EDUCATION
1991–97 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, Department of sculpture
with Prof. Bruno Gironcoli
1984–85 Studies of Art History and Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria
1984 Visiting Student at University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria with Carl Auböck
1983 Visiting Student at HFBK Hamburg with KP Bremer
1979–83 Goldsmith Apprenticeship, Lübeck, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
2025
A Swatch Art Playground / Swatch Art Peace Hotel / Shanghai / PR China
Thriller: Think Common, Play Public / 11 th Triennale of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve / Belgium
PIECES RELOADED / Xian art space / Vienna / Austria
SIDEKICKS Rings and Bags from the MAK Collection (as curator) / MAK Geymüllerschlössel / Vienna / Austria
Blossom Time / Swatch Art Peace Hotel / Shanghai / PR China
Ulrike Johannsen / The End Of The World / Brussels / Belgium
2024
Time for yourself / Goethe Institut / Shanghai / PR China
SENIOR ARTIST IST NICHT DER ÄLTERE VON ZWEI KÜNSTLER:INNEN / IG Bildende Kunst / Vienna / Austria
Sold! New Acquisitions from Vienna`s Collection of Contemporary Art, 2018-2023 / MUSA / Vienna / Austria
LÜ CKENFÜLLER Studio Ela Nord / Vienna / Austria
42_24 reflected Galerie V&V / Vienna / Austria
X/10 Ze Tux Gallery / Tux / Tyrol / Austria
hotelpupik 35 ≠ 0 Echo Raum / Vienna / Austria
A Suitcase curated by Rebekah Kim, Markus Riedler & David Mase / Picture Theory / New York City / USA
Beyond Adornment SeMoCa / Seoul / KR
EGGSIBISCHEN curated by Mari Otberg / Lukas Feichtner Galerie / Vienna / A
Sonnenschein und Höhenluft with Arnold Berger / Clubclub / Vienna / A
2023
A Grand Day Out 2 - One day affordable art fair Café Weidinger / Vienna / A
PORTAL Vienna - Prague, Galerie Holesovicka Sachta / Prague / CZ and Clubclub / Vienna / A
Pride and Prejudice, Art and Craft – A Love Story (as a curator with Sascha Zaitseva)
Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heilgenkreuzerhof / Vienna / A
Mit Eigensinn Goldschmiedehaus Hanau / D
2022
nameless with Anton Stoianov / Exile / Vienna / A
My Affectionate Gaze Time and Transformation in the Prints of Ernesto Caivano,
Lee Friedlander,
Ulrike Johannsen, Shirin Neshat and Kiki Smith
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York City, US
Wunderkammer Natascha Borowsky, Karin Hatwagner, Ulrike Johannsen,
Stefan Lux, Heti Prack, Frederike Schweizer Fabian Seiz, Pia Steixner,
Hiroshi Takizawa, Viktoria Tremmel, Heimo Wallner, Helmut Wolech
Clubclub / Vienna / A
TRANSIT with Stefan Lux / Clubclub / Vienna / A
Eligius Price MAK / Museum of Applied Arts / Vienna / A
Eligius Price Traklhaus, Salzburg, A
Tombola V Bakri Bakhit & Priska Morger, Veronika Dirnhofer & Theresa Eipeldauer,
Yasmina Haddad & Andrea Lumplecker Daniel Hüttler & Janina Weissengruber,
Ulrike Johannsen & Almut Reichenbach, Terese Kasalicky & Heti Prack,
Nils Amadeus Lange & Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, Michèle Pagel & Ann Muller,
Janine Schranz & Daniela Zeilinger,
Valerie Wurm & Astrid Wagner
School / Vienna / A
BO TH Studio Glockengasse 8a / Vienna / A
Mit Eigensinn Museum Angerlehner / Thalheim bei Wels / A
2021
