Rita Ackermann

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Rita Ackermann (born April 19, 1968 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian - American artist .

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Ackermann studied from 1989 to 1992 at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts , from 1992 in New York City at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculture . She became particularly famous for her collages .

Her artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States , Japan, and Europe . She became known for amorphous depictions that depict fantasy creatures made up of men and women or women and children. With larger than life works of art, she succeeds in generating fantasies of eroticism in the viewer. Among other things, she was a member of the artist group Angelblood and organized exhibitions such as The Perfect Man (2007). Ackermann stands with other well-known artists for the breakthrough of women in the art market.

Ackermann currently lives and works in New York City .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City "After Dinner I'll Gonna Shoot You Before I'll Take A Shower"
  • 1995: Rebecca Camhi Galery, Athens , “It Doesn't Matter If You Love Me Or Not…. I'll Be Always There For You "
  • 1995: Interim Art, London , "Out of the blue into the black"
  • 1995: Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich , "The Birth of Tragedy"
  • 1995: Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, "Options 48: Dan Peterman"
  • 1996: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, "If Anyone Hurts My Brother, I'll Kill That ..."
  • 1997: Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, "The Good, The Bad and The Evil"
  • 1998: Bartok 32 Galeria, Budapest, "Just Do Whatever You Want"
  • 1998: Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
  • 1999: Swiss Institute, New York (with Ana Axpe)
  • 1999: Parco Gallery, Tokyo , "Revelation"
  • 2000: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA "corvette"
  • 2000: Gallery Krobath Wimmer, Vienna , "God's Little Helpers"
  • 2000: Annet Gelink Gallery, Netherlands , "Lost and Found Notes"
  • 2001: Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, "The only way to get to my vagina is through Jesus!"
  • 2001: The Deep Gallery, Paris , "Style Show for the Levitation of the Strong American Women"
  • 2002: Museum Het Domein, Sittard , "Snowfall in August"
  • 2003: Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, "Ördögök", ("Teufel")
  • 2003: Gallery Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, "Memoires d'Une Jeune Fille Rouge"
  • 2003: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, "Listen to the Fool's Reproach"
  • 2004: "The Dreamland Artist Club", public project with Creative Time for Coney Island
  • 2005: Bonner Kunstverein, "Jump On Me"
  • 2005: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, "Collage: 1993-2005"
  • 2016: FARAGO, Los Angeles , "JEZEBELS"
  • 2016: Malmö Konsthall, Malmö , "The Aesthetic of Disappearance"
  • 2019: Art Cologne, solo presentation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aware Women Artists: Rita Ackermann. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 2008 WHITNEY BIENNIAL. July 22, 2016, accessed September 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ ART COLOGNE 2019 - Smaller and a little bit better / Koelnmesse / text displays / / report-k.de - Cologne's Internet newspaper. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ackermann, Rita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-American artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest