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CHRISTOPH RUCKHÄBERLE
b. 1972, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany
Education
MFA, Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, with Prof. Arno Rink 2002
BFA, Painting, Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig 2000
Animation studies, California Institute of the Arts 1991-1993
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2009 |
Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming)
Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany (upcoming)
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| 2008 |
General Angst, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Lady in the Lake, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
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| 2007 |
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Falsche Figuration, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
L’homme et l’oeuvre, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Akademie, Sutton Lane, London, UK
Christoph Ruckhäberle: Residency, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
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| 2006 |
Paintings and Linocuts 2003-2006, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Äpfel und Birnen, Sutton Lane, London, UK
The Elixir of Doctor Doxey, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
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| 2005 |
Der Partyschreck, Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Nye Eventyr, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Of Painting, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
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| 2004 |
Zirkus, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
Sutton Lane, London, UK
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
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| 2003 |
Frosch mit der Maske, LIGA Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 |
2004 2003 2002, LIGA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2001 |
Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
Group Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
New Leipzig School, CoBrA Museum voor Moderne Kunst, CoBrA Museum voor Moderne Kunst
Wie Immer, Verein für Original–Radierung, Munich, Germany
Manifesta 7, Trentino Alto Adige / South Tyrol, Italy
Drawcula, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Summer Exhibition 2008, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
The Leipzig Phenomena, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Poets on Painters, Queens Library, Jamaica, NY; Sheldon Memorial Library Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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| 2007 |
Seit Leipzig, Kunsthalle Wittenhagen, Germany
Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Poets on Painters, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS; University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Size Matters: XXL – recent large scale paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
The Stuff What We Bought (Selected Purchases 2007), Archeus, London, UK
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| 2006 |
Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Katzen Arts Center Museum, American University, Washington, DC
Made In Leipzig, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna, Austria
Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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| 2005 |
Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Aroyan Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
New German Painting – The Dresden-Leipzig Schools, Prague Biennial, Czech Republic
From Leipzig: Works from the Ovitz Family Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Reflection, Part II, Sutton Lane, London, UK
Baby-Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Neo-Con, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY
Quartet, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Leipzig in Dessau, Meisterhäuser Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Sutton Lane in Paris, Sutton Lane c/o Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Cold Hearts – Artists form Leipzig, Arario Gallery, Korea
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| 2004 |
Northern Light: Leipzig in Miami, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The New Leipzig School of Painting, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Jahresausstellung, Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
East International, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK
Klarapark, Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
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| 2003 |
Grasland, Wassermann Galerie, Munich, Germany
Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
Sieben Mal Malerei,” Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
LIGA – Junge Kunst aus Leipzig, Kunstverein, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany
Halbzeit, Galerie LIGA, Berlin, Germany
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| 2002 |
Wunschbilder, Museum der bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, Germany
Convoi, Metallgalerie, IG Metall, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Willkommen in Leipzig, Ausstellungsraum de Ligt, Ausstellungshalle Schulstrasse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Zweidimensionale, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, Germany
Convoi, Kulturspeicher Oldenburg, Leipzig, Germany
Junge Kunst Aus Leipzig, Kunstverein Sulzfeld, Leipzig, Germany
5 aus 11, LIGA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Leipziger Lerchen, Städtische Galerie und Kunstverein Speyer, Leipzig, Germany
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| 2001 |
Junge Malerei, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany
Arte Saxonia, Kuppelhalle der Dresdner Bank, Leipzig, Germany
Leipziger Maler, Kunstverein Galerie Markt Bruckmühl, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2000 |
LIGA, Steibs-Hof, Leipzig, Germany
Junge Kunst, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany |
Bibliography: Reviews
“Armory Out, Auctions In.” The New York Sun 1 April 2008.
Braden, Mande. “Leipzig Artist Comes to the Ulrich.” The Sunflower News Entertainment Magazine Vol 1:5, 20 September 2007: 5.
“Christoph Ruckhäberle.” The New Yorker 3 April 2006.
Coggins, David. “Christoph Ruckhäberle.” Art in America October 2004: 200-201.
“Die Stadt der Leinwandhelden.” Art (Germany) December 2004: 35-45.
Egan, Maura. “Neue School.” The New York Times Style Magazine Fall 2004: 126, 128.
Glover, Michael. “Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London.” The Independent 12 June 2008.
Johnson, Daniela. “EAST International.” Flash Art October 2004: 65.
Johnson, Ken. “Christoph Ruckhäberle.” The New York Times 16 July 2004: E31.
Lanqbein, Nicole. “Life on Stage.” East International (exhibition catalog) 2004.
Lubow, Arthur. “The New Leipzig School.” The New York Times 8 January 2006.
Marsh, Andrew. “Christoph Ruckhäberle: Sutton Lane.” Flash Art January / February 2005: 120.
Pagel, David. “Making these seemingly opposites attractive.” The Los Angeles Times 20 October 2006: E28.
Pfüller, Volker. “Christoph Ruckhäberle.” Leipzig: Galerie Kleindienst, 2 May – 15 June 2002.
“Power 100: 70: Zach Feuer.” Artreview November 2006.
Price, Matt. “Mixed Paint: Christoph Ruckhäberle.” Flash Art November – December 2004: 95.
Ribas, Joao. “Debut: Christoph Ruckäberle.” ArtReview September 2004: 102.
Schmidt, Hans-Werner. “Christoph Ruckhäberle: Lazy Sunday Afternoon.” Zwickau: Die Städtischen Museen Zwickau 28 September – 16 November 2003.
Schmidt, Hans-Werner and David Salle and Nicole Langbein. Christoph Ruckhäberle: Die Flasche Bakbuk Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld/Leipzig, 2005.
Schmidt, Johannes. “New Power, New Pictures.” Flash Art November – December 2004: 78-83.
Shull, Chris. “Paintings by German art star unveiled Saturday.” Wichita Eagle September 2007.
Smith, Roberta. “Christoph Ruckhäberle.” The New York Times 7 April 2006: E34.
“Take Me to the Armory.” The New York Sun 19 March 2008.
Thorson, Alice. “Ramirez, Chagoya and More fill Midwest Galleries this Fall.” Kansas City Star September 2007.
Villinger, Carina. “A League of Their Own.” Art + Auction 11 June 2004: 92-96.
Volk, Gregory. “Figuring the New Germany.” Art in America June / July 2005: 154-157.
Zamudio, Raul. “Christoph Ruckhaberle.” Flash Art July – September 2006: 116-117.
Bibliography: Publications
Coetzee, Mark and Laura Steward Heon. “Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection.” MASS MoCA and Rubell Family Collection 2007.
Mullins, Charlotte, ed. Painting People: Figure Painting Today. London: Thames and Hudson, 2006.
Veglahn, Sara. “Sara Veglahn on Christoph Ruckhäberle.” Poets on Painters. Katie Geha and Travis Nichols. Wichita, KS: Ulrich Museum of Art, 2007.
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