Stefan Rinck

Stefan Rinck presents animal-like sculptures made of sandstone with characteristics that appear to come from the medieval era, at a time when people were intimidated by the menacing forces of animals. Today, Stefan Rinck places them on pedestals or on the floor positioning them in military formations alongside humanoid generals and re-endues them with their demonic potentials, which have been suppressed under the modern condition. As true swindlers, the animals always strive for more than their origin allows them, as a metaphor for the evolution of man. In possession of a self-conscious mind, just like humans, they have been expelled from paradise. The swindling animals are eager to adopt intellectual symbols: pointed hats as regalia of scholarship or alchemy, the cross as a symbol of morality, the robe as a sign of profane power and have a vision to defeat man using his very own means

Stefan Rinck, The Ape, Sand stone, 47 x 13,7 x 11 inches, 2008

Stefan Rinck, DIGITAL TOTEM, Sandstone, 59 x 18,8 x 18 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, TWO FACES TOTEM, Sandstone/Labrador, 86,6 x 21?6 x 13,7 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, POLYPHEMUS, Sandstone, 47,2 x 27,5 x 13,7 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, THE VOODOO CROSS, Sandstone, 46,5 x 9 x 15,7 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, THE BIG LAUGH, Sandstone, 57 x 16 x 13,7 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, Totem With Beard, Sandstone, 65 x 12 x 12 inches, 2016

Stefan Rinck, Bad Hair Day Totem, Sandstone, 75 x 17,7 x 14 inches, 2019

Stefan Rinck, Canditates of my Dreams, Sandstone, 75 x 17,7 x 14 inches, 2019

Stefan Rinck, Cypher Constellation, Sandstone, 75 x 17,7 x 14 inches, 2019

Stefan Rinck, The Artist, Sandstone, 61,4 x 23,6 x 15,7 inches, 2019

Stefan Rinck, Tooth Fairy Totem, Sandstone, 65 x 18 x 13,7 inches, 2019

Stefan Rinck, Who is crying for the Moody Carrot, Sandstone, 63 x 18 x 13,7 inches, 2019

Born 1973 in Homburg/Saar, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin

EDUCATION

1993-95
Stone sculptor, Apprenticeship, Zweibrücken, Germany

1995-96
Studies of art history and philosophy, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken

1996-00
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Early Birds and Late Night Lizards, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Un Été au Havre, Le Havre, FR
Course of Works, HANGAR Y, Paris, FR
Sleep of Reason, Semiose, Paris, FR

2022
The trembling of the Veil, Semiose, Paris, FR
Semigods of the Jockey Club, Skarstedt, East Hampton, New York, US
Obelix & Obelix: At Home I Am A Tourist - with Humberto Poblete-Bustamante - Allouche Benias, Athens, GR

2021
Abstracción bárbara en la casa de los excéntricos, Galeria Alegria, Barcelona, ES
Endemic Creatures, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, ES
In this Garden he reads the Diary of the World, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, BE

2020
de-monstration, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE
Saint Georges et son Dragon de Compagnie, La Forêt d'Art Contemporain, Bélis, FR
Beyond the White Line, Semiose, Paris, FR
I feel Air from other Planets, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2019
To Eat or to be Eaten, Semiose, Paris, FR
Carnival, CAC Chapelle du Genéteil, Château-Gontier, FR

2017
Pilgrimage to Kashyyyk, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, ES
Les statues meurent aussi, Maladrerie Saint-Lazare, Beauvais, FR
Fresh Meat in the shark pool, Muro, Mallorca, ES
Metaphysical Casino, Semiose, Paris, FR

2016
Sick White God, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, BE

2015
The Eternal Comedy of Creatures -Galeria Alegria, Madrid, ES

2014
A Sunny Place for Shady People, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE

2013
Dark Matter, Sorry we're closed, Brussels, Belgium, BE

2012
Fama - Good and bad speech after death, with Gabriel Vormstein, Patricia Low Contemporary, St. Moritz, CH

2011
Stefan Rinck befragt die Nachbarschaft: Will Gott noch was mit uns zu tun haben, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
Die Geister die ich rief, Kunstverein Zweibrücken, DE

