（Germany, b. 1959)
Eberhard Ross (Germany, b. 1959) currently lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Frankfurt, Germany. He studied at Folkwang-University Of Arts Essen with László Lakner and Friedrich Gräsel. For decades, Ross has dedicated himself to painting and drawing, combining Zen Buddhist philosophy with minimalist aesthetics. His meditative working process responds to the order and rhythm found in nature. His works are held in numerous public and corporate collections, including Deji Art Museum (Nanjing, China), Royal Bank of Canada, Art Collection NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), and Museum of Art Alte Post (Mülheim, Germany).
Ross’s iconic Speicher series employs calligraphic networks of lines on canvas, aluminum, or paper, creating visual fields that breathe with rhythmic vitality. These organic marks emerge naturally through repetition, symbolizing the cycles of life and the flow of energy. In his practice, Ross not only explores the essence of curves and structures in nature but also investigates the subtle interplay between color and gesture. Art critics have likened his work to visual music, resonating with the pure melodies of Arvo Pärt and Keith Jarrett. Through a poetic and ethereal visual language, Ross evokes the pulse of life and the stillness of nature, guiding viewers into a contemplative state where "to see is to meditate." Beneath the apparent simplicity of his surfaces lies a profound gaze into the essence of all things.
Selected Collections
Education
Studied at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany, with László Lakner and Friedrich Gräsel
Lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Nikola Dimitrov, Eberhard Ross, Klaus Schneider | GKG | Bonn | GER
2025 “Resonance”, Solo Show | Amélie Maison d’Art | New York City | USA
2025 Eberhard Ross /Babak Saed | Galerie Kovacek & Zetter | Vienna | A
2025 Eberhard Ross/ Sander Reijgers | Galerie Robert Drees | Hannover | GER
2025 Eberhard Ross/ Michael Cleff | Galerie Schuermann | Kamp Linfort | GER
2025 “space and concentration“ | Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2025 “improvisierte Gegenwart” | Galerie Tobias Schrade | Ulm | GER
2025 „Zauber der Struktur“ | Kunsthaus Fischer | Stuttgart | GER
2025 „Resonanzen“ | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2024 „resonance“ | Galerie | Anja Knoess | Köln | GER
2024 “The Resonance of Space” mit Peter Demetz | Y Space Foundation | Hnagzhou | CHN
2024 Christine Brunella, Eberhard Ross, Hannah Schmider |LO Studio | Büdingen | GER
2024 “resonance” | Galerie Fenna Wehlau | München | GER
2024 “resonance” | Galerie Stefanie Boos | Heidelberg | GER
2024 Nikola Dimitrov, Eberhard Ross, Klaus Schneider | Villa Strecchius | Landau | GER
2023 “Kalymma” solo show | St. Michaelis Kirche | Erfurt | GER
2023 „looks good on paper“ | Nikola Rukaj Gallery | Toronto | CDN
2023 „sound of colours” | Galerie Kerstner | Kronberg am Taunus | GER
2022 Eberhard Ross/ Stephan Wurmer | Kunstverein Offenbach | GER
2022 Eberhard Ross/ Dieter Kränzlein | Kunsthaus Fischer | Stuttgart | GER
2022 Eberhard Ross/ Dieter Kränzlein | Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2022 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2022 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Galerie Stefanie Boos | Heidelberg | GER
2022 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2022 „The Aura Of Change“ Deji Art Museum | Nanjing | CHN
2021 „painting“ | Galleri Kai | Copenhagen | DK
2021 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Galerie Schuermann | Kamp Linfort | GER
2021 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Galerie Fenna Wehlau | Munich | GER
2021 “listening to colours/watching sounds” | Projektraum Streitfeld | Munich | GER
2020 Verein für aktuelle Kunst | Oberhausen | GER
2020 “refugium“ | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2020 “refugium“ | Amelie Maison d’Art | Paris | FR
2020 „refugium“ mit Margit Hartnagel | Dreieinigkeitskirche | Munich | GER
