Rita Ackermann
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Rita Ackermann is an artist born in Hungary in 1968. From 1989 - 1992 she trained at the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest. Ackermann moved from Budapest to New York in 1991. From 1992 - 1993 she trained at the The New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture (Hanes Foundation), New York. She has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions in the United States, Japan and Europe. She is also a member of the band Angelblood. Ackermann is represented by Andrea Rosen Gallery. She lives and works in New York City with her husband. Works include paintings, drawings, T-shirts, a line of underwear, and skateboard design. Ackermann gained attention in 1994 with paintings resembling large sketchbook pages of nymphetish girls in underwear.
[edit] Selected Exhibitions
2006 "While Interwoven Echoes Drip into a Hybrid Body. An Exhibition about Sound, Performance and Sculpture", migros museum für gegenwartskunst, January 21 to March 26 (group)
2005 “Jump On Me”, Bonner Kunstverein, April 29 to July 3 (solo)
2005 “Collage: 1993-2005”, Andrea Rosen Gallery, September 9-October 8 (solo)
2005 “The Continuous Mark: 40 Years of the New York Studio School”, The New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, New York, April 20 to May 7, 2005
2004 “The Dreamland Artist Club”, public project with Creative Time for Coney Island redevelopment , June 12 to September 6, 2004 (solo)
2004 “What’s New”, curated by Jhim Lamoree, Annet Gelink Gallery, The Netherlands, November 27 2004 to January 15 2005 (group)
2004 “Les années fatales”, Boutique Celine, avenue Montaigne, Paris, France, October 7 to November 27 2004. (group)
2004 “Out of Bounds”, Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France, January 30 to March 28 2004 (group)
2004 Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, “Strategies of Desire”, May 28 – July 18 2004 (group)
2004 “The Dreamland Artist Club”, Coney Island New York. June 12 – September 6, 2004, curated by Peter Eleey. (group)
2004 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg “Next Generation: Heavenly Creatures”, July 22 – August 31, 2004 (group)
2003 PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, “After Matisse Picasso”, February 16 to May (group)
2003 Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France, “Ördögök” (Devils) January 11 to February 22 (solo)
2003 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, “Memoires d’Une Jeune Fille Rouge”, May 23 to July 26 (solo)
2003 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, “Listen to the Fool’s Reproach”, December 13 2003 to January 17 2004 (solo)
2002 Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Holland, “Snowfall in August”, June 2 – August 18 (catalogue) (solo)
2002 Urban Experience, NYC, “The Woman Show”, July 17 – August 27 (group)
2002 NYC, “Statements (six): A Project by Dornbracht”, 88 Wooster Street, NYC, May 20 – 26 (book) (group)
2002 Urban Experience, NYC, “It’s Official, April 12 – May 24 (group)
2002 Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, “Personalische Plans/Personal Plans – The drawing – from life plan to world projection”, March 23 – May 12 (group)
2002 Statements (six) at Art Cologne, presented by Dornbracht, October 30 - November 3 (group)
2001 2001 Urban Experience, NYC, “Rennaisance 2001”, December 14 – February 31, 2002 (group)
2001 Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France, “Christmas Show”, December 8 – January 19, 2002 (group)
2001 White Box, New York, “Prodigal Prodigy”, September 6 – October 13, curated by Theo Tegelaers (catalogue) (group)
2001 The Deep Gallery, Paris, France, “Style Show for the Levitation of the Strong American Women”, June 28 – July 28 (solo)
2001 Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, “the only way to get to my vagina is through Jesus!”, March 10 – April 12 (solo)
2000 Annet Gelink Gallery, The Netherlands, “Lost and Found Notes”, September 2 – October 15 (solo)
2000 Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria, “God’s Little Helpers”, May 17 – July 1 (solo)
2000 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, “corvette”, March 10 – April 15 (solo)
2000 2000 CRP, Brooklyn, NY, “superpredators”, October 13 – December 11, curated by Jose Freire (group)
2000 Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, “Kim’s Bedroom”, August 3 – September 3 (group)
2000 Musee d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France, “Presumed Innocent”, June 8 – October 1, curated by Stephanie Moisdon and Marie-Laure Bernadac (catalogue) (group)
2000 Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee national d’art moderne, Paris, France, “Elysian Fields”, May 24 – July 24, Curated by Purple Institute (catalogue) (group)
2000 MU Art Foundation, De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, “Kim’s Bedroom”, March 17 – April 24, curated by Kim Gordon (catalogue) (group)
1999 Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, “Revelation”, September 3 – October 11 (solo)
1999 Swiss Institute, New York, January 21 – March 6, with Ana Axpe (solo)
1998 Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, June - September (solo)
1998 Bartok 32 Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, “Just Do Whatever You Want”, March 13 – April 5 (solo)
1998 Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, “Songs of Sirens”, January 9 – February 7 (solo)
1997 Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, “The Good, The Bad and The Evil”, May/June (solo)
1996 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, “If Anyone Hurts My Brother, I’ll Kill That...”, January 19 - February 24 (solo)
1995 Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, “The Birth of Tragedy”, September 1 - 30 (solo)
1995 Interim Art, London, England, “out of the blue into the black”, June 1 - July 15 (solo)
1995 Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, “It Doesn’t Matter if You Love Me or Not....I’ll Be Always There For You...”, February 11 - March 25 (solo)
1995 Museum of Contemporary Art, “Options 48: Dan Peterman”, November 12 – January 8 (solo)
1994 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, “After Dinner I’m Gonna Shoot You But Before I’ll Take A Shower”, July 8 - August 12, 1994 (solo)
[edit] External Links
Adrea Rosen Gallery[1]
"Rita Ackermann at Andrea Rosen" Art in America, Nov, 2004 by Vincent Katz[2]
"Teenarama: Rita Ackermann"by Peter Schjeldahl[3]
"Rita Ackermann at the Parco Gallery"by Monty DiPietro[4]
Ackermann at Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece[5]
Official Site--coming soon[6]
Blog post on Eastanburia, a music project
