Alexandra Ranner

Alexandra Ranner (1967, Osterhofen, Germany) works in sculpture, photography, film, installation and drawing. She studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Germany, between 1990 and 1994. In 1997 she studied at Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Educação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal.

She taught sculpture at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart in 2003-2004 and, since 2007, has been a professor in the architecture department at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

In the words of historian Julia Wallner, Ranner builds models that portray a reality, but which do not correspond to models of the real thing. These scenarios are devices calculated in detail to explore the emotions and inner landscapes of the viewer, who is offered a set of contradictory inputs. The message of her pieces is unclear and their perception changes as we isolate each of the elements which, together, seem to make up a cohesive scene, but, in isolation, oppose one another, leaving the viewer adrift.

The most significant exhibitions in which Ranner has participated include Art and Spirituality. Imagining the Extraordinary, BBVA Collection, Palacio de San Nicolás, Bilbao (2022); FEELINGS - Kunst und Emotion, Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich (2019); Why pictures now?, mumok, Vienna (2006); 49th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Italy (2001); 1st International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan (2001); Statements, Förderkoje Art 31 Basel, Switzerland (2000). She has held solo exhibitions Die Hand, Das Futter, Die Lust, at the Mathias Güntner gallery, Hamburg (2018-2019); Karmakollaps, at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (2016); and Hyperventilirium, at Kunstverein Göppingen, Germany (2014).

Ranner's work is represented in several collections, including Allianz Kulturstiftung, Munich; Allianz Versicherungen, Munich; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malaga; Colección Fundación ARCO, Madrid; Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna; Sammlung Wemhöner, Herford; Sammlung Ann und Jürgen Wilde (Pinakothek der Moderne), Munich.

Alexandra Ranner's works in public spaces include Ich Habe Genug, in the gardens of St. Johanni Church, Herford (2017); at the Biozentrum der LMU Universität, Munich (2004); at Petuelpark München, Fassade Café im Park, Munich (2005); and at Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, Fassade, Netherlands (2007).

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