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
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Sophie Ullrich
born 1990 in Geneva
lives and works in Cologne, Germany
graduated at Kunstakademie Duesseldorf (diplom with distinction), 2018
Master Student of Eberhard Havekost
Exhibitions
Abrakadabra, Basement16, Bensberg, 2026
small, Boutwell & Schabrowsky, Munich, 2026
Prête-moi ton grain de sel (soloshow) , Droste Gallery , Paris, 2025
Open Studio, Nosbaum & Reding Gallery, Meisenthal , 2025
The Great Gem Chase, Ice Cream Project, Zurich, 2025
salon amour, Droste Gallery , Berlin, 2025
Resonances, Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, 2025
all in, Drewes Gallery, Hamburg , 2025
Atomic Knights, Basement Bensberg, Bensberg, 2025
same same but different , Drewes Gallery, Berlin 2024
The Napkin Show, Mohilef Studios, Los Angeles, 2024
Garten Eden, K29, Duesseldorf, 2024
time takes a Cigarette, Klasse Havekost, Pop68 Ruttkowski, Cologne, 2024
Die Grosse (award winner) , Kunstpalast Duesseldorf, 2024
all sauce, no shrimp (soloshow), Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, 2024
Painting In The Global Present: An Overview, Orsini-Colonna Palace, Tagliacozzo IT, 2024
Belétage, Drewes Gallery, Berlin, 2024
disabstraction sunrise, Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp, 2024
10. YEARS, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, 2023
77. internationale bergische Kunstausstellung, Museum Solingen, 2023
Tropical Sidewalk (soloshow), Rupert Pfab Gallery, Düsseldorf, 2023
they say there is Water on Mars, Boutwell & Schabrowsky, Munich, 2023
who made my cat two dimensional, Paw Gallery, Karlsruhe, 2023
How Well You Walk Through The Fire, Obey artSpace, Berlin, 2023
trois à part, Nosbaum & Reding, Brussels, 2023
a curated flashback, green family foundation, Dallas, 2023
la luna a la luz del dìa, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Garzón Uruguay, 2023
Elbhängung 2, Drewes Gallery, Hamburg 2022
Hope is the Thing With Feathers, Anna Zorina Gallery, Los Angeles, 2022
Neue Deutsche Dinge , White Block Gallery, Paju South Korea, 2022
Chronicles, Droste Gallery, Berlin, 2022
heute kein Wlan (soloshow) , Drewes Gallery , Hamburg, 2022
fundamental occurrences, Nosbaum & Reding Gallery, Brussels, 2022
Project Mayhem, es365, Duesseldorf, 2022
Voliere, the cube, Muenster, 2022
stay away from glitter, the Cabin, Danny First, Los Angeles (soloshow), 2022
a glimpse of…, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, 2022
daily history Podcast, Nosbaum & Reding Gallery, Luxembourg (soloshow), 2021
Central Sparks, Zero Fold, Cologne, 2021
Misa, Messe in St. Agnes, König Galerie, Berlin, 2021
Bored Queen Overlooks Her Fields, Tube culture hall, Milan (Soloshow),2021
labIII, Drewes Gallery, Hamburg, 2021
Buddies, REITER Gallery, Berlin, 2021
Salon der Gegenwart 10, Hamburg, 2020
art au centre #4, Liège, 2020
Groupexhibition, Nosbaum&Reding Gallery, Brussels, 2020
Genius Loci 8, Setareh Gallery, Duesseldorf , 2020
My tan is just fine, Gold+Beton, Cologne, 2020
Kunstpreis Junger Westen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, 2019
Just So Stories, Nosbaum & 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, Duesseldorf, 2019
Out of thin air, Amsterdam, 2018
Plié, Klasse Havekost, Poleland, Duesseldorf, 2018
Mckinsey , SkyOffice, Duesseldorf, 2018
tote Ganoven (Soloshow), Frappant e.V, Hamburg, 2018
Caput (Soloshow),Narren wachsen unbegossen; Zero Fold, Cologne, 2018
postPost, Gruppenausstellung, Halle 3, Duesseldorf, 2017
Proteinriegel, Im Goldenen, Duesseldorf, 2017
Neujahrversteigerung, Rathaus Duesseldorf, Rheinlust Agentur, 2017
Fernstehen, Matrose, Golestani Gallery, Duesseldorf,2016
Reproduktives Arbeiten, Klasse Havekost, Berlin,2016
Silberrücken, Klasse Havekost, Felix Ringel Gallery, Duesseldorf,2015