2020 “refugium“ | Galerie Stefanie Boos | Heidelberg | GER
2019 “refugium“ | Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2019 “refugium“ | am design Gallery | Antwerp | B
2019 “refugium“ | Galerie Fenna Wehlau | Munich| GER
2019 “refugium“ | Nikola Rukaj Gallery | Toronto | CDN
2019 “refugium“ | Duo show with Bruno Walpoth / Sculptor | Galerie Straihammer ] Seidenschwann | Vienna | A
2019 “refugium“ | Duo show with Bruno Walpoth / Sculptor | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2018 “fermata“ | Gallery Ginza G2 | Tokyo | JPN
2018 “silentium“ | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2018 “silentium“ | Galerie Kunst2 Stefanie Boos | Heidelberg | GER
2017 “the fermata series“ | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2017 “silent spaces“ | Galerie Fenna Wehlau | Munich | GER
2017 “fermatas & lauds“ | Artpark Gallery | Karlsruhe | GER
2016 “the fermata series“ | The Wildside Gallery | Antwerpen | Belgium
2016 “the fermata series“ | Galleria Il Ponte | Florence | IT
2016 “the fermata series“ | Single Piece exhibition at San Miniato Monastery | Florence | IT
2016 “the fermata series“ | Galerie Kunst2 | Heidelberg | GER
2015 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2015 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2015 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | artpark gallery | Karlsruhe | GER
2015 “contemplation“ with Neringa Vasiliauskaite | Galerie stoerpunkt | München | GER
2014 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | Hölzl Kunstprojekte | Düsseldorf | GER
2014 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | Galerie Kunst2 | Heidelberg | GER
2014 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | YoungEun Museum | Gwangjiu | KOR
2014 “Luminescence – think of your eyes as ears“ | JJ Joong Jung Gallery | Seoul/ Gangnam | KOR
2013 “silent spaces“ | Kunstverein Unna | GER
2013 “silent spaces“ | Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie | Essen | GER
2013 “silent spaces“ | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt am Main | GER
2013 “silent spaces“ | Four Square Fine Arts | London | UK
2012 “zwischenräume“ | Galerie Kunst2 | Heidelberg | GER
2012 “zwischenräume“ | Kunstverein Eislingen | GER
2011 Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt am Main | GER
2011 Galerie Heimeshoff | Essen | GER
2010 “space between“ | Four Square Fine Arts, c/o Redchurch Gallery London | UK
2010 “organische geometrie 2 “ | Museum Kalkar | GER
2010 “organic geometries“ | Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto | CDN
2009 “source“ | Galerie Obrist | Essen | GER
2008 “Biosphäre 1“ | Cora Hölzl Galerie | Düsseldorf | GER
2007 “organic geometries“ | The Study Gallery, Poole | Bournemouth | UK
2007 “organische geometrie“ | Städtische Galerie Brunsbüttel | GER
2007 Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology | Dortmund | GER
2006 “organische geometrie“ | Kunstmuseum Alte Post | Mülheim an der Ruhr | GER
2006 “organische geometrie“ | Städtische Galerie Schloss Strünkede | Herne | GER
2006 “organische geometrie“ | Galerie Obrist | Essen | GER
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 “Das blaue Band” Galerie Anja Knoess | Köln | GER
2024 “Winter Group Show” Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2024 “Beyond White“, Group Show | Galerie Heike Strelow | Frankfurt | GER
2024 “Debut”, Group Show| Amélie Maison d’Art | New York City | USA
2023 “Winter Group Show” Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2023 „The Journey Of Metaphysics“ Diyuan Art Gallery | Zhejiang | CHN
2023 „Goldberg Variationen“ | Kunsthaus Reitbahn | Ansbach | GER
2021 „Goldberg Variationen“ | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2021 „Mustermix“ | Dorfmuseum Roiten | Weitra | A
2021 „Mustermix“ | Schloss Weitra | Weitra | A
2021 „Malerei/Objekt/Skuptur“ mit Dirk Salz, Stefan Wurmer | Kunstraum Villa Friede | Bonn| GER
2021 „Kunst in Kirchen“ Wetterau | Katholische Kirche | Duedelsheim | GER
