The Berlin-based artist Julian Rosefeldt (Munich, 1965) is internationally renowned for his visually opulent and meticulously choreographed moving image artworks, mostly presented as complex multi-screen installations. Inspired by the histories of film, art, and popular culture, Rosefeldt uses familiar cinematic tropes to carry viewers into surreal, theatrical realms. Humour and satire seduce audiences into familiar worlds made strange. Rosefeldt has held a professorship of Digital and Time-based Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 2011. His works are shown internationally at museums and film festivals.
Major work
2019/22 Penumbra
2016 Die Schöpfung (Holland Festival 2016)
2015/16 Manifesto (Holland Festival 2017)
2013/14 Deep Gold
2011 My home is a dark and cloud-hung land
2009 American Night
Solo exhibitions (selection)
Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen and the HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, Musée d‘art contemporain Montréal, Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery Prague, Park Avenue Armory, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Sprengel Museum Hannover and ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image