SHORT INFO
Jörg Rode (*1957 in Siegen) lives and works in Hamburg. His sculptures are replicas of everyday situations and cultural ideas at the same time. The artist alienates the source material from reality - what at first glance appears to be a polystyrene plate, wooden board or cut lemon is made of ceramic, the rusty spot on a metal frame turns out to be a painting on wood. With his re-enactments of aesthetically rather bleak minimalist situations, such as those found on many a street corner, Rode defines a space of aesthetic indifference in which melancholy reigns supreme. Things that we wouldn't even look at outside are given attention here. And thus develop their very own poetry.
In addition to scholarships (including the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship) and numerous exhibitions, he has published catalogs in connection with: Kunstverein Ahlen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Museo Alejandro Otero/Caracas and the Kulturbehörde Hamburg.
STUDIES
| 1984 - 85 | Städelschule Frankfurt with Th. Bayrle |
| 1985 - 90 | HfbK Hamburg with F.E. Walther |
STIPENDIES
Study Foundation of the German People
Hamburg working scholarship for visual artists Karl Schmidt - Rottluff Scholarship
EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (selection)
| 2024 | Piece Of Cake #2, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2020 | All Over, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2019 | Kleine Gesellschaft für das geklebte Leben, Small Society for Art and Culture Hamburg Tromp L'Oeil, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2018 | From zero to nothing, Jörg Rode & Tom Früchtl, LAGE EGAL, Berlin |
| 2017 | Tom Früchtl & Jörg Rode, FaikNEWS, Gallery Bridget Stern, Hamburg |
| 2016 | Rethinking Images, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2015 | Up And Down (in the art market), Westwerk Hamburg |
| 2014 | used world, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2012 | Poetry of indifference, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
| 2011 | Happy Warriors / Part II, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg Happy Warriors, Mathias Güntner Gallery, Hamburg |
| 2009 | Cash Flow, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg |
| 2008 | We call it Hamburg - Interdisciplinary Art Festival, Kunstverein Hamburg Mon - Fri, Kunstverein Ahlen Concepts of Love, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne Scholarship holders 2007, Kunsthaus Hamburg Jörg Rode - One too many, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg |
| 1995 | Imaginary Being, Exit Art, New York City (USA) |
| 1993 | Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf |
| 1992 | Avantgarde Reflex East-West, Kulturhaus der Stadt Potsdam/Altes Rathaus |
| 1990 | Heimspiel, Kunstverein Hamburg |