Ulrich Rölfing
Ulrich Rölfing (* 1958 in Dingden ) is a German painter and sculptor .
Life
Ulrich Rölfing was born in 1958 as the son of the veterinarian Bernhard Rölfing and the agriculture teacher Carola Rölfing in Dingden / Westphalia in the Münsterland . At the beginning of his artistic development he spent 1979 with the American-Italian sculptor Raimondo Puccinelli in Florence , Italy . This was followed by studying art history and philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum with Max Imdahl . Afterwards, Rölfing studied painting and sculpture in Vienna . Study visits took him to Morocco / Essaouira , India / Varavanassi and Georgia / Qedeli . He has lived and worked in Hamburg since 1996 in a studio in the St. Georg district , which has an almost cathedral-like appearance with an outwardly curved skylight.
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The artistic work of Ulrich Rölfing is diverse and consists of sculpture , painting , drawing and graphics . For Rölfing, the decision for figurative or abstract work is not a programmatic, but a pragmatic one, the figurative cannot be detached from the formal structure, as it is given in the color and design. Characteristic for his way of working is the emergence of human forms from a free geometry . Since 2006, portrait series have been another focus. In them he dealt with groups as diverse as old farmers (2011), homeless people (2006–2009), religious (2013) and refugees (2018). His diverse exhibition activities began early, in 1978 he showed his first works in the Xantener Galerie 4178. After his stay with Raimondo Puccinelli, drawings, etchings and oil paintings were shown in Wesel in 1981. Rölfing saw himself as a freelance artist while he was still studying art history with Max Imdahl in Bochum. Thematically, his biographical roots, his closeness to nature and his religious imprint play an important role in Rölfing's work; this is exemplified by his exhibition project “Religious Representatives. A portrait project ”, which he carried out in 2015 in the Dreieinigkeitskirche in his adopted home Hamburg-St. Georg realized: "... with the artist Ulrich Rölfing an ideal partner was found for deepening interreligious contacts." During the painting process, the artist approaches the portrayed, Rölfing is a "discovery painter". The places where his works are exhibited are often related to their creation. In addition to traditional exhibition venues such as galleries or museums , this also includes sacred places and public places that are far from art .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2019: "The Truth of the Moment", Mariendom Hamburg
- 2019: "Vaterland", joint exhibition by the Bocholt City Museum and the Euregio Art Circle in the Kunsthaus Bocholt
- 2018: “A new life. Asylum seekers around Haus Esselt ”, Otto Pankok- Haus Esselt
- 2018: "Cardinal in ruins. Colors of Farewell ”, St. Joseph's Church, Münster
- 2018: “Faces of Qedeli”, Gallery Vernissage, Tbilisi / Georgia
- 2017: "The Truth of the Moment", Bocholt City Museum
- 2017: “Sober shine. On the Catholic ritual language ”, Benedictine monastery Nütschau, Travenbrück
- 2017: “Far and near. Landscapes from Dingden ”, Hof Heinz and Elfi Tebrügge, Dingden and in the town hall gallery of Hamminkeln
- 2015: “Religious Representatives. A portrait project ”, Dreieinigkeitskirche Hamburg-St. George
- 2015: “Statue of Swami Vishnu Devananda”, Sivananda Ashram, Orleans / France
- 2014: “People with dementia. A portrait project ”, City Hall of the City of Hagen
- 2013: "Vis-a-vis. Farmers and religious ”, St. Joseph's Church, Münster
- 2011: The sky over the yard. Portraits of senior farmers and their farms , Humberghaus Dingden
- 2010: The fullness of summer. Landscapes from Schinkel and Morocco , gatehouse of the Rosenkranz estate, Schinkel / Schleswig-Holstein
- 2008–2009: "The force of the experienced fate." Portrait project with homeless people, St. Antoniusheim, Vreden - Vreden Town Hall - Diocesan Charity Association Münster - St. Joseph's Church in Münster - Chapter House of Paderborn Cathedral District House Borken
- 2008: "Wood cuts", typographic cabinet in the Winkeldruckerey of the city of Speyer
- 2008: “Moments. Faces of the cafe. Portrait project with homeless people ”, JesusCenter, Hamburg
- 2007: "L`artiste du Nord", Atelier Cotemporaire / La Rochelle / France
- 2006: “Faces of the colony and mother's trousseau. Portrait project with homeless people ”, painting and installation. Maria Veen House, Reken
