| 1995 – 2002 | Painting and Graphic Studies, Hochschule für Grafik und Buckhunst, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2000 – 2002 | Master Student of Professor Arno Rink, Grant of Freistaates Sachsen, Germany |
Solo exhibitions (selected)
| 2019 | Crippled Symmetry, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany Image, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018 | Noa Noa, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig, Germany Paradise Lost, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, USA |
| 2017 | César – Christoph Ruckhäberle, Sorry we’re closed, Brussels, Belgium Volkskunst Fabrik, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany |
| 2016 | New Paintings, ZieherSmith, New York, USA |
| Malerei/Grafik, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, USA | |
| Disparates, Bühlers, Fürth, Germany | |
| 2015 | Netsuke, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Behind the Green Door, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, USA | |
| Kalif Storch, Taler Originalgrafik, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2014 | Tanz, Galerie Kleindienst, Liepzig, Germany |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle, Wels Stadtgalerie, Wels, Austria | |
| A Moveable Feast, Campoli Presti, Paris, France | |
| 2013 | Frühstück im Freien, ZieherSmith, New York, USA |
| Christoph Ruckhaberle, Punch Venezia, Venice, Italy | |
| Frau im Mond, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| Dekoration, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2012 | Die Stadt, Campoli Presti, London, UK |
| Frau im Mond, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2011 | The Pervert, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2010 | Trapped in White Tiger Sanctum, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2009 | L’Emmerdeur Futuriste, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Dessins, Galerie Sutton Lane, Paris, France | |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland | |
| Parade, Sorry We Are Closed, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Bäckerei, Sutton Lane, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2008 | General Angst, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
| Lady in the Lake, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| 2007 | Falsche Figuration, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA | |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle: Residency, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA | |
| L’homme et L’æuvre, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Akademie, Sutton Lane Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2006 | The Elixir of Doctor Doxey, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA |
| Kantor, Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Paintings and Linocuts 2003-2006, Gallerie Sutton Lane, Paris, France | |
| Âpfel und Birnen, Sutton Lane, London, UK | |
| 2005 | Nye Eventyr, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Der Partyschreck, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Of Painting, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2004 | Christoph Ruckhäberle, Sutton Lane Gallery, London, UK |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle: Paintings, LFL, New York, USA | |
| Christoph Ruckhäberle, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2003 | Frosch Mit Der Maske, Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 | Malerei, Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany |
| Malerei, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2001 | Christoph Ruckhäberle, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
Group exhibitions (selected)
| 2020 | Gestern, heute, übermorgen. Der moderne Blick in Grafik und Fotografie der Sammlung des BLMK, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Oder/Cottbus, Germany |
| 2019 | The Leipzig Connection. 5th Biennial of Painting, HDLU Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia Kopf an Kopf, Kulturbäckerei Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany Heads, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels, Austria Die Schönheit kann ebenso gut aus der Hölle stammen wie aus dem Himmel, Kunstakademie Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall, Germany Sąsiedztwo i Distanz / Nähe and Dystans, Landtag Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany Cutting Edge, August-Macke-Haus, Bonn, Germany Collection Reloaded: New Works from the Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018 | Painting from Leipzig, Antonio Colombo, Milan, Italy Gaudiopolis: Attempts at a Joyful Society, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany Dritte, Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein, Pfaffenhofen, Germany Eros and Thanatos. SØR Rusche Collection Oelde, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Liesborn, Germany MdbK meets G2. Painting from Leipzig since 2000, Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany Zeigen und Sagen, Deutsche Bundesbank Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2017 | Monday Is A Day Between Sunday And Tuesday, Tanja Leighton, Berlin, Germany Our Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat, Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig, Germany doing identity. Collection Reydan Weiss, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany Jetzt Druck Machen, Angerlehner Museum, Thalheim, Austria Ladder to Heaven, Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein, Pfaffenhofen, Germany |
| 2016 | Storyteller – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Leipzig, Vietnam National Fine Art Museum & Goethe Institut Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Pink Powder – de la Cruz Collection, Cotilla Gallery, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA | |
| LUBOK – prints and artist books, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany | |
| Immer und Ewig. 23th Leipziger Jahresausstellung, Westwerk, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2015 | Love: The First of the 7 Virtues, HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA |
