Monty Richthofen (b. Munich, 1995), also known as Maison Hefner, studied Performance Practice and Design at Central Saint Martins University of the Arts in London. Since graduating in 2018, he has intensively challenged conventional poetry by visualizing text through painting and writings in public spaces as well as tattooing. He currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
SHOWS
Solo Exhibitions
THANK GOD GOD IS DEAD @ NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen, DE)
2024
THE CARDS YOU WERE DEALT @ DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM (Berlin, DE)
2024
Monty Richthofen @ Art Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, DE)
2023
Cheap Hedonism @ DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM (Berlin, DE)
2022
Spade Without Shaft @ M35 (Lucerne, CH)
2021
Between Empty Fields @ Torch Gallery (Amsterdam, NL)
2021
Ferrari @ Weserhalle (Berlin, DE)
2020
Group Exhibitions
Capsule @ Luxembourg Art Week (Luxembourg, LU)
2024
Too Much Future @ Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, DE)
2024
Eccentric - Ästhetik der Freiheit @ Pinakothek der Moderne (München, DE)
2024
In Between Spaces @ 106 Berlin (Berlin, DE)
2024
PLAY THE CARDS YOU WERE DEALT @ Gallery Weekend Berlin Festival, Studio Mondial (Berlin, DE)
2023
REALMS @ JVDW gallery (Düsseldorf, DE)
2023
a(r)rival @ Lobe Block (Berlin, DE)
2023
The Kind Of Neighbours Nobody Likes @ Galerie Russi Klenner (Berlin, DE)
2022
Remote_01 @ Bergfriedstraße 19 (Berlin, DE)
2022
What The Flag?! @ Greylight Projects (Heerlen, NL)
2022
Let Your Whatever Do The Talking @ NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen, DE)
2022
Rat Kingz @ Landstraße 35 (Frankfurt Am Main, DE)
2022
Bye Bye Börnchen @ Am Börnchen 2 (Leipzig, DE)
2022
Why Can’t We Live Together @ Marburger Kunstverein (Marburg, DE)
2022
Nova X @ Lethaby Gallery (London, UK)
2021
Fête Permanente @ Espace Voltaire (Paris, FR)
2021
Stand der Dinge @ Bistro 21 (Leipzig, DE)
2021
Possibilities On Paper (Cologne, DE)
2020
Vino Magico @ Neu Workshop (Munich, DE)
2019
Link Not In Bio @ HVW8 Gallery (Berlin, DE)
2018
Walking Over The Broken Glass Of Tomorrow @ Zuständige Behörde (Leipzig, DE)
2016
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
ECCENTRIC: Ästhetik der Freiheit
23x30 cm, 216 Pages, Hirmer
2024
Boobs in the Arts: Fe:male Bodies in Pictorial History
19x27 cm, 288 Pages, DISTANZ
2023
If This Is You Who Am I
Dub plate, in collaboration with Yasmina Dexter, Flipping The Coin
2023
No Need To Comment
12x19cm, 352 Pages, Present Books
2021
AUTOCORECT
12x19cm, 352 Pages, Present Books
2019
MullenLowe NOVA AWARD ‘People’s Choice’ Award, London, UK
2018
PRESS
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Performance Practice and Design @ Central Saint Martins UAL (London, UK)
2018
International Baccalaureate, International Bilingual School of Provence @ (Aix-en-Provence, FR)
2014
Monty Richthofen (b. Munich, 1995), also known as Maison Hefner, studied Performance Practice and Design at Central Saint Martins University of the Arts in London. Since graduating in 2018, he has intensively challenged conventional poetry by visualizing text through painting and writings in public spaces as well as tattooing. He currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
SHOWS
Solo Exhibitions
THANK GOD GOD IS DEAD @ NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen, DE)
2024
THE CARDS YOU WERE DEALT @ DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM (Berlin, DE)
2024
Monty Richthofen @ Art Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, DE)
2023
Cheap Hedonism @ DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM (Berlin, DE)
2022
Spade Without Shaft @ M35 (Lucerne, CH)
2021
Between Empty Fields @ Torch Gallery (Amsterdam, NL)
2021
Ferrari @ Weserhalle (Berlin, DE)
2020
Group Exhibitions
Capsule @ Luxembourg Art Week (Luxembourg, LU)
2024
Too Much Future @ Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, DE)
2024
Eccentric - Ästhetik der Freiheit @ Pinakothek der Moderne (München, DE)
2024
In Between Spaces @ 106 Berlin (Berlin, DE)
2024
PLAY THE CARDS YOU WERE DEALT @ Gallery Weekend Berlin Festival, Studio Mondial (Berlin, DE)
2023
REALMS @ JVDW gallery (Düsseldorf, DE)
2023
a(r)rival @ Lobe Block (Berlin, DE)
2023
The Kind Of Neighbours Nobody Likes @ Galerie Russi Klenner (Berlin, DE)
2022
Remote_01 @ Bergfriedstraße 19 (Berlin, DE)
2022
What The Flag?! @ Greylight Projects (Heerlen, NL)
2022
Let Your Whatever Do The Talking @ NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen, DE)
2022
Rat Kingz @ Landstraße 35 (Frankfurt Am Main, DE)
2022
Bye Bye Börnchen @ Am Börnchen 2 (Leipzig, DE)
2022
Why Can’t We Live Together @ Marburger Kunstverein (Marburg, DE)
2022
Nova X @ Lethaby Gallery (London, UK)
2021
Fête Permanente @ Espace Voltaire (Paris, FR)
2021
Stand der Dinge @ Bistro 21 (Leipzig, DE)
2021
Possibilities On Paper (Cologne, DE)
2020
Vino Magico @ Neu Workshop (Munich, DE)
2019
Link Not In Bio @ HVW8 Gallery (Berlin, DE)
2018
Walking Over The Broken Glass Of Tomorrow @ Zuständige Behörde (Leipzig, DE)
2016
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
If This Is You Who Am I
Dub plate, in collaboration with Yasmina Dexter, Flipping The Coin
2023
No Need To Comment
12x19cm, 352 Pages, Present Books
2021
AUTOCORECT
12x19cm, 352 Pages, Present Books
2019
MullenLowe NOVA AWARD ‘People’s Choice’ Award, London, UK
2018
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Performance Practice and Design @ Central Saint Martins UAL (London, UK)
2018
International Baccalaureate, International Bilingual School of Provence @ (Aix-en-Provence, FR)
2014
PRESS
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