Rules Based Order

Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler is pleased to announce _Rules Based Order_, Simon Denny’s second exhibition with the gallery. Denny presents new paintings and sculpture, continuing his research into the histories of Italian Futurism and their resonance with the proliferation of images from the burgeoning Defense Tech sector in Munich, Germany and the USA. Simon Denny (b. 1982 Auckland, New Zealand) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He makes artworks that unpack stories about technology using a variety of media including painting, web-based media, installation, sculpture, print and video. He studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland and at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main. Relevant solo exhibitions include Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler at JW Marriott Hotel Berlin, (2025); Petzel Gallery, New York (2024); Kunstverein Hannover (2023); K21– Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2020); the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2018); OCAT- OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (2017); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2017); WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2016); Serpentine Galleries, London (2015); Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York (2015); Portikus, Frankfurt (2014); mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2013); Kunstverein Munich (2013). Denny represented New Zealand at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Denny has curated exhibitions such as Proof of Stake at Kunstverein in Hamburg (2021) and Proof of Work at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2018). His work is part of the collections of: The Museum of Modern Art, New York Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis Buffalo AKG Art Museum Kunsthaus Zürich Bundeskunstsammlung (Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - The Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Bonn Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington He co-founded the artist mentoring program BPA//Berlin Program for Artists and serves as a Professor of Time-Based Media at The Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg.