Oskar Rink was born in Leipzig, Germany, and undertook her initial studies in fashion design and illustration at l'EcoleSupérieure des Arts et Techniques de la Mode in Munich. She went on to receive a Master's Degree from the Sotheby's Institute of Art, Contemporary Art Department in London (UK). From a young age, she engaged in sustained dialogues with her father, the German painter Arno Rink, concerning the artistic creative process of painting, form and colour. Following various periods of residence in England, Norway, Cuba and the US, the artist now lives and works between Leipzig and Lisbon. Since 2022, Oskar Rink has held a guest professorship for painting at the University of Art Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale).
Selected Exhibitions and Events
2025
- TV presenter for The Great Women of Art documentary, ZDF/ 3Sat, March 2025
https://www.3sat.de/kultur/die-grossen-frauen-der-kunst
- WIN/WIN, Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, Museum Gunzenhauser
- Friends with Benefits, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne
- Kesselhaus, OG Ptojects, Ruttkowski;68, Offenburg
2024
- Appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Foundation
of the Free State of Thuringia
- NEW Westside, Gallery Kleindienst, Leipzig
- Jubilee Edition 20 Years Lithografisches Atelier Leipzig
- Felt Cute Might Delete Later, Galerie Laetitia Gorsy, Leipzig
- More Than One, Gallery Leuenroth, Frankfurt
- Initiating the Artist in Residency Program for students, BurgMeetsAiR351, Lisbon
2023
- NEU Westside, Gallery Kleindienst, Leipzig
- Jahresausstellung Spinnerei, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig
- ROVER, Art Department Painting Burg Giebichenstein, MarsFrankfurt
- INBOX (Solo), Gallery Schimming, Hamburg
- Enter Art Fair, Gallery Schimming, Kopenhagen
2022
- Appointed Visiting Professor of Painting at the
University Burg Giebichenstein, Halle (Saale)
- GruppenSitzung (Solo), SheBAM, Leipzig
- The Jury (Solo), CirleCultureGallery, Hamburg
- A5 (curated by Erik Swars), AS/EM, Leipzig
- LODA (curated by Katharina Arndt), OOW Berlin
- MashUp, Galerie Gosh, Leipzig
- Art KARLSRUHE, Gallery Schimming, Karlsruhe
- LeiseLachen (Solo), Gallery Schimming, Sylt
- Present Collective (VNG art), Werkschauhalle Leipzig
2021
- Women For Women + InStyle Charity-Auktion
- Mixed Pickles 9, Ruttkowski;68, München
- Nothing's gonna change my world? Raumwww, Gr_und, Berlin
- Positions Art Fair, Gallery Von&Von, Berlin
- Loch im Kopf (Solo), Gallery Von&Von, Nürnberg
- Mixed Pickles 10, Ruttkowski;68, Köln
- Group show, Gallery Schimming, Hamburg
2020
- Artist in Residence, Gallery Cisterna, Lisbon, Portugal
- DAS WAR SCHON SO (Solo), Archiv Massiv, Spinnerei Leipzig
- Tilo Baumgärtel, Oskar Rink, Simon Adam Peter, Museum Bensheim
- Positions Art Fair, Gallery Kleindienst, Berlin
- Art KARLSRUHE, Gallery Von&Von, Karlsruhe
- Artist in Residence, Havana, Cuba
2019
- Bauhaus_Sachsen, Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig
- Transition Edition Auction, Solar Panel Art Series, Paddle8, Berlin
- Oskar Rink & Susanne Wurlitzer, Gallery Von&Von, Nürnberg
- Nur auf Rezept (Solo), Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Art Biesenthal, Biesenthal
2018
- Meta (Solo), Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen
- Artist in Residence, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen
- Den Ganzen Tag Am Strand, Edgar Leciejewski & Oskar Rink, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
- GroupShow, OG Projects, Offenburg
2017
- Formation 7 - 1Akt, Hatz, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
- Martine Poppe & Oskar Rink, Venet-Haus Gallery, Neu-Ulm
- Mashup IV, Galerie Gosh + Galerie Schimming, Barlach Halle K, Hamburg
- Unbekannte Größe (Solo), Circle Culture Gallery, Hamburg
- Nordseewellen, Circle Culture Gallery, Sylt
2016
- Dokodemodoor, Spinnerei Werkschau, Leipzig
- La Rosa Social Club, The Conversation Project, Berlin
- Oskar Rink & Marie Carolin Knoth, Gallery Noah, Augsburg
- Deine Blauen Augen Sind Mir Scheißegal, Villa Bühlers, Fürth
- Skateboarts, Forum Kunst Rottweil
2015 - 2011
- Salondergegenwart 2015, Hamburg
- Radiate 2.0, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Klasse Klein, Wiensowski & Harbord, Gallery WE Berlin
- Christie's First Open Auction, London, UK
- Christie’s & ArtStack, Rising Star Winner, London, UK
- Schichten (Solo), Circle Culture Gallery, Hamburg
- Druck Berlin Festival, Berlin
- Radiate, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Saxonia Paper II, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig
- Potse 68, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Abstrakt Konkret Konstruktiv, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig
- Illustrative Festival, Berlin
- The Museum of Curiosity, Black Rat Projects, London, UK
- Arno Rink & Oskar Rink, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Paper (curatorial project), Black Rat Projects, London, UK
- Elephant Parade, Christie’s, Milan, Italy
- Paperwork, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
- Art Stars Winner, Ralph Lauren Art Star Projekt, London, UK