Robin Rhode

Rhode was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied fine art at Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (now the University of Johannesburg), followed by postgraduate work in 2000 at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance.

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Rhode is represented by Lehmann Maupin.[https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/robin-rhode/biography "Robin Rhode"], Lehmann Maupin{{primary source inline|date=December 2022}}

In November 2009, he provided stop-frame video animations for a performance by Leif Ove Andsnes of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the Lincoln Center in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/music/16andsnes.html|title=Sound and Vision: A Piano Recital With a Multimedia Heart|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2015-11-20}}http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/artnews/robin_rhode_and_leif_ove_andsn{{dead link|date=November 2015}}

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In 2014, Rhode directed a music video for the U2 single "Every Breaking Wave"; it includes stop-frame animation stencil drawings, and figures that interact with them.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6386059/u2-every-breaking-wave-video-films-of-innocence |title=U2 Release 'Every Breaking Wave' Video, From South African Artist Robin Rhode |publisher=Billboard |date= |access-date=2015-11-20}}

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• Fresh, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2000, performance)
• The Score, Artists Space, New York (2004, performance)
• Street Smart, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2005, solo exhibition)
• Empieza el Juego, Zaragoza, Madrid (2006, solo exhibition)
• The Storyteller, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France (2006, solo exhibition)
• All About Laughter: The Role of Humour in Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007, performance)
• Walk Off, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2007, solo exhibition)
• Who Saw Who, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, (2008, solo exhibition)
• Catch Air: Robin Rhode, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (2009, solo exhibition)
• Robin Rhode and Leif Ove Andsnes: Pictures Reframed, Lincoln Center, New York (2009, performance)
• Robin Rhode, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2010, solo exhibition){{cite web|url=http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/contemporary-projects-12-robin-rhode |title=Contemporary Projects 12: Robin Rhode |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art|date= |access-date=2015-11-20}}
• Paries Pictus, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (2011, solo exhibition){{cite web|url=http://www.castellodirivoli.org/en/events/event/robin-rhode-paries-pictus/ |title=Robin Rhode, Paries pictus |publisher=Castello di Rivoli |date= |access-date=2015-11-20}}
• The Call of Walls, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2013, solo exhibition){{cite web|url=http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/robin-rhode-the-call-of-walls/ |title=Robin Rhode: The Call of Walls | NGV |publisher=Ngv.vic.gov.au |date=2013-09-15 |access-date=2015-11-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/2013-01-10_robin-rhode_1 |title=Robin Rhode – Exhibitions |publisher=Lehmann Maupin |date= |access-date=2015-11-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stevenson.info/exhibitions/rhode/index2013.html |title=Robin Rhode |publisher=Stevenson.info |date=2013-06-01 |access-date=2015-11-20}}
• Animating the Everyday, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York (2014, solo exhibition){{cite web|url=https://www.neuberger.org/exhibitions/view/285.html |title=Neuberger Museum of Art |publisher=Neuberger.org |date=2014-08-10 |access-date=2015-11-20}}
• The Sudden Walk, The House of Culture (Stockholm), Sweden (2015, solo exhibition and performance){{cite web|author= |url=http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/English/Events/2015/Robin-Rhode/ |title=Robin Rhode – The Sudden Walk |publisher= Kulturhuset Stadsteatern |date=2014-12-22 |access-date=2015-11-20}}
• Drawing Waves, Drawing Center, New York (2015, solo exhibition)
• Robin Rhode: Robin Rhode, North Carolina Museum of Art, USA (September 2015, solo exhibition)
• Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung in partnership with Performa, Wet Ink Ensemble conducted by Arturo Tamayo, Times Square, New York (November 7 & 8, 2015){{YouTube|BXf2hgeLOWY|Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung, Times Square}}; {{Cite news|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-robin-rhode-stages-an-anxiety-attack-in-times-square|title=Robin Rhode Stages an Anxiety Attack in Times Square|last=Forbes|first=Alexander|date=2015-11-10|work=Artsy|access-date=29 August 2021}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/projects/at-the-crossroads/arnold-schonbergs-erwartung-a-performance-by-robin-rhode/index.aspx|title="Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung – A Performance by Robin Rhode"|publisher=Times Square Arts|access-date=29 August 2021}}; {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/arts/music/review-robin-rhode-takes-schoenbergs-erwartung-to-the-street-broadway-no-less.html|title=Robin Rhode Takes Schoenberg’s Erwartung to the Street (Broadway, No Less)|author=Zachary Woolfe | author-link=Zachary Woolfe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 November 2015|access-date=29 August 2021}}; {{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/arnold-sch%C3%B6nberg-s-erwartung-a-performance-by-robin-rhode/VwHdJLvIm4WNYw|title=Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung – A Performance by Robin Rhode|website=Google Arts & Culture|access-date=29 August 2021}}
• The Moon is Asleep, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA (February 2016, solo exhibition and performance)
• Under the Sun, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (2017, solo exhibition){{Cite web|url=http://www.tamuseum.org.il/about-the-exhibition/robin-rhode-under-the-sun|title=Robin Rhode: Under the Sun|publisher=Tel Aviv Museum of Art|access-date=2018-04-23}}
• A Plan of the Soul, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland (October 2018, solo exhibition and performance)[https://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/enUS/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2019-2016/-/events/archive-2018/2017/robin-rhodebra-plan-of-the-soul.htm "Robin Rhode – a plan of the soul"], curated by {{ill|Sabine Schaschl|de}}, October 2018 – January 2019, Haus Konstruktiv
• Memory Is the Weapon, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (2019)[https://www.kunstmuseum.de/en/exhibition/robin-rhode-memory-is-the-weapon/ "Robin Rhode – Memory Is the Weapon – Installation views"], Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg[https://www.kunstdunst.com/die-zeitlosen-werke-von-robin-rhode-im-kunstmuseum-wolfsburg/ "Die zeitlosen Werke von Robin Rhode im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg"] by {{ill|Urszula Usakowska-Wolff|qid=Q95199446}}, kunstdunst.com, 18 November 2019 (in German)
• Memory Is the Weapon, {{ill|Kunsthalle Krems|de}}, Krems an der Donau, Austria (2020)[https://www.kunsthalle.at/en/exhibitions/18-robin-rhode-memory-is-the-weapon "Robin Rhode. Memory Is the Weapon"], July – November 2020, Kunsthalle Krems
• Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands (2021)[https://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/robin-rhode/?lang=en "Robin Rhode – On display until 26 September 2021"], Museum Voorlinden

