Career
Rita Maria Walburga Grosse-Ruyken was born in Donauwörth, and grew up in a hamlet in the Swabian-Danube region. From an early age she became aware of natural phenomena and followed phonetic sound bridges. After Abitur, from 1970 to 1972, she studied Romance and English Language and Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, LMU in Munich. From 1971 to 1977 she studied free art (diploma) and art education (state examination and master's degree) at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and dedicated herself to the art of the goldsmith under the guidance of Professor Franz Rickert und Hermann Juenger. She was also influenced by Professor Guenther Fruhtrunk, a constructivist painter as well as by the religious philosopher Aloys Goergen, the president of the academy. From 1977 to 1978 she studied art history and archeology at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1983 on she has worked freelance dedicating herself to researching the transparency, colour, light and movement of sculptures. Since 1993, in her continual exchange with astrophysicists, musicians, philosophers, writers, sound technicians and architects, she has been expanding her activities into the performance art and into exploring of Primary Sounds produced by integrated sculptures made from pure gold and pure silver which create motion in and by themselves. Since 2008 she has been involved in the production of art films. Samples of her work are included in the permanent collections of the International Design Museum, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich as well as the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and Museum Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main). Since 2008 she's creating art films. She's a member of Deutscher Künstlerbund, Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V. Berlin, :de:Deutscher_Künstlerbund, Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler (BBK), GEMA (German organization), GEMA and :de:Verwertungsgesellschaft_Bild-Kunst, VG Bild-Kunst.Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
* 1981: ''The Prelude to the Round Dance – the Body as Vessel, With a Crown. Light-Form-Installation.'' Gallery Kröner, Castle Oberrimsingen * 1985–2005: ''Installation SONNENDUNST – Zyklus I'', Landakademie Rattenbach *1993: ''L'ESPRIT DE DIEU PLANAIT À LA SURFACE DES EAUX'', The German contribution to the European City of Culture Antwerp *1994: ''L'ESPRIT DE DIEU PLANAIT SUR LES EAUX'', Light-Form-Space-Installation. Die Neue Sammlung, International Design Museum, Munich *2003: ''IM GERICHTSSTAND.'' Licht-Klang-Form-Raum-Installationen. Museum Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main) * 2004: ''DURCHFLUTUNG/RAYS OF LIGHT'', Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York City & Goethe Institut, New York City * 2009: ''RAYS OF LIGHT – Rita Grosse-Ruyken'', Museum Angewandte Kunst, MAK, Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main) * 2015: ''DURCHFLUTUNG AND THE WHITE STONE'', ArtCOP21 Agenda culturel Paris Climat 2015 *2019: ''The Power of The Heights Command: DURCHFLUTUNG und DER WEISSE STEIN.'' Blu-ray Disc Projektion, Haselbacher Muehle, TrifternGroup exhibitions (selection)
* 1979: ''Goldschmiede dieser Zeit. Körper – Schmuck – Zeichen – Raum'', Kestnergesellschaft * 1979: ''Körper – Zeichen'', Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München * 1981: ''Körper, Schmuck, Zeichen, Raum. Goldschmiedearbeiten'', Museum of Design, Zürich *1984: ''Kirche heute. Architektur und Gerät. Süddeutscher Raum'', Die Neue Sammlung, München * 1993: ''Münchner Goldschmiede. Schmuck und Gerät der Gegenwart'', :de:Münchner Stadtmuseum, Münchner Stadtmuseum, München * 2004: ''Welt in Tropfen'', (Urania, Berlin) * 2007: ''Gulf Art Fair'', Dubai (Galerie Thomas, München) * 2009: ''Herbert Hoffmann Award 1973–2008'', München * 2011: ''Ausstellung Pinakothek München'' * 2011: ''Modern Contemporary Art,'' Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi Art * 2012: ''Im Zeichen der Ewigkeit. Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst'', Neues Museum Kloster Schussenried * 2012: ''Quinta Essentia'', Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin * 2013: ''intimate'', Frameless Gallery London *2018: ''KünstlerINNen''. Zeitgenössische Positionen in Verbindung mit historischen WerkenLiterature
* Sabine Runde (Hrsg.): ''Transformationen – rays of light'' ( Mit Beiträgen u.a von Hans Wichmann, Aloys Goergen, André Fischer, Friedrich Piel. Texte in Deutsch und Englisch), Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt 2009, * Rita Grosse-Ruyken (Hrsg.): ''Der Stein der Weisen / quinta essentia''. Landakademie für Kunst und Naturphilosophie, Triftern 2012. (Mit Beiträgen von Aloys Goergen, Harald Szeemann und Hans Wichmann) * Rita Grosse-Ruyken: ''Rita Grosse-Ruyken''. In: Caroline Sternberg, Kathrina Rudolph (Hrsg.):Awards
* 1974: ''Herbert Hofmann Award'' * 1976: ''Benvenuto Cellini Award'' * 1990: ''State sponsorship award for young artists and writers in the field of "jewelry of gold and silversmiths"''Art films
* 2013: Performance ''THE DRAWING FROM THE GOLDEN CHALICE'' in Abu Dhabi *2014: ''The Birth of The Golden DURCHFLUTUNG II'' during 1987-1990 *2014: ''LE SOUFFLE DE DIEU PLANAIT À LA SURFACE DES EAUX'' about the 1993 performance in Antwerpen *2015: ''RAYS OF LIGHT'', about the 2009 exhibition with the same name *2006-2019: ''DURCHFLUTUNG und DER WEISSE STEIN'': a film with 12 chapters (length: 17,5 hours) * 2018: ''DER EWIGE QUELL'', about the coming "Museum of Visionary Art" in Triftern *2021: Performance ''DURCHFLUTUNG - DER ERDE'' at Pinakothek der Moderne, MünchenExternal links
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