Reinhard Reitzenstein was born in Uelzen, Germany in 1949, he studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada. He is based in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada and Buffalo, NY, USA.
Reitzenstein’s work has consistently taken him into processes exploring ways to interconnect nature, culture, science and technology. His work crosses several disciplines: indoor installation and sculpture, photography, digitally processed images; large-scale drawings; outdoor tree-based installations and sound art.
Reitzenstein has held over one hundred solo exhibitions and participated in some 300 group exhibitions in North America and abroad.
He has completed more than twenty public art commissions along with numerous private commissions.
His work is represented in over 50 public and corporate collections internationally, among those are, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Toronto, The University of Western Ontario, Teutloff Collection, Bielefeldt, Germany, CONAC, Caracas, Venezuela, City of Pirkkala, Finland, Fidelity investments, Boston, Mass., Trilogy, Austin, Texas, Tridel Corp.Toronto, City of Toronto Parks, National Capital Commission.
He is currently an Associate Professor at SUNY, Buffalo where since 2000 he has been the Director of the Sculpture Program.
Exhibitions
- 2024
Winter Group Exhibition
202350th Anniversary Group Show
2021Enchanted
2020FML: Forests May Lie
2017The Forest at 4am
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Available Artworks
Panoptic: Between Black or White, 2020
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 14.5" x 74.5"
Panoptic: This Is Celeste, 2020
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 14.5" x 74.5"
Panoptic: I Looked At Clouds, 2020
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 14.5" x 74.5"
artwork detail
We All Felt That, 2019/2020
Reinhard Reitzensteinsuspended maple, wool felt, steel 60” x 360” x 50”
Bristle Cone Pine (pinus aristata), 2015
Reinhard Reitzensteinpigma ink on Arches paper 31.75” x 24”
artwork detail
Panoptic: River Rain, 1999-2000
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 13.75" x 74.75"
Panoptic: Niagara Vineyard, 1999-2000
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 13.25" x 74.5"
Panoptic: Flood Plain, 1999-2000
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 14.5" x 74.5"
Panoptic: My Great Grandfather's Apple Tree, 2001
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 15.5" x 75.5"
Panoptic: Demise of Pear Orchard, 2017
Reinhard Reitzensteinlaminated giclée print, ed. of 3 15.5" x 75.5"
Monterey Cypress (cypressus macrocarpa), 2014
Reinhard Reitzensteinpigma ink on Arches paper 31.75” x 24”
Whitebark Pine #2 (pinus albicaulis), 2014
Reinhard Reitzensteinpigma ink on Arches paper 31.75” x 24”
Bristle Cone Pine (Pinus Aristata), 2015
Reinhard ReitzensteinPigma ink on handmade paper 23.5” x 12.25”