BORN
1963
Sindelfingen, Germany

EDUCATION
1989
B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

1984-1986
Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin (Academy of Fine Arts), Berlin

1983-1984
Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart (Independent School of Arts)

1982-1983
Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze (University of Florence)

Selected Artwork, 1995-2000

2009
New Work, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Summer 08, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group)

2007
New Work, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Comme des betes, Le Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne (group)

2006
Reconsidered Materials or Although Suitcases May Seem As Though They’re Made of Stone, They Seldom Are, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

2005-2006
TI Triennial Threemuseums: The Pantagreul Syndrome, Turin, Italy, curated by Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.

2005
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ulrike Palmbach, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA

2004
4 Sculptors, Sonoma State University, CA

2003
"New Works." Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Sewn Together," Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
"Frantastical Topographies: Sculpture by Ulrike Palmbach and Genevieve Quick," Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, CA
"New Work," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000
"Inertia," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Bestiary," Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
"Flat File: Pierogi 2000," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999
"Altered: The Animal in Art," The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA
"Needle Art," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

1997
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
"Bay Area Now," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Show N Tell, Coins, London, England

1996
"Bay Area Drawings," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
"Introductions '96," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Cozy," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

1995
"North American Works," Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 "Next to Nothing," Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA
Belcher Studio Gallery

1993
Show N' Tell, San Francisco, CA

1992
Berkeley Art Center: Annual Juried Exhibition

1990-1991
New Langton Arts: Christmas Auctions

1989
New Langton Arts: Susan Watkins Award Exhibition
Diego Rivera Gallery

1988
ATA Gallery

Sobel Memorial Scholarship
San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show Award
Susan Swig Watkins Award

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

2007
Porges, Maria. Artforum, Summer
Baker, Kenneth. “Palmbach at Wirtz,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 3.
Curcio, Seth. Daily Serving, March 25.

2006
Ratner, Megan. “Turin Triennial,” Frieze, April.

2005
The Pantangruel Syndrome, exhibition catalogue, Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, pp. 352-355
Ulrike Palmbach, exhibition catalogue, essay by Lilly Wei, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 2005.
Bing, Alison. “Ulrike Palmbach, Sculpture,” SFGate.com, March

2003
Westbrook, Lindsey. "Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 30-May 6, p.77

2002
Baker, Kenneth. The San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, p. D10
Hertz, Leba. "The Good Earth," San Francisco Chronicle, November 14
Hull Webster, Mary. Artweek, September, p. 13

2001
Miller, Alicia. "Ulrike Palmbach: Stephen Wirtz Gallery," Sculpture, July/August, pp.60-61

2000
Baker, Kenneth. "Perceptions That Aren't in Stone," San Francsico Chronicle, December 9, p.B1, B5
Ollman, Leah. "A Gritty, Witty and Sensitive Look at the Homeless Among Us," Los Angeles Times, August 11
Wilson, Megan. "Critic's Choice: Ulrike Palmbach," San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 22-28, p.91
Eileen Tabios. “Ulrike Palmbach,” Reviewwest.com, December.

1997
Baker, Kenneth. "Ulrike Palmbach, Laurie Reid," ARTnews, December
Baker, Kenneth. "Quick-Draw Artists and Tender Hearts," San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, pp. C1, C11
Jenkins, Steven. "Another Time, another place 'Bay Area Now' at Center for the Arts," Bay Area Reporter, July 17, pp. 37, 43
"Bay Area Now," Exhibition Catalogue, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA

1996
"Cozy," Sculpture, July/August

1994
Bonetti, David. "Working minimalist magic," San Francisco Examiner, October 17, p. B3
De Guzman, Rene. "Next to Nothing," Exhibition Catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Baker, Kenneth. "Pushing the Envelope of Art," San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, p. E1

1993
Baker, Kenneth. "Sculpture at Show 'N Tell," San Francisco Chronicle, November 26, p. C15

COLLECTIONS

The Oakland Museum of California