Born in 1974 in Zurich, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
- When I am in love I see orange / Loco naranja, Casado Santapau Gallery, Spain
- Jahrmarkt der Gefühle, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
- David Renggli & Thomas Wachholz, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- David Renggli & Thomas Wachholz, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
- One Night in Hollywood, Tobias Müller Modern Art, Zurich, Switzerland
- SUV Paintings, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Bongos at the Lido, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
- Florian Meisenberg & David Renggli, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Mid-Century Consensus, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Mulholland Melody, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Sunshine on Fruits, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
- Real Estate Astrology, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Flamingo Blue Jeans Penis, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
- Two Melons and 1 Banana, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Scaramouche, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Mia Marfurt & David Renggli, Kunstverein Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany
- Drums, Please!, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- David Renggli – The Charme of Ignorance, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, Switzerland
- Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- SPAGAHETTI, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Groundhog Day (with Cristian Andersen), Associazione Barriera, Torino, Italy
- Dichte Fichten Dichten Dich, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Im Dunkeln sieht man die Licht, Fri-Art, Kunsthalle Freiburg, Switzerland
- Hocus Pocus out of Focus (with Cristian Andersen), Museum Kunstraum Baden, Germany
- Ivresse au Cognac, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- You’re Only Once, Twice My Age, ausstellungsraum25, Zurich, Switzerland
- Arm Holds Hand, Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd, London, UK
- Lieber eine umgebaute Haus als eine umgebaute Mann (with Steffen Koohn), Binz 39,
Zurich, Switzerland - You, Can you Recommend Your Spychiatrist?, Via Farini, Milano, Italy
- Leihgabe ans Nichts, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Van Zoetendaal Collections, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The Night it Suddenly Became Bright Again, Flaca, London, UK
- Sometimes Sunday Is on Tuesday, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Homage an die Interpretation der Zeit, La Rada, Locarno, Italy
- The Irony of Schicksal, Ausstellungsraum25, Zurich, Switzerland
- Technologie & Eifersucht, Volkartstiftung, Coalmine, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Retrospektive David Renggli, Messagesalon, Zurich, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
- Inspire Writing, Montblanc Haus, Hamburg
- Round and Round, Fair and Square, Tobias Müller Modern Art, Zurich, Switzerland
- Third Hanging, Wentrup am Feenteich, Hamburg, Germany
- Second Hanging, Wentrup am Feenteich, Hamburg, Germany
- Inaugural exhibition, Wentrup am Feenteich, Hamburg, Germany
- Spirit of the KINDERGARTEN, Kasteel Wijlre, Wijlre, Netherland
- ABSTRAKT, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Zoom in Zoom out, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Sculpture & Nature, Schlossgut Schwante, Oberkrämer, Germany
- Les Enfants de Saturne, Le Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne – Château de Rochechouart, FRCopines – Copains – Berlin, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Concrete Contemporary, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
- Wege zur Welt – Sammlung Hildebrand, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
- Das Wort, Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
- (theoretisch) endlos (curated by Peles Empire), KARST, Plymouth, UK
- Cross the Breeze, Valentin, Paris, France
- Papier.Salon., Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Un Coup de Coeur (curated by Danielle van Ark and Thomas Raat), Maison van
Doesburg, Meudon, France - Ein Augenschein von 1944-2017, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
- Europe in China (curated by Christophe Menager), Qingdao Sculpture Gallery,
Qingdao, China - Every Cult its Castle, Sammlung Philara in der Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
- Von Pablo Picasso bis Robert Rauschenberg. Schenkung Céline, Heiner und Aeneas Bastian. Hommage à Ingrid Mössinger, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
- L’Été plus vaste que l’Empire…, Wentrup und WNTRP, Berlin, Germany
- Valentin @MonCherie, MonCherie, Brussels, Belgium
- Show Divers, Valentin, Paris, France
- Le Parcours Saint-Germain 2016. Sans Limites: De object a l’oeuvre, Parcours SaintGermain, Paris, France
- Fracas, Off (curated by Chantal Berdugo), Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- Why we expect more from technology and less from each other, Wentrup, Berlin, DE
- Ordne und finde mit, Philara, Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Art Parcours, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Lokaltermin Schwamendingen, Galerie Tene, Schwamendingen, Switzerland
- Gasträume. Art in public places in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Die Sammlung Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland
- Gottesbeschwörung und Teufelsküche, Haus für Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland
- Gastspiel, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
- A Place Like This, Klöntal Triennale, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
- Collection on Display, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
- De leur temps, Hangar à Babanes, Nantes, France
- Oh my gosh! It’s amazing, Valentin, Paris, France
- One day will come when the day will not come, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
- Mia Marfurt & David Renggli, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany
- Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
