Dennis Scholl

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Dennis Scholl. Photo: Joerg Dedering.

Dennis Scholl, Actaeon, 2023, oil on canvas, 140 x 115 cm (55.1 x 45.3 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dennis Scholl, Aufhebung der Diskontinuität, 2022, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31.5 x 23.6 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dennis Scholl, Das sanfte Sich-Anschmiegen der Schuld, 2022, oil on canvas, 160 x 130 cm (63 x 51.2 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Dennis Scholl, To our Lady of Solitude, 2023, oil on canvas, 115 x 140 cm (45.3 x 55.1 in). Courtesy of the artist.

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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Exhibitions

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

New Wounds or on the Beginning of Immediacy
Artist: Dennis Scholl
Kunstverein Goëttingen
30 June—11 August 2024

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