b. 1990, Germany
Rike Droescher (b.1990) lives and works in Dusseldorf (DE). She graduated in 2020 from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, having studied in the classes of Professor Andreas Gursky, Alexandra Bircken, and Peter Piller. Solo exhibitions include Since The First Branch In The Hand, Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf (2023), If You Call Me I Won’t Be Home, Palatului Mogosoaia, Bucharest (2022), The Big Murmur, Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne (2022) and Participation Trophy - Mur Brut, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf (2021). Her work featured in group exhibitions at Kunsthaus Essen, Essen (2023); Muzeul National al Hartilor si Cartii Vechi, Bucharest (2022); Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne (2022); K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf (2021); Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (2021) and Goethe-Institut de Paris, Paris (2017), amongst others. She is the recipient of Stiftung Kunstfonds’s scholarship (2023), and Art Award for Sculpture of Diaconia Michaelshoven Cologne (2022) and was awarded the Bronner Residency in Tel Aviv (2023) and the Düsseldorf Ministry of Culture’s Residency in Bucharest (2022). She is currently a finalist in the Fregellae Prize for small sculpture (Ceprano, IT).