- What we want, what we believe, Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Das neue Kunsthaus, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
- Chambres à Part VI: Trajectoires Poétiques / Trajectories Politiques, LDAC, Paris, France
- Galerie Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Territoires. Bex & Arts 11e édition, Bex, Switzerland
- Through the looking brain, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Glaze, Valentin, Paris, France
- Featuring “What you see is not what it is: views on politics and poetics”, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
- Citysonic, Transcultures, Mons, Belgium
- Bilderwahl! Metamorphose… heute!, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Languages and Experimentations (curated by Giorgio Verzotti), Mart, Rovereto, Italy
- Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
- Cadre-hors cadre, Espace LAP, Brussels, Belgium
- Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
- Los Vigilantes a la playa, Galeria Nicoletta Rusconi, Mailand, Italy
- Rock Garden, Salon 94, New York, USA
- La vie (a l’epreuve), IAC, Villeurbanne, France
- Roots, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- Vordemberge-Gildewart Stipendium, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
- Gipfeltreffen, KIT Düsseldorf, Germany
- Sähen und Jäten, Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Germany
- Black Hole (curated by Friederike Nymphius), CCAndratx, Mallorca, Spain
- The Conspiracy, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
- Sauvagerie domestique, Ecole municipale Beaux arts/Galerie Edouard Manet,
Gennevilliers, France - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- The way in which it landed, Tate Britain, London, UK
- Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
- Unbalanced, Jack Shainman, New York, USA
- Ready Made, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
- About Seeing, Kenworthy-Ball, Zurich, Switzerland
- Werk und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zurich, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Ultimate Collection Show, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
- Nouvelles acquisitions/Volet 1, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France
- Les Artistes de la Collection Cahiers d’Artistes, Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Bodycheck, 10. Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach/Stuttgart, Germany
- Timer01, Triennale di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Mythos, Upstairs, Berlin, Germany
- Our Magic Hour, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Housewarming, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
- Aller-Retour 2/Carte blanche à Fischli/Weiss, Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, France
- The Expanded Eye, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- Friedhof-Design, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Parable Show, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
- Mind over Manner, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
- Kunstlicht Kongress, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
- Made in video. Single Cannel Projections from Switzerland, Art Athina 2004, Athens, Greece
- It‘s in Our Hands, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
- Game Over, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Collections
Bächler Stiftung, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection La Luxembourgeoise SA d‘Assurances, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
FRAC Nord de Palais, Dunkerque, France
Julius Bär Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Berne, Switzerland
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
LUMAS Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum Bellpark Kriens, Switzerland
Rosenblum Collection Paris, FR & Singapore, Singapore
Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Pizzutti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA
Casado Santapau is pleased to present David Renggli’s most recent work, opening for the first time in Spain.
His series of the Desire Paintings are already a priori inscribed with a poetic and humorous dimension by their location of the word ‘desire’ in the title.
These are medium to large format paintings of silhouette-like silhouettes and geometric forms on wood, framed in an object frame and covered on their upper edge with a coarse-meshed jute net. The fibrous jute fabric is also painted, which results in an overlapping of the motifs on different image planes. The spacing of these and the transparency of the coarse-meshed jute netting create an interesting optical effect as soon as the viewer moves in front of the work.
The artist detaches himself from the usually assumed relatively static way of looking at a painting and a processual moment is inscribed in it with the reception. Depending on the viewing angle, new visual experiences arise for the work. The artist thus dissolves the modernist dictum of the ideal (frontal) viewer location since both levels shift spatially against each other. The overlapping of the motifs creates new images and color effects.
Renggli employs the aesthetics of decorative design and craftsmanship, which he fuses with references to geometric abstraction. In doing so, he challenges the tradition and authority of abstract painting, which was adopted very early into the decorative canon of interior design.
The usually two-dimensional layout of a painting is extended by another plane, resulting in an impression reminiscent of a hybrid between painting and relief. In addition, the coarse-meshed jute fabric acts like a kind of burning glass, seeming to dissolve the color that supports it like a grid while at the same time revealing a view of the colored forms beneath.
In a figurative sense, Renggli’s works make use of the most diverse clichés of longing. His motifs spring from common stereotypes of (art) fantasies, notions of the idyllic and (tourist) places of longing. He breaks them up into their individual parts, reassembles them to let new, abstract images of aspiration emerge in the spaces thus created.