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Christoph Ruckhäberle

Born 1972 in Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany

Education


1991-93 Animation studies, California Institute of the Arts, California, USA
1995-02 Painting and graphic studies, Hochschule für Grafik und Buckhunst, Leipzig, Germany
2000-02 Masterstudent of professor Arno Rink, Grant of Freistaates Sachsen, Germany


Solo exhibitions

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, United Kingdom
2006 "The Elixir of Doctor Doxey", Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA
  "Kantor", Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  "Paintings and Linocuts 2003-2006", Sutton Lane, Paris, France
  "Âpfel und Birnen", Sutton Lane, London, United Kingdom
2005 "Nye Eventyr", Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
  "Der Partyschreck", Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
  "Of Painting", Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany
2004 Sutton Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  LFL, New York, USA
  Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany
2002 Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
2001 Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
   
   


Group exhibitions (selected)


2008 "Poets on Painters", Queens Library, Jamaica, New York,; Sheldon Memorial Library Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nevada, USA
2007 "Mad Love", Arken, Ishøj, Denmark (exh. cat.)
  "The Stuff That We Bought (Selected Purchases 2007)", Archeus, London, United Kingdom
  "Size Matters: XXL- recent large scale paintings", Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
  "Poets on Painters", Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS; University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal Illinois, 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 (exh. cat.)
2005 "New German Painting - The Dresden-Leipzig Schools", Prague Biennial, 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", Massachusetts, USA
  MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
  "Baby-Shower", Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
  "Cold hearts: Artists from Leipzig", Aroyan Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
  "Dresden-Leipzig School", Prague Biennial, Czech Republic
  "From Leipzig: Works from the Ovitz Family Collection", The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  "Reflection, Part II", Sutton Lane, London, England
2004 "Northern Light", Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, USA
2003 Grasland, Wassermann Galerie, München, Germany
  Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennal 01, Prague, Chech Republic
  Halbzeit, Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany
  Sieben Mal Malerei, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
  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



Articles/reviews (Selected)

2006 Review by Raul Zamudio, Flash Art, July - September, Vol. XXXIX, No. 249, p. 115
  "Christoph Ruckhäberle, The New Yorker, April 3
  "Chelsea Art: Ruckhäberle Paints, Zittel Builds, Oursler Roils" by Michael Killen, Bloomberg.com, March 21
  "Made In Leipzig", Sammlung-Essl Kunst Verwaltungs GmbH, Klosterneuburg, Austria (exh. cat.)
  "The New Leipzig School" by Arthur Lubow, New York Times, January 8
2005 "Die Flasche Bakbuk", published by Zach Feuer Gallery, Galerie Kleindienst, Sutton Lane & Galleri Nicolai Wallner
  Review by Andrew Marsh, Flash Art International no. 240
  "Figuring the New Germany" by Gregory Volk, Art in America, June/July, , pp. 154-157
2004 "A League of Their Own" by Carina Villinger, Art + Auction, June 11, pp. 92-92 (96)
  Review by Ken Johnson, New York Times, July 16
  Flash Art International no. 239
  "Debut: Christoph Ruckhäberle" by Joao Ribas, Art Review, September, p. 102
  "EAST International" by Daniela Johnson, Flash Art, October, p. 65
  "Neue School" by Maura Egan, The New York Times Style Magazine, Autumn, pp. 126-128
  "Mixed Paint: Christoph Ruckhäberle" by Matt Price, Flash Art, November/December, p. 95
  "New Power, New Pictures" by Johannes Schmidt, Flash Art, November/December, pp. 78-83
  "Die Stadt der Leinwandhelden", Art (Germany), December, pp. 35-45
  "Life on Stage" by Nicole Langbein, East International, exhibition catalogue
2003 "Christoph Ruckhäberle: Lazy Sunday Afternoon" by Hans-Werner Schmidt, Der Städtischen Museen Zwickau, Autumn
2002 "Christoph Ruckhäberle" by Volker Pfüller, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, 2 May-15 June