ROBIN RHODE
Born 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2000 South African School of Film, Television and Dramatic Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa
1998 National Diploma in Fine Art, Witwatersrand Technikon
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(P) Performance
2010
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles , CA
2009
Robin Rhode, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Robin Rhode: Catch Air, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2008
Who Saw Who, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Through the Gate, White Cube, London, UK
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
2007
Walk Off, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Robin Rhode, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Robin Rhode, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
The Storyteller, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France
The Storyteller, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Empieza el Juego, Zaragoza, Madrid, Spain
2005
Street Smart, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
2004
Robin Rhode, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY (P)
The Score, Artists Space, New York, NY (P)
The Animators, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2000
Fresh, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (P)
Living in Public, Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg,
South Africa (P)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Darkroom: photography and new media in South Africa since 1950,
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA;
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Choreographing You: Fifty years of Art and Dance,
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Choreographing You: Fifty years of Art and Dance, The Hayward Gallery,
London, UK
2009
Chambres à part III, Curated by Laurence Dreyfus, La Réserve, Paris, France
Intimate Geographies, Curated by Daniele Tilkin,
Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
The Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection, Part I,
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Silent Writings, Espace Cultural Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Animated Painting, Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. Feb 6-April 19; and, El Cubo at Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico. June - October.
2008
VideoStudio Series: Psychogeography, The Studio Museum in Harlem,
New York, NY
Prospect.1 New Orleans, The New Orleans Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, New Orleans, LA
Street Art, Street Life, Bronx Museum Bronx, New York, NY
Walls in the Street, Siemens Art Program, Belgrade, Serbia
Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC
Art Focus International Contemporary Arts Biennale, curated by Bernard Blistène and Ami Barak, Jerlem, Israel
The Morning After: Videoworks from the Goetz Collection, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Geopoliticas de la Animación, MARCO Vigo, Spain
Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art Since 1945, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Stray Alchemists: Robin Rhode, Sterling Ruby, Matt Bryans, Amy Granat and Takeshi Murata, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova, and Robin Rhode, (touring) Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA;
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC;
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
For The Love of the Game, Wadsworth, Hartford, CT
Robin Rhode, Solo Presentation, Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
C'est pas du Jeu!, Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, France
e-flux: VIDEO RENTAL, (touring) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Centre culturel suisse, Paris, France;
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge MA;
Arthouse Texas, Austin, TX, ; Mucsarnok – Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary; KW Berlin, Germany
Animated Painting, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
International Contemporary Art, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL; Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraßa in Bremen 2007, Art Prize, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Cape 07, Cape Town Biennial, Cape Town, South Africa
Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK
All About Laughter: The Role of Humour in Contemporary Art,
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Dirty Yoga: 2006 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum,
Taipei, Taiwan
Venice – Istanbul: Selections from the 51st International Venice Biennale, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Version Animée: Animation in Contemporary Art. Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Street: Behind the Cliché, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Out of Time: A Contemporary View, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, NY
ars viva 05/06 – Identität/Identity, KW Institute for Contemporary Arts, Berlin, Germany
Echigo Tsumari Trienniale 2006, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan
Human Game: Winners and Losers, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy
Empieza el Juego, La Casa Encindida, Madrid, Spain
The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, BICA, Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Dak'Art, Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar, Senegal
Collection in Context: Gesture, The Studio Museum in Harlem,
