biography
2000–2004 Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Berlin (GER)
2002–2004 tutor, Freie Klasse, Academy of Fine Arts Berlin (GER)
2002–2004 Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin (GER)
2002–2005 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn (GER)
2005 Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Berlin (GER)
2006–2008 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship, Bonn / Berlin (GER)
2007 residency program, The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem (ISR)
2008–2009 studio program and scholarship New York City, Berlin Senate for Science and Culture, Triangle Arts Association, New York City (USA)
2010 residency program, Goethe-Institut, St. Petersburg (RUS)
2011 residency program, PV Art Artist Residency by Duncan and Le Baron, Puerto Vallarta (MEX)
2013–2016 teacher, Sculpture Department, Berlin-Weissensee School of Art, Berlin (GER)
2014 studio program, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo, Casa Baldi, Rome (ITA)
graphic award winner, Claus Hüppe-Stiftung, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg (GER)
2016 studio program, Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems (GER)
2023 Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York City (USA)
solo exhibitions (selection)
2003 Ralf Ziervogel, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (GER)
2004 Morlok, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (GER)
2005 Fate Of The Individual, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck (AUT) – solo catalog
Endeneu – The Federal Subconsciousness, Statement Art Basel, Basel (CHE)
2006 Dis (res publica), AS Temporary, New York City (USA)
mamaterial, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne (GER) – solo catalog
2007 Focus: Ralf Ziervogel, The Modern, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (USA)
Every Adidas Got Its Story, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (ISR)
Endeneu/Proto, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AUT)
Equilibrium, Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich (GER)
Times Rias, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck (AUT)
Paragin, AS Temporary, New York City (USA)
2008 Equilibrist, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (GER)
Gruß aus Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Kunstverein Heilbronn (GER) – solo catalog
One Song Bar, Deutsche Guggenheim and Pan Am Lounge, Berlin (GER)
Immenhof, Kunstverein Ulm (GER)
razivo, AS Contemporary, New York City (USA)
Life Is But Great, The Watermill Center, New York City (USA)
2009 mawhistla, The Byrd Hoffmann Foundation, New York City (USA)
Every Adidas Got Its Story – Showcase, Walther König Buchhandlung, Berlin (GER)
Young German Art, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin (GER)
Godscop, Sammlung Südhausbau and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (GER) – solo catalog
abc art berlin contemporary – Ecce, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (GER) – group catalog
Yang Americans, Triangle Arts Association, New York (USA)
2010 Black Pam Pan XX (Loose Fit), railroad station, Aschersleben (GER)
Ralf Ziervogel, Charim Galerie, Vienna (AUT)
In Decay, Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai (UAE) – solo catalog
2011 Drawings for her pleasure, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (GER)
RTL – intensif station, K21 Ständehaus Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (GER)
2012 Kauft nicht bei CFA, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (GER)
2013 Y, Galeria Kewenig, Oratorio de Sant Feliu, Palma (ESP)
2014 Ralf Ziervogel – graphic award, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg (GER) – solo catalog
Verhaltet Euch Ruhig, Muffatwerk, Munich (GER)
2015 Matt, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna (AUT)
2016 Ganz Unten, Eigen und Art Lab, Berlin (GER)
Caput, Galerie Max Weber Six Friedrich, Munich (GER)
2017 RalfAchimMutanten, Kunsthalle Göppingen (GER) – solo catalog
2018–2019 As If, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg (GER) – solo catalog
ZeichenSchrank, Kanya & Kage, Berlin (GER)
Schluss, Schaufenster Berlin (GER)
2023 Younger Than Jesus, Stiftung St. Matthäus – Kulturforum Berlin (GER)
Wir sollen wie Hunde sein, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (GER)
2025 Air of America, Typo, New York City (USA)
group exhibitions (selection)
2001 eyes look into the well, Brandenburger Kunstverein, Potsdam (GER)
2003 Videoprogramm, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (GER)
2004 Pro, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DEN) – group catalog
Happy Days Are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York City (USA)
Made in Berlin, Artforum Berlin (GER) – group catalog
2005 Chalet, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (FIN)
La nouvelle peinture allemande, Carré d´Art, Musée d`Art Contemporain de Nimes (FRA) – group catalog
2006 Steiler Konter, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz (AUT)
Franz West sin Franz West, CAAM, Las Palmas (ESP) – group catalog