| German Promises, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Bittersusse Zeiten. Barock und Gegenwart in der SOR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Kunsthaus Apolda, Apolda, Germany | |
| New Painting From Germany, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK | |
| 2.5.0. – Object is Meditation and Poetry …, Grassi Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2014 | Amorphophallus, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany |
| Die Leipziger Edition, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany | |
| Wo ist hier? #1: Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany | |
| Kentucky Karaoke, DMNDKT, Berlin, Germany | |
| Chaos Hat, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, USA | |
| bb, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Bittersüsse Zeiten – Barock und Gegenwart in Der Sammlung Sor Rusche Oelde/ Berlin, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade, Germany | |
| Die Liebe, das Leben und der ganze Rest. Die Sammlung SOR Rusche, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade, Germany | |
| Mensch werde wesentlich – gemalt ist der Mensch mehr Mensch, Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau, Germany | |
| 2013 | Berlin Klondyke, Hipphalle Gmunden, Austria |
| Cliche verre reloaded, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig, Germany | |
| GEKAUFT – Neuerwerbungen der Grafischen Sammlung 2003 – 2013, Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, Germany | |
| LUBOK. Grafica contemporanea y libros de artistas de Leipzig, Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo del Teatro Isauro Martinez Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico | |
| Elective Affinities. Recent Painting and Drawing from the Museum Frieder Burda, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Germany | |
| Jahre Zukunft, Galerie Notwehr, Sonneberg, Germany | |
| ZWEITE, Kulturhalle Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany | |
| LUBOK in Mexico, centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia, Mexico | |
| 2012 | Berlin-Klondyke, Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein, Pfaffenhofenen ad der Ilm, Germany |
| German Now – From Leipzig, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, South Korea | |
| LUBOK. Druckgrafik und Kuenstlerbuecher aus Leipzig, Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| LUBOK. Contemporary graphic and artist books from Leipzig, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 2010 | Paralleller, Ungt samtidsmaleri fra Norge/Leipzig, Kistefosmuseet, Jevnaker, Norway |
| 2009 | 60/ 40/ 20. Leipziger Kunst seit 1949, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig |
| Menschenbilder 1620/ 2009. Zeitgenõssische Bildnisse begegnen alten niederlandischen Portraits, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany | |
| 2008 | The Leipzig Phenomenon, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary |
| Drawcula, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Contemplating Modern Art, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Poets on Painters, Queens Library, Jamaica, NY, USA; Sheldon Memorial Library Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NV, USA | |
| 2007 | Mad Love, Arken, Ishøj, Denmark |
| ‘The Stuff That We Bought (Selected Purchases 2007), Archeus, London, UK | |
| Size Matters: XXL – Recent Large-Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, USA | |
| Poets on Painters, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA; University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, USA | |
| Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2006 | Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from Rubell Family Collection, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; American University Museum at the Katzen, Washington; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| Sommerausstellung, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Melancholia, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel | |
| Made In Leipzig, Sammlung-Essl Kunst Verwaltungs GmbH, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
| 2005 | New German Painting – The Dresden-Leipzig Schools, Prague Bienniale, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Quartet, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel | |
| Neo-Con, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passerby, New York, USA | |
| Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Mass MoCA – Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA | |
| Baby-Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Cold hearts: Artists from Leipzig, Aroyan Foundation, Seoul, South Korea | |
| From Leipzig: Works from the Ovitz Family Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
| Reflection, Part II, Sutton Lane, London, UK | |
| 2004 | Northern Light, Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, Florida, USA |
| 2003 | Grasland, Wassermann Galerie, München, Germany |
| Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennal 01, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Halbzeit, Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany | |
| Sieben Mal Malerei, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2002 | Wunschbilder, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany |
| Convoi, Metallgalerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| Willkommen in Leipzig, Austellungsraum de Ligt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| Zweidimensionale, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Convoi, Kulturspeicher Oldenburg, Germany | |
| Junge Kunst Aus Leipzig, Kunstverein Sulzfeld, Germany | |
| 5 aus 11, Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany | |
| Leipziger Lerchen, Städtische Galerie und Kunstverein Speyer, Germany | |
| 2001 | Junge Malerei, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany |
| Arte Saxonia, Kuppelhalle der Dresdner Bank, Leipzig, Germany | |
| Leipziger Maler, Kunstverein Galerie Markt Bruckmühl, Germany | |
| 2000 | Liga, Steibs-Hof, Leipzig, Germany |
| Junge Kunst, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
Catalogues and publications (selected)
| 2015 | Pattern no.1 (artist book), Christoph Ruckhäberle, Ampersand Editions, Portland, USA |
| 2014 | Polka (artist book), Christoph Ruckhäberle, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig |
| 2011 | Christoph Ruckhäberle: Trapped in White Tiger Sanctum, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Preface by Helmut A. Mueller, Lubok Verlag |
| L’homme et l’oeuvre (The man and the work), Christoph Ruckhäberle, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig | |
| Samtidsmaleri fra Norge/Leipzig (catalog), Ungt Paralleller, Kistefos Musuem, Jevnaker, Norway | |
| 2009 | Exhibition Catalogue, Christoph Ruckhäberle: Figur, JRP Ringier, Zurich |
| L’emmerdeur futuriste, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Space Poetry, Copenhagen | |
| 2008 | Kunstwerkstatt Christoph Ruckhäberle, Justin Liebermann, Prestel Verlag |
| 2005 | Christoph Ruckhäberle: ‘Die Flasche Bakbuk’, James Trainor, Kerber Verlag, Berlin |
| 2004 | Christoph Ruckhäberle – Zirkus (catalog), LFL Gallery, New York, USA |
Articles/reviews (Selected)
| 2017 | “A creative composite of illustration: ten years of Christoph Ruckhäberle’ Lubok”, Lucy Bourton, It’s Nice That, March 23, 2017 |
| 2015 | “How artist Christoph Ruckhäberle seamlessly fuses art, cinema & print”, Tasos Gaintatzis & Marina Legaki, thehundreds.com, January 26, 2015 |
| “Der Tanz geht weiter”, Sabine Reithmaier, Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 28, 2015 | |
| 2014 | “POLKA / Christoph Ruckhäberle”, dorftv.at, February 4 |
| “Tanz aus der Reihe”, Jens Kassner, Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ), June 26, 2014 | |
| 2013 | “Berlin: Christoph Ruchäberle”, Anna-Lena Werner, Artfridge, April 9 |
| “Christoph Ruckhäberle: ‘Fruhstuck im Freien’”, Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, October 24 | |
| “Christoph Ruckhäberle. False Figuration”, Helena Nilsson Strängberg, Apartamento, December 2013 | |
| “Künstler, Verleger, Kinosbesitzer”, Karin Destroff, Pfaffenhofener Kurier, April 20, 2013 | |
| 2011 | “Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Christoph Tannert, Vitamin P2, Phaidon, London, UK, pp. 262-263 |
| “What Is a Print?: Selections from the Museum of Modern Art”, Sarah Suzuki, MoMA, New York, USA | |
| “Jetzt Druck machen”, Susanne Altmann, ART Magazine, December 2011 | |
| “It’s Not Dry Yet”, Robertha Smith, New York Times, March 28 | |
| 2010 | “Sarah Veglahn on Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Sarah Veglahn, Poets on Painters |
| 2009 | “Schminke und Masken: Karla Black und Christoph Ruckhäberle im Migros-Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Zurich”, Urs Steiner, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, May 23 |
| ”Die Luboks sind zuruck”, Ingeborg Ruthe, Berliner Zeitung, January 15 | |
| “Christoph Ruckhäberle at Sorry We’re Closed”, Heike Munder, contemporaryartdaily.com, November 22, 2009 | |
| “Druckgrafik. Siemon & Ruckhäberle”, Susanne Altmann, ART Magazine, May 26, 2009 | |
| 2008 | “Die Unbequemen sind wieder in Pfaffenhofen”, Hermann Weiss, Die Welt, June 22 |
| 2006 | Review by Raul Zamudio, Flash Art, July – September, Vol. XXXIX, No. 249, Milan, Italy, p. 115 |
| “Goings on about Town”, The New Yorker, April 3, New York, USA | |
| “Chelsea Art: Ruckhäberle Paints, Zittel Builds, Oursler Roils”, Michael Killen, Bloomberg.com, March 21, New York, USA | |
| “Made In Leipzig” (catalogue for exhibition), Sammlung-Essl Kunst Verwaltungs GmbH, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
| “The New Leipzig School” by Arthur Lubow, New York Times, January 8, New York, USA | |
| “Art in Review: Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, April 7 | |
| “Christoph Ruckhaberle”, Yanda, theartistandhismodel.com, July 24, 2006 | |
| 2005 | “Die Flasche Bakbuk”, Feuer Gallery, Galerie Kleindienst, Sutton Lane & Galleri Nicolai Wallner |
| Review by Andrew Marsh, Flash Art, no. 240, Milan, Italy | |
| “Figuring the New Germany”, Gregory Volk, Art in America, June/July, New York, USA, pp. 154-157 | |
| 2004 | “A League of Their Own”, Carina Villinger, Art + Auction, June 11, New York, USA, pp. 92-92 (96) |
| Review by Ken Johnson, New York Times, July 16, New York, USA | |
| Review, Flash Art, no. 239, Milan, Italy | |
| “Debut: Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Joao Ribas, Art Review, September Issue, London, UK, p. 102 | |
| “EAST International”, Daniela Johnson, Flash Art, no. 238, Milan, Italy, p. 65 | |
| “Neue School”, Maura Egan, The New York Times Style Magazine, Autumn, New York, USA, pp. 126-128 | |
| “Mixed Paint: Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Matt Price, Flash Art, November/December, p. 95 | |
| “New Power, New Pictures”, Johannes Schmidt, Flash Art, November/December, Milan, Italy pp. 78-83 | |
| “Die Stadt der Leinwandhelden”, Art (Germany), December, Berlin, Germany, pp. 35-45 | |
| “Life on Stage”, Nicole Langbein, East International (exhibition catalogue), Norwich School of Art and Design, Norfolk, UK | |
| “Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, July 17, 2004 | |
| 2003 | “Christoph Ruckhäberle: Lazy Sunday Afternoon”, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Der Städtischen Museen Zwickau, Autum, Zwickau, Germany |
| 2002 | “Neue School”, Gregor Hohenberg, The New York Times |
| “Christoph Ruckhäberle”, Volker Pfüller, Galerie Kleindienst, May 2 – June 15, Leipzig, Germany |
Public and private collections (Selected)
| Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Essl Museum – Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria | |
| Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA | |
| Rubell Family Collection – Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA | |
| Saatchi Collection, London, UK | |
| The Olbricht Collection, Bremen, Germany | |
| Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany |
