Alexander Rosenkranz is a visual artist and photographer whose work explores architectural and urbanist themes, focusing on how cities reflect societal structures. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, where he also completed a postgraduate master class (Meisterschüler) under Prof. Joachim Brohm. His practice often begins with a photo-documentary approach, which he expands or deconstructs through artistic intervention, questioning perception and spatial narratives within the built environment.

His work has been exhibited internationally in institutions such as Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin), Images Vevey Biennial (Switzerland), Foam Photography Museum (Amsterdam), and Photographische Sammlung SK Stiftung Kultur (Cologne), among others. His artist books include Gibellina Model Studies (2022, Editions Images Vevey & Stefano Stoll) and City Cut Off (2021, Institut für Buchkunst Leipzig & Park Books).

He has received several prestigious awards and grants, including the Atelier-Stipendium from Deutsche Bank (2023), the Grand Prix Images Vevey Nestlé Grant (2022), and an Honorable Mention for the Snider Prize at the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago (2021). His works are part of public collections such as Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin), the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Magdeburg.

Alongside his artistic practice, he has been engaged in teaching, lecturing at institutions such as the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, the University of Cologne, and the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. He has also led workshops and artist talks in Bucharest, Kathmandu, and at The University of New Mexico.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• Tempelhofer Feld, Haus am Kleistpark, GER, 2024
• Gibellina Model Studies, Images Vevey Biennial, CH, 2022
• Centro, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig Gallery, GER, 2021
• Work on top of another, KV Leipzig, Association for Contemporary Art Leipzig, GER, 2019
• Pattern of growth, Drei Ringe Gallery, Leipzig, GER, 2018
• Astoria, Project space Gapgap, Leipzig, GER, 2018

AWARDS, GRANTS, STIPENDS (selection)
• Atelier-Stipendium from Deutsche Bank, GER, 2023
• Fotoarbeitsstipendium from Haus am Kleistpark, GER, 2022
• Grand Prix Images Vevey Nestlé Grant, CH, 2022
• Neustart Kultur, Kickstarter-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, GER, 2022
• Honorable mention «Snider Prize», Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, USA, 2021
• Shortlist «Grand Prix Images Vevey», CH, 2021
• Shortlist «New Documentary Strategies», C/O Berlin Talent Award, GER, 2020

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
• Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, GER, 2024
• Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, USA, 2021
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Magdeburg, GER, 2020

ARTIST BOOKS (selection)
• Gibellina Model Studies published by Editions Images Vevey & Stefano Stoll, CH, 2022
• City Cut Off published by Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig, DE & Park Books, CH, 2021

GROUP SHOWS (selection)
• Spatialitati Extinse, 2/3 Galerie, Bucharest, RO, 2024
• M21, a&o Kunsthalle, Leipzig, GER, 2021
• Modern. Iconography. Photography. The Bauhaus and its effects, Museum of Contemporary Art Magdeburg, GER, 2020
• Preview. Photography in Leipzig. Tomorrow., Sparkasse Foundation Exhibition Hall Leipzig, GER, 2019
• Red Desert Now, Photographische Sammlung SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, GER, 2018
• Collectivism. Collectives and their quest for value., Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, NL, 2017
• Waiting for the blast, Kontoret project space, Oslo, NO, 2017

TEACHING, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS (selection)
• Three-day Workshop Staging Dis/Order, 2/3 Galeria, Bucharest, RO, 2024
• Lecture in the Colloquium Urban Sprawls, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, GER, 2024
• Lecture in the Colloquium Formen der Leere: Architektur und Stadt, Department of Art History, University of Cologne, GER, 2023
• Seminar Stadt, Land, Buch: Raum für Fiktionen, summer term at Abendakademie, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, GER, 2022
• Seminar Stadt, Land, Buch: Fotografie als Sprache, winter term at Abendakademie, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, GER, 2021
• Artist talk, Introduction to Photography, Department of Art at The University of New Mexico, USA, 2017
• Guest lecturer, Seminar: Conceptual Photography: The Photographs's Role in Contemporary Art, Kathmandu University, Department of Art & Design, NP, 2013/14

CATALOGS & PRESS (selection)
• Noémie de Bellaigue: Haus am Kleistpark: Alexander Rosenkranz & Florian Merdes, Tempelhofer Feld, L‘oeil de la Photographie, 25.10.24, Paris, FR, 2024
• Fiona Shields: Prisoners, parents and postmodern architecture at Images Vevey, The Guardian, 8.9.22, London, 2022
• Christin Müller: Verhandlungssache. Neue Bildstrategien in der künstlerischen Dokumentarfotografie in Kunstforum International: Report. Bilder aus der Wirklichkeit. Bd. 273 März–April: Köln 2021, p. 70-71, 2021
• Brad Feuerhelm: Alexander Rosenkranz: CITY CUT OFF on American Suburb X, https://americansuburbx.com/2021/04/alexander-rosenkrantz-city-cut-off.html, 2021
• Dr. Kathrin Schönegg: C/O Berlin Talent Award 2020 in C|O Berlin No.27: Berlin 2020, p. 40, 2020
 

EDUCATION
• Postgraduate master class Meisterschüler of Prof. Joachim Brohm, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, GER, 2021
• Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, GER, 2019