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Johann Ryno de Wet
*1982 Johannesburg, ZA

The Land of Dreams

Ryno de Wet is an artist whom Rubén Darío should name as "rare" and should also acknowledge an extraordinary talent. He is a creator of dystopic and cinematographic worlds in which the 'No Man's Land'-Series plays a leading role. Ryno de Wet colonizes each corner of his photographs with an overdose of mystery, panic and disturbance.
The land of dreams continues to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration, and there are even more people who seem to travel through it when fully awake. There can be no other explanation for his audacious and chimeric photos. Ryno de Wet effectively uses digital techniques to transform a point of departure into one of arrival that is only in his head.

Biography
1982 born in Johannesburg, South Africa
2002-05 B-Tech degree in Photography at the Tshwane University of Technology
2001 Fine Arts at the Design School South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town

Exhibitions
[S] Solo- / [G] Group-Exhibition

2009   'No Man’s Land', Galerie Poller, Frankfurt a.M. [S]
          'Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord Between Nature and Society',
              curated by Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ [G] Feb 28 – Jun 28, 2009
2007   'The last painting show' (Lidia Benavides, Chus García-Fraile, Raphael Di
              Luzio, Jesús Portal, Mariana Vassileva), curated by Paco Barragán,
              photo miami, Miami, FL [G]
2007   'Shot and Go. A vision of today's international photography', curated by
              Rafaelle Gavarro, Venice, I [G]
2007   'No Man’s Land', camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, E [S]
2007   'Arrebato' (Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sally Mann, Bill Henson ...), camara
              oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, E [G]
2005-07 'ReGeneration - 50 photographers of tomorrow', Museé de l’Elysée,
              Lausanne, CH / Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, I / Aperture Foundation,
              New York, NY / Pingyao Festival, Pingyao, China / Art Institute of Boston,
              MA / Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA [G]

Awards
2007   II Pilar Citoler International Award of Contemporary Photography, Spain

Bibliography
'Shot and Go', exhibition catalogue, Damiani Editore, Italy, 2007
Lápiz, review of the 'No Man’s Land' exhibition, issue 231, 2007
El Cultural, review of the 'No Man’s Land' exhibition, issue 12-18 April 2007
'No Man’s Land', camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, 2007
'Arrebato', exhibition catalogue, Madrid, Spain, 2007
South African Journal of Photography, Vol 1 issue 2 and 3, 2006
Sunday Times, The Bigger Picture featured photographer, March 2006
'ReGeneration - 50 photographers of tomorrow', Thames and Hudson, London, 2005

Public Collections
2005   Museé de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008   Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Comunidad de Madrid

Private Collections

in South Africa, Spain, Belgium, UK and USA
 

 © Ryno de Wet & GALERIE POLLER
Brückenstrasse 9-11   60594 Frankfurt am Main   Germany   Phone +49(0)69-624042   mail-ffm@galerie-poller.com
547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor   New York   NY 10001   USA   Phone (212) 967 5700    mail-nyc@galerie-poller.com  
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