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Alejandra Ruddoff
Lindenstr. 31-32
D-12555 Berlin - Germany

Mobile: +49 171 38 66 898
Studio: +49 30 20 07 88 75

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Artist
Statement

In Search of the Moment’s Truth

The question of the relationship between matter, time and change is the central theme of my work. Sculpture is not seen as an image or an isolated freeze of a rigid moment but as a description of a process. A process which deals with nature and the laws of nature, with the complex physical correlations of our world and the specific viewpoint of man thereupon.

In the center of the view is the fleetingness of the moment. My work looks
for an expression of the moment in the space-time continuum. For this I developed a formal language which makes possible in one and the same plastic description the moments and periods of time. It’s always about snapshots of great dynamic processes, I always go in search of a kind of “The Moments Truth”.

Biography

Working between Germany and her native Chile, Alejandra Ruddoff’s practice unfolds across landscapes, materials, and cultural contexts. Her large-scale sculptures inhabit both architecture and open terrain, tracing lines along interurban routes in South America while shaping public spaces in European cities. Her work Hommage an den Wind is included in Phaidon’s Destination Art Top 500.

Moving between continents, her works emerge in dialogue with place: mutatis mutandis was presented at the 2017 Venice Biennale and shortly thereafter in Santiago de Chile.

Ruddoff works with wood, iron, steel, and bronze, while also developing engravings, prints, photographs, videos, and 3D-based forms in Berlin. Her works are held in collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago. A former DAAD fellow, she was appointed to the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts.

CV / Exhibitions

HIGHER EDUCATION
1991 - 1993
Postgraduate Studies
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany

1987 - 1988
Postgraduate Studies
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany

1979 - 1985
Bachelor of Visual Arts, major in Sculpture
Faculty of Arts, University of Chile

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020 - 2021
Professor of Sculpture
Faculty of Arts, Universidad Católica de Temuco

2005 - 2009
Professor of Sculpture
Faculty of Arts, Universidad Finis Terrae

2005 - 2009
Professor of Sculpture
Faculty of Arts, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

2002 - 2006
Professor of Composition
Faculty of Arts, University of Chile

2000 - 2002
Professor of Sculpture
Faculty of Arts, University of Chile

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | Selected

2026
OPEN STUDIO
Studio Köpenick, Berlin, Germany

2023
DIE WAHRHEIT DES AUGENBLICKS
Capital Club Berlin, Germany

2012
ORBITAL
Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany

2009
NACH VORN SKULPTUR & SKIZZE
Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte, Potsdam, Germany
2008
AM SAUM EINER SPIEGELUNG
Heidelberg Center, Santiago, Chile

2003
WEGEN IN BEWEGUNG
National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile

2002
NACH VORN
Humboldtbrücke – Berliner Straße, Potsdam, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS | Selected

2025
Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes 60 Años
University of Talca Campus, Santiago, Chile

2025
Karl Menzen – Ode an den Freund
Kunsthalle Lehnin, Germany

2025
50 Years of Druckwerkstatt
Druckwerkstatt, Berlin, Germany

2023
The Journey – Chilean Academy of Fine Arts
Pedro Olmos Hall, University of Talca Extension Center, Santiago, Chile

2022
Finalist Comel Prize – Infinito Alluminio
Spazio Comel Arte Contemporanea, Latina, Italy

2021
EL VIAJE DE LA DIVERSIDAD
Galerie Atelier III, Barmstedt, Germany

2020
THIS IS AN INTERVENTION!
Studio Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

2019
F12 15FS1_BN – CHILEAN CONEXIÓN
Project Space, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany

2018
TIERRA AJENA / FREMDE HEIMAT
Kunsthalle Lehnin, Germany

2018
MALETA/KOFFER
Galerie Cleartext, Berlin, Germany

2018
DIÁSPORA
National Center of Contemporary Art Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile

2017
PERSONAL STRUCTURES - OPEN BORDERS
Venice Biennale, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy

2017
TIERRA AJENA - FREMDE HEIMAT
Martin Gusinde Anthropological Museum, Puerto Williams, Chile

2015
GUEST ARTIST
FAXXI Contemporary Art Fair, Santiago, Chile

2014
SPUR DER STEINE
Druckwerkstatt im Kulturwerk, Berlin, Germany

2014
PARA MIRAR DE CERCA
Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), Santiago, Chile

2012
C.A.R Contemporary Art Ruhr
Contemporary Art Fair, Essen, Germany

2012
100 DAYS ART JOURNEY - COMPLETING THE CIRCLE
Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany

