My work “PIETA - RALF KÖNIG & CHRISTO” is featured at
A HOMOSEXUAL RENAISSANCE
A Queer Perspective On Historical Icons
CURATED BY HUNTER O’HANIAN
ARTSUNITED, INC
WILTON MANORS / FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
2401 N. Dixie Highway
also at
LEATHER ARCHIVES & MUSEUM
CHICAGO
WISH YOU WERE QUEER - LGBTI* Presence and Absence in Art and History
May 24 - October 26, 2025
MUSEUM IM PREDIGER
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Artists: Daniel von Alkier, Patrick Angus, Hans Baldung Grien, Norbert Bisky, Donatello, Kerstin Drechsel, Rainer Fetting, Tom of Finland, Isabelle Hannemann, Rinaldo Hopf, Dylan Hurwitz, Martin E. Kautter, Lotte Laserstein, Emanuel Leutze, Jeanne Mammen, Marga van den Meydenberg, Aron Neubert, Jens Pecho, Gerhard Pohl, Hannah Römer, Helmut Röttgen, Christian Schad, Herbert Rolf Schlegel, Lene Schneider-Kainer, Daniel Schumann, Logan T. Sibrel, Lukas Städler, Hannes Steinert and Jürgen Wittdorf
MY GAY EYE / MEIN SCHWULES AUGE #21 - „LOVE, NOT WAR“
Curated by Rinaldo Hopf & Johnny Abbate
VERNISSAGE & BOOK LAUNCH : THURSDAY, 17 APRIL, 18–21 UHR / 6–9 PM — MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Erik Leuthäuser
READING : SATURDAY, 26 APRIL, 19 UHR / 7 PM
EXHIBITION 18 – 26 APRIL 2025
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
Artists: Luke Carter, Sabatino Cersosimo, Marc DeBauch, Yves De Brabander, Lars Deike, Jaap De Jonge, Ismael Delarge, Peter Dubina, Fausto, Fedya Ili, Franko Maria, Giaco, Greif Lazic, Norbert Heuler, Richard Kranzin, Link, Male Shibari, Marc Lippuner, Mattazine Society, Slava Mogutin, Pancho Assoluto, Philipp Platzer, Quentin’s Cabinet, Armin Scheid, Peter Schmid, Daniel Schmude, Andres Silva, Ringo Sommerfeld, Steam, Lars Theuerkauff, Trakter, Tristor Blue, Rosa von Praunheim, Andy Warlord, Sean Wiebersch, Etienne Zerah, Miron Zownir, Johnny Abbate, Rinaldo Hopf
KONKURSBUCH VERLAG CLAUDIA GEHRKE
www.konkursbuch.com
www.mygayeye.com
+++ NEW BOOK OUT MARCH 25, 2025 +++
Edited by Rinaldo Hopf & Johnny Abbate
400 pages, bilingual (German/English), 24 EUR
www.mygayeye.com
www.konkursbuch.com
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES
November 29 - December 1, 2024
INDIGO HOTEL, DOWNTOWN L.A.
Festival hours:
Friday 29th November: 11a-8p
Saturday 30th November: 10a-6p
Sunday 1st December: 11a-5p
www.tomoffinland.org
RINALDO HOPF QUEER ART COLLECTION
OCTOBER 9 - 20, 2024
THE BALLERY
Nollendorfstr. 11
10777 Berlin
Information: 0049 151 28775039
ARTISTS: Pierre et Gilles, Will McBride, David Wojnarowicz, Felix Gonzales Torres, Andy Warhol, Tom of Finland, Jürgen Wittdorf, Johnny Abbate, Rick Castro, Martin von Ostrowski, Michael Alago, Mavado Charon, Daniel Schmude, Henning von Berg, Roland Berger, Matthias Herrmann, General Idea, Alberto de las Heras, Jürgen Baldiga, Rob Jurka, The Hun, Rosa von Praunheim, Markus Tiarks, Michael Bryntrup, Nigel Grimmer, Homo Riot / Brett McCall, Alexandre Haefeli, Salustiano, Rüdiger Trautsch, Slava Mogutin, Greg Day, Ralf König, Etienne Zerah, Richard Kranzin, Jean Ulrick Désert, Martin E. Kautter, Ingo Taubhorn and others.