2010
Hasenprophezeiung, with Philipp Dogan, Galerie Petra Vankova, Berlin, DE
Stefan Rinck & Ralf Dereich - Im Preservat, Ringstube, Mainz, DE

2009
Stefan Rincks Lehrplan des Lebens - life would suck without it, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
The Quest for Lost Innocence, Sorry we're closed, Brussels, BE

2007
Vicerunt Viderunt Venerunt, with Uwe Henneken, The Breeder Projects, Athens, GR
Hoc oriente fug it, Bei Dereich, Berli, DEn
Salon de Geffa, Private Sammlung Reyle & Sellin, Berlin, DE

2006
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
Atropäischer Hyberbolismus, gelaicht in Antwerpen, in irgendeiner Schwemme, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, DE
Portal of Glory, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Klara Wallner PLUS, Berlin, DE

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
L'Age atomique, les artistes à l'épreuvre de l'histoire, Musée r'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, FR

2023
Foolish Fire, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Chatting with Demons, Berlinskej Model, Prague, CZ
The New Yesterday, HVW8 Berlin, Berlin, DE

2022
Obelix & Obelix: At home I am a tourist, Allouche Benias, Athens, GR
Regresso, Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna, AT
Positions, Golestani, Düsseldorf, DE
Forarskuller, CCA Andratx, Andratx, ES

2021

FIAC Hors les murs, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, FR
Event of the Year, F2 Galeria, Madrid, ES
Kunst in Puurs, CC Binder, Puurs, BE
Here Come The Suns, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE
Biennale Internationale Saint-Paul de Vence, Saint-Paul de Vence, FR
Strangers in the House , Semiose, Paris, FR
Supernature, Centre d'Art Contemporain Yverdon-les Bains, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, IT
Alarm 100hundert, Fleischmarkthalle, Karlsruhe, DE
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE
Spring, Fondation Thalie, Brussels, BE
Points of Resistance, Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin, DE

2020
MESSE IN ST. AGNES, Konig Galerie, Berlin, DE
Biennale Gherdëina 7 – curated by Adam Budak, Ortisei, IT
Restons Unis, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR
Multiple Visions, Sorry We`re Closed, Brussels, BE
Five Year Anniversary Show, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, US
pre sent tense, galerie frank elbaz, Dallas, US
Beyond Elysium, Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin, DE

2019
FIAC Hors les murs, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, FR
Abundo en Felices curiosidades, Espacio Valverde, Madrid, ES
Betes des Scenes, Fondation Villa Datris, L`Isle sur la Sorgue, FR
Just so Stories, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg, LUX
Enigma Pinocchio, Villa Bardini, Florenz, IT
Bonum et Malum, Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin, DE
A Snake without a Head is just a Rope, Sim Smith Gallery, London, UK
Come a little closer, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, DE

2018
Les Sablent Mouvants, Espace a Vendre, Nizza, FR
Für Immer Blau, Waldsteige, Duisburg, DE
Un Futur Enchanteur, Le Consulat Paris, Paris, FR
Ngorongoro 2, Berlin, DE
Die Nächte des Heliogabalus, Schlachthaus, Berlin, DE
Touch Wood, Sorry We`re Closed, Artbrussels, Brussels, BE
The Gathering, Panthera. Today, Brussels, BE
Atre Noah, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Feldbach, AT
White Blood, Blue Night, La Traverse, centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville, Alfortville, FR
Schwarzer Flamingo, Galerie Knut Hartwich, Sellin, DE
Sneaky Paradise, Lachenmann Art, Konstanz, DE
…..kein Thema, Kwadrat, Berlin, DE

2017
FIAC Hors les murs, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, FR
Landscapes of Loss/Verschwindende Landschaften, Bundesumweltministerium, Berlin, DE
La Table Ronde, Diskurs Berlin e.V., Berlin, DE
Es geht voran, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin, DE
Runter von den Marmorklippen!, Kwadrat, Berlin, DE
Berlin Klondyke, Soeht 7, Berlin, DE
Striche, Kreise, Landschaft, Preise, SCHAU FENSTER Raum für Kunst, Berlin, DE
You are my Heroes, Sorry We`re Closed, Artbrussels, Brussels, BE

2016
Ganz grosses Kino, Kino International, Berlin, DE
Green Doesn`t Sell, Sorry We`re Closed, Brussels at Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
Sweat Shop, Schaufenster, Berlin, DE
Zurück in die Zukunft, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, DE
De Lirio, Braubach Five, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2015
The Good Estrella,OTR Espacio de Arte, Madrid, ES
Surrealism goes Bananas, Sorry We?re Closed,Brussels at Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
NGORONGORO, Atelier Jonas Burgert, artist-weekend Berlin, Berlin, BE

2014
Im Dschungel, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt/Main, DE
Emotional Rescue, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin, DE
Mal wieder Freitag der 13., Idling Gallery, Berlin, DE
Aus dem Fundus der botanischen Semantik, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
Fashion Week, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, DE

2013
Black Friday, by Melina Volkmann, Yorckstraße, Berlin, DE
Apokalyptik als Widerstand - Die Sammlung Tom Biber im Bayrischen Armeemuseum, Bayrisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt, DE
Benefit auction, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, DE
Black Friday, curated by Melina Volkmann, Yorckstraße 59, Berlin, DE
Cinque Garzoni II - Piccola Germania, Cinque Garzoni, Venice, Lido, IT
The legend of the shelves, Autocenter, Berlin, DE

2012
Chains, Horse, Berlin, DE
Zwischenzone, Galerie Stephanie Bender, Munich, DE
Party Arty, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Artists of the Gallery, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
A house is not a home, Sorry we're closed, Brussels, BE

2011
Monotonie-Melancholie, glue @ Schaufenster, Berlin, DE
Dooms day for Cussler Family, Cussler, Berlin, DE
Summen spüren, Pflügerstr. 70, Berlin, DE
The Dicks + Bonus Material, Teapot, Cologne, DE
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, U 37 - Raum für Kunst, Berlin, DE
The Cannibal?s Muse II, curated by Max Henry, Autocenter, Based in Berlin, Monbijou Park, Berlin, DE
Train Fantôme, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
Hotspot Berlin, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, DE
The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, DE
Verbrechen und Bild, curated by Friedemann Hahn and Wendelin Renn, Ringstube, Mainz, DE
Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, DE
The Black Goddess, curated by Rick Buckley, Autocenter, Berlin, DE
La Vallée Patibulaire, Berlin, DE
When love comes down... ... word becomes flesh, Cussler, Berlin, DE

2010
Step in the Arena, Quartier Eurobahnhof, Saarbrücken, DE
Barbaric Freedom, curated by Anne Pontegnie, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
The Cannibal's Muse, curated by Max Henry, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaat, CH
100% le Vent des Fôrets, Fresnes-au-Mont, FR
Art Barter, .HBC, Berlin, DE
Ein Fest für Boris, Vittorio Manalese, Berlin, DE

2009
Schickeria - High Society, BDA-Ausstellungsraum, Braunschweig, DE
You will miss me when I burn, Montgomery, Berlin, DE
Transzendenz Inc, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
The Sequel (Part II), Cinque Garzoni, Venice, IT
Bank of Eden, Whitechapel Berlin, Berlin, DE
Artgerecht, Villa am See, Tornow, DE
Diesseits der Alpen: Hunger Jenseits der Alpen: Durst, Hadlichstrasse 44, Berlin, DE

2008
First Selection, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
Avant-Garden ? Busan Sculpture Project, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
Berlin Bouqet, The Living Room, Amsterdam, NL
The Kirchner Show, Kornhaus, Aschaffenburg, DE
Sorry we're closed, Brussels, BE

2007
Stranger than Paradise , Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, CH
Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der Wirklichkeit heraus, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin, DE
Blaue Augen, Showroom, Berlin, DE
The present order ist the disorder of the future, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem, NL
Die Nacht der süßen Bienen, Schickeria, Berlin, DE
De Vreemdeling, Centrum Bildende Kunst, Rotterdam, NL

2006
Wir hätten das Land gern weit und rund und Sie, Showroom, Berlin, DE
The Glass Bead Game, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin, DE

2005
Grün ist das neue Schwarz, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
Kir Royal, Schickeria, Berlin, DE
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, DE

2004
Malerei, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE

2002
Die Superzelle, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE

2001
Heimsteinwerk, Heidelberg, DE
Y2K, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin, DE
Je ne regrette desire, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden, DE

2000
Hobbypopmuseum, Düsseldorf, DE