Curriculum Vitae

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
2019: Philosophicum
2021: Bachelor of Arts (Baccalaureus Philosophiae), HfPh Munich

Upcoming Exhibitions

2025: Sendlinger Bilderfries
Is that important? Do I need this? Is it necessary now? What is really important in life?
These are the questions we ask ourselves in this exhibition
Date: 04.07. - 29.07.2025
Location: Sendlinger Kulturschmiede e.V., Daiserstraße 22, 81371 München, Germany
Opening Reception: Friday, 04.07.2025, 7 PM
Opening Hours: Wednesday/Thursday 5-8 PM, Saturday/Sunday 4-7 PM
Closing Reception: Tuesday, 29.07.2025, 7 PM
Further Dates: Sunday Café 13.07.2025 | Artist tours Thursday, 17.07. and Wednesday, 23.07.2025

One Person and Group Exhibitions

2023: Kunstwochen für Klima und Umwelt, GEDOK-Forum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (G); Floralia, Flower Power Festival München, Kunsttreff Moosach, Munich, Germany (G)
2022: Zwischenraum Sterben, Karmeliterkirche, Munich, Germany (G); Escaping Demarcation: Your Faith Frees Us, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Seoul, South Korea (G)
2021: An der Schwelle, St. Paul's Church, Munich, Germany (O)
2017: Una Mirada al Mundo, Palácio D. Manuel, Évora, Portugal (G)
2015: Jahrhundertgaben 2015, Weltraum, Munich, Germany (G)
2014: Als Herr Keuner sich umdrehte... Feindbilder / Brandstifter, Kunstpavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
2013: Jahresausstellung VBK, Kunstpavillon, Munich, Germany (G)
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 (O)
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 (O); Polyamournesia, Freiraum e.V., Munich, Germany (O); Fliegender Teppich - Tapis Volant des Femmes, Villa Dutoit, Genève, Switzerland (G); Fliegender Teppich, Landratsamt Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany (G)

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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 (O); 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 (O); 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)

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Publications

2010: Dr. Ruprecht Volz: Meine Sprache ist vibrierende Farbe und Linie 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

2022: Escaping Demarcation, exhibition catalog
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

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

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://www.vgwort.de); Life Member der Art Students League of New York (https://theartstudentsleague.org)