PICNICS / COLAZIONI SULL'ERBA
2-3-4 AUGUST 2024
VILLA MURABITO
CASOLI CAMAIORE, ITALY
SEX SELLS - BEYOND THE HISTORICAL MATRIX
July 5 – August 3, 2024
SEMJON CONTEMPORARY, BERLIN
www.semjoncontemporary.com
ARTISTS: Johnny Abbate, Bernadette Anzengruber, Henrietta Armstrong, Pancho Assoluto, Norbert Bisky, Joanna Buchowska, Luke Carter, Rick Castro, Collagism, Kerstin Drechsel, Ute Essig, Tony Franz, Andreas Fux, Cihangir Gümüştürkmen, Renate Hampke, Kirsty Harris, Florian Hetz, Norbert Heuler, Rinaldo Hopf, Male shibari, Jan-Holger Mauss, Anja Müller, Marcel Odenbach, Detlev Pusch, Michael Sayles, Eva Schwab, Tanja Selzer, Marianne Stoll, Thomas Synnamon, Ingo Taubhorn, Stefan Thiel, Petra Tödter, Elmar Vestner, Georg Weise
69 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & EXHIBITION
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE BALLERY
JUNE 26 - 29, 2024
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
www.theballery.com
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL 2024
MAY 31 - JUNE 2
HALLE AM BERGHAIN, BERLIN
www.tomoffinland.org
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL 2024
MAY 31 - JUNE 2
HALLE AM BERGHAIN, BERLIN
www.tomoffinland.org
SUNSET BOULEVARD - HOMAGE TO TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
PANORAMA PAINTING IN CINEMASCOPE FORMAT
Watercolor, ink, and acrylics on vintage 1970s adult magazines, 3x6.30 Meter / 10'x20'5'' feet, 2023/24
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL 2024
MAY 31 - JUNE 2
HALLE AM BERGHAIN, BERLIN
www.tomoffinland.org
I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR: REFLECTIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY QUEER, DETROIT USA
MIGHTY REAL / QUEER DETROIT BIENNIAL
curated by Patrick Burton
Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 30, 2024
My work is featured at
IRWIN HOUSE GALLERY
KAYROD GALLERY and
ANTON ART CENTER
www.mrqd.org
This year's biennial includes over 180 artists spread across 12 galleries, with an emphasis on national and international artists. The theme for this year's event explores the aesthetic mirroring between art and the viewer to highlight the role of art in achieving personal visibility and social connection. The diverse representation of artists and the thematic focus on the relationship between art and viewer make MR/QD’s I'll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer a significant event in the art community.
