Ulrike Rosenbach was born in 1943 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany. From 1964 to 1972 Rosenbach studied sculpture at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf. In 1970 she became a master student of Prof. Joseph Beuys.
In 1971 Rosenbach produced her first video-work and her first performance work in 1972. Since than, she has worked in video/audio, photography, performance as well as media installations.
In the mid-seventies, her artwork addressed feminist concerns such as the traditional role models of women. In 1975 she founded a workshop “school for feminist creativity” in Köln. Subsequently she performed a series of media performances at various international art institutes.
Ulrike Rosenbach received international recognition for her work and is a reputed media-artist of her generation from Germany. In 1977 her installation and performance work was exhibited at Documenta 6 in Kassel / Germany and 1987 at Documenta 8. For her work Rosenbach was rewarded with various art awards.
After 1985 Rosenbach`s artwork concentrated on media-installation, media-sculpture, drawing and mixed media/photography.
From 1989 – 2007 she was a professor for “for new medias in the arts” at Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in Germany. She also curated a series of art projects for and with her students. She recently initiated a net archive for women-media-artists with her students: www.bild-rausch.com
Ulrike Rosenbach currently lives and works as a freelance artist in Köln/Colon, Germany.

Artist Code: 172