Achim Ripperger\u2019s works can be seen in numerous exhibitions in Germany and Italy. In Italy, in 2016, he realized a large-scale sculpture in public space, the \u201cCommon Root\u201d. In 2017 a \u201cpillar of freedom\u201d made of marble on the Via Claudia Augusta \/ Laas, as well as the sculpture \u201cAll Free\u201d for a multipart monument in Modena, Italy. In 2018 he created the 841 kg heavy bronze sculpture \u201cCohesion\u201d for a Frankfurt financial company. 2019 he presents a new sculpture-installation “entangled” at an international art exhibition in China.<\/p>\n

In addition to his solo projects, Ripperger develops, implements and supports initiatives that promote a<\/p>\n

social and liberal society.<\/p>\n

Achim Ripperger is the initiator of the integrative art project DAS NEUE HAUS, which is funded by the Department of Culture and Science of the City of Frankfurt am Main. The ensuing group work \u201cINSTALLATION 108\u201d will be installed in 2019 as a floating work of art in the newly acquired Office for Multicultural Affairs (AmkA) of the City of Frankfurt. www.dasneue.haus<\/p>\n

As part of the group of artists TRUTHFIGHTERS, Ripperger and his colleagues draw portraits of journalists persecuted, imprisoned and murdered throughout the world. With traveling exhibitions, petitions and a website, the victims are remembered, imprisoned journalists receive support and a visible memorial for the freedom of the press is created. www.wahrheitskaempfer.de<\/p>\n

Achim Ripperger is co-founder of the OstStern Cultural Association e.V. and realized Frankfurt\u2019s largest independent art and culture project as part of the OstStern team in 2018. The OstStern project was part of the popular NIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS program in 2018.<\/p>\n

www.ost-stern-ffm.de<\/p>\n

As co-founder and vice-chairman of the association \u201cART MOVES EUROPE e.V.\u201d, Achim Ripperger is committed to the European idea. The aim of the association is to activate participating artists in all European countries, plan traveling exhibitions, to develop ideas and to attract project partners and supporters from all sectors of society in order to initiate a far-reaching artistic dialogue on the values and visions of Europe as well as to promote an international outlook in all areas of culture and international understanding. The project will start in January 2019 and will culminate in late 2021 through networking of all activities. www.art-moves-europe.de<\/p>\n

Achim Ripperger is married and has two children. He lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany.<\/p>\n

Exhibitions and projects \/\/ Selection<\/p>\n

\u201cMIXED FEELINGS\u201d City-Gallery, Wiesbaden, 11.9.- 30.09.2019<\/p>\n

“SPECTACLE 2019” Art Museum of Jiangxi University, Nanchang, China, 11.05. – 21.05.2019<\/p>\n

“INAUGURAZIONE SCULTURA” “Pietre per parlare”, Modena 24.03-2019<\/p>\n

\u201cDISCOVERY ART FAIR\u201d Forum Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 2.- 4.11.2018<\/p>\n

\u201cIDENTITY\u201d East> Stern, Hanauer Landstra\u00dfe, Frankfurt am Main, 21.09. – 27.12.2018<\/p>\n

\u201cBE HERE\u201d MAIN-TAUNUS KLINKEN, Bad Soden, 26.09.2018 – 31.03.2019<\/p>\n

\u201cTRUTH FIGHTERS\u201d UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2018, Ghana, Accra, 02. + .03.04.2018<\/p>\n

\u201cNIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS\u201d EAST> STERN 121, Frankfurt, 05.05.2018<\/p>\n

\u201cSINCE I HAVE EVER SEEN EVERYTHING …\u201d OST> STERN 121, Frankfurt, 29.04. – 26.05.2018<\/p>\n

\u201cTHE NEW HOUSE\u201d art project, OST> STERN 121, Frankfurt, January – December 2018<\/p>\n

\u201cTRUTH FIGHTERS\u201d Hessian state parliament, Wiesbaden, 12th – 15th December 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cTRUTH\u201d Interdisciplinary Center for Palliative Medicine, Agaplesion FFM, 10.10.17 – 31.01.18<\/p>\n

\u201cART FROM HESSEN\u201d Hessian state parliament, Schlossplatz 1-3, Wiesbaden, 26. – 28. September 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cLE PIETRE PER PALARE\u201d German contribution to a monument, city of Modena, Italy, September 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cMOVE TO THE KNOWLEDGE\u201d Hugenottenhalle, 11th August – 20th August 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cPILLARS OF FREEDOM\u201d Pillars of freedon – Sculpture Symposium, Laas, Bolzano, Italy, July 29th – August 6th, 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cPEOPLE\u201d La Scultura Racconta, Arte in Torre, Comune di Castelnuovo Rangone, Modena, January 14 – 29, 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cMOMENTS OF LUCK\u201d Gallery \u201cMainzer Kunst! Mainz \/ Rhine, November 2016 – January 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION FRIEDRICH STOLTZE\u201d Stoltze Museum, Frankfurt am Main, September – December 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cWHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?\u201d Erl\u00f6serkirche Mainz-Kastel, on the occasion of the AKK Kulturtage, August – September 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cSOULS OF THE RIVER\u201d BIMP Biblioteca Interattiva Multimedia, Pedaso, Italy, July – August 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cOUT OF THE ROOTS\u201d L\u2019Associazione & Galleria Sibilla Arte, Carassai, Italy, July – September 2016<\/p>\n

\u201c4QM TRUTH\u201d Ideas for a Bremer \u201cArisierungs\u201d Memorial, Bremer Landesparlament, June 28 – August 12, 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cFROM NATURE\u201d GWF Winzergemeinschaft Franken, W\u00fcrzburg \/ Kitzingen, June 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cMOMENTS\u201d Foundation St. Matthew, Berlin, February – May 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cPALLIUM\u201d Foundation Hospital of the Holy Spirit, Pallium Hohenwald, Kronberg, January – March 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cNATURE PUR\u201d Gallery \u201cMainzer Kunst! Mainz \/ Rhine, November 2015 – January 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cFIGURATIVA\u201d with Andrea Capucci, Sculpture & Painting, in Modena & Frankfurt am Main, October 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cHOPE\u201d Center for Palliative Medicine in AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS Frankfurt am Main, July – Nov 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cERIC\u201d commissioned work, sculpture design (bronze) of the award \u201cApple Winemaker of the Year\u201d, June 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cNINE VALUES CUP\u201d commissioned work, sculpture design (aluminum) for the int. \u201cFootball for Friendship\u201d Forum. May 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cMOSES 3\u201d Forum Art and Culture, Eurodebahnhof Herzogenrath, Audience Award 2nd place, Feb 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cM\u00dcLLJUNGFRAU\u201d Sculpture & Installation in Public Space, GREEN BOX, Kaiserpassage, Frankfurt \/ Main 2014\/15<\/p>\n

\u201cART TOTAL\u201d Museum Modern Art H\u00fcnfeld, September 2014 – January 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cGRAPHIC\u201d commissioned work, motif design for the greeting card of MUSEUMSUFER FRANKFURT Frankfurt am Main, 2014<\/p>\n

\u201cTREPPENKOPF\u201d Sculpture for the \u201cWeek of Silence\u201d, Evang. Regional Association, Frankfurt am Main, 2014<\/p>\n

\u201cLORIOT ZU EHREN\u201d Nomination, idea for a monument to Vicco von B\u00fclow, Kunstverein Brandenburg an der Havel, 2014<\/p>\n

\u201cKUNSTPREIS 2013\u201d received art-award, Wiesbaden Town Hall for the 50th anniversary of Telefonseelsorge Wiesbaden-Mainz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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