Karin Ulrike Soika; photography by Sauro Porta, Muenchen

Biographical Information

1966 Born in Munich, Germany
1989 ESA graduate
1991 Relocation to the Caribbean; travels to Italy, Nepal, India
1993 - 1995 Art Students League, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
2003 Relocation to Munich, Germany
  

Current Exhibitions

  neu/new Jahresausstellung des VBK
Opening reception: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7 PM
Exhibition dates: December 5 - 19, 2010
Location: Kunstpavillon, Alter Botanischer Garten am Stachus, Sophienstr. 7 a, 80333 Munich, Germany
http://www.kunstpavillon.org
Opening hours: Tuesday through Saturday: 1 - 7 PM and
Sunday: 11 AM - 5 PM
Invitation (JPG)
  

One Person and Group Exhibitions

2010 Meins? Deins? Unsers?, Kunstpavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
klein aber fein, Galerie Silberhorn, Maising, Germany (G)
Jahresausstellung VBK, Kunstpavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
2009 A Deeper Shade of BLUE- sophisticated seescapes, Galerie Fuhrmann, Munich, Germany (E)
2008 100 Kleinformate 1900 - 2007, Galerie Pabst, Munich, Germany (G)
MalerDicht - DichterMal, Kunst Pavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich, Germany (G)
Projekt Kind - Cadavre Exquis, Kunst Pavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich, Germany (G)
2007 Unter Verdacht - Hase und Igel, Arte and ZDF (German TV)
100 Kleinformate 1900 - 2007, Galerie Pabst, Munich, Germany (G)
Produzenten-Salon, Kunstpavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich, Germany (G)
A Change in Perspective - Perspektivenwechsel, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut e. V. / Carl-Schurz-Haus, Freiburg and Amerikahaus Tübingen, Germany (G)
Der Kunstpavillon - Open Studio Project, Kunstpavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
Zitiert, Große Rathausgalerie, Landshut, Germany (G)
Tease Art Fair, RheinTriadem, Cologne, Germany (E)
Polyamournesia, Freiraum e.V., Munich, Germany (E)
Fliegender Teppich - Tapis Volant des Femmes, Villa Dutoit, Genève, Switzerland (G)
Fliegender Teppich, Landratsamt Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany (G)
2006 Art in Focus, Focus Business Center, Zug, Switzerland (G)
Kleiner Querschnitt der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts - 120 Kleinformate, Galerie Pabst, Munich, Germany (G)
Produzenten-Salon, Kunst Pavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich, Germany (G)
Kunstkreislauf des Fördervereins Villa Stuck, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (G)
Bilder, Briefe Noten LIX, Autorengalerie 1, Munich, Germany (G)
A Change in Perspective - Perspektivenwechsel, The University Galleries at Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH, USA (G)
LOVE is the Message, Galerie Storkower Bogen, Berlin, Germany (G)
Atelier d'Artista, Gambassi Terme (FI), Italy (G)
Kunst in Sendling 2006, Fruchthofkeller, Munich, Germany, (G)
Der Oktober ist eine Frau - Fliegender Teppich, Städtische Galerie in der Harderbastei, Ingolstadt, Germany (G)
Power und Play, Pfalzmuseum Forchheim; Rathaus Nürnberg; Ausstellungshalle im Museumswinkel, Erlangen; Galerie in der Stadthalle, Straubing; Munich, Kunst Pavillon; all Germany (G)
A Change in Perspective - Perspektivenwechsel; Amerika-Haus, München, Germany (G)
Flying Carpet, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany (G)
Never Touch a Running System Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany (E)
Contemporary Art in Zuger Altstadt, Zug, Switzerland (G)
Baustelle Lenbach, Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
2005 International Art Show in Zug, Zug, Switzerland (G)
Pocket-Gallery
, Galerie Pabst, Munich, Germany (G)
Night of 1,000 Drawings
, Artists Space, SoHo, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Qualität & Kontrakt - Kultur- und Jugendarbeit machen Schule

