Bio
Sophie Reinhold’s practice is rooted in her own understanding of material, and dedication to the medium of painting. Often shaping her canvases in sections, Rheinhold applies marble powder to her surfaces, lending them an iridescent sheen. Running beneath these are Reinhold’s meditations on diverse imagery that range from Greek Mythology, which Reinhold gravitates towards for its tenuous relationship with morality, to icons and slogans from her upbringing in East Berlin.
Sophie Reinhold (*1981, lives and works in Berlin) studied at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin from 2008 to 2011, at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2010 and Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig from 2005 to 2008.
Solo and duo exhibitions include: Prediction of Forecast, Villa Atrata, Paris, Träum Weiter, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Basic Facility, CFAlive hosting SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Milan (2023); Mercedes Benz, GALERIE PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich, APORIA, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris (2022); MENACE, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Vienna (2021); Y, GALERIE PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich, Das kann das Leben kosten, CFA, Berlin (2020); Kein Witz, No Joke at Kunstverein Reutlingen, The Ballad of the Lost Hops, Sundogs, Paris (2019); Dear Hannes, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, Why talk of love at a time like this?!, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (2018); What if everything was the same? Exchange of Vacuums, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Vienna.
Recently, Reinhold’s work has been included in group shows held at Kunsthaus Graz, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (2022), Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris, CFA, Berlin (2021), Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2019).
PRESS / TEXTS
Sophie Reinhold: "don't get used to it"
Paolo Baggi
CFArts
Sophie Reinhold Suggests There’s No Such Thing as an Innocent Picture
Ramona Heinlein
Frieze
Dirty Jokes, True Lies
Kristian Vistrup Madsen
Texte zur Kunst
Review
Martin Herbert
ARTFORUM
Harte Kante, Weicher Stein
Kito Nedo
Art Magazin
Conversations: Loops and Escapes
Francesco Tenaglia
Mousse
Sophie Reinhold: Why Talk of Love at a Time Like This?!
Saim Demircan
Frieze
Critics' Picks by Max L. Feldman, Sophie Reinhold at Sophie Tappeiner Gallery
Max L. Feldman
ARTFORUM
Malerin Sophie Reinhold: Keine Angst vor alten Hasen
Christa Benzer
Der Standard
Sophie Reinhold at Sophie Tappeiner Gallery / Interview
Gianna Virginia Prein
Spike
In conversation with Sophie Reinhold
Beata Duvaker
Le Paradox
Sophie Reinhold at Tobias Naehring
KITO NEDO
Frieze