INTÉRIEUR A Tribute To Erwin Hauer/ Erwin Hauer, Ulrike Johannsen,
Sophia Latysheva, Stefan Lux, Heti Prack,
Almut Reichenbach, Peter Sandbichler,
Fabian Seiz, Esther Stocker, Barbara Sturm, Nazim Ünal Yilmaz,
Alexandra Sascha Zaitseva
Clubclub / Vienna / A
ECHO 2 / Ulrike Johannsen, Heti Prack, Nazim Ünal Yilmaz / Clubclub / Vienna / A
2020
ECHO / Ulrike Johannsen, Heti Prack, Nazim Ünal Yilmaz / Clubclub / Vienna / A
Quarantine Mania / Clubclub / Vienna / A
A Colouring Quarantine / EXILE / Vienna / A
Café des Oevres. Èdition de Vienne / Ulrike Johannsen, Sigrid Kurz, Heti Prack, Bernhard Weber / Clubclub / Vienna / A
2019
Paris Syndrome (Trauerarbeit) / Cité des Arts / Paris / F
Café des Oevres / Ulrike Johannsen, Sigrid Kurz, Heti Prack, Constanze Schweiger
Bernhard Weber / Cité des Arts / Paris / F
Exposure / Steve Budington, Ulrike Johannsen, Hedya Klein, Heimo Wallner / Clubclub / Vienna / A
Bollmann Collection 1970 - 2019 / Museo Eremitani / Padua / Italy
10 Jahre Kolleg KunstSchmuckDesign Herbststrasse/ MAK. Museum for Applied Arts / Vienna / A
Kunstkönige & Dorfkaiser, artist in residence. best of ever/ Schwarzenberg`sche Meierei/ Scheifling / A
38. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb / Innsbruck / A
Read my lips! / Nazim Ünal Yilmaz / Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva / Ulrike Johannsen / Clubclub / Vienna / A
Sans Souci / Ulrike Johannsen. Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva / Size Matters / Vienna / A
FOTO / Atelier Glockengasse / Glockengasse 8A, 1020 Wien / Vienna / A
2018
Holdes Weltgeschehen / Frederike Schweizer. Viktoria Tremmel. Ulrike Johannsen / Hold. 1080 Vienna / A
Die 90er Jahre / Wien Museum MUSA / Vienna / A curated by Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer Berthold Ecker
Die Liebe in Zeiten ihrer technischen Simulierbarkeit / Clubclub. Wien / Vienna / A
2017
Ästhetik der Veränderung / MAK - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Vienna / A
18. Aquarellhappening / Mehlerhaus / Tux / A
GOLD / The Clubclub Wien / Concept: Ulrike Johannsen / Alliogasse 1 / Vienna / A
Fahnenversuch / Concept: Catrin Bolt / Transform / Vienna / A
2016
Die Kunstsammlung packt aus! / 7 Jahre Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ / Kunstquartier OÖ / Linz / A
Adnan Balet Balcinovic. Fredrike Schweizer. Ulrike Johannsen / Pfeilgasse 12 / 1080 Vienna / A
Open Studio Show. Fundacion Valparaiso / Mojacar / Spain
Bedsitter Art Fair / Im Schatten des Vorzimmers / curated by Barbara Sturm / Streffleurgasse 1 / Vienna / A
2015
PRIVATE STUDIO / SIZE MATTERS Space for Art and Film / www.sizematters.club / Vienna / A
Arts Letters & Numbers / Averill Park / New York / USA
SIZE MATTERS 27 25* / www.sizematters.club / Vienna / A
Sammlung Bollmann / MAK / Museum of Applied Art / Vienna / A
ANBERAUMT / sitzfläche / Vienna / A
2014
KO_OP - Salon 69 / basement / Vienna / A
Ulrike Johannsen / SCHALT_ER_ / curated by Michael Hall / Vienna / A
2013
DAZIBAO / Ningbo Art Museum / Ningbo / PR China
DAZIBAO / Organ House & Outdoor Installation / Huangjueping Art District / Chongqing / PR China
2012
COMMON HISTORY AND ITS PRIVATE STORIES / Sofia City Art Gallery / Sofia / BG
Stockholm Syndrome / Bamboo Culture Studio / Taipei / Taiwan R.O.C.
2011
Something Big / basement / Vienna / A
HotelPupik11 / Schwarzenberg`sche Meierei / Schrattenberg / Scheifling / A
Living on the edge of a silver future. Part 1 / Gallery 5020 / Salzburg / A
With Katrina Daschner, Marianne Fontein, Jochen Höller, Ulrike Johannsen,
Martin Kippenberger
Kai Kuss, Julia Oschatz, Katrin Plavcak & Johanna Kirsch,
Achim Stiermann, Mladen Stilinović, The Video Sisters
Curated by Hildegard Fraueneder and Erik Hable
Second Skin / MAK Museum of Applied Art Vienna / A
PRODUKTION / with Martin Dickinger / OÖ Kunstverein / Linz / A
2010
Urban Gardening & Pocketfilms / "Seedbombing in Beijing" with Emi Uemura
Wienstation / Gürtelbogen 28 / Vienna / A
Dragon Fountain Bathhouse / Caochangdi / Beijing / PRChina
The Merger. by following this 1 easy rule... / 1366 N. Milwaukee Ave. / Chicago / USA
Dongxi / Kunstverein Baden / Baden / A
HotelPupik Lieblingspositionen / Forum Stadtpark Graz / Graz / A
With Luca Bertolo, Martin Dickinger, Herbert Egger, Kati Heck, Heyda Klein,
Rebecca Wason Horn
Ulrike Johannsen, Wilhelm Scherübl, Nana Schulz,
David Stairs, Uli Vonbank-Schedler, Heimo Wallner
2009
Mifan / Babu Gallery / Shenzhen / VR China Mifan / AnniArt / 798 / Beijing / VR China
COMMON HISTORY AND ITS PRIVATE STORIES / MUSA / Wien / A
With Hildegard Absalon, Armin Bardel, Sabine Bitter & Helmut Weber, Luchezar Boyadjievs
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Josef Dabernig, Heinrich Dunst, Anita Fricek, Marianne Greber
Matthias Herrmann, Christine Hohenbüchler, Robert Jelinek, Anna Jermolaewa, Ulrike Johannsen
David Jourdan, Dejan Kaludjerovic, Johanna Kandl, Martin Kitzler, Oleg Kulik, Marko Lulic, Ken Lum
Anna Meyer, Michail Michailov, monochrom, Muntean / Rosenblum, Lisl Ponger, Andreas Reiter Raabe
Peter Sandbichler, Kamen Stoyanov, Katharina Struber, Martina Stuffer, Magda Tothova
Borjana Ventzislavova, Gernot Wieland, Alexandra Zaitseva
Curated by Iara Boubnova and Roland Fink
2008
Hen bao le / with Christine Cheung / Red Gate Studio Feijiacun / Beijing / VR China
Blood.Sweat.Tears. / Galerie V&V / Wien / A
Operation / Studio Chen Ping / Feijiacun / Beijing / VR China
10 Years Gallery Esplanade / Bad Ischl / A
2007
A Gift is a Duty /100 Years KKS / Satori & Berger Speicher / Kiel / D
2006
Liquid Logic / participant inElke Krystufek show / MAK / Vienna / A
Panopticon / permanent Installation / XYZ Symposium / Griffen / A
Photoshow / Werkprunk / Vienna / A
HotelPupik06 / Schwarzenberg`sche Meierei / Schrattenberg / Scheifling / A
2004
Love Lounge 3. Desperados / Kunstverein Baden / A
Gegen-Positionen - Female Artists in Austria 1960-2000
Museum of Modern Art Foundation Wörlen / Passau / D
Versuche zur Erotik / House pr 10 / Vienna / A
2003
REVIEW / Wako Hall / Tokyo / J
HotelPupik03 / Schwarzenbergsche Meierei / Scheifling / A
all about: female sex / Gallery Academia / Salzburg / A
Female Artists- Positions 1945 - now / Kunsthalle Krems / A
2002
Als Ob / House 10 / Fürstenfeldbruck / D
Thats new / IG-Kunst / Vienna / A
2001
Turning Point / Millenium Galleries / Sheffield / UK
Urban - Rural / Soho in Ottakring / Vienna A
2000
Flexible 3 / Textile Museum Tilburg / N
Turning Point / Künstlerhaus / Klagenfurt / A
Nackte Erscheinung / Gallery Edition Stella A. / Berlin / D
Kunst hautnah / Künstlerhaus / Vienna / A
Flexible 3 / The Helmshore Textile Museums / UK
Turning Point / Heiligenkreuzerhof / Vienna / A
fabelhaft / Castle of Aschach / A
Flexible 3 / Museum of Art / Bayreuth / D
The Ego Adorned / Konigin Fabiolazaal / Antwerpen / B
Wonderworld / art agents gallery / Hamburg / D
With Achim Beitz, Guy van Bossche, Ulrike Johannsen, Annette Kelm, Ulf Lundin
Linda McCue, Timur Novikov, Nikolaj Recke, Daniel Roth, Constanze Ruhm, Nicola Torke
1999
Flexible 3 - Close to the body / OÖ Landesgalerie / Linz / A
Flexible 3 / BWA Wroclaw-Contemporary Art Galleries / PL
Joy & Comfort / Artothek Gallery Vienna / A
Turning Point / DOK / St.Pölten / A
1998
Zum Lieben / MAK Museum of Applied Art / Vienna / A
Des Eisbergs Spitze / Kunsthalle MQ / Vienna / A
1997
Enjoy! / Castle of Agathenburg / D
