Dennis Rudolph is a multimedia artist working in performance, video, painting, graphics and writing. His artistic practice derives its primal momentum from a melancholic reworking of the heritage of western culture, making classical historical genres available for a contemporary artistic approach.
Rudolph studied at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, the Repin-Academy in St. Petersburg and the Language and Culture Institute in Beijing. Recent exhibitions include the Museum der Arbeit Hamburg; DTLA Film Festival, Los Angeles; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Moscow International Biennale for Young Art; CAC Bretigny, France; Nayerische Staatsoper, Germany; Kunstverein Arnsberg; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Since 2014, Rudolph runs the exhibition space, residency and studio State of the Art in Berlin.
Rudolph studied at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, the Repin-Academy in St. Petersburg and the Language and Culture Institute in Beijing. Recent exhibitions include the Museum der Arbeit Hamburg; DTLA Film Festival, Los Angeles; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Moscow International Biennale for Young Art; CAC Bretigny, France; Nayerische Staatsoper, Germany; Kunstverein Arnsberg; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Since 2014, Rudolph runs the exhibition space, residency and studio State of the Art in Berlin.
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Dennis Rudolph - Messengers of the AI
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Dennis Rudolph, Mark Titchner
As a young artist, he employs a highly recognizable visual language that is heavily loaded, through references to, among other things, the Nazi past, the Roman Empire and European mythologies. He combines the heavy bombast of Richard Wagner with the romance of Caspar David Friedrich. Rudolph follows an image tradition that traces back to the 19th century and even beyond.
Kunstbeeld, 2012
Review of 'Fallen Angels' in Het Parool
"...Wie de nieuwste ontwikkeling - misschien wel de grootste schilderkunstige innovatie sinds de verftube - wil zien, moet nu naar Upstream Gallery. De Duitse multimediakunstenaar Dennis Rudolph heeft voor zijn tentoonstelling Fallen Angels gebruik gemaakt van de virual reality software Google TiltBrush. Het resultaat: driedimensionale schilderkunst. Die kun je overigens alleen bekijken met een iPad voorzien van speciale app... ...Pak de iPad erbij en de verf knalt van het doek. De engelen veranderen in dynamische figuren en het licht straalt over de rand van het werk, zo de galerie in. De paradox is dat de beperking van het spieraam wordt opgeheven en het beeld verrijkt, maar dat dat alleen te zien is via een scherm... ...En het moet worden gezegd: dit verandert de kijk op schilderen. Letterlijk zelfs. Want als je eenmaal de virtuele laag gezien hebt, kun je de platte, traditionele afbeeldingen niet meer zien zonder een mentale echo van de driedimensionale toevoeging. In Annunciations of Techne gaat de kunstenaar nog een stapje verder. Hier zijn de schilderijen geïntegreerd in een virtual reality voorstelling. Met een Hololens voor je ogen maken engelen zich los uit decors van sciencefictionfilms als Mad Max en Interstellar voor een barokke choregrafie door de ruimte. Het is absoluut spectaculair,..
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Education
Studium am Sprachen- und Kulturinstitut in Peking, China (1998)
Studium an der Repin Akademie in St.Petersburg (Graphische Fakultät, 2000)
Studium an der Universität der Künste, Berlin (Klasse Wolfgang Petrick, 2000 - 2004)
Rome International Spring Academy (2009)
Exhibitions (selection)
2020
0010_exhibitions, Dennis Rudolph + Thomas Radin, hanz.studio, Berlin
Upstream Focus - Dennis Rudolph, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam 2020 with Upstream Gallery, Rotterdam
Depending on Positions, first GPS based AR exhibition in Berlin
Mixed Tape, Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph Gallery, Berlin
2019
Fallen Angels, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
2018
Messengers of the AI, Kunststiftung Poolhaus-Blankenese, Hamburg (solo)
The Portal, DTLA Film Festival, Los Angeles (solo)
Out of Office, Museum der Arbeit Hamburg, Hamburg
Seinerzeit, 30 Jahre Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg
2017
The Museum Has Abandoned Us, State of the Art, Berlin, Germany
In Between, Summer Exhibition, Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
State of the Art, Lily Robert, Paris, France
2016
The Dark Side of the Portal, Lily Robert, Paris, France
JUMP!, CAC Brétigny, France
2015
Transformer, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
The Portal TV, Lichthaus Arnsberg, Germany (solo)
2014
California Dreaming, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Der schwarze Hund, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden, Germany
Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Main Project, Moscow, Russia (solo)
Genese de l'Enfer, Galerie Oliver Robert, Paris, France (solo)
2013
PAINTING FOREVER! KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
California City, Seven Swans, Frankfurt a.M., Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Paradise Lost, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
A Decade Upstream, Upstream Gallery at Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
2012
GewaltKunstWerk, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway
Paradise Lost, Concord, Los Angeles (solo)
Fassadengestaltung Nationaltheater & Plakat, Bayerische Staatsoper, Germany
Wege in den Nihilismus, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
Death can dance - TOWNHOUSE, Zürich, Switzerland
Donatello parmi les fauves, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris
2011
for love not money, Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estland (Kat.)
Hallewujah, Apart, Stuttgart & Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
La Vallée Patibulaire, Berlin
2010
Home Run, Architekturmuseum der TU-Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Kat.)
