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Basic data
Daniel Richter is a well-known contemporary artist from Germany.
- Born: 18 December 1962
- Place of birth: Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein
- Nationality: German
- Studied at: Academy of Fine Arts of Hamburg
- Teacher: Werner Büttner
- Similar artists: Jonathan Meese, Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Joseph Beuys
- Era: Contemporary art
Daniel Richter's artworks deal with art historical themes as well as current world events. The fascination with Richter's works lies in the unspoken, as everything remains merely a suggestion. The abstract paintings and works of his show the most diverse forms in an incredible abundance. Surfaces with sharp brushstrokes and colors that are brought to the canvas like a net. Many of his recent works increasingly address themes of German history as well as Christian themes.
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Biography
Daniel Richter was born on December 18, 1962 in the East Holstein town of Eutin and grew up in the nearby town of Lütjenburg. He studied until 1995 at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg with Professor Werner Büttner, worked part-time as an assistant to the artist Albert Oehlen and also appeared as a designer of record covers for various punk rock bands. In 1995 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Fine Arts gallery in Berlin. A few years later, further shows abroad followed.
While Daniel Richter initially devoted his work as a visual artist to abstract and color-intensive images, in the 2000s he increasingly resorted to figurative elements and, drawing on mass media, art history and pop culture, created quite unusual, expressive visual worlds.
In his most recent works, Richter has developed a new pictorial language, contrary to his own artistic routine, which attempts to elude the usual painting style and motifs, familiar themes and colors.
Daniel Richter taught at various art colleges in the 2000s. In 2004 he received, among other things, a professorship for painting at the Berlin Art Academy, which he ended prematurely because of various differences. In 2008 he then took on a guest professorship at the Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York.
Hailed as one of the most important painters of his generation, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, the 21er Haus in Vienna, and the Camden Arts Center in London dedicated a major retrospective to him in 2016/17. Today Richter lives and works in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna.
Exhibitions
Current exhibitions
- 16.06.2023 – 31.12.2023 Nationalgalerie. Eine Sammlung Für Das 21. Jahrhundert – Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.
- 13.05.2023 – 24.09.2023 Wondrous Worlds. From René Magritte to Daniel Richter – Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim.
- 06.05.2023 – 03.10.2023 DANIEL RICHTER – Kunsthalle Tübingen.
- 18.02.2022 – 18.02.2024 something new, something old, something desired – Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
Past exhibitions
Single exhibitions
- 2019 Daniel Richter - H.P. (jah allo) – Regen Projects, Los Angeles
- 2017 Daniel Richter - Music for Orgies – GRIMM, Amsterdam
- 2017 Daniel Richter - Lonely Old Slogans – Camden Arts Centre, London.
- 2017 Daniel Richter. Lonely Old Slogans - Belvedere, Vienna
- 2016 Daniel Richter. LONELY OLD SLOGANS - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
- 2015 DANIEL RICHTER. HELLO, I LOVE YOU - Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
- 2015 Daniel Richter. New Works - Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
- 2014 Chromos goo bugly - Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
- 2013 mamillen, sprandrillen, ronald - Kunstverein Augsbrug
- 2012 Voyage, Voyage - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
- 2011 1001nacht - Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
- 2009 OH LA LA - Essl Museum, Klosterneuerbrug; Haas AG, Zurich
- 2007 Daniel Richter - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
- 2006 Daniel Richter. Huntergrund - Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
- 2005 Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2005 Pink Flag. White Horse - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- 2004 The Morning After - David Zwirner Gallery, New York
- 2003 Hirn - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
- 2002 Grünspan - K12 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
- 2001 Billard um halbzehn - Kunsthalle zu Kiel
- 2000 Für Immer - Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
