Dennis Scholl
Dennis Scholl, From Now on We Will Only Speak of The Light, 2025, oil on canvas, 155 x 190 x 4 cm (61 x 74.8 x 1.6 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.Dennis Scholl, Young Saints, Shining Cherubim, Flaming Seraphim, Prais Be to You, 2025, oil on canvas, 170 x 130 x 4 cm (66.9 x 51.2 x 1.6 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.Dennis Scholl, To Become as Small as One Can Become - to Be Silent, to Cease One’s Cries and Weeping, 2025, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 65.5 x 50 x 4 cm (25.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 in), 67.5 x 52 x 4 cm (26.6 x 20.5 x 1.6 in (framed)). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.Dennis Scholl, The Last Morning, 2025, oil on canvas, 95 x 65 x 3 cm (37.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.Dennis Scholl, A Question of Fate and Devotion, 2025, sanguine on paper, 37.8 x 28 cm (14.9 x 11 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.Dennis Scholl, A Wanderer’s Convictions, 2025, sanguine on paper, 37.5 x 28 cm (14.8 x 11 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Biography
Dennis Scholl. Photo: Dale Grant.
Based in Berlin, Dennis Scholl (b. 1980) paints enigmatic worldviews where human and non-human beings oscillate between brutality and beauty, violence and tenderness. His lush and phantasmagorical paintings combine visual references stemming from his own personal biography and historical iconography, often evoking psychological tension. They become allegories that foreground narratives that deal with the notions of spirituality, renewal, vulnerability, and sanctuary. Deeply influenced by Scholl’s own investigations into poetry and psychoanalytic theories, his works vary from charged encounters to elusive moments of peace, exploring the depths of the internal, human world and its intense contradictions.
Scholl has held recent solo exhibitions at the Kunstverein Göttingen (2024), and the Museum of Modern Art, Hünfeld (2022). His works have been exhibited internationally, including at the Kunstverein Meißen (2025), Museum Reinickendorf, Berlin (2024), Kunstverein Göttingen (2024), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2024), HAUNT, Berlin (2023), Kunstverein Gera (2022), among others.
Scholl’s works are in numerous public and private collections, including the Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Bundeskunstsammlung, Bonn; Olbricht Collection, Berlin, and Robert Runták Collection, Olomouc. Scholl graduated from the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg.
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WorksDennis Scholl
The Great Relief
2025
Oil on canvas
140 x 115 x 4 cm | 55.1 x 45.3 x 1.6 in
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A Lesson In Discernment
2026
Oil on canvas
230 x 190 cm | 90.5 x 74.8 in
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The Evil One and His Flowers
2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 x 3 cm | 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 in
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The Intake of What Was Lost
2025
Oil on canvas mounted on wood
65.5 x 49 x 4 cm | 25.8 x 19.3 x 1.6 in (framed)
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Pastures of Time
2025
Oil and pastel on canvas
57 x 67 x 4 cm | 22.4 x 26.4 x 1.6 in (framed)
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Proximity to Light
2025
Oil on wood
34 x 28 x 4 cm | 13.4 x 11 x 1.6 in (framed)
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A Tear in The Fabric of The Sky
2025
Oil on wood
36 x 27 x 4 cm | 14.2 x 10.6 x 1.6 in (framed)
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A Wanderer’s Convictions
2025
Sanguine on paper
37.5 x 28 cm | 14.8 x 11 in
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Transformation
2025
Sanguine on paper
41 x 29.5 cm | 16.1 x 11.6 in
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An Unbearable Proximity
2025
Sanguine on paper
41 x 29.5 cm | 16.1 x 11.6 in
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ExhibitionsDennis Scholl: Like a Thief in the Night
Artist: Dennis Scholl
Hong Kong
29 November 2025—28 February 2026
Vitalis Violentia
Artists: Dew Kim, Dennis Scholl, Tseng Chien-Ying, Wang Pei, Hannah Woo
Hong Kong
28 September—23 November 2024
News
HypeArt: Dennis Scholl’s brings beauty and brutality to PODIUM in his new solo show
09 December 2025
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Dennis Scholl's solo presentation ‘New Wounds or on the Beginning of Immediacy’ at Kunstverein Göttingen
25 July 2024
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