Education
1994-1997 Bachelor of Arts, Communication studies (film/photography), Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Solo exhibitions
2022 Stadtautobahnmeditationen, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2018 The Human Error, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Not Fun and Not Free, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2012 New Work (False Contact), Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Oktogon, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Projections II by Theatre of 8 (in collaboration with Chloe Griffin) - Live Super 8 Film performance, Basso, Berlin
2009 Ramadan In Space Time by Theatre of 8 (in collaboration with Chloe Griffin) - Live Super 8 Film performance, B_Books, Berlin
2008 Nouveau Système, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
2008 Pyramid Of Needs, Galerie Clark, Montréal, Canada
2006 Collages, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2004 PP’s OMNI (in collaboration with D-L Alvarez), New Langton Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2004 Crisis Points & Gentle Gestures (in collaboration with Chloe Griffin) Galerie Knoth & Krüger, Berlin
2004 PP’s MuMu (in collaboration with D-L Alvarez), Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2002 Sièges Sociaux, Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montréal
Selected group exhibitions:
2018 Way Bay 2, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2018 Mystic Detectives, Samek Art Museum, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
2014 Collaboration with Chloé Griffin for the exhibition and book presentation in homage to Cookie Mueller, Participant Inc, New York, NY
2013 Winter Show, Galerie September, Berlin
2013 Limerick Print Studio / Druckwerkstatt Bethanien Berlin Art Exchange, Limerick, Ireland
2012 Up Against It, Munch Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Projections III by Theatre of 8 (in collaboration with Chloe Griffin), Basso at Hebbeltheater / HAU 1, Berlin
2010 View of Outer Space from an Aquarium, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Heroismen, Galerie Neon Chocolate, Berlin
2010 Letter from an old folks home on the Moon, Club der Polnischen Versager, Berlin
2009 Psychometry II, curated by D-L Alvarez , Arratia Beer Gallery, Berlin
2009 Ramadan In Space-Time by Theatre of 8 (in collaboration with Chloe Griffin) - LIVE FILM! Jack Smith Festival, Kino Arsenal / Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
2008 Ad Memoriam, Exile Gallery, Berlin
2007 Transfer, Hope & Glory Project Space, Berlin
2006 Eva’s Arche und der Feminist, Künstlerhaus Auguststraße, Berlin
2003 PP’s I don’t want to be here, Chironex Fleckeri oder Momente in der Schwebe (Mulholland Drive), NGBK (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildene Kunst), Berlin
2002 PP’s Cottage Industry, in the location of the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2001 I don’t want to be here, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto
Artist residencies:
2016 Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in residence, Sausalito, California, USA
2016 Kala Institute for Printmaking, Berkeley, California, USA
2012 Artist in residence program at Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Books:
2022 Tecnocreto - Visible Publications
2019 Mechanical Fantasy Box - The Homoerotic Journal of Patrick Cowley with Illustratins by Gwenael Rattke, Dark Entries Editions
2018 San Francisco Reverberation - Facsimile reproduction in book form of print portfolio, Visible Publications
2017 Patterns & Perspectives, Visible Publications
2017 San Francisco Reverberation - Artist book / portfolio of 40 silk screen prints, edition of 25
2014 Edgewise - A Picture of Cookie Mueller, Illustrations, design & visual concept, B_Books Verlag
Artist talks:
2020 Visiting artist, Matt Borruso, Collage, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
2017 San Francisco Reverberation: an artist talk for the Headlands Center for the Arts presented at the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco
2017 Visiting artist, Luca Antonucci, artist books, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Collections:
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Letterform Archive, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Selected Bibliography:
2020 Omen Magazine, Illustrating an Underworld: Gwenael Rattke, by Jorge Socarras
2019 A Magazine Curated by Pierpaolo Piccioli (Paris), Fantasies & Arias, illustrations / collaboration with Michel Gaubert & Ryan Aguilar
2019 Libération (Paris), Homo, Disco, Frisco by Olivier Lamm
2015 Daily Serving, Gwenael Rattke at Romery Young Gallery, by Danica Willard Sachs
2014 Queer Zines 2, edited by AA Bronson & Philipp Aarons, Printed Matter, New York
2014 OpenSpace @SFMOMA, 1983, by DL Alvarez
2014 Mould Map, contribution, Landfill Editions, London
2013 Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Mehr Berlin profile
2012 OpenSpace @SFMOMA, From Berlin to San Francisco: Gwenael Rattke & DL Alvarez, by Johnny Ray Huston
2004 Art Forum, OMNI: A Celebration of Klaus Nomi`s 60th Birthday, by Bruce Hainly