- 2005: “Body stature. The nature of the human form ”, Gallery of the City of Bad Segeberg
- 2004: "Lehmwelten - Morocco", Gallery Isshorst, Hamminkeln
- 2002: "Colored Circumstance", Galerie Büsch, Berlin
- 2001: “Stone of Good Luck”, Studio Gallery, Weimar
- 2000: "Tree of Life", presentation of the large sculpture from the Rahlstedter Boldwiesen
- 1999: “New Responsibility”, Curriculum Gallery, Vienna
- 1999: "Claiming inwardness", gallery in the Rudolf Steiner House, Hamburg
- 1998: “Simultangefuge”, Galerie Büsch, Berlin
- 1997: “De corporis”, Café Gnosa, Hamburg
- 1996: "Raumgestalt - Seelenraum", Galerie der Stadtinitiative, Vienna
- 1994: “De occulta”, Goetheanum, Dornach
- 1988: "Mural", Verbandssparkasse, Dingden
- 1982: “Ars pro toto”, Verbandssparkasse, Wesel
- 1980: "Ulrich Rölfing", gallery in the country house, Emmerich
- 1978: "Ulrich Rölfing", Gallery 4178, Xanten
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2012: “International Symposium”, Atelier an der Donau, Pöchlarn / Austria
- 2011: “Eight Artists from St Georg”, Hamburg, GEDOK Art Forum
- 2010: "Black Artist". 8th Speyer Literature Days, Kulturhof Flachsgasse, Art Association Speyer
- 2008: “Seven portrait busts of explorers”, International Maritime Museum, Hamburg
- 2007: “Artists in St. Georg today”, Dreieinigkeitskirche, Hamburg
- 2007: "Living with Art", 3rd sculpture exhibition on the Wandsbeck market square
- 2006: “Bildwerk”, together with Ricarda Wyrwol, exhibition in the Curslack room, Hamburg
- 2005: "He who closes his eyes is blind", together with the Viennese artists Beate-Maria Platz and Wolfram Weh, Wotruba-Kirche, Vienna
- 2005: “Kunst im Gang”, Schauspielhaus Hamburg
- 2002: "Body and Other Worlds", Gallery Isshorst, Hamminkeln
- 2001: "Spring Exhibition", Gallery Isshorst, Hamminkeln
- 1999: "Book objects and graphics", forum book art, Bartkowiaks, Hamburg
- 1999: currently. 100 Hamburg artists show new works. Exhibition of the BbK Hamburg on seven storage floors in the Speicherstadt, Hamburg
- 1999: "Winter Accrochage", Galerie Isshorst, Hamminkeln
- 1998: “From Renaissance to Abstraction” together with Anja Matakena, and Dorothea Thu, Telekom branch Wesel
- 1996 “Vienna-Tallinn” together with Wolfram Weh, Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 1994: "Art Club", artwork, Vienna
- 1993: “Origins and Movements”, Curriculum Gallery, Vienna
- 1983: "Art", Rathausgalerie, Hamminkeln
- 1982: "EUREGIO-Kunstkreis", Kunsthaus Bocholt
Awards
- 2002: Honorary Prize of the City of Pöchlarn / Painting
Scholarships
- 2009: Guest printer in Edenkoben, artist house of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2007: Scholarship from the City of La Rochelle, (France)
- 2004–2005: Otto Flath Scholarship, Bad Segeberg, Villa Otto Flath
- 2001: Scholarship from the painting and drawing school in Weimar
Publications and exhibition catalogs
- Ulrich Rölfing: New Life, Refugees, Hamburg 2019
- Ulrich Rölfing: Fatherland. geschichtenwerft edition, Hamburg 2019
- Ulrich Rölfing: The truth of the moment. Pictures of life and walking, geschichtenwerft edition, Hamburg 2018
- Chink for the light. Contemporary poetry from Croatia. Artist's book with original woodcuts. Edition Bergelmühle, Edenkoben 2009
- The force of the fate experienced. Homeless people in St. Antoniusheim in picture and written portraits, Münster 2008
- The whimsical tapper. Artist's book with original woodcuts, Hamburg 2003
- The assertion of inwardness. Artist's book with original woodcuts, Hamburg 2000
- Vienna - Tallin. Art laboratory. Ulrich Rölfing, Wolfram Weh. Tammas Gallery, 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.hinzundkunzt.de/kunstler-raus-aus-den-ateliers/
- ^ Rhode, Fr .: New exhibition - Rölfing is a talent . In: Rheinische Post, December 9, 1981
- ↑ Löwa, Ortwin: From Imam to Pastor - the very special portraits . In: Evangelische Zeitung, July 25, 2015
- ↑ https://www.waz.de/staedte/wesel-hamminkeln-schermbeck/der-entdeckungsmaler-aus-dingden-id212810149.html
- ↑ https://www.nrz.de/staedte/wesel-hamminkeln-schermbeck/die-portraetierten-verhaben-ihren-hoefen-seele-id5155750.html
- ↑ https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/hagen/hamburger-maler-fotografiert-demenzkranke-menschen-id10050754.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rölfing, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thingden |