Born in 1971, Ulrich Lamsfuss lives and works in Berlin. An appropriation artist who deliberately blurs the line between painting and photography, his work continues to call into question the very idea of originality. He works using photographs from a wide range of sources, including press, internet, sales catalogues, technical publications and art history. He painstakingly reproduces the photographs in oils to create a fresh interpretation of the chosen images.
Born in 1971, in Bonn, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1993-1999 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1992-1993 Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1991-1992 Hogeskool for Beeldenden Kunsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2018
Cappuccetto Rosso, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Ulrich Lamsfuss-Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, (Fourteen ways to describe the rain), Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany
2013
Escape Escapism, Lombard Fired Gallery, New York, USA
2012
Afternoons in Utopia, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Same Same But Different, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany
2009
Birdie, Lombard Freid Projects, New-York, USA
Spielen & Wachsen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Aftermodern Postglow, Antonio Ferrara, Vienna, Austria
2007
Gläserne Bienen, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2005
Pet sounds, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, USA
Pet sounds, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2004
Der agnostische Blick, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2003
Somebody gives the Lord a handclap, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
The Raw and the Cooked, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
2002
Recent Paintings, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, German
2000
Garden of consequence, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2019
#haah.de Baden-Baden Edition, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Baden-Baden, Germany
#haah25Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany
Figures de l’animal, CAC Meymac, Meymac, France
2018
Rien de tropL'Atelier, Nantes, France
EROTICA, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 23, Berlin, Germany
2017
„image/reads/text“ „The Happy Fainting of Painting #2” curated by_Hans Jürgen Hafner & Gunter Reski, Krobath, Vienna, Austria
Schau 3, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria
2016
Le Souffleur – Schürmann trifft Ludwig, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
2015
books + papers, Christine Köning Galerie, Wien, Austria
2014
Le Festin de l'Art, Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard, France
2013
Painting forever !, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012
Home WHERE?, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA
The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2010
Hyping the Real, Stephanie Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium
2009
Animal Hits, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
Ad Absurdum - Energien des Absurden von der klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, curated by Jan Hoet, MARTa Herford, Germany
2007
Jetzt, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Carbonic Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2005
European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Superreal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
2002
Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
Lila, weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
ICI Berlin, Galerie Charlotte Möser, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
Viel Spass – Beaucoup de plaisir, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
Offensive Malerei, Lothringer 13/ Halle, Munich, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
The Saatchi Gallery, London, USA
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria
