Christoph von Rohden is an artist and craftsperson driven by the fascination with the material steel. During an experimental working process he forms the steel and gets informed by its response and behaviour. During this correspondence with the material he tries to find its sensitive fragile and delicate side.

He was born 1998 in Germany and is working in metal since the age of twelve. After school he did a three-year apprenticeship as artist blacksmith, focussing on architectural metalwork and restoration. From 2021 to 2024 he studied a Bachelor of fine Arts with specialisation in Metal Art at the University of Gothenburg. There he started to explore the possibilities of metal in a more free and artistic way.

EDUCATION

2018-2021 apprenticeship as artist blacksmith, Dresden (Germany)

2021-2024 Bachelor of fine Arts, specialization Metal Art, Gothenburg University (Sweden)

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Lighthouse Exhibition, Dals Langed (Sweden)

2024 Vårutställning, examination show, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla (Sweden)

2023 lost & found, Utställningshallen, Dals Långed (Sweden)

2023 Internationales Metallgestaltersymposium, topic: WATER, Tobiashammer Ohrdruf (Germany)

2022 Loppis, Nya Magazinet, Dals Långed (Sweden)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

2024 Göteborgs Slöjdföreningen scholarship 2024

2023 Internationales Metallgestaltersymposium, Tobiashammer Ohrdruf (Germany)

PUBLIC WORK

2023 Sliding Gates, Bengtsfors Library (Sweden)

TEACHING

2024 enamel workshop, Dals Långed (Sweden)

2023 soldering introduction, Dals Långed (Sweden)

2020 forging of Damascus steel, Dresden (Germany)