Nemesis - Das Grosse Glück, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
Waking the Dead, Autocenter, Berlin
2009
The Last Kingdom, Project & Presentation, Berlin
High Society, Schickeria, Braunschweig, Germany
private view, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Black Hole, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca cur. by Friederike Nymphius
Galleria Liliana Maniero, Rome
2008
Der Autorität, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Der heilige Krieg, Teil II, Innerster Kreis (Nothwendigkeit) Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
Apocalyptic Landscapes, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Ghettobird, Projektraum Brunnenstraße, Berlin
The Holy War, Chapter I, The Sacrifice of Youth, Perry
Rubenstein Gallery, New York (solo)
2007
Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin
LA NAVE DEI FOLLI, Studio Angeletti, Roma
Berlin Noir, curated by Felix Ensslin, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
Männerfantasien, curated by Ellen Blumenstein, Chung King Project, Los Angeles
Geheime Gesellschaften, Dennis Rudolph und Jana Gunstheimer, Dortumder Kunstverein (solo)
Speakers, Aeroplastics, Brussels
2006
Spooky - the dark side of light, Het Gebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Der Lichttempel, Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
Big City Lab, AFB 2006 (kuratiert v. Friederike Nymphius)
Dem unbekannten Gott, Galerie Jette Rudolph Berlin (solo) (Kat., Revolver Verlag)
Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
2005
Cosmo- Logic, Galerie Jette Rudolph Berlin
Deep- Action, Kolbe- Museum Berlin (Kat.)
2004
Dennis Rudolph, Ästhetischer Fundamentalismus, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin(solo)
2003
DRUCK- art, Arbeiten aus den Druckwerkstätten der Fakultät Bildende Kunst der UdK, Berlin
1998
Punk- Club "Scream Bar", Peking, China (solo)
Projects
2014
State of the Art, Berlin
2011
California City
2007
Publisher "Ästhetischen Beobachter"
2004/2005
Publisher Kunstzeitung "Der Leuchtturm"
Studium am Sprachen- und Kulturinstitut in Peking, China (1998)
Studium an der Repin Akademie in St.Petersburg (Graphische Fakultät, 2000)
Studium an der Universität der Künste, Berlin (Klasse Wolfgang Petrick, 2000 - 2004)
Rome International Spring Academy (2009)
Exhibitions (selection)
2020
0010_exhibitions, Dennis Rudolph + Thomas Radin, hanz.studio, Berlin
Upstream Focus - Dennis Rudolph, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam 2020 with Upstream Gallery, Rotterdam
Depending on Positions, first GPS based AR exhibition in Berlin
Mixed Tape, Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph Gallery, Berlin
2019
Fallen Angels, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
2018
Messengers of the AI, Kunststiftung Poolhaus-Blankenese, Hamburg (solo)
The Portal, DTLA Film Festival, Los Angeles (solo)
Out of Office, Museum der Arbeit Hamburg, Hamburg
Seinerzeit, 30 Jahre Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg
2017
The Museum Has Abandoned Us, State of the Art, Berlin, Germany
In Between, Summer Exhibition, Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
State of the Art, Lily Robert, Paris, France
2016
The Dark Side of the Portal, Lily Robert, Paris, France
JUMP!, CAC Brétigny, France
2015
Transformer, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
The Portal TV, Lichthaus Arnsberg, Germany (solo)
2014
California Dreaming, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Der schwarze Hund, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden, Germany
Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Main Project, Moscow, Russia (solo)
Genese de l'Enfer, Galerie Oliver Robert, Paris, France (solo)
2013
PAINTING FOREVER! KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
California City, Seven Swans, Frankfurt a.M., Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Paradise Lost, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
A Decade Upstream, Upstream Gallery at Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
2012
GewaltKunstWerk, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway
Paradise Lost, Concord, Los Angeles (solo)
Fassadengestaltung Nationaltheater & Plakat, Bayerische Staatsoper, Germany
Wege in den Nihilismus, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
Death can dance - TOWNHOUSE, Zürich, Switzerland
Donatello parmi les fauves, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris
2011
for love not money, Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estland (Kat.)
Hallewujah, Apart, Stuttgart & Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
La Vallée Patibulaire, Berlin
2010
Home Run, Architekturmuseum der TU-Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Kat.)
Nemesis - Das Grosse Glück, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
Waking the Dead, Autocenter, Berlin
2009
The Last Kingdom, Project & Presentation, Berlin
High Society, Schickeria, Braunschweig, Germany
private view, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Black Hole, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca cur. by Friederike Nymphius
Galleria Liliana Maniero, Rome
2008
Der Autorität, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Der heilige Krieg, Teil II, Innerster Kreis (Nothwendigkeit) Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
Apocalyptic Landscapes, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
Ghettobird, Projektraum Brunnenstraße, Berlin
The Holy War, Chapter I, The Sacrifice of Youth, Perry
Rubenstein Gallery, New York (solo)
2007
Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin
LA NAVE DEI FOLLI, Studio Angeletti, Roma
Berlin Noir, curated by Felix Ensslin, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
Männerfantasien, curated by Ellen Blumenstein, Chung King Project, Los Angeles
Geheime Gesellschaften, Dennis Rudolph und Jana Gunstheimer, Dortumder Kunstverein (solo)
Speakers, Aeroplastics, Brussels
2006
Spooky - the dark side of light, Het Gebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Der Lichttempel, Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (solo)
Big City Lab, AFB 2006 (kuratiert v. Friederike Nymphius)
Dem unbekannten Gott, Galerie Jette Rudolph Berlin (solo) (Kat., Revolver Verlag)
Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
2005
Cosmo- Logic, Galerie Jette Rudolph Berlin
Deep- Action, Kolbe- Museum Berlin (Kat.)
2004
Dennis Rudolph, Ästhetischer Fundamentalismus, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin(solo)
2003
DRUCK- art, Arbeiten aus den Druckwerkstätten der Fakultät Bildende Kunst der UdK, Berlin
1998
Punk- Club "Scream Bar", Peking, China (solo)
Projects
2014
State of the Art, Berlin
2011
California City
2007
Publisher "Ästhetischen Beobachter"
2004/2005
Publisher Kunstzeitung "Der Leuchtturm"
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