MY PAINTING “STONEWALL RIOTS” ON THE COVER OF "BETWEEN THE LINES" MAGAZINE, DETROIT, USA
HORSES - GROUP SHOW
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 22, 2024
VERNISSAGE FEBRUARY 29, 2024
www.theballery.com
MY GAY EYE / MEIN SCHWULES AUGE #20 "UNCENSORED" EXHIBITION
DECEMBER 1 - 31, 2023
EISENHERZ BERLIN
curated by FEDYA ILI & RINALDO HOPF
Johnny Abbate, Henning von Berg, Norbert Bisky, Nils Bollenbach, Jody Caravaglia, Sabatino Cersosimo, Godsandboys, Norbert Heuler, Rinaldo Hopf, Fedya Ili, Male Shibari, Slava Mogutin, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Robert B., Kai Teichert, Stefan Thiel, Tom of Finland, Kurt Walters, Jürgen Wittdorf, Markus Tiarks
RINALDO HOPF & FEDYA ILI
MY GAY EYE #20 UNCENSORED
- NEW BOOK OUT OCTOBER 2023 -
103 international artists and authors, 400 pages, English / German
www.mygayeye.com
www.konkursbuch.com
SOLO EXHIBITION & RETROSPECTIVE
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
September 29 - October 29, 2023
Vernissage September 29, 2023
www.theballery.com
NEW BOOKLET: STONEWALL RIOTS & SOCIAL DISTANCING
THE ALLTOGETHER CLUBHOUSE, NEW YORK
presented by TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES & THE COMMUNITY, PARIS supported by DIESEL
9 WEST 8TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10011, USA
JUNE 21 - 25, 2023
MY PANEL WITH STONEWALL RIOTS VETERANS SATURDAY JUNE 24, 5 PM
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL BERLIN
THE KNAST, BERLIN
May, 12 - 14, 2023
www.tomoffinland.org
www.prideart.eu
GALERIE MOOIMAN STAND #72 AT KUNST RAI ART AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
MAY 3 - 7, 2023
www.mooi-man.nl
www.kunstrai.nl
UNOS CUERPOS SON COMO FLORES
NATURALEZAS TRANS / TRANS IDENTITIES
February 9 - April 9, 2023
ESPACIO SANTA CLARA, SEVILLA SPAIN
Curated by Pablo Peinades, Colección Visible de Arte Contemporáneo
MIR - WAR & PEACE, THE KNAST, BERLIN
February 24 - 26, 2023
www.prideart.eu
EXHIBITION #4 - THE BALLERY, BERLIN
Rinaldo Hopf, Valentina Bardazzi, Marie-Charlotte Nouza, Erwin van Hoof
Vernissage February 1, 2023
www.theballery.com
CHI HA UCCISO PASOLINI / WHO KILLED PASOLINI?
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO, PIETRASANTA TUSCANY, ITALY
DECEMBER 16, 2022 - JANUARY 16, 2023
LA VETRINA DEL BANCO BPM
www.vehicleprojects.org
MY RETURN TO PLEASURE PARK - TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
OPENING & BOOKLAUNCH “MY GAY EYE”
www.tomoffinland.org
www.mygayeye.com
MY NEW BOOK IS OUT OCTOBER 15, 2022
MY GAY EYE / MEIN SCHWULES AUGE #19
coedited with FEDYA ILI
80 international artists and writers, 400 pages, German / English, 24 EUR
cover art: PIERRE ET GILLES
KONKURSBUCH CLAUDIA GEHRKE
www.mygayeye.com
REUNION 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALLERY, BERLIN
www.theballery.com
WHO KILLED PASOLINI?
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
14 - 26 October 2022
www.theballery.com
QUEERING THE CRIP, CRIPPING THE QUEER
An Exhibit on Queer/Disability History, Activism, and Culture
SCHWULES MUSEUM, BERLIN
2 September 2022 — 30 January 2023
www.schwulesmuseum.de
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
HOMAGE TO HIS CENTENARY
CASA MUSEO MURABITO, CASOLI CAMAIORE, TUSCANY
20 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER, 2022
MY ARTWORK IS THE MAIN IMAGE FOR THE NEWLY RESTORED DOCUMENTARY ON PASOLINI
THE METRO FILM AND ARTS FOUNDATION, SAN FRANCISCO
FILM RELEASE AUGUST 2022
