Ulrike Theusner (born 1982 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany) is a German artist working primarily in drawing and printmaking. She studied at École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts à la Villa Arson in Nice, France and graduated in 2008 from Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. Amongst others, her work was exhibited in groupshows at Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice, Neues Museum Weimar and several solo shows in New York, Berlin, Frankfurt, Toulouse, Paris and Shanghai. She lives and works between Weimar and Berlin.
Works
Solo exhibitions 2018 Ulrike Theusner. painting and graphic, Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar(D), to visit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 11, 2018 2018 SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH,internet site Galerie Sabine Knust Web: Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich (D), July 5 to September 8, 2018 2017 ENDSPIEL,Kieler Nachrichten, Web: Sabine Tholun - Nov. 16, 2017 Galerie Bunker-D, in Kiel, Germany 2017 THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS,blog.ulrike-theusner.de Web: the exhibition is documented on the blog of the artist ACC Weimar,ACC Weimar Web: to visit from May 21 until Aug. 4th 2017 at ACC Weimar, Germany Germany
The « Best of all possible worlds » – Leibniz formula published in 1710 is Ulrike Theusner starting point for a reflection on our living conditions and our living together. What are we missing in the best of all possible worlds? Can we live without utopias - political, social, economic or environmental? What about our self-image in the best of all possible worlds? 2016 THE GASPING SOCIETY,THE GASPING SOCIETY Web: THE GASPING SOCIETY, Nov.10 - Jan.22, 2017 at the Anger Museum in Leipzig, Germany Anger Museum, Leipzig, Germany 2016 Ulrike Theusner - A Rake Progress,Ulrike Theusner - A Rake Progress Web: Ulrike Theusner - A Rake Progress, Oct.15 – Nov.19 2016 in Lütjenburg (Germany): Galerie Richter selected works out of three recent series: A Rake´s Progress inspired by William Hogarth's series of painting. Hey! The tragic life of desperate artbitches describes the difficulties of young artists running out in search of recognition. Gasping Society shows the contradictions of a society where everyone may lose his humanity. Galerie Richter, Lütjenburg 2016 Land of Plenty,Land of Plenty Web: Land of Plenty, Jul.9 - Sept. 8, 2016 in Leipzig (Germany) Galerie Dukan Leipzig 2016 Welcome to Paradise,Welcome to Paradise Web: The exhibition Welcome to Paradise at the Rothamel Gallery (Frankfurt / Main, May 2016) is showing, together with Dana Meyer sculptures, works of each of the three series: American Landscapes, Hey! The tragic life of desperate artbitches and Welcome to Paradise, and processes ranging from ink on paper for the main painting Hortus Conclusus (300 x 250 cm), through woodcuts for American landscapes and also ink and acrylic on canvas for Hey! The tragic life of desperate artbitches. Galerie Rothamel, Frankfort/Main
2014 A Rake's Progress, Galerie Rothamel Erfurt 2013 The New York Diaries, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfort/Main 2013 Secret Society, Chvalrous Cantaloup Commune, Shanghai 2012 Limbo Express, Y Gallery New York 2012 Gravures, Galerie Le Majorat Toulouse 2011 Nitro Circus, Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Seaux, Paris 2011 Weird Feelings, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt 2011 Galerie Majorat, Villeneuve-Toulouse 2010 Ten Seconds of Fame, Galerie Wagner und Partner, Berlin 2010 East Of Eden, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt 2009 Showroom, Galerie Soardi, Nizza 2008 The Waste Land, Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Group exhibitions 2020 vielfalt! 