Brian Ulrich

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Brian Ulrich (* 1971 in Northport , New York ) is an American photographer. He teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago .

Live and act

In his work he examines the peculiarities of consumer society . Together with his fellow students, Matt Siber and Jon Gitelson , he works in a loose artist group called "Chicagraphy". He works heavily with new media and includes the World Wide Web and blogs in his projects.

In 2001, following a request from the Bush administration to strengthen the national economy through increased consumption , Ulrich started a project to document consumer culture in the USA. Copia , is a series of large photographs of people shopping, supermarkets and goods.

Ulrich's work is among others in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Art Institute of Chicago ; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago . In 2009 he received a Guggenheim scholarship .

He lives in Chicago .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions:

  • Thrift and Dark Stores , Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY (2009)
  • Copia , Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS (2008)
  • Thrift , Quality Pictures, Portland, OR (2008)
  • Copia , Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY (2007)
  • Thrift , Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL (December 1, 2006-2007)
  • Copia , Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2006–2007)
  • Copia , Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (2006)
  • 12 × 12: Shoppers , Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2005)

Group exhibitions:

  • Dystopia , Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2009)
  • Made in Chicago , Photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection :, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2008)
  • World's Away: New Suburban Landscapes , Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN & Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (2008)
  • Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children , DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, (2008)
  • Chicagraphy , Galerie f5,6, Munich, Germany (2007)
  • Art Basel Miami Beach, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, (2006, 2007)
  • MP3 , Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Brian Ulrich, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, (2006)
  • Photocentric , Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN (2005)
  • On the Scene , Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, IL (2005)
  • Contemporary American Photography / International Photo Days Mannheim , Cologne (2005)
  • Manufactured Self , Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (2005)

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personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Northport , New York