Ulla Ströhmann combines the ancient wax painting technique of encaustic with the geometric formal language of modernity. The Cologne artist complements the tradition of pigments in beeswax with silver and aluminium leaves. While the linear compositions convey clarity, the coloured surfaces and the sensuality of the wax are characterised by a warm liveliness. She has been active with exhibitions in Germany and Europe since 2000 and is represented in numerous collections.
1978-84 Studied Fine Arts/Sculpture, University of Applied Sciences Art and Design, Cologne, with Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Prof. Peter Skubic
1986-92 Installations, objects
1992 Turning to the surface, paintings, encaustic with leaf metal on wood
2012 Artist in Residence – Scholarship, Okayama/ Japan
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2016 “Clarity, Concentration: Colour”, St. Agnes Church, Cologne
2014 “close to distance”, University of Music and Dance, Cologne
2012 “Encounters”, Okayama/ Kurashiki, Japan
2010 “Opposites attract”, Gallery Lau, Munich
2010 “Transparencies”, Gebesee Castle near Erfurt
2009 “Equilibrium”, Gallery Lau Munich
2009 “Poetry and Austerity”, Kunstverein Nümbrecht
2008 “Timeless Contemporary”, Gallery Lau, London
2007 “Luminous Colour Fields”, Foundation for Concrete Art, Freiburg
2007 “Reflections”, Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Foundation, Rockenhausen
2007 “Lichtungen”, Gebesee Castle near Erfurt
2006 “Colour and Light”, Foster Museum, Neu-Ulm
2000 “Twilight”, Stapelhaus, Cologne
Group exhibitions (selection)
2011 Messmer foundation, Kunsthalle Riegel
2009 “Horizon”, Het Kruithuis, s-Hertogenbosch/ Netherlands
2008 Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris
2007 EuropART, Geneva
2006 Dr. Kaske Foundation, camera artis, Munich
2005 Trinitatiskirche, Cologne
2000 “Seams”, Municipal Museum Blankenheim