30 Künstler*innen aus 30 Jahren Jenaer Kunstverein. JubiläumsausstellungJenaer Kunsthalle, Jena Web: From Feb. 15, 2020 to March 21, 2020 2019 Aggroschaft – Marc Jung & the Gang:Kunsthaus Erfurt Web: From Nov. 9,2019 to Jan.26, 2020 Ausstellung des Erfurter Künstlers Marc Jung mit Benedikt Braun, Till Lindemann, Moritz Schleime und Ulrike Theusner 2019 not everything means something, honey - Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig:Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig Web: From Aug. 3 to Aug. 31, 2019 Tina Bara / Alba D'Urbano, Anna Baranowski, Christiane Baumgartner, Maja Behrmann, Birgit Brenner, Stef Heidhues, Laurette Le Gall, Kristina Schuldt, Jana Schulz, Hanna Stiegeler, Ulrike Theusner 2018 Junge Kunst aus Thüringen - Mannheimer Kunstverein:Junge Kunst aus Thüringen - Mannheimer Kunstverein Web: From Sept. 23 to Oct. 21, 2018 Konstantin Bayer, Benedikt Braun, Enrico Freitag, Marc Jung, Nora Klein, Paul-Ruben Mundthal, Adam Noack, Stefan Schiek, Ulrike Theusner 2018 offen Vol. 2 - Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin:offen Vol. 2 - Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin Web: From Juli 11 to August 25, 2018, the gallery presents younger or already established positions of artists who have impressed and accompanied us over the last few months Ulrike Theusner with Yang-Tsung Fan, Marion Fink, Zora Janković, Raul Walch, Justin Mortimer, Andreas Mühe, Alexander Wolff. 2018 gallery week-end Berlin,Sonderpräsentation zum Gallery Weekend 2018 Web: April 25, to April 29, 2018 : Konstantin Bayer (installations), Enrico Freitag (drawings, paintings), Nina Röder (photography) and Ulrike Theusner (prints, paintings) Konstantin Bayer (installations), Enrico Freitag (drawings, paintings), Nina Röder (photography) and Ulrike Theusner (prints, paintings), Eigenheim gallery, Linienstr. 130, Berlin, Germany 2018 FRAUEN KÖNNEN AUCH MALEN!,FRAUEN KÖNNEN AUCH MALEN! Web: March 8 to April 15, 2018 with Cornelia Schleime, Super Future Kid, SEO, Rosa Loy, Eva-Maria Hagen, Ulrike Theusner, Adeline Jaeger, Johanna Flammer, Miriam Vlaming, Nadine Wölk, Ainara Torrano Marín, Angela Hampel, Nadja Auermann, Bettina John, Christine Schlegel, Ramona Krüger, Manuela Neumann, Sabina Sakoh, Brigitte Fugmann, Herta Günther, Christa Jura, Elvira Bach, Miriam Lenk, Effi Mora - Galerie Holger John, Dresden, Germany 2017 Ruth Habermehl & Ulrike Theusner ,Ruth Habermehl & Ulrike Theusner Web: The eighth ff15 exhibition, from November 3 to December 15, 2017 features improbable, grotesque and mystical scenes, for the series of etchings, mixed media paintings by Ulrike Theusner like for the collages by Ruth Habermehl who says "to paint with scissors". Ruth Habermehl (Collages) and Ulrike Theusner (Engravings, Painting, Collages), Galerie ff15, Leipzig, Germany 2017 Roter Oktober. Kommunismus als Fiktion und Befehl,Roter Oktober. Kommunismus als Fiktion und Befehl Web: Roter Oktober. Kommunismus als Fiktion und Befehl , from Oct. 10, 2017 to Jan. 14, 2018 at the Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz - Germany.art-in.de Web: Roter Oktober., Autor: Dr. Paul Kaiser, Oct. 11.2017 for the blog art-in.de Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz, Allemagne
The exhibition is part of the commemoration of the revolutions of February and September 1917 in Russia. It includes works by the following artists: The Blue Noses, Carlfriedrich Claus, Fritz Duda, Alwin Eckert, Erich Enge, Hubertus Giebe, Moritz Götze, Wasja Götze, Norbert Hinterberger, Via Lewandowsky, Martin Maleschka, Florian Merkel, Olaf Nicolai, Haralampi G. Oroschakoff, Osmar Osten, A.R.Penck, Uwe Pfeifer, Ulrich Polster, Julian Röder, Ulrike Theusner, TMOMMA, Sergej Voronzow, Norbert Wagenbrett, Brigitte Waldach, Willy Wolff, Axel Wunsch, Silvio Zesch, ZIP
2017 The Promised Land,THE PROMISED LAND Web: THE PROMISED LAND, Jan. 7 until Apr. 22, 2017 Galerie Rothamel Erfurt, Germany Ulrike Theusner and Jazz-Minh Moore, Galerie Rothamel Erfurt, Germany
