Ivo Ringe

Ivo Ringe
Picture of the artist Ivo Ringe
Born	(1951-07-05) July 5, 1951 (age 73) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Abstract Painting
Movement	Concrete art
Spouse	Heather Sheehan
Website	ivoringe.com

Ivo Ringe (born July 5, 1951) is a German artist, who is classified as a concrete art painter, whose works can also be categorized as Minimalism and Hard-edge painting. ^[1] He is also a docent and a curator of international group exhibitions. Ringe lives and works in Cologne, Germany. He is a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. ^[2] Ringe is married to the US-American sculptor Heather Sheehan.

Life and work

In 1972 Ringe began studying sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the instruction of professor Joseph Beuys. Like Imi Knoebel and Blinky Palermo, Ringe belongs to the Minimal art movement among Beuys' students.^{[ citation needed ]}

• 
  "Evolve" , Etching on handmade paper, 1977
• 
  "Sechseck" ("Hexagon"), glazed ceramic, 1976
• 
  "Sechseck III" ("Hexagon III"), Aquatint–Etching
  on handmade paper, 1976

A 1992 fire in his studio destroyed many of his works. ^[3]

Since 2008, Ringe has been a lecturer in the fields of drawing and illustration technique at the Academy of Design "Ecosign", founded by Karin-Simone Fuhs. ^[4] Since 2011, he is docent and since 2014 artistic director of the studio for fine arts ("Atelier für Bildende Kunst") at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. ^[5] Ringe lives and works in Cologne, Germany. In 2015, Ringe had an extensive exhibition of his works at the Kunsthaus Rehau in Rehau, Germany, that inspired Eugen Gomringer to write a sonnet about his work. ^[6] The vocalist and songwriter Amy Antin in 2020 released a song that deals with Ivo Ringe's artistic practice.

Collections

• Museum Katharinenhof, ^[7] Kranenburg, Germany. Title: ELECTRIC CHAIR, 2008 / Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 64 cm
• Artothek Köln, ^[8] Cologne, Germany, two paintings
• Collection of Art, ^[7] Cooperative Bank Offenburg, Germany
• Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders ^[9] Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Solo exhibitions

• 1994: Ivo Ringe – Der Heilige Narr, ^[10] Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany
• 2007: Artothek Köln, ^[11] Cologne, Germany
• 2018: Ivo Ringe: Or burst out from its confines and radiate, ^[12] Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, England
• 2023: Ivo Ringe: Südlicht, ^[13] Museum Lapidarium, Novigrad, Istria County, Croatia

Group exhibitions

• 2003: Die Achtsamkeit des Augenblicks - 5 Maler, ^[14] Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
• 2008: NOW! Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, Germany
• 2011: Ornamental, ^[15] Städtische Galerie Lippstadt, Germany
• 2013: Reticulate, ^[16] McKenzie Fine Art, New York, United States
• 2014: Strukturen/Structures - Britische und Deutsche Malerei im Dialog, ^[17] Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany
• 2014: Structures/Strukturen - British and German Painting in Dialogue, ^[18] Newlyn Art Gallery, England
• 2016: Restructured, ^[19] Newlyn Art Gallery, England
• 2017: Painting Black, ^[20] Sammlung Schroth at the Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany
• 2018: Structures Residency, ^[21] Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, England
• 2018: Grounds for Optimism, ^[22] Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, England
• 2023: Us Again: Encore Nous (7th Biennale Internationale Of Non Objective Art), ^[23] Athens, Greece
• 2024: 3D. Wegweisende Plastik der konkreten Gegenwart, ^[24] Sammlung Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany

Further reading

• Honnef, Klaus, Ivo Ringe, Katalog zur Ausstellung Ivo Ringe der Galerie Apicella, 1991
• Fischer, Gert, ed. (1994). Ivo Ringe : angel signs, silent fighters. Rheinlandia-Verlag, Siegburg. ISBN   978-3925551659.
• Claus, Elisabeth. "Ivo Ringe. Malerei." (in German). Artothek Köln. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
• Kisters, Jürgen (2008). "Leuchtende Objekte der Nacht. Zur Ausstellung Malerei des Augenblicks im Kunstkontor Köln". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German) (February 11, 2008). Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
• "Katalog der Ausstellung Così parlò Zarathustra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2012.

