Ulrike BOLENZ

1958

Ulrike BOLENZ is a German-Belgian artist with a very distinctive style that stands midway between tradition and experimentation. The contemporary symbiosis between man and machine is central to her work. Both men and women -or are they hybrid beings? – are depicted on sheets of Plexiglas, a material reminiscent of computer or smartphone screens, while the noise, the pixels and the fragments of bar codes, refer to the many technological developments that are an integral part of our lives today.

By building up her installations in different layers, she deceives the eye and, like a computer, creates the illusion of spatiality.

That she also switches smoothly and virtuosically from one artistic language to another and from one medium to another can be seen in a series of impressive paintings , including monumental portraits of important personages such as Samuel Beckett, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Herman Van Rompuy, Donald Tusk, ….

Ulrike Bolenz enjoys an international reputation. Her work is included in numerous domestic and foreign collections.