Sophie Ullrich
A comic-like stylised figure characterises the paintings of Sophie Ullrich. The outlines, mostly reduced to arms and hands, combine abstract pictorial elements and schematic backgrounds with accurately painted objects. In this humorous narrative, the neutral protagonist slips into a variety of roles and enables the appropriation of diverse objects and consumer products.
Referring to advertising aesthetics, Ullrich's works seem like the painterly satisfaction of desires and needs conveyed by the media. At the same time, her artistic approach describes a playful examination of the common genres of portrait and still life in times of potentially interchangeable identities in our selfie and social media society. Sophie Ullrich graduated from the Düsseldorf Art Academy as a master student of Eberhardt Havekost.
Photo by Jana Buch
ARTWORKS
Acqua Frizzante, 2023
Oil on cavas
130.0 x 100.0 cm
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Blume, 2023
Oil on canvas
190.0 x 150.0 cm
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Orbitdeko 2, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.0 x 40.0 cm
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Aspirin, 2023
Oil on canvas
130.0 x 100.0 cm
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Mein Hobby - Neonsalmler, 2023
Oil on canvas
170.0 x 140.0 cm
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Marsmission, 2023
Oil on canvas
130.0 x 100.0 cm
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Notizen, 2023
Oil on canvas
140.0 x 120.0 cm
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Mein Hobby - Garnelen, 2023
Oil on canvas
190.0 x 150.0 cm
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Orbitdeko 1, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.0 x 40.0 cm
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EXHIBITIONS
They say there is water on Mars
Jonas Bechtloff & Sophie Ullrich
6th July to 2nd September, 2023
BIOGRAPHY
Photo by Jana Buch
Born 1990, Germany
Education
2009 High School graduation, Cologne
2011 Start of studies at the art academy Düsseldorf
2018 Graduation at the art academy Düsseldorf / academy Letter, “Meisterschüler” of Eberhard Havekost
Exhibitions (selected)
2026 Out of the Cave (solo show), boutwellschabrowsky, München
2026 check-in SIDE SPACE, Droste Galerie, Hongkong
2026 A very good dinner Party, Piero Atchugarry Galerie, Manatiales, Uruguay
2025 small, boutwellschabrowsky, München
2025 Prête-moi ton grain de sel (solo show), Droste Galerie, Paris
2025 The Great Gem Chase, Ice Cream Project, Zürich
2025 Open Studio (solo show), Nosbaum & Reding Galerie, Meisenthal
2025 atomic knights, Basement 16, Bensberg
2025 Resonances, Enari Galerie, Amsterdam
2025 all in, Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
2024 The Napkin Show, Mohilef Studios, Los Angeles
2024 die GROSSE, Förderpreis Gewinnerin, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
2024 all sauce, no shrimp (Einzelausstellung), Piero Atchugarry Galerie, Uruguay
2024 Belétage, Drewes Galerie, Berlin, 2024
2023 10. YEARS, Piero Atchugarry Galerie, Miami
2023 77. internationale bergischer Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Solingen
2023 Tropical Sidewalk (solo show), Rupert Pfab Galerie Düsseldorf
2023 They say there is water on mars, BoutwellSchabrowsky, München
2023 trois à part, Nosbaum & Reding Galerie, Brüssel
2023 a curated flashback, green family foundation, Dallas
2022 Elb Hängung 2, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
2022 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers, Anna Zorina Galerie, Los Angeles
2022 Deutsche Dinge, White Block Art Center, Paju South Korea, 2022
2022 Chronicles, Galerie Droste, Berlin
2022 heute kein Wlan (solo show), Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
2022 fundamental occurrences, Nosbaum&Reding Gallery, Brussels
2022 stay away from glitter ( solo show), the cabin, Danny First, Los Angeles
2021 a glimpse of... , Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami
2021 daily history podcast (solo show), Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg
2021 Misa, Messe in St. Agnes, König Gallery, Berlin
2021 bored Queen overlooking her fields (solo show), Tube culture hall, Milano
2021 lab III, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg
2021 Buddies, Reiter Gallery, Berlin
2020 art au centre #4, Liège
2020 Groupshow, Nosbaum&Reding Gallery, Brussels
2020 Genius Loci 8, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf
2020 My tan is just fine, Gold+Beton, Cologne
2019 Junger Westen , Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2019 Just So Stories, Nosbaum und Reding Gallery, Luxembourg
2019 Fabric of art, Kaiser & Dicke, 701 e.V., Wuppertal
2019 zweiklassen, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig
2019 Planet 58, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2018 Out of thin air, Amsterdam
2018 Plié, class Havekost, Poleland, Düsseldorf
2018 tote Ganoven (solo show), Frappant e.V, Hamburg
2018 Caput, Narren wachsen unbegossen (solo show), Zero Fold, Cologne