New York, NY
Contemporary Masterworks: St. Louis Collects, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
mima Offsite: Animated Drawing, Middlesbrough Institute for Contemporary Art, Middlesbrough, UK
Personal Affects: Power & Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Contemporary Museum Honolulu, HI
biennale cuvée: World Selection of Contemporary Art, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
2005
Hidden Rhythms, Museum Het Valkhof & Nijmegen, Netherlands
New Photography '05, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Sounds like Drawing, The Drawing Room, London, UK (P)
Sculpture in a Non-Objective Way (S.N.O.W.), Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporaneo, Torre Pelice, Italy
ars viva 05/06 Identität/Identity, Kunthalle Rostock, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany
Art Circus, Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama Museum of Art,
Yokohama, Japan (P)
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video, Miami Art Central,
Miami, FL
The Experience of Art, Italian Pavilion, 51st International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
I Still Believe in Miracles/Drawing Space (part 1) Musée ďArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ ARC, Paris, France (P)
Attention a la marche (histories de getes), La Galerie, The Art Center of Noisy-Le-Sec, Paris, France
Tres Escenarios, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain (P)
How Latitudes Become Forms, Museum of Modern Art,
Monterrey Mexico
Upon Further Review; Looking at Sports in Contemporary Art, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY
2004
Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico (P)
Dedicated to a Proposition, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art,
Antwerp, Belgium
How Latitudes Become Forms, (touring) Museo Tamayo Arte Comtemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Contemporary Art Museum,
Houston, TX
Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Museum for African Art, Long Island City, NY and The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Adaptive Behavior, New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York, NY, (P)
MINE(D)FIELDS, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland and Stadtgalerie Bern, Switzerland
Tremor. Contemporary South African Art, Palais des Beaux Arts,
Charleroi, Belgium
Things you Don't Know 2, Home Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Schizorama, National Centre for Contemporary Art (NCAA), Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
BUSTED: New Works by Felipe Dulzaides and Robin Rhode, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003
Making Space, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center,
Istanbul, Turkey
How Latitudes Become Forms, (touring) Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per L'Art, Turin, Italy; Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Things You Don't Know 2, Gallery K & S, Berlin, Germany
Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA,
Intersection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Survivre á l'apartheid: De Drum Magazine á Aujourd'hui, Musée Maison Europénne de la Photographie and Le Studio – Yvon Lambert,
Paris, France
Playtime: Video Art and Identity in South Africa, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dislocation, Image and Identity in South Africa, Sala Rekalde,
Bilbao, Spain
Shelf Life, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
2001
Shelf Life, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
FNB Vita Art Prize, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Tour Guides of the Inner City, Market Theatre Galleries,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Switch On/Off, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival,
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Light Sculptures, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival,
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Juncture, The Granary, Cape Town, South Africa; Studio Voltaire,
London, UK
2000
Pulse: Open Circuit, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
1999
Babel Tower – 70 South African Artists, Johannesburg Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Softserve, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Visions of the Future: The World's Largest Canvas, Civic Gallery to Sydney Olympic Games, Johannesburg, South Africa
Personal Concerns, Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Truth Veils: The Inner City, Market Theatre Galleries,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Channel: South African Video Art, Association for Video Art (AVA),
Cape Town, South Africa
Unplugged IV, Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
1998
Human Rights Day Exhibition, Hillbrow Fort, Johannesburg, South Africa
Technikon Witwaterstrand Final Year Exhibition,
Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
(S) Solo Exhibitions (G) Group Exhibitions
2010
Grantham, Tosha.
Darkroom: photography and new media in South Africa since 1950.
exh. cat. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Visual Arts Center, Richmond;
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. (G)
Fast Forward 2: Catalogue Raisonné of works in the Goetz
Collection. Munich. (G)
2009
Manchanda, Catharina ed. Catch Air. exh. cat. The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH. (S)
2008
Andelkovic, Branislava, Marko Lulic, Thomas Trummer. Eds. Zidovi na ulici/Walls in the Street.
Berlin, Germany: Revolver Publishing by Vice Versa, 2008.
