Life and Work
Ulrike Arnold paints with earth, sand and rocks. She travels to remote places on all continents, where she paints in situ, exposed to the weather and the natural forces of the environment. She collects her painting materials and mixes them with a binder to paint her huge canvases. They capture the essence of the places, where she travels.
Her paintings are an open invitation to the viewer to connect to our planet, to trigger an awareness of our coming and going. They capture something of the beauty of the earth which has been resisting the onslaught of climate change and multiple crises. For 17 years, Arnold paints also with meteorite dust, which she gets from a Meteor researcher, she met by coincidence. This material is witness to the origin of our planet in the solar system. Her paintings pay homage to the earth and its place within the cosmos.
Arnold’s paintings can be viewed as a tactile micro- or a macro-cosmos. They preserve and structure a fraction of the skin of our earth from close up while also allowing for a perspective from outer space. They are a reminder both of the beauty and of the vulnerability of the planet we all need to protect.
Biography
1950 | born in Düsseldorf, Germany |
1968 – 1971 | studies in music and art education |
1973 | started teaching |
1979 – 1986 | studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, from 1980 on with Prof. Klaus Rinke (master student) |
1980 | traveling and working on five continents |
2019 | film portrait "Dialogue Earth" by Hank Levine (USA/D 2019, 74 min) |
Prizes and Awards
2015 | Viola Award, Flagstaff, Arizona, US |
1988 | Eduard von der Heydt-Förderpreis, Wuppertal, DE |
Works (Selection)
Videos
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
2021 | transformation: desert space, Bunker 2, Bioenergiepark Saerbeck, DE |
2019 | COSMOVISIONS, The Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, US |
2017 | Atacama: Ciela y Tierra – Arte En La Embajada, Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Santiago de Chile, CL |
2015 | ESPACIO CULTURAL, Fundacion Minera Escondida, San Pedro de Atacama, CL Galeria NAC, Nicole Andreu Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile, CL |
2014 | EARTH ART, Museum of Nothern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, US Atacama: Ciela y Tierra, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, CL |
2009 | Erdgestein und Sternenstaub, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, DE |
2007 | Landscapes, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US |
2006 | Erdgestein und Sternenstaub, Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, DE |
2005 | erdnah – sternenfern, Deutsche Bank AG, Köln/Cologne, DE |
2001 | Kolbstudio, Grand Canyon, Arizona, US Art in Machiya, Kyoto, JP |
2000 | Joseph Gross Gallery, University Tuscon, Tuscon, Arizona, US Galerie Beethovenstraße, Dusseldorf, DE |
1999 | Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Dusseldorf, DE |
1997 | International Earth Day, Antoniterkirche, Köln/Cologne, DE Alte Brüderkirche, Cassel, DE |
1995 | Erdbilder, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE |
1994 | Brian Goss Gallery, San Francisco, US Stätische Galerie im Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE |
1991 | Erdbilder Amerika, Studiogalerie Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE |
1989 | Kunstverein Wuppertal, Wuppertal, DE |
1987 | Gerstman Abdallah Fine Arts, Köln/Cologne, DE Goethe Institut, Sydney, AU Gerstman Abdallah Fine Arts, Melbourne, AU |
Group exhibitions (selection)
2021 | Soroptimist International (mit Isolde Strauß – Fotografie), Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE Art Promotes a Sustainable Future "All Things Bright: The Beauty of Diversity" (with Victor van Keuren), Beijing, CN transit and landings of an imperfect present, Palmieri Foundation, Lecce, IT Out of Space (with Victor van Keuren), Fassraum im Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum, Hilden, DE |
2020 | RAUM IST PARTITUR, Künstlerforum Bonn (im Rahmen des Beethoven-Jubiläum), Bonn, DE Das kleine Format" – Arglos Gutes: Jahresausstellung des Künstlervereins Malkasten, Jacobihaus, Dusseldorf, DE |
2019 | Cosmovisions, Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, California, US |
2018 | FLUGBLÄTTER - FLYING LETTERS, Mikawa-chou, Maebashi / Gunma, JP |
2017 | cosmovisiones (mit / with Victor van Keuren), Fundación de Artistas, Mérida / Yucatán, MX Die Grosse – Kunstausstellung NRW, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE FLUGBLÄTTER, Kunstraum PEENETRANZ, Loitz an der Peene, DE Sound and Performing Arts), Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna, IT |
2016 | non-stop (mit / with Kirsten Lampert), Kunstmuseum Solingen, Solingen, DE |
2015 | Ansichten XXIII – "natural affairs, QuadrART-Dornbirn – Ort zeitgenössischer Kunst, Dornbirn, AT SPHINX THEBES FESTIVAL | GREECE, Conference Center of Thiva, Tebe, GR |
2014 | DAK'ART, 11. Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar, SN DAK'off, Ker Absa, Popenguine, SN |
2013 | Impressionen – Desierto de Atacama (mit / with Karen Lüderitz), Chilenische Botschaft, Berlin, DE Ulrike Arnold – Painting with Ground & Sky, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, US |
2012 | Die Grosse – Kunstausstellung NRW, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE |
2011 | Hommage an Marianne Langen – Werke aus der Sammlung, Langen Foundation, Neuss, DE |
2010 | Die Grosse – Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE |
2009 | Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, US QUATERRA, The Coconino Center for the Arts Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona, US 400 ans après Galilée, Cite des Sciences et de l'industrie Paris, Paris, FR die nach den Sternen greifen, Frauenmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE |
2008 | Imagen Nomada, Goethe Institut, Dusseldorf, DE |
2007 | Sammlung Langen, Langen Foundation, Neuss, DE Die Grosse – Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE |
2004 | Langen Foundation, Neuss, DE |
2001 | 10th International Triennale, National Gallery, New Delhi, IN Max - Müller – Bhavan, Goethe-Institut, Bangalore, IN |
1999 | Amerikahaus, Frankfurt, DE Natural Reality, Ludwigforum Aachen, Aachen, DE Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, Utah, US |
1998 | Museum Erevan, Erevan |
1997 | Saldo – 23 Jahre Rinkeklasse, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE Arbeiten auf Papier – Kunst der Gegenwart deutscher Künstler, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, DE Arbeiten auf Papier – Kunst der Gegenwart deutscher Künstler, M. K. Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas, LT International Print Triennale, Cracow, PL Armenienreise, Museum Bochum, Bochum, DE |
1996 | Felsbemalung Tagoror, Mariposa-Atlantis-Projekt, Teneriffa, ES Große Düsseldorfer Kunstausstellung, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE |
1995 | The International Library, Center for Book-Arts, New York, US |
1994 | Pedankondji – african-european inspiration, Grassi Museum, Leipzig, DE Pedankondji – african-european inspiration, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, DE World Rock Art Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, US |
1993 | Pedankondji – african-european inspiration, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE |
1992 | Deutsche Ausstellung bei der UN-Klimakonferenz / German exhibition at UN-climate conference, Museo de Republica, Rio de Janeiro, BR Centre Culturel Francais, Lomez (Togo) |
1991 | Unversity Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, US |
1990 | Ulrike Arnold & Annette Vennebrücke, Kampnagel KX, Hamburg, DE Performance, mit/with: Cheryl Banks (Tanz/dance) & Peter Kowald (Kontrabass/double bass), Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE University Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona, US |
1989 | Past, Present, Future (A. T. W.), Galerie Langage Plus, Montreal, CA The International Symposium of Art and The Invisible Reality, East Brunswick, New Jersey, US |
1988 | Aufschlüsse, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, DE |
1987 | Standort, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, DE Standort, Krakow, PL The Two, A. T. W. (Around the World), simultan in / simultaneous in, New York / Düsseldorf Aralum Artcenter, Alice Springs, AU |
1986 | Material für Poesie, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, DE |
1981 | Klasse Prof. Klaus Rinke, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE |
EXHIBITIONS AT BECK & EGGELING (SELECTION)
bibliography
ausgewählte Literatur: |
2019: "Dialogue Earth", Buch und DVD mit einem Dokumentarfilm über die Künstlerin von Hank Levine (Deutschland 2019, 74 min.) |
2014: "Ulrike Arnold – Atacama: Cielo y Tierra" (Ausstellungskatalog), Hrsg. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Santiago de Chile 2014. ISBN 978-956-19-0878-9 |
2014: "Ulrike Arnold – Above and below and all over the world. Recent paintings" (Ausstellungskatalog), Hrsg. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (AZ) 2014. Mit der DVD "Earthpainting" (30 min.) mit Videomaterial aus den Jahren 1987 – 2009. DCM-Verlag, Meckenheim. ISBN 978-3-944976-20-4 |
2011: “Earth. Ulrike Arnold", Hrsg. Ulrike Arnold, Düsseldorf 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-033533-4 |
selected publications: |
2019: "Dialogue Earth", book and DVD with a documentary film about the artist by Hank Levine (Germany 2019, 74 min.) |
2014: "Ulrike Arnold – Atacama: Cielo y Tierra" (exhibition catalogue), ed. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Santiago de Chile 2014. ISBN 978-956-19-0878-9 |
2014: "Ulrike Arnold – Above and below and all over the world. Recent paintings" (exhibition catalogue), ed. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (AZ) 2014. With the DVD "Earthpainting" (30 min.) including video footage from 1987 – 2009. DCM-publishing, Meckenheim (Germany). ISBN 978-3-944976-20-4 |
2011: “Earth. Ulrike Arnold", ed. Ulrike Arnold, Düsseldorf 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-033533-4 |