1951 born in Cologne, Germany
1971-73 study of fine arts at the art academy of Cologne
Lives and works as an independent artist in New York City, Cutchogue Long Island and Cologne, Germany
In 2017, Riainer Gross participated in the Beijing Biennale representing Germany. In 2012, the Ludwig Museum in Koblenz held an exhibition on four decades of his paintings. Other important national and international exhibitions include the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland), the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion (Champaign, Illinois, USA), Kunsthalle Emden in Germany. The paintings are held in numerous public collections, including the AT&T Corporate Art Collection, the Cohen Family Collection, the Hirschhorn Collection, the UBS Union Bank of Switzerland and the Lowe Art Museum. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Rail, The Boston Globe, and others.
Exhibitions / Selection since 2003
2022
Galerie Filser & Gräf, München
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA
2021
Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany
Verein für aktuelle Kunst Oberhausen, Germany
Frederic Boloix Fine Arts, ketchum Idaho mit Julian Voss Andreae
Galerie Rother Wiesbaden mit Thomas Reifferscheid
Galerie Richard Paris
Museo Irprimo, “Caleidoscopio-Contempory Art in Germany, Archaeological Museum of Avellino, Italy
Museum Pfalzgalerie, “Directors Cut” Kaiserslautern, Germany
Margaret Thatcher Projects New York
Graficas gallery, Nantaucket US
VSOP projects, Greenport, New York
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
“Detour II”, East End Arts, Riverhead NY
Drawings, Glen Hanson Studio, Southold NY
2020
Must-See! – Galerie Filser & Gräf, Munich
Begegnung mit Originalen aus der Sammlung des Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Begegnung mit Originalen aus der Sammlung des Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
VSOP Projects, Greenport, NY
Neu Aufgestellt, Museum Villa Zanders, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
65 Jahre und Lichtblicke, Galerie Koch Hannover, Germany
Galerie Richard New York
Frederick Boloix Fine Art, Ketchum ID, US
Galerie Floss und Schultz
2019
Galerie Richard, Paris
Galerie Floss und Schultz, Köln
Museo d’Arte Sacra di Camaiore- Lucca, Agosta Italy
Matera 2019 Fondazione Sassi, Italy
“Gelb”, Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany
“ARTeMOTIONE”, Galerie Floss und Schultz, Cologne, Germany
VSOP Projects, Greenport, NY
Galerie Five, Lugano Switzerland
Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY
Galerie Graf und Schelble Basel, Switzerland
2018
MARGARET THATCHER PROJECTS NYC, USA
“abstract – abstract – abstract” Galerie Koch Hannover, Germany
Arte Contemporanea E Manufatti, Marina Wolff, Milan, Italy
“Hazy and Pure” Raum für Gäste, Aachen Germany
“Köln Plus – Farbmalereipositionen”, Verein für Aktuelle Kunst e.V., Oberhausen, Germany
“Art Karlsruhe” Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany
“Art Karlsruhe”, and “ “abstrakt, abstrakt, abstrakt”, Galerie Koch Hannover, Germany
“Art Karlsruhe” Galerie Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany
2017
Flashback, Gruppenausstellung 10 Jahre Filser & Gräf, München
Rainer Gross – Contact Paintings | Impressions and Strokes, Galerie Filser & Gräf, München
Galerie Rother-Winter, Wiesbaden
Galerie Graf und Schelble in Basel, Switzerland
2016
Chorus 72, MC Gallery, NYC
“Neo-Expressionism in Germany” @ China Art Museum – Shanghai
2015
Frederic Boloix Fine Art, Ketchum Idaho
2014
“Lux*us” Ausstellung mit Wolfgang Laubersheimer, Galerie Filser & Gräf, München, Germany
“Turn Up The Heat” Margaret Thatcher Projects in New York City
2013
Galerie Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York (scheduled)
2012
Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany (NY paintings 1972–2012*)
Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln, Germany (Early Paintings)
2012/11
Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany (Early Paintings)
2010
Galerie Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Spain
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, USA (mit Wlodzimierz Ksiasek)
2009
Graf & Schelble Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2008
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, USA
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath
2007
Graf & Schelble Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany
2006
Galería Pedro Torres, Logrõno, Spain
Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Köln, Germany
Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln, Germany
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
2005
Fundation Sala Robayera, Miengo Cantabria, Spain
2004
Axel Raben Gallery, New York, USA
Graf & Schelble Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Galeria Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany
2003
Doppelgänger, Contact paintings, Singles & Twins 1996–2003*
(Wanderausstellung/traveling exhibition):
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen, Germany
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Axel Raben Gallery, New York, USA
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
seit 1981 zahlreiche internationale Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen
COLLECTIONS
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA
Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON, Canada
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Canada
Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, Düsseldorf, Germany
AT&T Corporate Art Collection, USA
Bayer A.G. Leverkusen, Germany
Bell Atlantic, Arlington, VA, USA
Berlex Labs, NJ, USA
Bernstein Collection, New York, USA
Chase Bank collection, New York, USA
Cohen Familie Collection, New York, USA
Collection Peter Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Germany
Hewlett-Packard Collection, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Hoffmann La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Hirschhorn Collection Washington D.C., USA
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL, USA
Kunsthalle Emden, Stiftung Henri Nannen, Emden, Germany
Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Germany
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, USA
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON, Canada
MGM Mediengruppe München, Germany
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Museum Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
Museum Vilnius, Latvia
Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Pro Sieben, München, Germany
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Rathaus der Stadt Köln, Germany
Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
UBS Union Bank of Switzerland