2012
THE JOURNEY OF DIVERSITY
Embassy of Chile, Berlin, Germany

2012
NordArt 2012
Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2012
100 TAGE KUNSTREISE - AUSSTELLUNG #3
Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany

2011
NordArt 2011
Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2010
MAGICAL CONNECTIONS
Sparkasse Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

2010
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile

2009
DIALOGUE ZONE - SCULPTURES FROM THE COLLECTION
Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), Santiago, Chile

2008
OLYMPIC FINE ARTS 2008
Tai Miao Temple, Forbidden City, Beijing, China

2004–2006
CHILEAN ART - CROSSING BORDERS
Patricia Ready Gallery, Itinerant Exhibition

1998
FROM THE SOUTH
Kouros Gallery, New York, USA

AWARDS | Selected

2019
Elected Corresponding Academician
Chilean Academy of Fine Arts

2003
Costanera Norte Competition Prize
Pedro de Valdivia Bridge, Santiago, Chile

2003
First Prize MOP – Memorial de Paine
In collaboration with Iglesis-Prat Architects, Paine, Chile

2000
FONDART Award
National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile

2000
First Prize MOP – Homenaje al Viento
Pan-American Highway, Patagonia, Chile

1993
Third Prize Danner Foundation
Kunst Meile Symposium, Mainburg, Germany

1992
First Prize Bambu – Aktion
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany

SCHOLARSHIPS | Selected

2020
Kulturprojekte Berlin Scholarship
Senate of Culture, Berlin, Germany

2010–2011
Artist in Residence
DAAD, Berlin, Germany

2008
Artist in Residence
Stiftung Dr. Robert und Lina Thyll-Dürr, Elba, Italy

2006
Artist in Residence
Volkswagen Design Center, Potsdam, Germany

1994–1995
Amigos del Arte Scholarship, Santiago, Chile

1991–1993    DAAD Scholarship
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany

1987–1988    DAAD Scholarship
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Germany

COMPETITIONS | Selected

2023
Art Competition Decolonial Memorial
Berlin Global Village (BGV), Berlin, Germany

2019
60 Years Competition, Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile

2008
Olympic Fine Arts Selection
Beijing, China

2006
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Contest Selection
Beijing, China