RINALDO HOPF BIRTHDAY EXHIBITION
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
From July 1, 2022
www.theballery.com
ALLTOGETHER - COLLECTION OF TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
COLLATERAL SHOW OF THE VENICE BIENNIAL
STUDIO CANNAREGIO, VENEZIA
APRIL 23 - JUNE 26, 2022
and at
THE COMMUNITY CENTER, PARIS
MAY 8- JUNE 26, 2022
ALLTOGETHER - COLLECTION OF TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
COLLATERAL SHOW OF THE VENICE BIENNIAL
STUDIO CANAREGGIO, VENEZIA
APRIL 22 - JUNE 26, 2022
PARADISO AUSTERE
GROUP SHOW, THE BALLERY, BERLIN
APRIL 2 - 16, 2022
www.theballery.com
THE MALE FIGURE XI
MARCH 23 - MAY 20, 2022
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, MUNICH
www.kunstbehandlung.com
HOMOSURREALISM @ PRIDE ART BERLIN
Curated by Jack Sanders & Lars Deike
January 29 / 30, 2022
I AM ALWAYS ACCEPTING PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS
MODEL: ARTIST JOHNNY ABBATE AND HIS PORTRAITS 2013 & 2021
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT INFO@RINALDOHOPF.COM
MY NEW BOOK CO-EDITED WITH FEDYA ILI
OCTOBER 2021
www.mygayeye.com
GERMANY - THE BALLERY, BERLIN
24 September - 3 October 2021
www.theballery.com
MY QUEER EYE - COLLECTION CLAUDIA GEHRKE
STADTMUSEUM TÜBINGEN, GERMANY
24 SEPTEMBER 2021 - 30 January 2022
SOCIAL DISTANCING - INSTINCT InBETWEEN
THE VILLAGE, BERLIN
Opening September 9, 2021
www.instinct.berlin
In this widely publicized life-size work in 14 parts, Rinaldo Hopf brings wit and stunning esthetic eroticism to describe on a spectacular scale the predicament of social relations in a pandemic. Seven athletic and well-endowed young men practice self-fellatio in different poses to comply with regulations on distancing. The artist respected the required 1.5-meter distance between the protagonists. The background reproducing current newspapers from different countries around the world stresses the global scale of the phenomenon. This is further evidenced by the appealing diversity of the men pleasuring themselves, a reminder of the joys of cosmopolitan life now under strain. Pierre Louis
25 YEARS KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, MUNICH
Opening August 1, 2021
www.kunstbehandlung.com
SUMMER OF LOVE
THE BALLERY, BERLIN
Opening July 22, 2021
www.theballery.com
EXHIBITION #5 MÜNCHEN & BERLIN / CORIANDER P & RINALDO HOPF
MUNICH ART GALLERY, MUNICH
JUNE 24 - JULY 4, 2021
www.munichartgallery.de
LAUNCH OF THE NEW ONLINE STORE @ THE BALLERY, BERLIN
www.theballery.com
SOPHIE SCHOLL - CENTENARY OF THE GERMAN RESISTANCE FIGHTER ON 9TH MAY
THE MALE FIGURE X
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG MUNICH
OPENING MARCH 25, 2021
www.kunstbehandlung.com
SOME GOLDEN QUEERS
BILL ARNING EXHIBITIONS, HOUSTON / TEXAS FROM MARCH 6TH 2021
www.billarning.com
IN THE STUDIO - PAINTING JESSE OWENS / OLYMPIA BERLIN 1936
I AM ALWAYS ACCEPTING NEW PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS
MODEL: ACTOR SEBASTIAN LEDESMA, SWITZERLAND 2014
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT INFO@RINALDOHOPF.COM
PLUGGED-IN
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE
TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
www.tomoffinland.org
GROUP SHOW
22 October - 22 November 2020
EISENHERZ BOOKSTORE, BERLIN
MY NEW BOOK CO-EDITED WITH FEDYA ILI
OCTOBER 2020
www.mygayeye.com
SOCIAL DISTANCING 2020
HARVEY MILK PHOTO CENTER
SAN FRANCISCO
Watercolor, 42x30 cm /16,5x12 in, 2020
