Eberhard Ross
A man of faith, Eberhard Ross answers the call of emptiness. Seeing and listening go hand in hand in his Zen spirit. The equivalence between tones and sounds gives meaning to his minimal art, echoing the pure tunes of Arvo Pärt or Keith Jarrett. Nature provides him with the essence of his motifs: trees, shells, migratory birds... What grows, flies away, opens into a corolla, agitates, in other words palpitates, absorbs him. His feelings for the secret life of flora and beasts are transformed into black and white writing, calligraphy similar to that which Mark Tobey, the modern mystic, carefully traced with the tip of his brush. The eye is lost in this magma of signs, linking beauty and piety, nothingness and the Great Whole, with interlacing volutes. Eberhard Ross finds refuge here, and even rest. Elsewhere, his quiet work pauses and, as it holds the note, sheds new light. A halo painted on the other side is the beating heart.
Born 1959 in Krefeld | Germany
Studied at Folkwang-University Of Arts Essen with László Lakner/ Friedrich Gräsel lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Frankfurt am Main / GER
EDUCATION
University of Essen (Folkwang-School) with Laszlo Lakner/ Friedrich Gräsel
SOLO SHOWS
2023
Goldberg Variationen, Kunsthaus Reitbahn, Ansbach, Germany
The Journey Of Metaphysics, Diyuan Art Gallery, Zhejiang, CHN
Winter Group Show, Artforum Ute Barth, Zurich, CH
2021
Kunst in Kirchen, Wetterau, Katholische Kirche, Duedelsheim, Germany
Malerei/Objekt/Skuptur, mit Dirk Salz, Stefan Wurmer, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany
Mustermix, Schloss Weitra, Weitra, A
Mustermix, Dorfmuseum Roiten, Weitra, A
Goldberg Variationen, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
2020
BildKlang, KlangBild, Galerie Dr. Gudrun Selz, Freiburg, Germany
Mustermix Haus der Kunst, Baden, A
Mustermix NoeART, St. Poelten, A
Ulrike Moehle/Eberhard Ross/Norbert Thomas, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, Germany
2019
Refugium, Artforum Ute Barth, Zurich, Swiss
Refugium, am design Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Refugium, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, Munich, Germany
Refugium, Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Refugium, Duo show with Bruno Walpoth / Sculptor, Galerie Straihammer, Seidenschwann, Vienna, Austria
Refugium, Duo show with Bruno Walpoth / Sculptor, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
2018
Fermata, Gallery Ginza G2, Tokyo, Japan
Silentium, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Silentium, Galerie Kunst2 Stefanie Boos, Heidelberg, Germany
2017
The fermata series, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
Silent spaces, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, Munich, Germany
Fermatas & lauds, Artpark Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016
The fermata series, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, Italy
Fermata, Single Piece exhibition at San Miniato Monastery, Florence, Italy
The fermata series, Galerie Kunst2, Heidelberg, Germany
The fermata series, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
2015
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, artpark gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
Contemplation with Neringa Vasiliauskaite, Galerie stoerpunkt, Munich, Germany
2014
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, Hölzl Kunstprojekte, Düsseldorf, Germany
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, Galerie Kunst2, Heidelberg, Germany
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, YoungEun Museum, Gwangjiu, Korea
Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears, JJ Joong Jung Gallery, Seoul/ Gangnam, Kora
2013
Silent spaces, Kunstverein Unna, Germany
Silent spaces, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Silent spaces, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie GmbH, Essen, Germany
Award for Arts and Sciences, Sparkasse Mülheim, Germany
2012
Zwischenräume, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany
Zwischenräume, Galerie Kunst2, Heidelberg, Germany
2011
Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen, Germany
2010
Space between, Four Square Fine Arts, c/o Redchurch Gallery London, United Kingdom
Organische geometrie 2, Museum Kalkar
Organic geometries, Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009
Source | GAM-Galerie Obrist, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Biosphäre 1, Cora Hölzl Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Organische geometrie | Kunstmuseum Alte Post, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Karlsruhe, Germany
Organische geometrie | Städtische Galerie Schloss Strünkede, Herne, Karlsruhe, Germany
Organische geometrie | GAM-Galerie Obrist, Karlsruhe, Allemagne
2005
Villa Brandenburg, Collection Ralf Schmitz, Kempen, Germany
2003
Speicher, Renate Moltrecht Gallery; Essen, Germany
2002
Gerade.ungerade, Renate Moltrecht Gallery, Essen, Germany
2001
Stille.zeichen- RWW, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
1999
Kraftfelder- Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
GROUP SHOWS
2024
Debut, Group Show| Amelie du Chalard, New York City, USA
Beyond White, Group Show, Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt, Germany
Winter Group Show, Artforum Ute Barth, Zurich, CH
2020
BildKlang, KlangBild“ Galerie Dr. Gudrun Selz, Freiburg, Germany
2019
Zukunft, Galerie Huebner & Huebner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018
Frequences, group show | artpark gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
#Farbe group show | Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
BildKlang, KlangBild“ Galerie Fenna Wehlau, Munich, Germany
Winterreise, artpark gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2017
BildKlang, KlangBild“ Kunstverein Unna, Unna, Germany
stories“, Artforum Ute Barth, Zurich, Swiss
2015
Natural Histories, Clerkenwell Gallery London, c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
2014
European And Chinese Abstracts, Shi Fang Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
Form does not differ from emptiness, Meijiang Art Center, Tianjin, China
Heimat ?, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Surface & Depth, Strand Gallery| London | c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
Still Point, Four German Artists, Clerkenwell Gallery London, c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
2013
Poetics of space, Four Square Fine Arts, c/o Redchurch Gallery London, United Kingdom
EcmThinkOfYourEarsAsEyes, ARA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
European Abstract. 203 Art Space, Shanghai, China
2012
Top twenty – best of ruhrgebiet | Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie GmbH, Essen, Germany
Genius Locii A Sense of Place | Store Street Gallery London | c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
Nature as Mind – Mind as Nature | Gallery in Redchurch Street London | c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
Stillleben, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
2011
Schnittstelle: Muster. Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
Beflügelt. Stiftung pro arte Sparkasse Biberach, Germany
Farbe-Raum-Konzept| Galerie Schütte, Essen-Kettwig, Germany
Nature Matters, Gallery in Redchurch Street London, c/o FourSquareFineArts, Lewes, United Kingdom
2010
Eingeschrieben (in). Cora Hölzl Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Laszlo Lakner & friends | Galerie Obrist, Essen, Germany
Schwarz/weiss 2, Kunstverein Germersheim, Germany
2009
Das Landschafts – a priori. Cora Hölzl Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008
Biennale der Zeichnung. Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany
Spotlights. Sammlung Kunstmuseum Alte Post. Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Gegenstandslos. Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
2007
Spielorte, ein würfelwurf, Cora Hölzl Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
Die Linie als Kunst- und Lebensspur | Kunstpreis der Stiftung Kreissparkasse Esslingen
AWARDS
2013
Ruhr Price of Arts and Sciences
2007
Hermann Lickfeld Price
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée d'Art Alte Post, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Collection d'art GER NRW. Cornelimünster Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
YoungEun Musée d'Art Contemporain, Korea
Ville d'Essen, Germany
Banque Royale du Canada
Fondation CDN pro arte. Sparkasse Biberach, Germany
Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany
Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, CHN
YSpace Foundation, Hangzhou, CHN