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Rita Ackermann

Rita Ackermann (born April 19, 1968) is a Hungarian-born American artist recognized for her abstract paintings that incorporate human forms, primarily focusing on themes of anthropomorphism and femininity. Her works, often depicting women and allusions to fairy tales, explore the nuances of adolescent disinterest using a unique and expressive style of brushwork.[1] She lives in New York City.

Rita Ackermann

Bakos Rita

(1968-04-19) April 19, 1968
Budapest, Hungary

University of Fine Arts Budapest New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture

Painting

Get a Job, 1993, Wiped out Heroines, 2014, Mama, 2018.

Abstract Expressionism

Early life[edit]

Ackermann was born in Budapest.[2] Ackermann studied at the University of Fine Arts Budapest from 1989 until 1992, where she studied with the painter Károly Klimó.[2] In 1992, Ackermann moved to New York City to study at The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture through the Hanes Family Foundation.[3] Upon arriving in New York, the artist, who was originally “Rita Bakos,” changed her name to “Rita Ackermann,” her grandmother’s maiden name.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Rita Ackermann is married to artist Daniel Turner.

Kort, Pamela, Grau, Donatien, Bezzola, Tobia (et. al.), 'Rita Ackermann. Hidden', Milan: Mousse, Lugano: , 2023 (forthcoming)

Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana

Jetzer, Gianni, Korine, Harmony, 'Rita Ackermann: Mama', Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2021

Clearwater, Bonnie, Ensslin, Felix (et al.), 'Rita Ackermann', New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2011

Orui, Makoto (ed.), 'Rita Ackermann. Keep my mouth shut and no headaches… Works 1996-1993', New York: Andrew Rosen Gallery, Tokyo: rockin’ on inc., 1997

2023, , 'Rita Ackermann. Hidden', Lugano, Switzerland[17]

MASI Lugano

2016, , 'The Aesthetic of Disappearance', Malmö, Sweden[18]

Malmö Konsthall

2010, , ‘Rita Ackermann and Harmony Korine: Shadow Fux’, New York City, New York[19]

Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York

Dallas, Texas

Dallas Museum of Art

Denver, Colorado

Denver Art Museum, Logan Collection

The Long Museum, West Bund, China

The Maria Leuff Foundation, Columbia County, New Yorl

Marieluise Hessel Foundation, , New York City, New York

Bard College

Sittard, Netherlands

Museum het Domein

Miami, Florida

Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

New York City, New York

Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden

London, United Kingdom

The Zabludowicz Collection

on ArtNet

images of Ackermann's work

Rita Ackermann by Josh Smith - BOMB Magazine

Rita Ackermann

Rita Ackermann

The Body Gets Lost in the Gestures: Rita Ackermann in conversation with András Szántó, in The Burger Collection and Ursula Magazine, 2022

Rita Ackermann at Andrea Rosen, Art in America, Nov, 2004 by Vincent Katz

Teenarama: Rita Ackermann by Peter Schjeldahl, artnet.com

Rita Ackermann at Andrea Rosen Gallery and The New Museum in 1994, by Keith Seward, Artforum

Gean Moreno, "Rita Ackermann and the Traumas of War," ART PAPERS, Jul - Aug 2012, Issue 36.04, Atlanta GA, pp. 28 – 33. Published in 2017 in Ursula Magazine

Rita Ackermann at the Parco Gallery by Monty DiPietrobr, assemblylanguage.com

Ackermann at Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece

Rita Ackermann Interview, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art