Ulrike Arnold was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1950. She studied music and art education from 1968 to 1971 and worked as a teacher until 1979, when she enrolled in the prominent Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. There, she studied in the class of Klaus Rinke and became one of his master students. Since 1980, she has been working as an artist and traveling on five continents. Her work has been shown in more than 130 exhibitions and is part of renowned public and private collections worldwide. She has received several fellowships and awards including the Eduard von der Heydt-Award, Wuppertal, and the Viola Award, Flagstaff. Numerous publications document her work. Dialogue Earth, the documentary film portrait by Hank Levine (2019), was officially presented and awarded at film festivals worldwide. Arnold lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, when she isn’t traveling the world.

1950
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany

1968 - 71
Studied music and art education

1973
Started teaching

1979 - 86
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf

from 1980
Studied with Prof. Klaus Rinke,
Graduation: Master Degree 1986

since 1980
traveling and working on five continents

1988
Winner of the »Eduard von der Heydt-Förderpreis/award«, Wuppertal

2015
Winner of the »Viola Award«, Flagstaff, Arizona

2019
Doku/portrait »Dialogue Earth«
by Hank Levine, USA/D 2019, 74 min

Film Festival participation:
• Noida, New Delhi, India
• Chicago, independentfilm and TV film festival, USA
• Docutah, St. George, Utah, USA
• Five contiments international film festival, Venezuela
• Elba film fesival, Marciana Marina, Italy
• Terra Editzione GEO Filmfestival, Italy
• Fünf seen film festival, Starnberg, Germany
• Europeans Art cinema Day, Santiago de Chile
• Aricanativa, Chile
• Alpinfilmfestival, Rumania