Work

About the artist

Sophie Ullrich’s paintings show wide, often empty spaces, in which at times comic-like stylized figures, or influences from Pop Art can be found.
Often the protagonists are reduced to outlines and form the connection between narration, abstract elements and schematic backgrounds. Surreal long limbs and often missing heads of the figures, create humorous impulses in the sceneries.
Her visual language had already started to develop during her studies and has since enabled the artist to fill her works with a wide variety of themes.
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Solo Shows

2024
all sauce, no shrimp, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami
2023
Tropical Sidewalk, Rupert Pfab Gallery, Düsseldorf
2022
Heute kein WLAN, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
Stay Away From Glitter, The Cabin, Danny First, Los Angeles, US
2021
Daily History Podcast, Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, LU
Bored Queen Overlooks Her Fields, Tube culture hall, Milano, IT
2018
Tote Ganoven, Frappant e.V, Hamburg
Caput, Narren wachsen unbegossen, Zero Fold, Köln

Biography

2011-2018
Master student of Eberhard Havekost
Studied Liberal Arts and Painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, receiving the “Akademiebrief”
Born 1990 (Geneva, Switzerland), Sophie Ullrich lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Group Shows

2025
atomic knights, Basement 16, Bensberg
Resonances, Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
all in, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg
same same but different , Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Berlin
2024
The Napkin Show, Mohilef Studios (free parking), Los Angeles, US
Garten Eden, K29, Düseldorf
time takes a Cigarette, Klasse Havekost, Pop68 Ruttkowski, Cologne
Die Grosse (Förderpreis) , Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Painting In The Global Present: An Overview, Orsini-Colonna Palace, Tagliacozzo, IT
Belétage, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Berlin
disabstraction sunrise, Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp, NL
10. YEARS, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, US
2023
77. internationale bergische Kunstausstellung, Museum Solingen
they say there is Water on Mars, Boutwell & Schabrowsky, Munich
who made my cat two dimensional, Paw Gallery, Karlsruhe
How Well You Walk Through The Fire, Obey artSpace, Berlin
trois à part, Nosbaum & Reding, Brussels, NL
a curated flashback, green family foundation, Dallas, US
la luna a la luz del dìa, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Garzón, UY
2022
Elbhängung 2, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers, Anna Zorina Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Neue Deutsche Dinge, White Block Gallery, Paju, KR
Chronicles, Galerie Droste, Berlin
fundamental occurrences, Nosbaum&Reding, Brussels, BE
Project Mayhem, es365, Düsseldorf
Voliere, the cube, Münster
a glimpse of…, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, US
2021
a glimpse of… , Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, US
Central Spark, Zero Fold, Köln
Misa, Messe in St. Agnes, König Gallery, Berlin
lab III, Evelyn Drewes Gallery, Hamburg
Buddies, Reiter Gallery, Berlin
2020
Salon der Gegenwart 10, Hamburg
art au centre #4, Liège, BE
Groupshow, Nosbaum&Reding Gallery, Brussels, BE
Genius Loci 8, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf
My tan is just fine, Gold+Beton, Köln
2019
Junger Westen , Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen
Just So Stories, Nosbaum und Reding Gallery, Luxembourg, LU
Vorstellungsgespräche, Reiter Gallery, Leipzig
Fabric of art, Kaiser & Dicke, 701 e.V., Wuppertal
zweiklassen, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig
Planet 58, K21, Düsseldorf
2018
Out of thin air, Amsterdam, NL
Plié, class Havekost, Poleland, Düsseldorf
Mckinsey , SkyOffice, Düsseldorf
2017
postPost, Gruppenausstellung, Halle 3, Düsseldorf
Proteinriegel, Im Goldenen, Düsseldorf
Neujahrversteigerung, Rathaus Düsseldorf – Rheinlust Agentur, Düsseldorf
2016
Fernstehen, Matrose, Golestani Gallery, Düsseldorf
Reproduktives Arbeiten, class Havekost, Berlin
2015
Silberrücken, class Havekost; Felix Ringel Gallery, Düsseldorf