In 2018, he won the Zurich Art Prize.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/enUS/exhibitions/preview/zurich-art-prize-2018.htm|title=The Zurich Art Prize 2018 Goes to Robin Rhode|publisher=Museum Haus Konstruktiv|website=www.hauskonstruktiv.ch|access-date=2018-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/robin-rhode-awarded-100-000-zurich-art-prize-73858|title=Robin Rhode Awarded $100,000 Zurich Art Prize|website=www.artforum.com|access-date=2018-04-23}} Examples of his work are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York,{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/27821|title=Robin Rhode|publisher=Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2018-04-23}} the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan,{{cite web |title=Robin Rhode Black Friday – 1 Billion |url=https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/black-friday-1-billion-108020|publisher=Detroit Institute of Arts|access-date=3 June 2021}} and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.{{cite web |title=Robin Rhode |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/robin-rhode|publisher=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|access-date=3 June 2021}}

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• Robin Rhode: Walk Off. André Lepecki, edited by Stephanie Rosenthal, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz 2007.
• Street Level. Mark Bradford, William Cordova, and Robin Rhode, edited by Trevor Schoonmaker. Exhibition catalogue. Durham: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2007.
• Street Art, Street Life. Edited by Linda Yee. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Aperture/Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2008.
• Robin Rhode: Who Saw Who. Michele Robecchi, Stephanie Rosenthal and James Sey. Exhibition catalogue. London: Hayward Gallery, 2008.
• Catch Air: Robin Rhode. Catharina Manchanda and Claire Tancons, edited by Ann Bremner and Ryan Shafer, 2009.
• Leif Ove Andsnes and Robin Rhode: Pictures Reframed. 2009.
• Robin Rhode: Variants. Edited by Honey Luard. Exhibition catalogue. London: White Cube, 2011.
• Robin Rhode: Paries Pictus. Edited by Sophie Perryer. Exhibition catalogue. Cape Town: Stevenson Gallery, 2013.
• Robin Rhode: The Call of Walls. Maggie Finch, edited by Mark Gomes. Exhibition catalogue. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2013.
• Robin Rhode: Animating the Everyday. Helaine Posner and Louise Posner. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 2014.
• Robin Rhode: Tension. Text by Andrea Bellini, Michele Robecchi. Published by Hatje Cantz, 2016.

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