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Ludwig Rauch was born in Leipzig in 1960. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig from 1986-1989 before leaving for West
Berlin in January 1989. Rauch had already worked as a photojournalist in
the GDR, testing his medium artistically. Because of his candid,
veristic photographs of workers in electric coal production, he was
banned from publishing in 1986, a ban that remained in place until the
fall of the Wall. In 1991, Ludwig Rauch was one of the co-founders of
the art magazine neue bildende Kunst (New Visual Art), where he
was the picture editor until the magazine was discontinued in 1999.
Today, the photographer teaches at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin.
Ludwig Rauch
+49 (0)172 – 9 24 53 28
mail@ludwig-rauch.com
Interview for the opening of the solo exhibition "Ludwig Rauch, Kubiak & Rauch, 2024
“Von wundersamen Wesen und Landschaften", 2024, BLMK Cottbus
Ludwig Rauch Interview with Jena Kultur, 2023
“Der große Schwof. Feste feiern im Osten”
Sandra Hüller’s speech at the opening of Ludwig Rauch's solo exhibition, 2022
Porträt und Abstraktion“, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
MDR Kultur Radio, 2022
Radio interview about the exhibition “Porträt und Abstraktion“, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Exhibitions
2025
“Der große Schwof” Feste feiern im Osten, Catalog, Kunsthalle Neubrandenburg
“Unbeschreiblich weiblich” Frauenbilder in der DDR, BLMK Cottbus
“Das Weite suchen.” Fotografien der späten DDR und frühen 1990er, Brandenburg Museum, Potsdam
2024
“Layers & Lines”, FK Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
"Der große Schwof" Feste feiern im Osten, Catalog, Kunsthalle Rostock
"Die verlorenen Spiegel", Werke aus der Sammlung des BLMK, Neues Schloss Bad Muskau
"Ludwig Rauch, Kubiak & Rauch - Von wundersamen Wesen und Landschaften", Solo Exhibition, BLMK Cottbus
"Der große Schwof" Feste feiern im Osten, Catalog, BLMK, Rathaushalle Frankfurt/Oder
2023
"Ludwig Rauch. Portrait and Abstraction", Solo Exhibition, 2022 — 2023, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
"Der große Schwof" Feste feiern im Osten, Catalog, Kunstsammlung Jena
"Schein und Sein" FOTOHAUS Berlin, Torstr.111
2022
„Extremely Normal", Fotograf Festival #12 Prag, Fotograf Gallery Prag
"Schönhauser Allee", Catalog, Galerie Parterre, Berlin
"Schein und Sein", Torstr.111, FOTOHAUS Berlin
"Up and down", Solo Exhibition, Kunstraum Braugasse, Hoyerswerda
"Das Pferd frisst keinen Gurkensalat", Catalog, Kunstraum Potsdam
2021
"Die Aura der Schmelzer", Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, BLMK Frankfurt/Oder, Rathaushalle
"Strukturen im Wandel", Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Dieselkraftwerk, BLMK Cottbus,
2020
"1990 Fotografische Positionen aus einem Jahr, über ein Jahr", Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (BLMK )
"Limited Supply Only", Solo Exhibition, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin
"IHR, Sentimentalitäten in Deutschland" Catalog, Kunstraum Potsdam
"Eigen/Sinn" Werke aus dem BLMK im Bundesrat
"Changing Realities" RAW Phototfestival, Worpswede
2019
"Protest!" Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Packhof Frankfurt (Oder)
"Protest!" MOS Art Center Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polen
2018
"SUPER NOVA", Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin
"Jahresgaben", Kunstraum Potsdam
"Blick Verschiebung", Schloß Biesdorf, Berlin
2017
"Von (Ab)wesenheiten", Catalog, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig
"Im Freien" Vom Nachleben impressionistischer Motive, Kunstraum Potsdam
2016
"Nothing true at all", Kunstraum Potsdam, Solo Exhibition, Catalog
"Rechtsruck", Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (BLMK)
2015
"Faximile I", Galerie im Erd und Feuer, Berlin, Solo Exhibition
"Spuren (des All tags)", Landtag Brandenburg, Photographs of the Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus collection
2014
"Still alive", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie, Museum für grafische Künste, Quedlinburg
"Still alive", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus (BLMK)
2013
"Friends", Solo Exhibition, Landratsamt Görlitz, Germany
2010
"EAST - for the record", Catalog, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
2009
"EAST - for the record", Catalog, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
2008
"Mixed Doubles", Solo Exhibition, Kreuzberg Museum, Berlin
2006
"Paradise", Solo Exhibition, Altes Museum Mönchengladbach
"Paradise", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin
"carpe diem", Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Mönchengladbach
"Viel Sonne bei steigenden Themperaturen", Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2005
"29 x Foto/Graphik Galerie Käthe Kollwitz", Ausstellungshalle Prenzlauer Alle, Berlin
2004
"peaceonearth", Solo Exhibition, Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Mönchengladbach
2003
"LWOP" (life without parole), California State Prison-Los Angeles County-Lancaster, USA
2002
"Ways to fight the fear", Solo Exhibition, Brecht-Haus, Berlin
"After nature", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, Berlinische Galerie im Artforum der Grundkreditbank Berlin
2001
"The Storyteller's Strategy", Solo Exhibition, Galerie am Park, Vienna, Austria
2000
"Sums 1 and 2", Finanzrechenzentrum Sachsen, architectural art, Dresden
1999
"Führungen hinters Licht", Solo Exhibition, Galerie Schuster und Scheuermann, Berlin & Frankfurt/Main
"Images and Borderline Cases", art collection Cottbus, Lütze-Museum Sindelfingen
1998
"Insight" Deutsche Bundesbank, (K&R, Catalog), Frankfurt/Main
1997
"Closed Space", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, Land Brandenburg Lotto GmbH, Potsdam
1996
"Hunger & Thirst", Solo Exhibition, Catalog, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, USA
1995
"Schwere und Moribunde", Solo Exhibition, Gallery „Weißer Elefant“, Berlin
1994
"Faximile I", Solo Exhibition, Galerie im Erd und Feuer, Berlin
"Spuren (des All tags)", Landtag Brandenburg, Photographs of the Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus collection
1992
"Hunting Grounds", Solo Exhibition, Galerie Knaak 90, Berlin
"Extreme Right", Kunstverein Lichtenberg, Berlin, Solo Exhibition
1991
"Polaroide and other stories", Solo Exhibition, Studio bildende Kunst, Berlin,
1990
"The other Germany – beyond the wall", Grande Halle de la Vilette, Paris, France
Bio
2021
Member of the German Society for Photography, DGPh
since 2009
Lectureship at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
1992 - 2004
Artistic collaboration Kubiak & Rauch
1991 - 1999
Creation of the art journal „neue bildende kunst“
since 1989
Freelance photographer and artist
1989
In January emigration to West-Berlin
1986 -1989
Studied at Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
1986
Publication ban on all media in the GDR
1985
First publications for several news magazines of GDR
1981 - 1985
Studied documentary photography at Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig
1960
Born in Leipzig, former GDR