Ulrike Theusner and Jazz-Minh Moore met in 2010 in New York. They founded the collective "GutBox" and presented under this label several exhibitions in the United States. "Promised Land" is their first cooperation in Europe. Like "The Gasping Society" - another series of Ulrike Theusner presented in parallel at the Anger museum in Erfurt (Germany), "The Promised Land" focuses on the loss of benchmarks, the drift of justice towards self-righteousness and to the perdition of people in a complex system. Jazz-Minh Moore says, «This body of work begins with a series of paintings juxtaposing an abandoned American diner with the new multi-billion-dollar «Biospheres» currently under construction in Seattle. The America of our grandparents’ generation is being abandoned for new, high-tech or exotic options. Many people have been left behind. This is not new news, but it has become magnified with our recent (2017) election. »
2015 Alterity, The Lodge Gallery New York 2015 Printmaking Symposium, Tapetenwerk Leipzig 2014 Des Grands Yeux Morts, Galerie Dukan Leipzig 2014 Les Fleurs du Mal, The Lodge Gallery New York 2014 Hotspot, Treize Paris 2014 Fremde, Bauhaus Museum, Haus am Horn Weimar 2013 Le jardin souterrain, Station Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris 2012 The Double Dirty Dozen, Freight&Volume, New York 2012 Stippvisite, Neues Museum Weimar 2011 Gratwanderung, Bauhaus Museum Weimar 2011 IMPULSE, Aando Fine Arts Berlin 2011 Almost transparent blue, Y Gallery, New York 2010 Koschatzky Kunstpreis, MUMOK, Albertina Vienna 2010 Chroma, Bauhaus Universität Weimar 2010 First Exhibition, EKE Studio, Brooklyn, New York 2010 European Contemporary Print Triennial 2010, Toulouse 2009 Visite, Kunstverein Speyer 2009 Traits Noir, Musée des Beaux Arts Nizza 2007 UMAM, Nouvelle Biennale, Union mediterranéenne pour l´art moderne, Nice 2006 Ne pas toucher le contur, Galerie d´essai, Villa Arson, Nice
Awards 2019 selected for the sponsorship programme of „NEW POSITIONS“ NEW POSITIONS at ART COLOGNE 2019 Web: For ART COLOGNE 2019 (11-14 April), a jury of experts composed of Susanne Titz, Stefan Kobel, Bogomir Ecker, Andreas Schleicher-Lange und Thomas Weber, selected 14 young artistic positions including Yann Annicchiarico, Nadja Bournonville, Joëlle Dubois, Tobias Hoffknecht, Paul Hutchinson, Thilo Jenssen, Felix Kiessling, Lone Haugaard, Linda Matalon, Márton Nemes, Laura Schawelka, Fiona Valentine Thomann, Eleanor Wright and Ulrike Theusner at ART COLOGNE 2019 Rose-Maria Gropp reports in the Kunstmarkt pages of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) of April 12, 2019: ... "New Position" at the Eigen + Art gallery: Ulrike Theusner paints soul out of the body, with pastel bright colors on paper (from 1,200 euros); the entire booth was sold during the first hours of preview.Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) on April 12, 2019 Web: ..„New Position“ bei Eigen+Art aus: Ulrike Theusner malt sich die Seele aus dem Leib in ihren knallbunten impulsiven Pastellen auf Papier (von 1200 Euro an); schon bei der Preview war die Koje zum ersten Mal ausverkauft. 2013 IGG Graphic Award 2011 Work Fellowship Bildende Kunst „Art Regio“ 2010 1. Price of European Contemporary Print Triennial Toulouse
Publications 2017 THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS, , 21x21cm, 35 pages, JALARA Publishing 2016 Gasping society, , 21x21cm, 62 pages, JALARA Publishing Éditions JALARA Web: 2015 Limbo Express, , 21x21cm, 32 pages, JALARA Publishing 2015 New York Diaries I, , 21x21cm, 30 pages, JALARA Publishing 2013 A Rake´s Progress, , 21x21cm, 28 pages, JALARA Publishing 2013 New York Diaries III, 2012 Der Abgesang, Ulrike Bestgen, ©2012 Galerie Rothamel 2011 Weird Feelings, Kai Uwe Schierz and Ulrike Theusner, ©2011 Galerie Rothamel. 2010 Ten Seconds of Fame, Thomas Lenhart 2008 The Waste Land, Diplomarbeit Bauhaus Universität Weimar
References
External links artist website www.ulrike theusner.de gallery website www.eigen-art.com Artbroth.com Artfacts.net