Dennis Scholl

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Dennis Scholl. Photo: Joerg Dedering.

Dennis Scholl, Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version) (detail), 2024, oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm (37.4 x 29.5 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version) (detail), 2024, oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm (37.4 x 29.5 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version) (detail), 2024, oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm (37.4 x 29.5 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Mon ami le vampire de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, 2023, oil on wood, 34 x 28 cm (13.4 x 11 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Mon ami le vampire de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (detail), 2023, oil on wood, 34 x 28 cm (13.4 x 11 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Mon ami le vampire de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (detail), 2023, oil on wood, 34 x 28 cm (13.4 x 11 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Contemplation, 2023, oil on wood, 48 x 37 cm (18.9 x 14.6 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Contemplation (detail), 2023, oil on wood, 48 x 37 cm (18.9 x 14.6 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Dennis Scholl, Contemplation (detail), 2023, oil on wood, 48 x 37 cm (18.9 x 14.6 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Installation view of ‘Vitalis Violentia’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 28 September—23 November 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Installation view of ‘Vitalis Violentia’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 28 September—23 November 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Through his lush and intricate oil paintings and drawings, Dennis Scholl (b. 1980, lives and works in Berlin) creates an enigmatic worldview where human and non-human beings oscillate between brutality and beauty, violence and tenderness. Referencing Christian pictorial traditions, religious rituals, and mythological motifs, the subject matters in his works metamorphose into ritual offerings that capture the psychological turmoils arising from the everchanging tensions between sacrifice, vulnerability, and sanctuary. His recent solo exhibitions include Kunstverein Göttingen (2024), DSC Gallery, Prague (2022), Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld (2022), and Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin (2021). He also participated in group exhibitions at Cologne Art Association (2024), Migrant Bird Space, Berlin (2023), Kunstverein Gera, Gera (2022), Delphian Gallery, London (2021), Galerie Droste, Paris (2021), and Albertz Benda, New York (2020). His works are collected by Bundeskunstsammlung, Bonn; Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Olbricht Collection, Berlin, and Robert Runták Collection, Olomouc. Scholl graduated from the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg.

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Works

Dennis Scholl
Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version)
2024
Oil on canvas
95 x 75 cm | 37.4 x 29.5 in

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Dennis Scholl
Contemplation
2023
Oil on wood
48 x 37 cm | 18.9 x 14.6 in (framed)

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Dennis Scholl
Mon ami le vampire de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
2023
Oil on wood
34 x 28 cm | 13.4 x 11 in (framed)

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Exhibitions

Vitalis Violentia
Artists: Dew Kim, Dennis Scholl, Tseng Chien-Ying, Wang Pei, Hannah Woo
Hong Kong
28 September—23 November 2024

News

Dennis Scholl's solo presentation ‘New Wounds or on the Beginning of Immediacy’ at Kunstverein Göttingen

25 July 2024

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