Stefan Rinck is a German visual artist, born in 1973 in Homburg/Saar. He lives and works in Berlin. Rinck studied Art History and Philosophy at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken and Sculpture at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe. He has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including Museum de Hallen, Harlem (NL), Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels (BE), Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles (US), Vilma Gold, London (GB), Semiose, Paris (FR), Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (DE), Skarstedt – East Hampton (New York, US), The Breeder, Athens (GR), Galeria Alegria, Madrid/Barcelona (ES) and Cruise&Callas, Berlin (DE).
He participated at the Busan Biennale in South Korea and at the Vent des Fôret and La Forêt d’Art Contemporain in France where he realized permanent public sculptures. In 2018, the work The Mangooses of Beauvais was permanently installed in the city of Paris at 53-57 rue de Grennelle (Beaupassage). The sandstone sculpture Why I bear / Grosser Lastenbär was inaugurated in November 2021 at Zionskirchplatz in Berlin-Mitte. He is in following public collections: CBK Rotterdam (NL), Musée de la Loterie (BE), Sammlung Krohne (DE), FRAC Corse (FR). In 2019, Stefan Rinck was featured in the Thames & Hudson publication 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. The documentary Heart of Stone by Sonja Baeger was premiered in 2021 in Berlin and pictures the production process of Rinck’s three monumental sculptures.
Photo: Helge Tscharn, 2021.
STEFAN RINCK
Born 1973 in Homburg/Saar, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin
EDUCATION
1993 – 1995 Stonesculptor, Apprenticeship, Zweibrücken
1995 – 1996 Art History and Philosophy, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
1996 – 2000 Sculpture, Academy of Arts Karlsruhe
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
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 (CA, US)
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 (SP)
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 (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 – Berlin (DE)
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)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Foolish Fire – Newchild Gallery – Antwerp (BE)
The New Yesterday – HVW8 – Berlin (DE)
Course of Works – Hangar Y – Paris/Meudon (FR)
2022
Kunst in Puurs – K.I.P. Kunst in Puurs (BE)
Manche trugen Federn – ERES Projects – München (DE)
You Know That You Are Human – Zionskirche – Berlin (DE)
Regresso. Das Kind in uns – Collegium Hungaricum Berlin – Berlin (DE)
Manche trugen Federn – GRZEGORZKI SHOWS – Berlin (DE)
Nothing Is Permanent – Parcours de sculptures – Curated by Alex Reding – Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)
Lust for Life – de Melkerij – Veltem-Beisem (BE)
Spring Show – CCA Andratx – Mallorca (ES)
Skills for Peace – Zionskirche – Berlin (DE)
2021
Event of the Year – F2 Galeria – Madrid (SP)
Kunst in Puurs – CC Binder – Puurs (BE)
Here Come The Suns – Bark Berlin Gallery – Berlin (DE)
FIAC Hors les murs – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris (FR)
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)
Two Hands – Allouche Benias – Athens (GR)
Spring – Fondation Thalie – Brussels (BE)
Points of Resistance – Zionskirche – Berlin (DE)
2020
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 (BE)
Sweat Shop – Schaufenster – Berlin (DE)
Zurück in die Zukunft – Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz – Berlin (DE)
De Lirio – Braubach Five – Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Mai im Januar – Schau Fenster – Berlin (DE)
Dark Ages – AEROPLASTICS contemporary – Brussels
Comme si de rien n’était – Maison Van Buuren – Brussels
2015
The Good Estrella – OTR Espacio de Arte – Madrid (ES)
Surrealism goes Bananas – Sorry We’re Closed – Brussels at Art Brussels (BE)
NGORONGORO – Atelier Jonas Burgert – Berlin (DE)
Bitzel Britzel – Kunst Im Taut Haus – Berlin (DE)
Mai im Januar – Schau Fenster – Berlin (DE)
2014
Im Dschungel – Kunstverein Familie Montez – Frankfurt am 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)
Wurzeln weit mehr Aufmerksamkeit widmen – Galerie der HBKsaar – Hochschule für Bildende Künste Saar-Saarbrücken (DE)
Group show – Galeria Alegria – Madrid (ES)
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 – Italy (IT)
The legend of the shelves – Autocenter -Berlin (DE)
