Ulrike Arnold

Ulrike Arnold ( * 1950 in Dusseldorf ) is a German artist.

Biography

Arnold studied from 1968 to 1971 music and arts education and practiced then a teaching from. From 1979 to 1986 she studied art at the Dusseldorf Art Academy under Professor Klaus Rinke, from which she graduated in 1986 as a master student. In 1988, she received the Eduard von der Heydt - Sponsorship Award, Wuppertal. Since 1980 the artist traveled and worked on all five continents of the world. Arnold lives and works in Dusseldorf and in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Artistic work

Earth images

Typical of Arnold's painting are their Earth images. It uses a unique material: The artist paints with earth, minerals and stones on nettle. First she collects these colors in the form of stones and break them then even to painting materials. Your image title meet the world found special places where they find their ingredients, such as Flagstaff, Arizona or Bryce Canyon in Utah. The structures, shapes and colors of these images reflect the quality of the landscapes in which they occur on site. There, they are exposed to the natural environment require that reinforce this impression.

Comet images

Since 2004 it expanded the repertoire of their materials. It processes the first and only artist worldwide, the particles of meteorites ( nickel, iron and Steinchondren ), which it relates from research laboratories. These valuable substances come from asteroids and comets. The dark dust is evidence of the early universe and is partially older than the Earth. It therefore goes beyond the collected material on the earth and creates cosmological images.

Solo Exhibitions

Media & Literature

Information on films of ARD and ZDF about their work can be found on their website.