photo © David Frommhold


Contact


info[at]tillroettjer.studio

@tillroettjer
@anintrospectivemonument

    Till Röttjer (b. 1984) creates site-specific, walk-in sculptures such as An Introspective Monument that can also incorporate other collaborative works and artistic positions.
    Through reacting to existing spatial situations and carefully considering their peculiarities, he adds to existing structures using drywall — sometimes continuing the former geometric logic, sometimes breaking it — and utilizes its different finishing options to blur the perception of what is front and back, inside and outside. 
    Thus, the sculptures are clearly inserted as a new layer to alter the narrative of the given context. Yet, to the beholder, it is not always obvious what is added and what already existed in the first place. Only by moving through and around the sculpture, some of it reveals itself while some stays camouflaged. The resulting spatial ambiguity of function, meaning, and perception is central to his works.

   Till Röttjer has exhibited at Kunstverein Jena, Schiller-Museum Weimar, Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝大学) Geidai (芸大), during the Rundgang der Spinnerei Galerien Leipzig, and at Essl Museum among others.
    As part of his ongoing endeavors into new forms of collaborative artistic practices, he built An Introspective Monument and initiated, facilitated, and curated various collaborative projects. 
    In 2024, he received a Diploma in Fine Arts from Bauhaus-University Weimar where he studied in the class for Sculpture, Object, Installation with Prof. Björn Dahlem. Earlier, he earned a Master Craftsman Certificate in Carpentry from the Chamber of Crafts Leipzig in 2016 and a Journeyman Certificate in Carpentry from the Chamber of Crafts Karlsruhe in 2005. 
    He lives and works in Berlin and Ilmtal-Weinstraße, Germany.




Exhibitions

2024

Lyonel Art Award
Berkaer Str. 11 & A:I:M,
Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Excerpts of Developments
solo exhibition
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

HAVENS
Berkaer Str. 11 & A:I:M,
Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

If we were made for one day
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

2023

POWER HOUSE Episode 1
nova space @ Schiller-Museum, Weimar, Germany

Plant
solo exhibition
11m3 Projektraum, Weimar, Germany

... das, Du
Boesner Projektraum as part of  Rundgang der Spinnerei Galerien, Leipzig, Germany

Title No Title
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

2022

Unmonumental Moments
Jenaer Kunstverein, Jena, Germany

2021

Turbo Turbo
Old Radio Station, Weimar, Germany

sample from Ø mars
Room 306, Education Building, Toride Campus of Intermedia Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝大学) Geidai (芸大), Tokyo, Japan

Die 100 Pokale für Zella-Mehlis, IRRE@Bauhaus
Galerie im Bürgerhaus, Zella-Mehlis, Germany

Ø mars
online, Instagram: @emptyset_mars
in cooperation with 
Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝大学) Geidai (芸大)

2020

Basic Instincts
Old Radio Station, Weimar, Germany

2019

Utopia Planitia @ Globeart Academy
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Utopia Planitia
Eiermannbau, Apolda, Germany




Curating

2024

Markus Weisbeck
DO THE STARS NEED A REASON TO SHINE?
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany as part of
Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen?
nova space, Weimar, Germany

Radu Paul Simon Reinhardt, Paula Franke, Coretta Klaue,
Claudius Seiter, Thái Tài Pham & Antonius Koschorz,
Laura Usai, Till Röttjer
A:I:M Audio Sessions
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Eila Boldt, Paula Franke, David Frommhold, Manuel Hartmann, Hein Henkel, Coretta Klaue, Paul Knopf, Mathias Lorenz, Till Röttjer, Tilo Schreieck, Florian Schmidt, Laura Usai:
HAVENS
Berkaer Str. 11 & A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

2023

Jannis Uffrecht & Katrin Steiger: Zine-Release
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

David Frommhold & Till Röttjer: Title No Title
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Claudius Seiter: Error Fantasies
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Katrin Steiger: Curry Club
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany


2022

Ioannis Oriwol: No One Can Hear You Scream
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Paula Franke, Mégane Degas & Nick Horter: HerbstProJäckchen
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Coretta Klaue: Strokes of Gusts
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Lea Bredenbals: Repetitive Image
A:I:M, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany


2021

Turbo Turbo
Old Radio Station, Weimar, Germany



Education

2024

Diploma in Fine Arts, 
Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

2016

Master Craftsman Certificate in Carpentry, 
Chamber of Crafts Leipzig, Germany

2005

Journeyman Certificate in Carpentry, 
Chamber of Crafts Karlsruhe, Germany




Bibliography

Cover/Backcover together with David Frommhold for: 
Birte Kleine-Benne (Hg.) (2024): Eine Kunstgeschichte ist keine Kunstgeschichte. Kunstwissenschaftliche Perspektivierungen in Text und Bild. Berlin: Logos Verlag.

Till Röttjer (2022): “________(Introspective)” 
in: Jenaer Kunstverein e.V, Robert Sorg (eds.): Schöne Neue Welt. Jena: Jenaer Kunstverein e.V. 

Till Röttjer (2023): “PLANT” 
in: 11m³ Projektraum, Nathalia Azuero, Nađa Kračunović: Rückblick 1 Exhibitions. Weimar: 11m³ Projektraum.

Jannis Uffrecht, Till Röttjer (2023): A:I:M (An Introspective Edition). Berlin/Weimar: self-published.

Till Röttjer (2021): “Club of Zella-Mehlis” 
in: IRRE@bauhaus. Institut für regionale Realitätsexperimente. Prof. Jana Gunstheimer (ed.): D100PVZM. Die Einhundert Pokale Von Zella Mehlis. Weimar: Lucia Verlag.

Till Röttjer (2019): “________(Unspeakable)“ 
in: Felix Deiters (ed.): Box Edition 21. Weimar: self-published.




Grants & Prizes

2024

Nominated for Lyonel Kunstpreis 2024
Lyonel – Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e.V.), Weimar

2023

Kreativfonds Projekte Nachwuchs, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2022

Kreativfonds Nachwuchs, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2021

Kreativfonds Projekte Nachwuchs, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2019

Shortlisted for a scholarship from the German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)




© Till Röttjer, 2025