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
Exhibitions
2022 Chronicles, Galerie Droste, Berlin
2022 heute kein Wlan ( soloshow ) , Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
2022 Project Mayhem, es365, Düsseldorf
2022 Voliere, the cube, Münster
2022 fundamental occurrences, Nosbaum&Reding Gallery, Brussels
2022 stay away from glitter ( Einzelausstellung), the cabin, Danny First, Los Angeles
2021 a glimpse of... , Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami
2021 daily history podcast (soloshow), Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg
2021 Central Spark, Zero Fold, Cologne
2021 Misa, Messe in St. Agnes, König Gallery, Berlin
2021 bored Queen overlooking her fields (soloshow), Tube culture hall, Milano
2021 lab III, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg
2021 Buddies, Reiter Gallery, Berlin
2020 Salon der Gegenwart 10, Hamburg
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 Vorstellungsgespräche, Reiter Gallery, Leipzig
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 Mckinsey , SkyOffice, Düsseldorf
2018 tote Ganoven (soloshow), Frappant e.V, Hamburg
2018 Caput, Narren wachsen unbegossen (soloshow), Zero Fold, Cologne
2017 postPost, Gruppenausstellung, Halle 3, Düsseldorf
2017 Proteinriegel, Im Goldenen, Düsseldorf
2017 Neujahrversteigerung, Rathaus Düsseldorf, Rheinlust Agentur
2016 Fernstehen, Matrose, Golestani Gallery, Düsseldorf
2016 Reproduktives Arbeiten, class Havekost, Berlin
2015 Silberrücken, class Havekost; Felix Ringel Gallery, Düsseldorf