Symposium in Munich, Germany
Kunst im Landratsamt Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, Germany (G)
Produzentensalon, Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
2004 International Art Auction, McMinnville, Oregon, U.S.A. (G)
Concorso Internazionale di Pittura "18.24", Jesolo, VE, Italy (G)
In | Out, Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
Produzentensalon, Kunst Pavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
2003 AAWAA in Brooklyn, AAWAA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, SoHo, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Kultur-IMPULS-Tag, Klosterwald b. Ottobeuren, Germany (G)
Fünf Künstlerinnen auf fünf Etagen, MTZ, Munich, Germany (E)
Skala II, Regierung von Oberbayern, Munich, Germany
Museumsnacht Kempten, Kunsthalle Kempten, Kempten, Germany (G)
2002 Leaps and Bounds, Phoenix Gallery, SoHo, New York City,
NY, U.S.A. (G)
Eat Art 5, HEREArt Gallery, SoHo, New York City, NY, U.S.A (G)
Drawings, Art Students League, New York City, NY, U.S.A (G)
Reactions, Exit Art, SoHo, New York City, NY; Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA; Library of Congress, Washington, DC, all U.S.A. (G)
The September 11 Photo Project, Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC; The Woolworth Building, Sacramento, CA; Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA; The Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, IL; Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI; Underground Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, all U.S.A. (G)
2001 New Paintings, IMIXS GmbH, Munich, Germany (O)
Subject Matters, Phoenix Gallery, SoHo, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Eat Art 4, A.I.R. Gallery, SoHo, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Christmas Show, Art Students League, New York City, NY, , U.S.A. (G)
The September 11 Photo Project, Wooster Street Gallery, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
1997 Ink Drawings, Fior di Loto Gallery, San Pedro de Macoris., D. R. (O)
Letter to my Lover, Restaurant Shanti, Santo Domingo, D. R. (O)
1995 Class Exhibition, Art Students League, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
1994 The Concourse, Art Students League, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
Purchase Award for Painting
Christmas Show, Art Students League, New York City, NY, U.S.A. (G)
1992 Olympia, Olympiazentrum Munich, Munich, Germany (G)
   

Publications

2010 Dr. Ruprecht Volz: Meine Sprache ist vibrierende Farbe und Linie (review title image); published in: UND, Münchener Kunstjournal, volume 27, issue nr. 41
2007 Karin Ulrike Soika: Ist Kunst Luxus? In: Kunst + Kultur, Tübingen, Germany, Edition 3/2007 (English translation)
Karin Ulrike Soika, Wolf Schneider: Kunst, Kitsch und Spiritualität. In: Connetion, Niedertaufkirchen, Germany, Edition 4/2007 (English translation)
   

Art Organizations

since 2008 Fachgruppe Bildende Kunst respectively VBK (Vereinigung Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler in ver.di Bayern; http://www.kunst.verdi.de), Munich, Germany: assesor, later: board member
2005 - 2008 Kunstpavillon (http://www.kunst-pavillon.org), Munich, Germany: board member
1999 - 2002 Asian American Women Artists Alliance (http://www.aawaa.org), New York, NY, U.S.A.: board member
1990 Zentrum fuer Integralen Tanz und Tanztherapie: Festival Tanz und Therapie/Festival of Dance and Therapy, Munich, Germany
   

Catalogs

2008 MalerDicht - DichterMal, exhibition catalog
2007 Zitiert, exhibition catalog
2006 A Change in Perspective/Perspektivenwechsel, exhibition catalog
Fliegender Teppich, booklet
Diccionario Internacional de Arte y Literatura Contemporánea 2006
Kunst Pavillon Annual 2005/2006
2005 art-project, exhibition catalog
2003 Skala II, exhibition catalog
2002 Leaps and Bounds, exhibition catalog
2001 Subject Matters, exhibition catalog
   

Public Collections

  Hiram Monserrate, City Council of the Borough of Queens,
New York City, NY, U.S.A.
  Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress,
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
  Permanent Collection of the New York Public Library,
New York City, NY, U.S.A.
   

Memberships

  GEDOK - Verband der Gemeinschaften der Künstlerinnen und Kunstförderer e. V. (http://www.gedok.de)
  Fachgruppe Bildende Kunst in Verdi (http://kunst.verdi.de)
  Verwertungsgestellschaft Bild-Kunst (http://www.bildkunst.de)
  Verwertungsgestellschaft Wort (http://http://www.vgwort.de)
  Life Member der Art Students League of New York (http://www.theartstudentsleague.org)