Christoph Ruckhäberle (born 1972,

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) is an artist based in

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. Ruckhäberle studied at the

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from 1991 to 1992, and received his BFA in painting in 1995 and his MFA in 2002 from

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. He is associated with the

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. His work has been shown in many exhibitions including the 2nd

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, plus the LIGA Gallery in

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and Marianne Boesky in

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. Ruckhäberle has also exhibited at galleries including Arario Gallery in

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, Nicolai Wallner in

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and Ghislaine Hussenot in

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. Ruckhäberle is represented by Campoli Presti in London and Paris, Nicolai Wallner in Copenhagen, Galerie Kleindienst in Leipzig and

Zieher Smith & Horton ZieherSmith is a contemporary art gallery founded in New York City in 2003 and run by Andrea Smith Zieher and Scott Zieher. In 2019, the gallery relocated to Nashville and is currently located in Edgehill at 1207 South Street. Gallery exhibitions ...

in New York.

External links

Christoph Ruckhäberle at Zieher Smith & HortonChristoph Ruckhäberle CVReview of Christoph Ruckhäberle at Zach Feuer Gallery
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1972 births 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters 21st-century German painters 21st-century German male artists Living people German contemporary artists People from Pfaffenhofen (district) Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig alumni {{Germany-painter-stub