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 Diploma in Fine Art, Witwatersrand Technikon
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Hayward Gallery, London, England (September)
White Cube, London, England (September)
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
2007
Walk Off, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY *Performance
The Score, Artists Space, New York, NY *Performance
The Animators, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2000
Fresh, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa *Performance
Living in Public, Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa *Performance
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Walls in the Street, Siemens Art Program, Beograd, Serbia
Street Art, Street Life, Bronx Museum Bronx, New York, NY
Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC
New Orleans Biennale curated by Dan Cameron, New Orleans, LA
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 (May 18-July 19, 2008); Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC (March 29-July 20, 2007; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, September 30, 2007-January 6, 2008)
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
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
All About Laughter: The Role of Humour in Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Cape Town Biennial, Cape Town, South Africa
Art Prize Böttcherstraße exhibition, Kunstalle Bremen, Germany
Venice-Istanbul: Selections from the 51st International Venice Biennale, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
Out of Time: A Contemporary View, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Street: Behind the Cliché, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Venice – Istanbul, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Version Animée: Animation in Contemporary Art. Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Ars viva 05/06 – Identität/Identity, KW Institute for Contemporary Arts, Berlin, Germany
Human Games: Winners and Losers, Stazione Leopolda, Italy
Contemporary Masterworks: St. Louis Collects, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Collection in Context: Gesture, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Dak' Art Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar, Senegal
Personal Affects: Power & Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Biennale Cuvee, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria.
2005
ars viva 05/06 Identität/Identity, Kunthalle Rostock, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany
Hidden Rhythms, Museum Het Valkhof & Nijmegen, Netherlands
New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Art Circus, Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan *Performance
Sounds like Drawing, The Drawing Room, London, UK *Performance
Sculpture in a Non-Objective Way (S.N.O.W.), Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
The Experience of Art, Italian Pavilion, 51st International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Scenes, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas, Gran Canaria *Performance
Attention a la marche (histories de getes), La Galerie, The Art Center of Noisy-Le-Sec, Paris, France
I Still Believe in Miracles/ Drawing Space (part 1) Musée ďArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ ARC, Paris, France *Performance
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
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 *Performance
Dedicated to a Proposition, Extra City - Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Adaptive Behavior, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY *Performance
Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Museum for African Art, Long Island City, New York, NY and The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MINE(D)FIELDS, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland; Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, Switzerland
How Latitudes Become Forms, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; (touring) Museum of Modern Art, Monterrey, Mexico; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Art, Turin, Italy; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; Museo Tamayo Arte Comtemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Tremor - South African Contemporary Art, Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Things you Don't Know 2, Home Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia
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
Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
Intersection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Survivre a'l'apartheid: Images of Identity, Musée de la Photographie,
Playtime: Video Art and Identity in South Africa, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dislocation, Image and Identity in South Africa, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
2001
Shelf Life, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
FNB Vita Art Prize, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Juncture, Studio Voltaire, London; The Granary, Cape Town, South Africa
Switch On/Off, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Pulse, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Tour Guides of the Inner City, Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
Light Sculptures, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
1999
Babel Tower: Ericsson and MTN Art Institute, 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
Channel: South African Video Art, Association for Video Art (AVA), Cape Town, South Africa
CATALOGUES
(G) Group Catalogue, (S) Solo Catalogue
2009
Fast Forward 2: Catalogue Raisonne of works in the Goetz Collection. (G)
2008
Stray Alchemists. Edited by Kate Fowle. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (G)
2007
Walk Off. Edited by Stephanie Rosenthal. Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2007. (S)
All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art*. Edited by M. Kataoka. Exh. cat. Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, 2007. (G)
Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2007*. Edited by M. Sauer. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Bremen, 2007. (G)
Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawing*. Edited by Z. de Weck Ardalan. Exh. cat. Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art. London, 2007. (G)
Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova, and Robin Rhode*. Edited by T. Schoonmaker. Exh. cat. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Durham / North Carolina, 2007. (G)
2006
Animated Drawing*. Edited by J. Winter. Exh. cat. mima:offsite, Middlesbrough Institute for Modern Art. Middlesbrough, 2006. (G)
Ashida, Mónica. *Casa Del Lago Juan José Arreola: Memoria de Exposiciones '06*. Mexico City, 2007.
Biennale Cuvée: World Selection of Contemporary Art*. Edited by I. Fischer-Schreiber. Exh. cat. O.K. Center for Contemporary Art. Linz, 2006. (G)
Contemporary Masterworks: Saint Louis Collects*. Edited by P. Ha. Exh. cat. Saint Louis Art Museum. St. Louis, 2006. (G)
Das Schicksal des Paradieses liegt in seiner Geometrie*. Edited by P. Walz. Exh. cat. Kunstverein KISS Temporäres Museum, Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen e.V., Abtsgmünd-Untergröningen Geislingen/Steige, 2006). (G)
Dirty Yoga: 2006 Taipei Biennial*. Edited by S. Yu and F. Chou. Exh. cat. Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Taipei, 2006. (G)
Inéditos 2006*. Edited by Obra Social Caja Madrid. Exh. cat. La Casa Encendida. Madrid, 2006. (G)
Human Game: Winners and Losers*. Edited by F. Bonami, M. L. Frisa and S. Tonchi. Exh. cat. Fondazione Pitti Discovery. Florence, 2006. (G)
Street: Behind the Cliché*. Edited by N. Schafhausen. Exh. cat. Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. Rotterdam, 2006. (G)
Robin Rhode*. Edited by T. Okamura. Exh. cat. Shiseido Gallery. Tokyo, 2006. (S)
Robin Rhode: The Storyteller, une légende d'automne*. Edited by G. Ménou. Exh. cat. Le Collège / Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, published in the series: Editions Analogues, Semaine 08.06, No. 84 (Arles, 2006). (S)
Venice-Istanbul: A Selection from the 51st International Venice Biennale*. Edited by C. Ileri. Exh. cat. Istanbul Modern. Istanbul, 2006. (G)
2005
ars viva 05/06 –Identität / Identity*. Edited by Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Rostock, Extra City – Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (Frankfurt am Main, 2005). (G)
Attention à la marche (histories de gestes)*. Edited by J. Pellegrin. Exh. cat. La Galerie, Centre d'art contemporain. Noisy-le-Sec, 2005. (G)
Demos, JT. *Vitamin Ph*. Phaidon Press. New York, 2005.
Hidden Rhythms*. Edited by H. De Brujin. Exh. cat. Museum Het Valkhof & Paraplufabriek. Nijmegen, 2005. (G)
Hoffmann, Jens, and Joan Jonas. *Art Works: Aktion*. Hildesheim, 2005.
S.N.O.W.: Sculpture in Non-Objective Way*. Exh. cat. Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea. Torino, 2005. (G)
Tres escenarios*. Edited by E. Dyangani. Exh. cat. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Gran Canaria, 2005.
2004
Adaptive Behavior*. Edited by Y. Kamiya. Exh. cat. New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, 2004.
Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary African Art*, vol. 1. Edited by S. Perryer. Exh. cat. Museum for African Art, Long Island City / New York, 2004. (G)
Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary African Art*, vol. 2. Edited by S. Perryer. Exh. cat. Museum for African Art. Long Island City / New York, 2004. (G)
Tremor, Contemporary South African Art*, Edited by E. Bedford. Exh. cat. Palais des Beaux Arts, Charleroi (Brussels, 2004). (G)
2003
How Latitudes Become Forms*. Edited by P. Vergne. Exh. cat. Walker Art Center. Minneapolis / Minnessota, 2003. (G)
Things You Don't Know*. Edited by K. Cisar. Exh. cat. K & S Gallery, Berlin, 2003. (G)
2001
Fresh. Robin Rhode*. Edited by Emma Bedford. Exh. cat. South African National Gallery. Cape Town, 2001. (S)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
General Mills Art Collection, Minneapolis MN
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Collection Martin Z. Margulies, Miami, FL
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Studio Museum, New York, NY
Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BHP Billiton, Melbourne, Australia
Collection Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
The Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Miami, FL
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
The Taschen Collection, Cologne, Germany
Honart Museum, Tehran, Iran
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
Gordon Schachat Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2007
Winner, Illy Prize, Art Brussels, May 2007, 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
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
2001
Karl Hofer Gesellschaft (HDK) Berlin, Germany
Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
2000
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa