b. 1973, Homburg/Saar, DE
Lives and works in Berlin, DE
Stefan Rinck is a German visual artist working primarily in stone sculpture. The artist’s distinctively patterned and painstakingly chiseled motley crew of stone characters hail from a fantastic dreamworld: hominid bears, well- dressed dogs, smiling alligators, twisted gargoyles and other cartoonish creatures culled from contemporary culture and historical canons. He builds Boschian rock gardens of earthly delights – visions of pure whimsy, grim darkness and satirical wit that blend references as diverse as pop culture and Early Modern poetry.
Stefan Rinck (b. 1973, Homburg/Saar, DE; lives and works in Berlin, DE) studied Art History and Philosophy at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken and Sculpture at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe. Rinck has had many gallery and museum exhibitions, including Skarstedt Gallery (New York, NY), de Hallen (Haarlem, The Netherlands), Sorry We‘re Closed (Brussels, Belgium), Vilma Gold (London), Semiose (Paris, France), Patricia Low Contemporary (Gstaad, St. Moritz, Switzerland), Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle (Munich, Germany), The Breeder (Athens, Greece), Galeria Alegria (Madrid, Spain) and Cruise&Callas (Berlin, Germany). He participated at the Busan Biennale in South Korea and at the Vent des Fôret in France where he installed permanent public sculptures. His works are in public collections including CBK Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Musée de la Loterie Belge (Belgium), Sammlung Krohne (Germany) and FRAC Corse (France), among others.