Rosenthal, Stephanie, ed. Who Saw Who. exh. cat. Texts by Stephanie Rosenthal, Ralph Rugoff, James Sey, and Michele Robecchi. Hayward Gallery, London: Hayward Publishing. (S)
Fowle, K. ed. Stray Alchemists. exh. cat. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing. (G)
Yee, Linda, ed. Street Art, Street Life. exh cat. Aperture/Bronx
Museum of the Arts, New York. (G)
2007
De Weck Ardalan, Z. ed. Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawing. exh. cat. Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art. London. (G)
Kataoka, M. ed. All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art. exh. cat. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. (G)
Rosenthal, Stephanie, ed. Walk Off. exh. cat. Haus der Kunst, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. (S)
Sauer, M. ed. Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2007. exh. cat. Kunsthalle, Bremen. (G)
Schoonmaker, T. ed. Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova, and Robin Rhode. exh. cat. Nasher Museum of Art at
Duke University, Durham. (G)
2006
Ashida, M. Casa Del Lago Juan José Arreola: Memoria de
Exposiciones '06, Mexico City. (G)
Bonami, F., M. L. Frisa and S. Tonchi, eds. Human Game: Winners and Losers. exh. cat. Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Florence. (G)
Fischer-Schreiber, I. ed. Biennale Cuvée: World Selection of Contemporary Art. exh. cat. O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz. (G)
Ha, P. ed. Contemporary Masterworks: Saint Louis Collects. exh. cat. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. (G)
Ileri, C. ed. Venice-Istanbul: A Selection from the 51st International Venice Biennale. exh. cat. Istanbul Modern, Istanbul. (G)
Inéditos 2006. exh. cat. La Casa Encendida, Madrid.
Madrid: Obra Social Caja. (G)
Ménou, G. ed. Robin Rhode: The Storyteller, une légende d'automne. exh. cat. Le Collège / Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims. Arles: Editions Analogues, Semaine 08.06, No. 84. (S)
Okamura, T. ed. Robin Rhode. exh. cat. Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo. (S)
Schafhausen, N. ed. Street: Behind the Cliché. exh. cat. Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. (G)
Walz. P. ed. Das Schicksal des Paradieses liegt in seiner Geometrie. exh. cat. Kunstverein KISS Temporäres Museum, Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen e.V., Abtsgmünd-Untergröningen. (G)
Winter, J. ed. Animated Drawing. exh. cat. mima:offsite, Middlesbrough Institute for Modern Art, Middlesbrough. (G)
Yu, S. and F. Chou, eds. Dirty Yoga: 2006 Taipei Biennale. exh. cat. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei. (G)
2005
ars viva 05/06 –Identität / Identity. exh. cat. Kunsthalle Rostock, Extra City – Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Frankfurt am Main: Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V. (G)
De Brujin, H. ed. Hidden Rhythms. exh. cat. Museum Het Valkhof & Paraplufabriek. Nijmegen. (G)
Demos, JT. Vitamin Ph. New York: Phaidon Press.
Dyangani, E. ed. Tres escenarios. exh. cat. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria.
Hoffmann, Jens, and Joan Jonas. Art Works: Aktion. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg Gebrueder Ver.
Pellegrin, J. ed. Attention à la marche (histories de gestes). exh. cat. La Galerie, Centre d'art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec. (G)
S.N.O.W.: Sculpture in Non-Objective Way. exh. cat. Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice. (G)
2004
Bedford, E. ed. Tremor. Contemporary South African Art. exh. cat. Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi, Brussels. (G)
Kamiya, Y. ed. Adaptive Behavior. exh. cat. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
Perryer, S. ed. Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary African Art, 2 vols. exh. cat. Museum for African Art, Long Island City, New York. (G)
2003
Cisar, K. ed. Things You Don't Know. exh. cat. K & S Gallery, Berlin. (G)
Vergne, P. ed. How Latitudes Become Forms. exh. cat. Walker Art Center. Minneapolis. (G)
2001
Bedford, E. ed. Fresh. Robin Rhode. exh. cat. South African National Gallery, Cape Town. (S)
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2007
Winner, Illy Prize, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Winner, W South Beach Commission, Art Positions at
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2005
ars viva 05/06 Identität/Identity, Award, Berlin, Germany
2003
Artist-in-Residence, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Artist-in-Residence, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Boston, MA
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft (HDK) Berlin, Germany
Artist-in-Residence, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
2000
Artist-in-Residence, South African National Gallery,
Cape Town, South Africa
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
BHP Billiton South African Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
Collection Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Collection Martin Z. Margulies, Miami, FL
Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Ebrahim Melamed, Honart Museum Collection, Tehran
General Mills Art Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
gordonschachatcollection, Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lauren and Benedikt Taschen Collection
Marieluise Hessel Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies,
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
MTV Networks, New York, NY
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA
The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Sender Collection, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN