2023
*1971 in Bonn, lebt und arbeitet / lives and works in Berlin
Education
1993-2000 Hochschule der Künste Berlin / Klasse Georg Baselitz, Meisterschüler
1992-1993 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1991-1992 Hogeskool for Beeldenden Kunsten, Rotterdam/NL
Solo Exhibitions
2023 If, Parrotta Contemporary Art Cologne & Bonn
2018 Cappuccetto Rosso, Templon Brussels/BE
2016 Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne
2015 Nitidezza, Impasse Beaubourg Daniel Templon, Paris/FR
2013 Escape Escapism, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York/US (+ performance of Arises)
2012 Same, Same But Different, Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne (catalog)
2012 Afternoons in Utopia, Daniel Templon, Paris/FR
2009 Birdie, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York/US
2009 Aftermodern Postglow, Works on Paper, Antonio Ferrara, Vienna/A
2008 spielen&wachsen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalog)
2007 Gläserne Bienen, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris/FR (catalog)
2005 PetSounds, Lombard Freid Projects, New York/US
2005 PetSounds, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles/US
2004 Der Agnostische Blick, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2003 Somebody Give The Lord A Handclap, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris/FR
2003 The Raw And The Cooked, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York/US
2002 Garden Of Consequence, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2000 Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2019 Form, Class, Beauty – curated by Viktoria Binschtok, Klemm’s Berlin
2018 Erotica, curated by Stephanie Kloss, Erotica Berlin
2017 “Image/Reads/Text – The Happy Fainting of Painting” #2 curated by H.-J. Hafner & G. Reski, Krobath Vienna
2015 books + papers, Christine König Vienna
2015 Fake, Exile Berlin
2014 Und hier: Dingens…, Adamski Berlin
2013 Painting Forever, KW KunstWerke Berlin (catalog)
2012 The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, Sprengel Museum, Hannover (catalog)
2010 Der freie Wille ist eine Illusion, Forgotten Bar, Berlin (curated by Claudia Seidel)
2010 Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens, Knokke
2008 Ad Absurdum – Energien des Absurden von der klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MartA Herford, curated by Jan Hoet (catalog)
2007 Jetzt, BECK & EGGELING, Duesseldorf (catalog)
2006 Carbonic Anhydride, Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalog)
2005 Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (catalog)
2003 Superreal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2003 The Peripheries become the Center, Prague Biennale 1, Prague
2002 Immediate Gesture, Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York
2002 ICI Berlin, Charlotte Moser, Geneva
2002 Lila, weiß und andere Farben, Max Hetzler, Berlin
2001 Viel Spass – Beaucoup De Plaisir, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris (catalog)
2001 Offensive Malerei, Lothringer 13, München (catalog)
Awards
2005 The Frissiras Museum Contemporary European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Publications
2018 Arts of the Working Class #02 – Interview: Patrick F. Panetta
2018 vonhundert #031 – Interview: Stephanie Kloss
2018 Collectors Agenda – Interview: Agnes Wartner
2014 A Brush with the Real – Figurative Painting Today, published by Marc Valli & Margherita Dessanay
2014 Juxtapose – Hyperreal
2011 Guy Boyer, Michel Houellebecq face au portrait, Connaissance des Arts, März
2009 Michael Wilson, Ulrich Lamsfuss, Birdie, Time Out New York
2009 Jens Asthoff, Ulrich Lamsfuss : Spielen & Wachsen, Camera Austria, n°105
2008 Art Now – Volume 3
2007 Echappés belles – France 5 – TV feature by Andrea Riedinger
2006 Art Now – Volume 2
2005 Sleek Magazine – cover and feature, Issue #7, Summer 2005
2003 Die 100 wichtigsten jungen Deutschen, Neon Magazin #1
2003 ArtForum International, März
2003 Polylux – ORB/ARD – TV feature by Birgit Herdlitschke
2002 Ulrich Lamsfuß in der Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin – by Peter Herbstreuth
2002 Kunstforum International, Band 159, April/Mai
2002 Die jungen Bösewichte, Spiegel magazine # 48 – by Ulrike Knoefel
Lectures /Workshops
2016 Workshop “Image and Portrait”, Academy Kolbermoor
2015 Lecture for students of architecture, University of Marseille/FR, held in Paris (Prof. Tilmann Reichert) – „Picture and Form“
2013 Lecture for art students, University of Philadelphia/US, held in Berlin (Prof. Christian Siekmeier) – „Original and Fake“