Rita Ackermann
Rita Ackermann, a Hungarian-born artist based in New York, explores the interplay of creation and destruction in her evolving practice. Her compositions bridge the figurative and the abstract, with human forms simultaneously appearing and vanishing. Through her Chalkboard Paintings series, Ackermann conceptually erases and deletes figurative drawings and landscapes, leaving behind residual outlines that form a visual record of the process.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Fondazione Iris, 'Manna Rain', Bassano in Teverina, Italy
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Splits: Printing | Painting', New York NY
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Splits', New York NY
2023
MASI Lugano, 'Rita Ackermann. Hidden', Lugano, Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Vertical Vanish', Los Angeles CA
2021
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Mama '21', Monaco
Fergus McCaffrey, 'Rita Ackermann & Andro Wekua: Chapter 4', Tokyo, Japan
2020
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Mama '20', Zürich, Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Mama '19', New York NY
2019
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Brother and Sister', Zürich, Switzerland
2018
La Triennale di Milano, 'Rita Ackermann. Movements as Monuments', Milan, Italy
VIEWING ROOM, Marlborough Contemporary, 'Rita Ackermann and Carol Rama: Body Matters', New York NY
2017
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rita Ackermann. Turning Air Blue', Somerset, United Kingdom
KARMA, 'Rita Ackermann. Nudes and Jacket', New York NY
2016
Hauser & Wirth, 'KLINE RAPE', New York NY
Malmö Konsthall, 'The Aesthetic of Disappearance', Malmö, Sweden
Soccer Club Club, 'JEZEBELS', Chicago IL
FARAGO, 'JEZEBELS', Los Angeles CA
2015
Hauser & Wirth, 'Chalkboard Paintings', Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Sammlung Friedrichshof, 'Meditation on Violence-Hair Wash', Burgenland, Austria Sammlung Friedrichshof Stadtraum, 'Meditation on Violence-Hair Wash', Vienna, Austria
2013
Hauser & Wirth, 'Negative Muscle', New York NY
2012
Hauser & Wirth, 'Fire by Days', London, United Kingdom
Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Rita Ackermann', Miami FL
The Journal Gallery, 'Rita Ackermann: Fire by Days', New York NY
2011
Ludwig Museum, 'Bakos', Budapest, Hungary
The Journal Gallery, 'WARFILMS', New York NY
2010
Swiss Institute, 'Rita Ackermann and Harmony Korine: Shadow Fux', New York NY
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, 'CRASH / STOP', Athens, Greece
Le Confort Moderne, 'Last Exit to Poitiers', Poitiers, France
2009
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'Marfa / Crash', Zurich, Switzerland (travelling exhibition)
The Chinati Foundation, 'Marfa / Crash', Marfa TX (travelling exhibition)
2008
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Don't Give Me Salad (Nurses)', New York NY
2007
Hotel, 'Gentlemen, I Need Air', London, United Kingdom
2006
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'Court Toujours', Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Collage 1993 - 2005', New York NY
Bonner Kunstverein, 'Jump On Me', Bonn, Germany
2003
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Listen to the Fool's Reproach', New York NY
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée', Zurich, Switzerland
Almine Rech Gallery, 'Ördögök', Paris, France
2002
Museum Het Domein, 'Snowfall in August', Sittard, Netherlands
2001
The Deep Gallery, 'Style Show for the Levitation of the Strong American Woman', Paris, France
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'the only way to get to my vagina is through Jesus!', Zurich, Switzerland
2000
Annet Gelink Gallery, 'Lost and Found Notes', Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Krobath Wimmer, 'God's Little Helpers', Vienna, Austria
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Corvette', New York NY
1999
Parco Gallery, 'Revelation', Tokyo, Japan
Swiss Institute, 'Rita Ackermann', New York NY
1998
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, 'Rita Ackermann', Athens, Greece
Bartok 32 Galeria, 'Just Do Whatever You Want', Budapest, Hungary
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Songs of Sirens', New York NY
1997
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'The Good, The Bad, and The Evil', Zurich, Switzerland
1996
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'If Anyone Hurts My Brother I'll Kill That…', New York NY
1995
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, 'The Birth of Tragedy', Zurich, Switzerland
Interim Art, 'out of the blue into the black', London, England
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, 'It Doesn't Matter if You Love Me or Not… I'll Be Always There For You...', Athens, Greece
1994
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'After Dinner I'm Gonna Shoot You But Before I'll Take a Shower', New York NY