Collection of Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles
TAKE ME - GROUP SHOW
15 December 2019 - 31 January 2020
GALERIE MOOIMAN, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS
Ceiling drawing, ink on ricepaper, 200 x 350 cm I 6 ’5’’ x 11 ’5’’, 2019
1 December 2019 - 6 Januay 2020
SONNTAGSCLUB, BERLIN
30.11.2019 - 21.2.2020
GALERIE BOVISTRA., STUTTGART
June 1 to 30 - NAVEL, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER, TOM HOUSE, Los Angeles
24.6.2018
TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
Readers: Durk Dehner, Mark Timothy Hayward, Rinaldo Hopf, Jamison Karon, David Parke Epstein, Marc Ransdell Bellenger, Steven Reigns, Srs Sharp
MC: Jordan Michael Green
Artbook
LA SURPRISE, 2022
"In this unique work the acclaimed Berlin-based painter Rinaldo Hopf (*1955) enticingly depicts a voyeuristic fantasy at a sports venue. In the open shower an attractive blond youth is aroused by both his unconfined nakedness and its known potential effect on onlookers. An admirer discretely revels in the show and betrays the hesitation and necessary restraint in a public place. The engaging color set of the tilework adds to the playfulness of the scene. How the protagonists will relieve the tension in this particular context is left to the outside viewer's imagination." Pierre Bessard
TOM OF FINLAND ART & CULTURE FESTIVAL 2021
ONLINE VIEWING ROOM - OPENS DECEMBER 4TH
https://www.tomoffinland.org/online-viewing-room-artists/
12.1. - 30.1.2018
THE BALLERY, Berlin
www.theballery.com
5. - 25.10.2017
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, Munich
www.kunstbehandlung.de
2018 Calendar
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, Munich
26.2.- 1.3.2017
TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, Los Angeles
www.tomoffinlandfoundation.org
2017 Calendar
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, Munich
curated by Wolfgang Theis
28.10.2016 - 30.1.2017
SCHWULES MUSEUM, Berlin
www.schwulesmuseum.de
1. - 24.7. 2016
Rinaldo Hopf, Andreas Fux, Otto Oscar Hernandez Ruiz, Oscar Rómulo Hernández
THE BALLERY, Berlin
www.theballery.com Rinaldo Hopf Prova
curated by Wolfgang Theis
23.6. - 20.11.2016
SCHWULES MUSEUM, Berlin
www.schwulesmuseum.de
21.4.-24.6. 2016
THE BALLERY, Berlin @ Wälderhaus, Hamburg
www.theballery.com
15.1.-7.2. 2016
THE BALLERY, Berlin
www.theballery.com
2016 Calendar
KUNSTBEHANDLUNG, Munich
www.kunstbehandlung.de
Edited by RINALDO HOPF (images) & AXEL SCHOCK (texts)
Anthology, 320 pages, German & English
OUT OCTOBER 2015
KONKURSBUCH VERLAG CLAUDIA GEHRKE, Tübingen
www.konkursbuch.com
"Rainer Werner Fassbinder" from the GOLDEN QUEERS series
www.teddyaward.org
Edited by RINALDO HOPF (images) & AXEL SCHOCK (texts)
Anthology, 320 pages, German & English
OUT OCTOBER 2014
KONKURSBUCH VERLAG CLAUDIA GEHRKE, Tübingen
www.konkursbuch.com
"Valeska Gert" from the GOLDEN QUEERS series
www.teddyaward.org
Artbook, 196 pages, German & English
Texts by Bill Arning, Robert Atkins, Lena Braun, Benedict Gagelmann, Claudia Gehrke, Alexandros Karozas, Ralf König, Edward Lucie-Smith, James F. Murphy, Wilfried Post, Renee Rauchalles, Wieland Speck, Wolfgang Theis, Maja Ueberle-Pfaff, Del LaGrace Volcano, Frank Wagner, Mario Wirz
Design: Sandro Kortekaas / Art Direction: Rinaldo Hopf & Sandro Kortekaas
KONKURSBUCH VERLAG CLAUDIA GEHRKE, Tübingen, Germany
www.konkursbuch.com
"Jean Marais" from the GOLDEN QUEERS serieswww.teddyaward.org