References

1. Thomas Micchelli (2016-09-10). "A Struggle for Balance" . Retrieved 2017-01-12.
2. "Ordentliche Mitglieder" [Regular members]. www.kuenstlerbund.de. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
3. Fred Sellin: ‘‘Von Malerwerkstatt Ivo Ringes blieb nur noch ein Trümmerhaufen. Beuys-Schüler: Atelier abgebrannt. 30 wertvolle Gemälde waren nicht mehr zu retten‘‘, Kölner Express 22. Januar 1992
4. "Beuys Trilogie – Vorträge an der Ecosign" [Beuys Trilogy - Lectures at the Ecosign]. Ecosign. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
5. "Litterarium & Atelier. Kontakt". Uni Bonn. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
6. "Rückblick: Vorhergehendes im Zusammenhang mit Folgendem: Eugen Gomringer – Ivo Ringe" [Review: The previous in connection with the following: Eugen Gomringer - Ivo Ringe]. Galerie Floss & Schultz. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
7. "Circle. Ivo Ringe". gallery circle contemporary. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
8. "Artothek Köln. Ivo Ringe Malerei". www.museenkoeln.de. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
9. Oelschlägel, Petra; Zanders, Kunstmuseum Villa, eds. (2021-06-15). Aus Papier!: Ein Album zur Sammlung Kunst aus Papier[Made of paper: An album for the collection Art made of Paper]. Dortmund: Kettler. ISBN   978-3862069163.
10. "Ivo Ringe: Der heilige Narr". kunstaspekte.art. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
11. "Artothek Köln: alle Ausstellungen:2007" [Artothek Cologne: All exhibitions: 2007]. Artothek Cologne. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
12. "Ivo Ringe: Or burst out from its confines and radiate". www.tremenheere.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
13. "Ivo Ringe: Südlicht" [Ivo Ringe: Southern Lights]. muzej-lapidarium.hr. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
14. Angelika Jakat (2003-09-05). "Die Achtsamkeit des Augenblicks. Kamps Galerie und das Hotel Benen-Diken-Hof in Keitum zeigen zurzeit in einer gemeinsamen Ausstellung farbige, gegenstandslose Arbeiten von fünf renommierten Künstlern". Sylter Rundschau. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
15. "Ornamental: Min Clara Kim, Hugo Boguslawski, Ivo Ringe". kulturportal.de. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
16. Thomas Micchelli (2013-07-13). "Spinning a Web: When Art Addresses the Infinite" . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
17. "Strukturen/Structures Britische und deutsche Malerei im Dialog" [Structures: British and German Painting in Dialogue]. Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
18. "Structures – Strukturen". Newlyn Art Gallery. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
19. Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange (2016). "Restructured" . Retrieved 2016-10-08.
20. "Ausstellung Painting Black". www.skk-soest.de. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
21. "Structures International". Newlyn Art Gallery. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
22. "Grounds for Optimism". Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
23. "Us Again: Encore Nous". potentialproject.gr. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
24. "3D. Wegweisende Plastik der konkreten Gegenwart" [3D. Pioneering sculpture of the Concrete present]. Sammlung Schroth. Retrieved 2025-01-07.

External links

• Ivo Ringe at kunstaspekte.art
• Ivo Ringe at artfacts.net
• Ivo Ringe (2014). "Das Erkennen der Wirklichkeit. Über Schönheit unter dem Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeit" [The recognition of reality. About beauty under the aspect of sustainability]. ivoringe.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
• Literature by and about Ivo Ringe in the German National Library catalogue