Ceysson & Bénétière

Born in 1938, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Lives and works in Cologne Germany and Clonegal, Ireland.

Rückriem has had solo exhibitions at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2009), the Sprengel Museum, Hannover (2007), Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2007), Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany (2005), and Gemeentemuseum The Hague, The Netherlands (2003).

German sculptor and draughtsman. He served as an apprentice stonemason and continued his technical training as a journeyman at the cathedral restoration workshop in Cologne. From 1963 to 1969 he worked in a studio in Schloss Nörvenich near Düren. During this period he carved portraits in stone and wood and also produced work for casting in bronze. In 1965-6 he produced a series of assembled open wooden constructions before turning to metal sculptures.
Rückriem changed his work radically after encountering Minimalism. He concentrated on principles of form, in each case cutting a block of stone (of irregular or geometrical shape) into regular sections and then reassembling it. His subsequent work was characterised by geometric forms and a rational and systematic concept of structure; his insistence on making intelligible all traces of his intervention with the material made him an important figure in establishing Process art as a response to Minimalism.
Rückriem sought to relate his sculptures to public spaces. His work and ideas on public art proved highly influential. In his sculpture in general, Rückriem continued to apply innovative techniques to questions of material, scale and proportion, using geometry and rational structuring in relation to natural forms as guiding principles. He also examined similar principles in drawings based on the ground plans of art galleries in the mid 1970s, and in 1978 he produced a series of works on paper, each entitled Drawing (e.g. Stuttgart, Staatsgal.), in which he treated simple geometrical forms similar to those employed in his sculpture.

Solo shows at Ceysson Gallery
Ulrich Rückriem, Wandhaff
November 12 - December 24, 2016


Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
10 YEARS in Luxembourg, Wandhaff
June 02 - August 04, 2018

“The lines of life are various, like roads and the contours of the mountains…”, Wandhaff
September 10 - October 29, 2016

Sculptures, Matters, Materials, Textures..., Offsite
September 10 - October 16, 2016


Solo shows (selection)

2015
Ulrich Rückriem, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United-Kingdom
Ulrich Rückriem, Koenig & Clinton, New York, USA
Ulrich Rückriem. Alte Papierformate, Teilung zum Quadrat, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany

2014
Ulrich Rückriem / Böhm Chapel, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany

2012
Ulrich Rückriem - Zeichungen, freie Figurationen, Solingen Kunstverein, Solingen-Gräfath, Germany
Ulrich Rückriem Neue Arbeiten,Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Ulrich Rückriem, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece

2011
Night & Day, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany

Ulrich Rückriem: Sockel - Passepartout, Kleiner Kosmos, Kunstverein Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany

2010
Zeichnungen, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Germany

Ulrich Rückriem, Galleria A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan, Italy

The Hedge Museum, Abadía Retuerta Le Domaine, Valladolid, Spain

2009
40 Bodenreliefs, 3. Variation 2009, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

40 Bodenreliefs, 3. Variation 2009, Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany

2008
Ulrich Rückriem, Galleri A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan, Italy
Sculpture, Casa Angela Bertolini, Vignate, Italy

2007
Zeichnungen, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Ikarus: 7 Punkte, 7 Linien, 5 Flächen, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2006
arte, Studio Invernizzi, Milan, Italy

The Shadow of the Stones, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United-Kingdom
Next door, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne, Germany

Galerie Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway

Galerie Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain

2005
Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany

2004
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, USA


2003
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - YSP, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United-Kingdom
Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, The Netherlands

2002
Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany

2001
Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy
Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany

2000
Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany

1999
Schloß Oberhausen, Kunst setzt Zeichen, Oberhausen, Germany

1998
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweeden
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Bury Art Gallery & Museum, Bury, United-Kingdom
Art Transpennine 98, Manchester, United-Kingdom

1997
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands*

Galerie Erhard Klein, Münster, Germany
Kulturzentrum Sinsteden, Rommerskirchen, Germany

Galerie Ace Contemproary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
Ace Gallery, New York, USA

1996
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1995
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany

Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Bonn, Germany
Galeria Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal

1994
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
Halle Rommerskirchen-Sinsteden, Germany

Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Kiel, Germany
Galerie Loehrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany

1993
Kirkstall Abbey, The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds, United-Kingdom
Fundació Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain
Halle Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany

1992
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France

Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem, Germany*
Kunsthalle Esplanade, Ingolstadt, Germany *
Bauhütte Zeche Zollverein (Documenta IX), Essen, Germany
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1991
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Wintherthur, Wintherthur, Switzerland*
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France

Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland*
Serpentine Gallery, London, United-Kingdom*

1990
Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, (with Alan Charlton), Frankfurt, Germany
The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Dean Clough, Halifax, United-Kingdom*
Halle Frankfurt, Daimlerstrasse, Frankfurt, Germany
Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Pozzuoli/Naples, Italy
Galerie Sven Heier, (with Blinky Palermo), Cologne, Germany
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1989
Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweeden

Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
Palacio de Cristal, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain*
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany

Edition Schellmann, Munich, Germany

Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

The Barn, Clonegal, Ireland

Galerie Durand-Dessert, with Alan Charlton, Paris, France

1988
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece

Galerie Emmerich Baumann, Zürich, Switzerland

Blau-Gelbe Galerie, Vienna, Austria*

Hofmann & Borman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
From stone to stone, Diepenheim, Holland*

Halle der Städelschule in der Daimlerstrasse, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Galerie Wilkens & Jacobs, Cologne, Germany

Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, USA

Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1987
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, USA*

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Halle von Ulrich Rückriem, Cologne, Germany*

Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany

1986
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany*
Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany*

1985
Galerie Wilkens und Jacobs, Cologne, Germany
Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany*

Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany*

Staatliche Kunstsammlung, neue galerie, Kassel, Germany

1984
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Städel, Frankfurt*, Germany
Skulpturen für Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany*
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan*

1983
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France*
Raum für Kunst, Hamburg, Germany

1982
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden

1981
Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA*
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Zürich, Switzerland

1980
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany

1979
Kunsthalle der Stadt, Bielefeld, Germany*

Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany*
Stichting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York, USA
Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France

1978
Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart, Germany
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany*
Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Biennale, Venice, Italy*

1977
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands*
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany*

1976
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United-Kingdom *

1975
Lisson Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
Galerie Preisig, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France
Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1974
Kunstverein, Frankfurt Kunstraum, Munich, Germany*

Galerie Preisig, Basel, Switzerland

Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

1973
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany

1972
Paula Cooper, New York, USA

1971
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Ernst, Hannover, Germany

Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mayfair Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Videogalerie Gerry Schum, Düsseldorf, Germany

1970
Steine und Eisen, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany*
Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany

1969
Galerie Ernst, Hannover Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

1968
Galerie Tobies & Silex, Cologne, Germany

1967
Galerie Ad Libitum, Antwerp, Belgium

1965
Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany*

1964
Domgalerie, Cologne, Germany

* exhibition catalogue

Ulrich Rückriem: Skulpturen 1968-1973, intro. G. Ulbricht (Cologne, 1973)
Ulrich Rückriem: Skulpturen 1968-1976 (exh. cat., text R. Fuchs; Eindhoven, Stedel. Van Abbemus., 1977)
Ulrich Rückriem: Venezia (exh. cat., text R. Fuchs and K. Gallwitz; Venice Biennale, 1978)
Ulrich Rückriem: New Works (exh. cat. by M. Goldwater, foreword D. Ryan; Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth A. Mus., 1981)
Ulrich Rückriem: Sculptures (exh. cat., Paris, Pompidou, 1983)
Ulrich Rückriem: Skulpturen-Zeichnungen (exh. cat., Münster, Westfäl. Landesmus., 1985)
Ulrich Rückriem: Multiples und Druckgrafik, 1969-1985 (exh. cat., Freiburg im Breisgau, Kstver., 1986)
Ulrich Rückriem, Texte by H. Kersting, (Mönchengladbach, 1987) [col. of ess. on Rückriem from 1964 to 1987]
Der Stein drängt nach draussen, F. Meschede, (diss., Münster, Westfäl. Wilhelms-U., 1987)
Ulrich Rückreim, J. Hohlmeier, (Munich, 1988) [incl. comprehensive bibliog.]