Neo Rauch

The sweetheart couple work together out of their private studio, ‘Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei.’ They have adjacent studios. They dine together by opening the large door that separates their workspaces at lunch and coffee.

Although being married for 30 years, the marriage has produced no children.

Neo Rauch was born on April 18, 1960 at Leipzig, Germany. His parents died in a tragic train accident when he was just 4 weeks.

He was raised by his grandparents until adulthood.

Rauch grew up in Aschersleben, Saxon-Anhalt, Germany.

He passed his exams at the ‘Thomas-Muntzer-Oberschule’, Ziesar, Germany.

After passing school exams, he moved on to study painting full time. He studied at ‘The Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig’ in Leipzig, Germany.

Shortly after beginning his studies, he became a master student under Professor Arno Rink during the years 1981-1986.

During 1986-1990, he was a master student under Professor Bernhard Heisig.

He worked as an assistant to his former professor, Arno Rink as well as Sighard Gille at the ‘Leipziger Academy’. He assisted them from 1993 until 1998.

In 2004, he was a selector for ‘EASTinternational’. He was handpicked by Lynda Morris, the curator for ‘EAST’, and the ‘EAST’ board for his demonstration of budding political, social, and artistic trends.

From 2005-2009, he worked as a professor. He taught at ‘The Leiziger Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst’ - the school he himself had attended.

In 2005, he was featured in a collection at ‘The Carnegie International’. The show is held at the ‘Carnegie Museum of Art’ in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is the oldest North American exhibition of contemporary styles of art work from around the world.

He painted a series of works especially for a solo show in 2007. The show took place in the Mezzanine of the modern art wing at the’ Metropolitan Museum of Art’ in New York City. The show was called ‘Para.’

His most recent collection was held at ‘The Centre for Fine Arts’ in Brussels, Belgium, in 2013. The collection was titled ‘Neo Rauch. The Obsession of the Demiurge. Selected works, 1993-2012.’