Im Dunkeln erlebt man auf neuem einen kostbaren Schrecken, Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich (GER)
Tanz den Mussolini, Bar Babette, Berlin (GER)
2007 Made in Germany I, Sprengel Museum, Kunstverein and Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover (GER) – group catalog
The Hamsterwheel – Universe, 52nd Biennale di Venezia, Venice (ITA) – group catalog
Zeichen und Zeichnung, Charim Galerie, Vienna (AUT)
2008 Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens (GRE) – group catalog
Dream and Trauma, mumok and Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AUT) – group catalog
Northern Lights, Kunstverein Hannover (GER) – group catalog
Paul Thek, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg (GER)
Drawing Now and Then, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Zurich (CHE)
Telefsen, Voigt, Ziervogel, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (GER) – group catalog
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Grant, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (GER) – solo catalog
2009 Compass in Hand, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (USA) – group catalog
Go for it!, Weserburg I Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen (GER) – group catalog
Linie, Line, Linea, Kunstmuseum Bonn (GER) – group catalog
2010 Zwischen Film und Kunst, (with Martin Scorsese), Kunsthalle Emden and Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin (GER) – group catalog
ifa-Zeichnungsausstellung, start of world tour exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bonn (GER) – group catalog
Tous cannibales, La maison rouge, Paris (FRA)
Changing the World, Galerie Arndt, Berlin (GER)
Berlin zeichnet, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (GER) – group catalog
Between Nothingness and Eternity, Regina Gallery, London (GBR) – group catalog
Zeigen, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (GER) – group catalog
2011 Eyes wide shut, Vogt Gallery, New York City (USA)
The Flowers of Evil, Munich Modern, Munich (GER)
Je mehr ich zeichne, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen (GER)
2012 Common Ground, 13th Biennale di Venezia Architectura, Venice (ITA) – group catalog
Lynch by Inch, (with David Lynch), Roter Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin (GER)
Silent Revolution, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (EST)
Berlin Status I, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (GER) – group catalog
Migration Melbourne, Arndt Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AUS)
2013 The System of Objects, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens (GRE) – group catalog
Accrochage, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (GER)
2014 Das mechanische Corps, U Dortmund, HMKV, Dortmund (GER) – group catalog
The Language Of Human Consciousness, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (SAU)
2015 Ametria, Benaki Museum, Athens (GRE) – group catalog
Walk the line, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (GER) – group catalog
Ngorongoro, Artists Weekend at Gallery Weekend, Berlin (GER) – group catalog
Kinderzeichnungen, Buchheim-Museum, Bernried (GER) – group catalog
2016 Open, Galerie Eigen und Art, Berlin (GER)
Paula Modersohn-Becker Kunstpreis, Große Kunstschau Worpswede (GER)
New Adventures in Vexillology 2, Kunstverein Amrum (GER)
In Correspondence With The Drawing, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin (GER)
2017 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (GBR)
Dr. Pi und die Suche nach der Quadratur des Kreises, Bernhard Knaus Gallery, Frankfurt am Main (GER)
Was sich abzeichnet, Arp Museum Rolandseck, Remagen (GER) – group catalog
200 Jahre, Kunstverein in Hamburg (GER) – group catalog
2018 Neue schwarze Romantik, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (AUT) – group catalog
Artists against AIDS, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (GER) – group catalog
Black Is The New Black, Gussglashalle, Berlin (GER)
2019 In bester Gesellschaft, Kupferstichkabinett – Kulturforum Berlin (GER) – group catalog
Active Texture, XC. HuA Gallery, Berlin (GER)
2020 ifa-Zeichnungsausstellung, end of world tour exhibition, Milli Reasürans Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul (TUR) – group catalog
2021 absent wolves, Zeche Zollverein, Essen (GER) and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (GER)
ready ready made, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg (GER) – group catalog
Tomi Ungerer, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg (GER)
2022 Drawing Wow 3, Minuseins, Vienna (AUT)
no connection, (with Else Gabriel), Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin (GER)
documenta fifteen, (co-curated by Elysa Bardemasola), Fridericianum, ruruHaus, documenta-Halle, Kassel (GER) – group catalog
2023 World Framed, collection Schering Stiftung at Kupferstichkabinett – Kulturforum Berlin (GER) – group catalog
Six Friedrich 60 Jahre Galerie, Galerie Max Weber Six Friedrich, Munich (GER)
2024 Nach Hitler. Die deutsche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Nationalsozialismus, Haus der Geschichte, Bonn (GER)
