Ulrike Rosenbach

Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943) is an international video works artist from Germany. According to the Dutch Art Institute,[1] she works with videotapes, installations, and performances. Ulrike is a pioneer and an important figure of video performance in Germany. She is one of the first artists from Germany to use video for experiments with electronic images. Her videotapes critique the traditional representation of women and help formulate the identity of women from a feminist perspective.

Biography

Ulrike Rosenbach was born in 1943 in Bad Salzdetfurth in Hildesheim, Germany. She underwent training as a sculptor at the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts from 1964 to 1970. Ulrike worked professionally beginning in 1971. Her achievements of the first year included creation of her first video work. She taught feminist art and media art at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Rosenbach returned to Germany and founded the School for Creative Feminism in Cologne. In 1972, she started to use video to document her life. In her films she shows patterns of female identity and shows strategies of self-determination. In 1977 and 1987 she participated in the documenta in Kassel. In 1989 Rosenbach became a professor of New Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Saarbruken, Germany. In July 2007 she retired from the University. After retiring in 2007, Rosenbach worked as a freelance artist in the Cologne/Bonn and in the Saarland. Since November 2012 Rosenbach has been the president and the first chairman of the Federal GEDOK.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Ulrike Rosenbach." Dutch Art Institute School For Research. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.

Sources

  1. "Ulrike Rosenbach." Re.act Feminism. Web.27 Oct. 2014.
  2. Press Release dated Oct. 15, 2011 of the Minisry of Family, Youth, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  3. FAZ of 17 July 2010, page 35: Home for Amazone: Ulrike Rosenbach in Dusselford.

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