2003
DAAD Workshop Grenzsignale
La Factoría, Universidad ARCIS, Santiago, Chile

2000
Fundación Telefónica Competition Selection – Young Sculpture
Fundación Telefónica Art Hall, Santiago, Chile

1998
From the South Exhibition Selection
Kouros Gallery, New York, USA

1993
BMW Drawings
Bayerische Motoren Werke, Munich, Germany

SYMPOSIA / WORKSHOPS | Selected

2018
Workshop Tierra Ajena / Fremde Heimat
Kloster Lehnin, Germany

2016
Workshop Kunstwanderweg Kleinbreitenbach
Plaue, Germany

2013
Sculpture Park at Klostersee
Kloster Lehnin, Germany

2004
International Symposium Arte e Vita
Potsdam, Germany

2001
L’Internacional de la Sculpture / L’Infini
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada

2001
International Sculpture Symposium – Peace, Friendship and Time’s Space
Changchun, China

1996
International Sculptors Workshop
Cultural Landscape Burgheßler, Germany

1993
Kunst Meile Symposium
Mainburg, Germany

COLLECTIONS

2011
Tribute to the Forest of Chile
Embassy of Chile, Berlin, Germany

2009
Transcription of an Empty Space
Sparkasse Wuppertal Collection, Germany

2001
Plicatura, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA)
Santiago, Chile

2001
Moving Forward I
Museum of Contemporary Art, Changchun, China

2000
Moving Forward VI
Diario El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile

1995
Tribute Summit Meeting II
Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), Santiago, Chile

1995
Four-Way Conversation in the Rain
Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), Santiago, Chile

1992
Giraciclo I, Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI)
Santiago, Chile

1991
Plastic Threshold, Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI)
Santiago, Chile

PUBLIC ARTWORKS

2016
ELAN
Kunstwanderweg Kleinbreitenbach, Plaue, Germany

2013
AD ASTRA
Sculpture Park at Klostersee, Kloster Lehnin, Germany

2010
NACH VORN II
DAAD, Bonn, Germany

2010
NACH VORN – CHILEPLATZ
Potsdam, Germany

2004
GIRACICLO IV
Sculpture Park, Valle de los Artistas, Ranguil, Chile

2003
MEMORIAL DE PAINE
In collaboration with Iglesis-Prat Architects, Paine, Chile

2003
DIACRONÍA
Sculpture Park, Santiago

2001
PEACE, FRIENSHIP AND TIME’S SPACE
Changchun Sculpture Park, China

2001
L’INFINITI
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada

2000
HOMENAJE AK VIENTO
Pan-American Highway, Patagonia, Chile

1996
ESPACIO VITAL
Burgheßler. Germany

Publications

Solo Exhibitions

Nach Vorn. Skulptur & Skizze, Alejandra Ruddoff, Potsdam, Germany, 2009

Rutas en movimiento, Santiago, Alejandra Ruddoff, Santiago, Chile, 2003

Arte en Chile, Alejandra Ruddoff, Santiago, Chile, 2000

Bibliography

2022
Infinito Alluminio
Premio Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Premio Comel, Italy

2022
Mutatis Mutandis
Signature Magazine by Dianium Residence, Germany

2021
Movimientos de tierra
Barcelona, España

2018
Destination Art
500 Artworks Worth the Trip, Phaidon Verlag, Austria

2018
Arte público
El MOP en la incorporación de arte en el territorio, Santiagop, Chile

2015
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum - Die Potsdamer Innenstadt, Potsdam, Germany

2013
Portraits of Art, Miguel Sayago, Santiago, Chile

2010
Centenario 1919 – 2010, Colección Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

2010
Figura magica - den Kreis geschlossen: Bodo Berheides Skulptur reist um die WeltNordpark, Wuppertal, Germany

2004
Homenaje al Viento, Arte al Límite, E. Solanich, Chile, Santiago

2004
Chilean Art - Crossing Borders, Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile

2004
Escultura Chilena Contemporánea 1850 – 2004, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile

2005
Arte en su espacio, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile

2008
Olympic Landscape Sculpture International Tour Exhibition, Beijing, China

2008
Museo Parque de las Esculturas, Santiago, Chile

2007
Cátedra de Artes PUC, Santiago, Chile

2002
El Acero en la Escultura Chilena, Fundación Telefónica, Santiago, Chile

2001
Colección Santa Cruz – Yaconi, MAVI, Santiago, Chile

International Sculpture Symposium, Collection of Works, Changchun, China, 2001

La Madera en la Escultura Chilena, Fundación Telefónica, Santiago, Chile, 2001

Otra Mirada para su Estudio, Enrique Solanich Santiago, Chile, 2000

2000
Escultura Joven, Fundación Telefónica, Francisco Brugnoli, Santiago, Chile

1998
Chilean Sculptors in New York, NewYork, USA

1997
Encuentro Boliviano Chileno de Escultura, Santiago, Chile

1996
50 años de Escultura Contemporánea Chilena, Santiago, Chile

1995
Diez años de Escultura, Alejandra Ruddoff, Santiago, Chile

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