- 2000 Je ne suis pas un robot - Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
- 1999 Experiment Freund - Galerie Freund/Wind, Vienna
- 1998 Organisierte Kriminalität - Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1997 17 Jahre Nasenbluten - Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1996 Daniel Richter - Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg
- 1995 Neue Bilder - Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Group exhibitions
- 2021 Politics - CAC Málaga Collection – CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga
- 2021 The Essl Collection - Albertina, Vienna
- 2020 Radical Figures. Painting in the New Millennium - Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2019 Liebe und Ethnologie - HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
- 2019 HYPER! - Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
- 2018 JONATHAN MEESE / DANIEL RICHTER / TAL R BAVID DOWIE - Kunsthaus Stade
- 2018 THE ART OF RECOLLECTING - G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig
- 2018 Gegen die Strömung - Reise ins Ungewisse - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
- 2017 Deutschland 8 – German Art in Beijing - CAFA Art Museum, Beijing °
- 2016 Sammlung Viehof. Internationale Kunst Der Gegenwart - Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
- 2016 Sammlung Opitz-Hoffmann - Kunstsammlung Jena
- 2016 Wahlverwandtschaften. Deutsche Kunst seit den späten 1960er Jahren - Arsenals Exhibition Hall | Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
- 2015 Dialog der Meisterwerke. Hoher Besuch zum Jubiläum - Städel Museum, Frankfurt
- 2015 Leipzig 2015. Sammlung Hildebrand - G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig
- 2015 German Art 2015 - Galleri K, Oslo
- 2014 48. Art Cologne, Cologne
- 2014 UNENDLICHER SPASS - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M.
- 2013 47. Art Cologne, Cologne
- 2013 12. Art Basel, Miami Beach
- 2012 46. Art Cologne, Cologne
- 2012 ARTANDPRESS - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; ZKM, Karlsruhe
- 2011 45. Art Cologne, Cologne
- 2011 Halleluhwah! Hammage à CAN - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 2010 44. Art Cologne, Cologne
- 2009 SECHZIG JAHRE. SECHZIG WERKE. Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
- 2008 War früher wirklich alles besser? - Tabor Presse, Berlin
- 2008 Vertrautes Terrain. Aktuelle Kunst aus Deutschland - ZKM, Karlsruhe
- 2007 News on Paper - Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Dusseldorf
- 2006 Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
- 2006 37. Art Basel
- 2005 Big Bang. Destruction and creation in 20th century art - Centre Pompidou, Paris
- 2004 Wer bietet mehr? 15 Jahre Deichtorhallen - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
- 2002 Preis der Nationalgalerie - Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 2001 Vantage Point - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- 1999 Made in Berlin - House of Cyprus, Athens
- 1998 Made in Berlin - Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art, Crete
- 1997 Push In Out - Kunsthaus, Hamburg
- 1996 FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT - Kunstsammlung, Gera; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
- 1995 Scharfer Blick - Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
- 1995 Stützmappe a.k.a. support portfolio - Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Awards
- 2009 Kunstpreis Finkenwerder, Hamburg-Finkenwerder
- 2003 Edwin-Scharff-Preis, Hamburg
- 2001 Sponsorship Award for young Art,
- Schleswig-Holstein
- 1999 Kunstpreis, Bremen
- 1998 Otto Dix Prize, Gera
- 1997 Reisestipendium Kuba, Neue Kunst in Hamburg
Films
- Atelierbesuch bei Daniel Richter, in: 3sat Kulturzeit, 07 October 2015.
- Daniel Richter. Ma Vie/Mein Leben, Birgit Herdlitschke, Germany 2008, ’45.
Literature
- Daniel Richter. Hello, I Love You, exhibition catalogue, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Cologne 2015.
- Daniel Richter. Huntergrund, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 2006.
- Daniel Richter. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin 2005.
- Billard um halbzehn, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel 2001.
- 17 Jahre Nasenbluten, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin 1997.
Collections
Germany
- Berlin – Hamburger Bahnhof
- Bonn – Kunstmuseum Bonn
- Hamburg – Deichtorhallen
- Mönchengladbach – Städtisches Museum Abteiberg
France
- Paris – Centre Pomidou
Canada
- Ottawa – National Gallery of Canada
The Netherlands
- Den Haag – Gemeentemuseum
Austria
- Klosterneuburg/ Vienna – Essl Museum
USA
- Los Angeles – Museum of Contemporary Art
- New York – Museum of Modern Art