2020 „Ulrike Moehle/Eberhard Ross/Norbert Thomas | Verein für aktuelle Kunst | Oberhausen | GER
2020 „Mustermix“ NoeART | St. Poelten | A
2020 „Mustermix“ Haus der Kunst | Baden | A
2020 “BildKlang | KlangBild“ Galerie Dr. Gudrun Selz | Freiburg | GER
2019 „Dialog“ | Galerie Marianne Heller | Heidelberg | GER
2019 „The Coke Side Of Art” | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2019 “Zukunft” Galerie Huebner & Huebner | Frankfurt am Main | GER
2018 “Winterreise“ artpark gallery | Karlsruhe | GER
2018 “BildKlang | KlangBild“ Galerie Fenna Wehlau | München | GER
2018 “#Farbe“ group show | Galerie Frank Schlag | Essen | GER
2018 “frequences“ group show | artpark gallery | Karlsruhe | GER
2017 “stories“ | Artforum Ute Barth | Zurich | CH
2017 “BildKlang | KlangBild“ Kunstverein Unna | Unna | GER
2015 Natural Histories | Clerkenwell Gallery London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2014 Still Point / Four German Artists | Clerkenwell Gallery London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2014 Surface & Depth | Strand Gallery | London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2014 “Heimat ?“ | Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2014 „Form does not differ from emptiness“ | Meijiang Art Center | Tianjin | CHN
2014 “European And Chinese Abstracts“ / Shi Fang Fine Arts | Düsseldorf | GER
2013 “European Abstract“ | 203 Art Space | Shanghai | CHN
2013 “EcmThinkOfYourEarsAsEyes “ARA Art Center | Seoul | KOR
2013 “poetics of space“ | Four Square Fine Arts, c/o Redchurch Gallery London | UK
2012 “Stillleben“ Galerie Hübner & Hübner | Frankfurt | GER
2012 “top twenty – best of ruhrgebiet“ | Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie GmbH | Essen | GER
2012 Nature as Mind – Mind as Nature | Gallery in Redchurch Street London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2012 Genius Locii A Sense of Place | Store Street Gallery London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2011 “Farbe-Raum-Konzept“ | Galerie Schütte / Essen-Kettwig | GER
2011 “beflügelt“ | Stiftung pro arte Sparkasse Biberach | GER
2011 “Schnittstelle: Muster“ | Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung | Bonn | GER
2011 Nature Matters | Gallery in Redchurch Street London | c/o FourSquareFineArts | Lewes | UK
2010 “schwarz/weiss 2“ | Kunstverein Germersheim | GER
2010 “Laszlo Lakner & friends“ | Galerie Obrist | Essen | GER
2010 “eingeschrieben (in)“ | Cora Hölzl Galerie | Düsseldorf | GER
2009 “das Landschafts – a priori“ | Cora Hölzl Galerie | Düsseldorf | GER
2008 “gegenstandslos“ | Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung | Bonn | GER
2008 “spotlights“ | Sammlung Kunstmuseum Alte Post | Mülheim an der Ruhr | GER
2008 “Biennale der Zeichnung“ | Kunstverein Eislingen | GER
2007 “spielorte“, ein würfelwurf | Cora Hölzl Galerie, Düsseldorf | GER
2004 “Die Linie als Kunst- und Lebensspur“ | Kunstpreis der Stiftung Kreissparkasse Esslingen | GER
Art Fairs
Art Karlsruhe | GER
Cologne Fine Art Fair | GER
Positions Art Fair Berlin | GER
London International Art Fair | UK
Art London | UK
Glasgow Art Fair | UK
Toronto Art Fair | CDN
Art Miami | USA
Art Chicago | USA
Art Hamptons | USA
KIAF Seoul | KOR
Art Honkong | CHN
Shanghai Art Fair | CHN
Art Salon Zürich | CH
Roter Salon | Burgrieden | GER
Luxemburg Art Week | L
Collections
Museum of Art Alte Post | Mülheim an der Ruhr | GER
Art Collection NRW | Cornelimünster Aachen | GER
YoungEun Museum of Contemporary Art | KOR
City of Essen | GER
Royal Bank of Canada | CDN
pro arte Foundation | Sparkasse Biberach | GER
Kunstraum Villa Friede | Bonn | GER
Deji Art Museum | Nanjing | CHN
YSpace Foundation | Hangzhou | CHN
Ron Dennis Collection | Virginia Waters | UK
Awards
2013 Ruhr Award of Arts and Sciences
2007 Hermann Lickfeld Award
Artist in Residency Programs
Cité International des Arts | Paris | France | FR | 2017/2020/2023
Amélie du Chalard | Paradou | FR
Youngeun Museum Of Contemporary Art | Gwangjiu | KOR 2014