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Born in Nürnberg, Germany, artist Nina Urlichs explores themes at the intersection of humanity, space, and nature, often emphasizing their emotional and poetic dimensions. After earning a diploma in fashion design in 1992, she shifted her focus to the visual arts, pursuing further studies and training in France, Austria, and Germany until 1996.
Nina has participated in group exhibitions in New York, Paris, and London. She has also taken part in several international residencies, including in China, at 59Rivoli in Paris (2015–2016), and in Tuscany, Italy (2021). Her work has been featured in publications such as Annuaire OFF, Artscene France, and Visionary Art NY (2022). In recognition of her practice, she was recently awarded for her drawing by the Taylor Foundation in Paris.
She currently lives and works between Paris and her hometown in Germany.
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ABOUT
My art creates a visual language that explores the relationship between the intimate universe and the human body. Through it, I seek to reveal the dual nature of contemporary life—its fears, its joys, its shifting emotional landscapes.
At first glance, the works may appear as beautiful images, but over time, they unfold to reveal underlying realities and provoke ambiguous, unsettled feelings. My practice is rooted in the philosophy of a perpetual life cycle—an endless rhythm of appearance and disappearance. This is reflected in my materials: layers of faded traces, washed-out paintings, fragmented collages, and transparent canvases or papers. Their lightness mirrors my search for both luminosity and depth. Balance in composition is essential, as is the openness of my installations, which resist traditional framing and borders.
In recent works, abstract and semi-figurative red and black lines emerge—marking directions and horizons. These lines remain free for interpretation, each viewer inviting to navigate their own path. They stretch beyond the frame, like maps charting unknown territories, suggesting journeys through memory and toward the yet-unseen possibilities of personal enlightenment.
Born in 1969 in Nuremberg, Germany. Lives and works in Paris, France.
Member of ADAGP, Taylor Foundation, and Mecene Arts.
Public collections: Mokpo Museum of Art (South Korea), Härnösand Museum of Art (Sweden), Borgo Museo Pistoia (Italy).
Prizes & Residencies
2024 – Artist Residency, Taylor Foundation, Île d’Aix, France
2021 – Drawing Prize, Roger Marage, Taylor Foundation, Paris
2021 – Digital Art Prize, Kun:st Stuttgart, Germany
2021 – Artist Residency, CCT Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
2015–2016 – Artist Residency, 59Rivoli, Paris
2015 – Artist Residency, Nonguyen, Chengdu, China
1997 – Winner, Lefranc & Bourgeois Prize
1995 – Young Painting Prize, CAP, Paris
Solo exhibitions
2025 – Deep Blue, NoBorder Gallery, Morocco
2024 – Deep Blue, PP Kuntzman Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2024 – The Red Line, Noorder Gallery, Morocco
2024 – The Red Line, Galerie Mbeck, Homburg, Germany
2023 – Icarus, Raum Kunst Galerie, Berlin
2021 – Ways and Horizons, City Museum of Schwabach, Germany
2019 – Red Shadows, Galerie Rong, Berlin & Galerie Passeart, Troyes, France
2019 – Horizon, Galerie Aichele, Brussels, Belgium
2017 – L'écho, installation at the City Art Space, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
2017 – Red Lines, Passeart Gallery, Troyes, France
2017 – Deep Blue, Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
2012 – Schatten / Ombres, Mohrvilla, Munich, Germany & Galerie Passeart, Troyes
2011 – Women, Adelgallery, Lyon, France
2010 – Wasser / Water, Neue Galerie im Kloster Bronnhof, Germany
2009 – Schatten / Shadows, Galerie am Berg, Schwaz, Austria
2008 – Movements, Espace Beaujon, Paris & Espace Klinik, Tübingen, Germany
2005 – Wolf Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Selected group exhibitions
2023 – 100 Titles Berlin, Subenko Gallery / Nollendorf Workshop, Berlin
2022 – Les 4 Arts, Cultural Center of Campos, Mallorca, Spain
2021 – Paris–Vilnius, European Biennale, Les Blancs Manteaux, Paris
2020 – Nature, Gamguon Video Biennale, South Korea
2020 – Fresh Legs, Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin
2020 – H2O2, Installation at Wasserturm, Vienna, Austria / Unique Gallery, DiscoveryArt, Frankfurt
2020 – Matriz & Touch, Women Made Gallery, Chicago (virtual exhibitions)
2019 – Travels, Galerie Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania / ArtPaper, Lyon
2019 – FMDK Collective Exhibition, Museum of Egyptology, Munich, Germany
2018 – ArtVilnius, Lithuania
2018 – Biowomen, Galerie 59, Paris
2018 – Blue, Galerie Gelot, Paris / ArtPaper, Lyon
2016 – New Artists, London
2016 – The Red Thread, Galerie 59, Paris
2016 – Square, Gelot Gallery, Paris
2015 – Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
2015 – Nonguyen Artcenter, Chengdu, China
2015 – Art Now, London / Villa Belleville, Paris
2014 – Biowomen, Brooklyn–Jerusalem
2014 – Europartvision, Strasbourg, France
2014 – Starter Gallery, Neuilly, France
2013 – Women, AdelGallery, Lyon
2003 – Finalist Exhibition, David Weill Portrait Prize, Fondation de France
1998 – Finalist Exhibition, Fondation Fénéon Prize
Education & Professional Activities
1988–1991 – Studies in Fashion Design, MFS, Germany
1991 – Bachelor’s Diploma in Art
1992–1995 – Art and painting studies, Paris; Masterclasses in Salzburg (Austria) and Hamburg (Germany)
2012–2023 – Curator and secretary of Le4ParisArt Collective for the European Biennale, Les Blancs Manteaux, Paris
2018 – Curator and organizer for Biowomen – Renaissances, Galerie 59, Paris
2016–2021 – Organization and coordination of art excursions in Morocco, Vietnam, and France
2021 – Curator of Ciel, City Art Space of Fürth, Germany
Publications
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2021–2024 – Contributions to the collections Quelque'une and Quelque part, Carnet d'Or Editions, Paris