ALEXANDER ROSENKRANZ PORTFOLIO

Alexander Rosenkranz is a Berlin/Oslo based visual artist. His artistic practice explores questions about urban, architectural and social spaces in both global and local scales at the intersection of photography, reproduction and installation.

Contact

M alexanderrosenkranz(at)gmail.com
IG @alexander_rosenkranz

Awards, Grants, Stipends

2023 Atelier-Stipendium from Deutsche Bank, DE
2022 Fotoarbeitsstipendium from Haus am Kleistpark, DE
2022 Grand Prix Images Vevey Nestlé Grant, CH
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR, Kickstarter-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, DE
2021 Honorable mention «Snider Prize», Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, USA
2021 Shortlist «Grand Prix Images Vevey», CH
2020 Shortlist «New Documentary Strategies», C/O Berlin Talent Award, DE
2019 Finalist «Bookcall#1», Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig, DE

Solo shows

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

Public collections

2024 Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, DE
2021 Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, USA
2020 Museum of Contemporary Art, Magdeburg, DE

Books

2022 «Gibellina Model Studies» published by Editions Images Vevey & Stefano Stoll, CH, 2022
2021 «City Cut Off» published by Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig, DE & Park Books, CH, 2021
2012 Self published zines (selection)

Group shows (selection)

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

Teaching

2024 Three-day Workshop «Staging Dis/Order», 2/3 Galeria, Bucharest, RO
2024 Lecture in the Colloquium «Urban Sprawls», University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE
2023 Lecture in the Colloquium «Formen der Leere: Architektur und Stadt», Department of Art History, University of Cologne, DE
2022 Seminar »Stadt, Land, Buch: Raum für Fiktionen«, Abendakademie, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, DE
2021/22 Seminar «Stadt, Land, Buch: Fotografie als Sprache», Abendakademie, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, DE
2017 Artist talk, »Introduction to Photography«, Department of Art at The University of New Mexico, USA
2013/14 Guest lecturer, Seminar: «Conceptual Photography: The Photographs's Role in Contemporary Art», Kathmandu University, Department of Art & Design, NP

Press (selection)

2022 Fiona Shields: «Prisoners, parents and postmodern architecture at Images Vevey» The Guardian, 8.9.22, London
2021 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
2020 Dr. Kathrin Schönegg: «C/O Berlin Talent Award 2020» in C|O Berlin No.27: Berlin 2020, p. 40

Education

2021 Postgraduate master class «Meisterschüler» of Prof. Joachim Brohm, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, DE
2019 Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, DE

 

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