With Siobhan Hapaska, Ulrike Johannsen, Zvika Kantor, Rupprecht Matthies, David Neat
Peter Newman, Anna Popva, Sam Samore, Beate-Maria Schäfer, Susanne Weirich
Curated by Joachim Buttler and Nasim Weiler
Penetralia / with Yvette Kaiser-Smith / Hyde Park Art Center / Chicago / USA
1995
Ulrike Johannsen / Siemens Nixdorf / Wien / A
Sieraad, Symbol, Signaal / Konigin Fabiolazaal / Antwerpen / B
The Human Heart / German Hygiene Museum / Dresden / D
Cherchez la femme / Kunsthaus Hamburg / D
With Andrea Artz, Regina Frank, Leslie Fry, Marina Gržinic, Elisabeth Hautmann,
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Kirsten Johannsen, Ulrike Johannsen, Ane Königsbaum,
Petra Maitz, Frauke-Ellen Möller, Anna Popova
Mira Popova, Aina Šmid, Susanne Virta,
Nicole Wermers,
curated by Annette Nolte-Jacobs and Monika Penndorf
1994
Different Bodies / OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ / Linz / A
With Valie Export, Vera Frenkel, Jarg Geismar, Ilse Haider, Barbara Heinisch,
Joanna Jones, Renate Herter
Ulrike Johannsen, Maria Klonaris, Katerina Thomadaki,
Alice Mansel, Piotr Nathan, Silke Radenhausen, Udo Wid, curated by Sigrid Schade
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Federal Art Collection Schloß Wilhelmshöhe / Kassel / D
Collection of MAK Museum of Applied Art / Vienna / A
Collection of 21er Haus, Museum of Contemporary Art / Vienna / A
Collection of The University of Applied Art / Vienna / A
The Art Collection of Upper Austria / Linz / A
Collection of The City of Vienna / A
The Art Collection of the Austrian Republic / Vienna / A
Collection Bollmann / Klosterneuburg / A
Collection of Chen Ling Hui Contemporary / Taiwan
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2024
Austrian State Scholarship / awarded by BMWKMS / A
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Artist in Residence / Shanghai / PRChina
2019
Paris Scholarship / Cité Internationale des Arts Paris / awarded by BMWKMS / A
2018
Rimbun Dahan / Artist in Residence / Sungai Buloh / Malaysia
2017
18. Aquarellhappening / Artist in Residence / Tux / A
2016
Valparaiso Foundation / Artist in Residence / Mojácar / Spain
2015
Arts Letters & Numbers / Artist in Residence / Averill Park / New York / USA
2012
Columbia University School of the Arts / Visiting Artist / LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies / New York / USA
2011
Bamboo Culture Studio / Artist in Residence / Taipei / Taiwan R.O.C.
HotelPupik / Artist in Residence / Schwarzenberg`sche Meierei / Scheifling / A
2010
HOMEshop / Artist in Residence / Beijing / PR China
2009
Chen Ling Hui Contemporary Space / Artist in Residence / Beijing / PR China
2008
Scholarship Beijing / PR China / awarded by BMUKK / Federal Ministry of Education, Arts, Culture
2003
HotelPupik / Artist in Residence / Schwarzenberg`sche Meierei / Scheifling / A
2000
Scholarship London / GB / awarded by BMUKK / Federal Ministry of Education, Arts, Culture
1995
Scholarship Chicago / USA / awarded by BMUKK / Federal Ministry of Education, Arts, Culture
1995
Siemens-Nixdorf Award
1992
Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Foundation / Scholarship
1. Prize, Design Award of the German Gold- and Silverindustry "Es liegt etwas in der Luft"
TEACHING
2021
Studio visit thesis critique / Art Department of Middlebury College / Middlebury / Vermont / USA
2020
Lecture / University of Rochester / Department of Art and Art History / Studio Art Program / Rochester / NY/ USA
2012
Visiting Artist / Art Department of Middlebury College / Middlebury / Vermont / USA
Lecture / TCAC. Taipei Contemporary Art Center / 06.01.2012
2011
Lecture / Taipei National University of Art 國立臺北藝術大學 / 21.12.2011
2005
Summer Academy Salzburg / A / Assistant to Nancy Davidson & Julie Hayward
2004
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / A / Assistant to Prof. Bruno Gironcoli
2003
University for Art and Industrial Design / Linz / A / teaching assignment under Prof. Renate Herter
1997-2022
KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse / Vienna / A