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ABOUT

Ruediger Glatz

I was born 1975 in Heidelberg am live in Hamburg - Germany

I consider my work to be a form of conceptual portraiture — portraits not only of people, but of time, place, and the conditions that shape our perception of both. My practice is mostly lens-based, yet it occasionally extends into objects, installations, and performance, when a theme or question asks for another form of embodiment.

Each of my projects is conceived as a serial work — a sustained exploration rather than a single statement. Series such as THE NEW BLACK, BACKFLASHES, ON PPP, EMBODYING PASOLINI, CONFRONTATION, and KAMENICA trace different constellations of identity, memory, and presence. They look at how the political and the personal, the visible and the invisible, are intertwined in the act of seeing.

Photography, for me, is a way of thinking through looking — a process of observation and reflection that moves between intimacy and distance. I aim to create images that resonate beyond the moment of their making, inviting the viewer to inhabit the quiet tension between what is seen and what is felt.

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Solo, Two Artists Exhibitions and Performances

2025
KAMENICA at Barlach Halle K, Hamburg (Germany) – KAMENICA
KAMENICA performance at Hartmann Halle, Chemnitz (Germany) – KAMENICA
2023
GENESIS DROP at HVW8 Gallery, Berlin (Germany) – GENESIS
2022
REFLECTING PASOLINI at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (Italy) – ON PPP & EMBODYING PASOLINI
2021
ADDICTED2CLICK at Barlach Halle K, Hamburg (Germany) – ADDICTED2CLICK
2017
CHARACTERS at Palazzo Gianfigliazzi, Florence (Italy) – CHARACTERS
2015
CONFRONTATION - DARK THOUGHTS AND MOMENTS OF LIGHT at GOLDEN HANDS GALLERY, Hamburg (Germany) – CONFRONTATION
2013
SCHWARZWALD at Sammlung SLG, Bernau (Germany) – SCHWARZWALD father & son with Volker Glatz
2012
SCHWARZWALD at Manfred-Sauer-Stiftung, Lobbach (Germany) – SCHWARZWALD father & son with Volker Glatz