Works on Skin, Galerie Max Weber Six Friedrich, Munich (GER)
solo articles (selection)
2006 Morlok, Review, page 139, text by Emma Pearse, January 2006, Artnews (USA)
Drawing on Fear, pages 15-21, text by Annika von Taube, April 2006, Sleek (GER)
Verletzliche Bestien, page 28, text by Judith Burowski, Friday issue, June 2006, Financial Times Deutschland (GER)
2007 Mamaterial, pages 307-308, Reviews, text by Noemi Smolik, February 2007, Artforum International (USA)
Modern Kunst, page 26, text by Danna Berger, February 1, 2007, Dallas Observer (USA)
Finding Ecstasy in horror, page 18, Art Review, text by Charles Dee Mitchell, February 3, 2007, The Dallas Morning News (USA)
An awfully beautiful exhibition, page 32, Review, text by Gaile Robinson, February 4, 2007, Star Telegramm (USA)
Der Minihorror, page 14, text by Boris Pofalla, February/March 2007, Qvest (GER)
Vereiste Explosionen, pages 10-11, interviewed by Anne Hahn, March 2007, Grrrh Magazin (GER)
2008 Gruseliges Universum, Feuilleton, page 24, text by Birgit Sonna, January 4, 2008, Süddeutsche Zeitung (GER)
Auf den Abstand kommt es an, Kultur, page 28, text by Dominikus Müller, January 29, 2008, taz (GER)
Offen wie die Sehnsucht, Feuilleton, page 22, text by Eva Karcher, February 8, 2008, Süddeutsche Zeitung (GER)
Wütende Gedanken, page 34, text by Ingeborg Wiensowski, February 2008, KulturSpiegel (GER)
Splatterfasernackt, page 27, Feuilleton, text by Peter Richter, March 2, 2008, FAS – Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (GER)
Koitus und Kubus, pages 22-33, text by Kito Nedo, March 2008, art – Das Kunstmagazin (GER)
Hard-boiled Wunderkind, pages 72-85, text by Daniel Völzke, issue #6, 2008, monopol (GER)
Riesen-Würfel landet in Tempelhof, page 4, text by Hildburg Bruns, May 28, 2008, BILD (GER)
Von wegen heile Welt, Kultur, page 17, text by Otfried Käppeler, September 8, 2008, Südwest Presse (GER)
Ornamentik aus entfesselter Gewalt, page 56, text by Birgit Sonna, September 2008, art – Das Kunstmagazin (GER)
In the end, everything comes back to the body, Feature, text by Daniel Völzke, issue #52, December 2008, Deutsche Bank Art Mag (GER)
This Charming Man, Post-America, pages 96-111, text by Peter Richter, issue #16, Winter 2008/2009, 032c (GER)
2009 Ralf Ziervogel, complete issue, 2009, Dynasty Zine (GRE)
2010 Ralf Ziervogel, pages 14-17, text by Peter Rehberg, March 2010, M magazine (GER)
In Decay, page 42, text by Rebecca Anne Proctor, September 29, 2010, Haute Living (UAE)
Picture this: Icing Sugar, Art, page 24, text by Timor Moon, October 14, 2010, The National (UAE)
Danse Macabre in Black and White, pages 33-37, text by Sulaf Zakharia, October 2010, La Agenda (UAE)
2012 Riskantes Ornament, People and Culture, page 87, text by Bernd Skupin, January 2012, Vogue (GER)
Künstlerführer Berlin, text by Janina Henkes, Summer 2012, ARTBerlin (GER)
Studio Visit, text by Nicole Rodriguez, Summer 2012, Berlin Art Link (GER)
2013 Atelierbesuch, pages 66-75, text by Sarah Mohnhaupt, Spring 2013, Artmapp (GER)
2018 Hamburger Deichtorhallen zeigen Werke von Ralf Ziervogel, text by dpa, September 28, 2018, Welt (GER)
Der Grobian mit der feinen Feder, Stories, text by Nicole Büsig and Heiko Klaas, November 2018, DARE (GER)
Knochensplitter über vier Etagen, Kultur, page 24, text by Falk Schreiber, November 20, 2018, taz (GER)
2020 Portrait, Mehr Berlin, page 10, text by cmx, September 12, 2020, Tagesspiegel (GER)
2023 Jünger als Jesus, Berlin, page 14, text by Ingeborg Ruthe, February 28, 2023, Berliner Zeitung (GER)
Der Weg ist versperrt, Kultur, page 22, text by Brigitte Werneburg, May 10, 2023, taz (GER)
Wir sollen wie Hunde sein, Kultur, page 18, text by Michaela Nolte, May 11, 2023, Tagesspiegel (GER)
Stacheln im Draht, Feuilleton, page 10, text by Matthias Reichelt, May 17/18, 2023, Junge Welt (GER)
solo catalogs (selection)
2006 Immobilie, Snoeck, Cologne (GER)
2007 Young German Art, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Snoeck, Cologne (GER)
2011 Kunstwerkstatt Ralf Ziervogel, Prestel, Munich, London, New York (GER)
2014 Ralf Ziervogel – graphic award, Claus Hüppe-Stiftung, Oldenburg, Kerber Verlag, Berlin (GER)
2015 Eskimolied, Verlag Kettler, Dortmund (GER)
2017 RalfAchimMutanten, Verlag Kunsthalle Göppingen (GER)
2019 As If, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg, Snoeck, Cologne (GER)
public collections (selection)
2005 Museum of Modern Art, New York City (USA)
2008 The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (USA)
2009 ifa, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart (GER)
2012 Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (EST)
2014 Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo, Rome (ITA)
2015 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (GER)
2016 Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems (GER)
2017 Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (GER)
2018 Deichtorhallen Hamburg (GER)
2019 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (GER)
2020 Sprengel Museum Hannover (GER)
2022 Kunsthalle Göppingen (GER)
2023 St. Matthäus-Kirche im Kulturforum Berlin (GER)
2024 Albertina Museum Wien, Vienna (AUT)
2025 Stiftung Haus der Geschichte, Bonn (GER)