CV
1975 | born in Dresden |
1994–2000 | studies in Dresden and Hamburg |
2003–2005 | class Arno Rink, HGB Leipzig and Hanns Schimansky, KHB Weißensee |
Lives and works in Berlin |
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2018 | Strom, TIL, Berlin |
Ausflug, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
Besuch, Atelier Josepha, Ahrenshoop | |
2017 | Toast Hawaii, NeonGold Projects, Berlin |
2016 | Goethe Institut, Bogotá |
Mukran, Level_41 - Altstadt Vienna, Wien | |
2015 | Stilles Wasser, Katharina Maria Raab Galerie, Berlin |
2014 | Zeitlupe, Kunstraum Bernusstraße, Frankfurt a.M. |
Color, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
2013 | Color, Mohrenstraße 11, Berlin |
berlin pictures, German House, New York | |
2012 | Minimal, Studio Bosco Sodi, New York |
2011 | Narkose, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin |
Lucky Cat, Sprungturm, Köln | |
Kompressor, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
2010 | 2x2, gallery vriend van bavinck, Amsterdam |
Electric studio, roelruehlestudios, Berlin | |
Neue Räume, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin | |
2009 | Filter, 2x2projects, Amsterdam |
Am reinen Tisch, Galerie Börgmann, Krefeld | |
2008 | Blue Velvet, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin |
Schmelz, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
2007 | Butterfly Caught, Galerie Kasten, Mannheim |
2006 | Stereochrom, Galerie Denninger, Berlin |
Stereo, blitzgalerie, Dresden | |
2005 | Strom, Backfabrik, Berlin |
2003 | Spezials, galerie oran, Dresden |
2002 | Nackte Tatsachen, galerie oran, Dresden |
Torsten Ruehle, zoe, Firenze | |
2001 | Zucker, galerie oran, Dresden |
Group exhibition (selection)
[Translate to English:] 2018 | Nachts allein im Atelier #5, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg |
Offene Gesellschaft, TIL, Berlin | |
2016 | Liaison, Uferhallen, Berlin |
2015 | Drucke, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald |
Sinfonia Tropico, Bogotá | |
Circus Circus, Circus 1 und 11 , Putbus | |
BOS, Jefferson 382, New York | |
art affairs, Villa Philipsborn Dahlem , Berlin | |
Topf und Deckel, Kunstmuseum Villa Zander, Bergisch Gladbach | |
2014 | Superposition, Goethe Institut, San Francisco |
Superposition, Goethe Institut, Los Angeles | |
Kunst und Gesundheit, Französische Botschaft, Berlin | |
2013 | L’Art et la Sante, 54 La Boétie, Paris |
20 Jahre, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
2012 | Superposition, Mohrenstraße 11, Berlin |
Ius Primae Noctis, Galerie Börgmann, Mönchengladbach | |
Schwarz auf Weiß, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
beauty of the ugly truth, 2x2projects, Amsterdam | |
Feuver, Potsdamer Straße 53-54, Berlin | |
Weekend, Hilgemann Projects, Berlin | |
2011 | Leistungsschau, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin |
Berlin-Zürich, Schiffbau 5, Zürich | |
Westendsommer, Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald | |
group show, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin | |
2010 | Hotel, Altstadt Kirchengasse, Wien |
Berliner Blau, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin | |
group show, roelruehlestudios, Berlin | |
2009 | Positionen, Neues Kunsthaus, Ahrenshoop |
sie werden sie beobachten, Galerie Börgmann, Krefeld | |
2008 | define the line, 2x2projects, Amsterdam |
kg eiland, PPS, Wien | |
stock exchange, Galerie Hilgemann, Berlin | |
2007 | Radius, Kunstverein, Moers |
kg eiland, Kunstraum Bernusstraße, Frankfurt a.M. | |
kg eiland, German Embassy, Studio Marzi, Roma | |
kg eiland, Galerie Weise, Chemnitz | |
Nexus, Kunstverein, Göttingen | |
kg eiland, Kunstverein, Schwedt | |
2006 | boulevART, Kunstherbst Berlin |
Keine Bilder über Liebe, Galerie am Großneumarkt, Hamburg | |
kg eiland, Galerie Kasten, Mannheim | |
Invent, ArtMbassy, Berlin | |
3 men show, Backfabrik, Berlin | |
2005 | kg eiland, Backfabrik, Berlin |
Stadtbilder, Galerie Denninger, Berlin | |
2004 | la dolce vita, Backfabrik, Berlin |
sieben stunden malerei, Galerie Lang, Wien | |
kg eiland, Galerie Weise, Chemnitz | |
2003 | Transit, galerie oran, Dresden |
economy and ecstasy, Raab Galerie, Berlin | |
2002 | la luna grassa sogghinante, Centro Polifunzionale, Trento |
kg eiland, Wiener Werkstätten Kurfürstendamm, Berlin | |
Der Käfer im Hotel, Kunsthalle im art’otel, Dresden | |
2001 | Die Blüten der Zeit, Zeughaus, Hamburg |
kg eiland, galerie oran, Dresden |
Texts / Publications
LINED
Torsten Ruehle filters and lines the world. Classical interiors or definable spaces serve as frames for action such as film backdrops that spring from a clear direction. A slightly surreal atmosphere is created by adding strange objects to the scenery that seem to have a life of their own. Thus, details with unreal dimensions are installed - machines, foam, clouds or figures whose actionism only becomes recognizable at second glance, for instance when delicately drawn arrows or waves become visible. The images, which at first glance appear rather static due to their line marking, are thus set in motion - or when some objects occasionally smile or float. The present appears as a montage of modified realities. By being founded on thick lines, the objects are shifted into a certain abstraction that produces its own vibration in both colored and white versions. In the pictures, there is a growing tranquillity and restlessness at the same time, which arises from the multi-layered play of the contoured form with its content and colour reduction. In addition to classical oil painting and drawing on canvas or photographs, light boxes are a recurring theme. The elaborately collaged light pictures continue the theme of the line, which here usually appears entirely in white. Again, lines are the defining element of strange constellations, originally hand-painted and not digitally generated. In addition, there are adaptations of photographs that have flowed into the original motif idea. As in the oil paintings, a very special tension arises between the plastic content of the picture and the two-dimensional, artificial line; in between lies a peculiar and unique effect. The lighting creates atmosphere in the room beyond the boxes - the lines become blurred.
Emil Otto Nardorff