Money Works – Whiteconcepts – 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 – 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)
Bild und Verbrechen – touring exhibition, curated by Friedemann Hahn and Wendelin Renn – Ringstube Mainz (DE), Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden (DE), 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)
Das Universum expandiert – Kwadrat – 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 – Gstaad (CH)
100% le Vent des Fôrets – Fresnes-au-Mont (FR)
Art Barter – HBC – Berlin (DE)
Ein Fest für Boris – Vittorio Manalese – Berlin (DE)
Transzendenz Inc. – Autocenter – Berlin (DE)
Art Below – Studio 21 – Sulivan Enterprise – London (UK)
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 – Berlin (DE)
41 Tage – Die Kirchner Show – Kornhäuschen – Aschaffenburg (DE)
2008
First Selection – Cruise & Callas – Berlin (DE)
Avant-Garden – Busan Sculpture Project – Busan Biennale -Busan (KS)
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)
NULL BOCK – Schickeria – Berlin (DE)
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)
Group Show – Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch – Berlin (DE)
2004
Malerei – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (DE)
2002
Die Superzelle – Badischer Kunstverein – Karlsruhe (DE)
2001
Heimsteinwerk – Heidelberg (DE)
Y2K – Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben – Berlin (DE)
Je ne regrette désire – Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst – Baden-Baden (DE)
2000
Hobbypopmuseum – Düsseldorf (DE)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fonds régional d’art contemporain Corse, Corte, FR
Museum De Hallen, Harleem, NL
Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
Musée de la Loterie, Brussels, BE
Sammlung Krohne, Duisburg, DE
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020
CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca (SP)
2017
CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca (SP)
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Stefan Rinck. Pleased to meet you, n°9. Text by Jeanne Brun, Jeremy Strick, Daniel S. Palmer, published by Semiose éditions, Paris, 2021, ISBN 9782377390502.
Stones. Gods. Humans. Animals. Photographs by Ute Rinck, text by Monika Rinck, published by This Side Up, Barcelona/Galeria Alegria, Barcelona/Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels/Semiose, Paris, 2020, ISBN 9788412072044.
Stefan Rinck. Text by Bazon Brock, published by Lubok Verlag, Leipzig/Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, 2016, ISBN 9783945111253.
Stefan Rinck. Text by Sonja Baeger, Sailors Pulp 7, published on occasion of the exhibition “Im Preservat” with Ralf Dereich, Ringstube Mainz, published by Friedemann Hahn, Mainz, 2010, ISBN 3926265671.
Collective Books
100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. Kurt Beers, CORK Richard, Thames & Hudson, London (UK), 2019, ISBN 9780500021477.
Apokalyptik als Widerstand. Die Sammlung Tom Biber im bayrischen Armeemuseum, Verlag Kettler, published by Ansgar Reiß, 2014, ISBN 9783862062959.
Press Reviews
Gribaumont, Gwennaëlle, “Les gardiens monstrueux, féroces et délicieux de Stefan Rinck”, La Libre Belgique, March 3d 2021.
LEYDIER, Richard, Review “In this Garden he reads the Diary of the World”, artpress, February 11th 2021.
“Le baromètre des tendances”, Vivre Paris, n°43, June 2020, p. 14.
“La galerie Semiose déménage rue Quincampoix”, Paris Capitale, n°240, June 21th 2020, p. 16.
DEBAILLEUX, Henri-Francois, “Perrotin et Compagnie”, Le Journal des Arts, n°547, June 5th 2020, p. 15.
Le Gall, Kristell, Les mini-monstres de l’artiste allemand Stefan Rinck à découvrir à Château-Gontier, Ouest-France, May 26th 2019.
“FIAC 2018 Avant-Premier, Vu poir vous”, Beaux Arts Magazine, n°413, November 2018, pp. 82 – 85.
“La Photo du jour – La 44e édition de la FIAC ouvre ses portes à Paris”, Les ‘Echos, October 19th 2017, p. 16.
BASTARD, Coline, “La Maladrerie de Beauvais accueille des sculptures géantes”, Culturebox, July 25th 2017, online.
[Anon.], “Stefan Rinck”, Télérama, n°3512, May 3rd 2017, p. 31.
[Anon.], “Metaphysical Casino”, Paris Art, April 12th 2017, online.
GILSOUL, Guy, “L’œuvre de la semaine: l’arbitre de Stefan Rinck”, Le Vif, L’Express, July 28th 2013, online.
V.D et B. de R., “Les contemporains font l’Europe à la cour Carrée”, Le Figaro, October 22nd 2009, online.
STRUNZ, Katja, “First Selection” (Cruise & Callas, Berlin), Artforum. The Best of 2008, December 2008.