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

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
Drei Schwestern, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium
Liebende Frauen, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Waking up the picture 2, Goyang Aram Art Museum, Goyang, South Korea

2023
Der Schlüssel, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Waking up the pictures, The Seouliteum, Seoul, South Korea
Malelei, WESTSIDE, Leipzig, Germany

2022
Das Gläserne Eck,Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Spiel mit dem Feuer, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

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
Malerei/Grafik, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
New Paintings, ZieherSmith, New York
Christoph Ruckhäberle, Ampersand Gallery, Portland (USA)
Disparates, Bühlers, Fürth

2015
Kalif Storch, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
Netsuke, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Behind the Green Door, Ampersand Gallery, Portland (USA)

2014
Tanz (Dance), Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
Christoph Ruckhäberle - Polka, Galerie der Stadt Wels (Austria)
A Moveable Feast - PART VIII, Campoli Presti, Paris

2013
Dekoration (Decoration), Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon), Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
Frühstück im Freien (Breakfast Outdoors), ZieherSmith Gallery, New York
Spazio Punch, Guidecca, Venice

2012
Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon), Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
Die Stadt, Campoli Presti, London

2011
The Pervert, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

2010
Christoph Ruckhäberle, Trapped in White Tiger Sanctum, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart

2009    
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Sorry We're Closed and Sutton Lane, Bruxelles
Christoph Ruckhaberle, « L'emmerdeur Futuriste » Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Christoph Ruckhäberle, Dessins, Galerie Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Christoph Ruckhäberle, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland

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'oeuvre, 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
     

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Hunger nach Bildern, Museum No Hero, Delden (Netherlands)

2023
Überdruck, Kaisertrutz Görlitz, Kaisertrutz
You, Wetsside Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig

2022
Bilderkosmos Leipzig. 1905-2022, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
Barlach und die jungen Wilden, Ernst Barlach Museen, Güstrow

2021
German Painting Now, Telegraph, Olomouc, Czech Republic  
NEW, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
Chow Chow, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig
Forêt, Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Collection revisited: Contemporary art from Leipzig, Mdbk, Leipzig, Germany

2020
Sammlung im Blick: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Leipzig, Mdbk, Leipzig, Germany
Lockdown Wall, Galleri Kleindienst,  Leipzig Germany
Gestern, heute, übermorgen. Der moderne Blick in Grafik und Fotografie der Sammlung des BLMK, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Oder/Cottbus, Germany
We are open, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
NEW 2, Westside, Leipzig

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

2017 
Ladder to Heaven, Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein, Pfaffenhofen (Germany)
Jetzt Druck machen, Angerlehner Museum, Thalheim (Austria)
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
 
2016
Storyteller. Contemporary Art from Leipzig, Nationale Art Museum & Goethe Institut 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)
Always and Forever. 23th Leipziger Jahresausstellung, Westwerk, Leipzig (Germany)
Made in Germany: Contemporary Art from the Rubell Family Collection, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (USA)

2015
Statement 2: New Painting from Germany, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
2.5.0. Object is Meditation and Poetry, Grassi Museum, Leipzig (Germany)
Love. The first of the seven virtues, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York (USA)
German Promises, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam
Bittersweet TImes. Baroque and Present in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Arthouse Apolda Avangarde, Apolda (Germany) Leipzig

2015
Hildebrand Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
Spinnerei Artists Show, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig
MASH UP 2, Hardenbergstraße, Leipzig
Familiar Society, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig
Camera Obscura, Kunstverein Pfaffenhofen, Pfaffenhofen (Germany)
Good Art? Want! SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin
Auf AEG, Nürnberg VOLTA 11, Markthalle, Basel
The Leipzig Phenomenon, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary (exh. cat)
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, New York,; Sheldon Memorial Library Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nevada, USA
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
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.)
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
Northern Light, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, USA
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
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
Junge Malerei, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany
Arte Saxonia, Kuppelhalle der Dresdner Bank, Leipzig, Germany
Leipziger Maler, Kunstverein Galerie Markt Bruckmühl, Germany
Liga, Steibs-Hof, Leipzig, Germany
Junge Kunst, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany