Ursula Reuter Christiansen

Ursula Reuter Christiansen (born 13 February 1943 in Trier, Germany) creates work, whether it is painting or filmmaking, that showed examples of mythological symbolism.

Biography Ursula Reuter Christiansen studied literature at the Philipp University in Marburg, Germany. Beginning in 1965, she studied sculpture under Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts.

She was awarded an Eckersberg Medal in 2011.

In 2023, the Swiss gallery von Bartha began working with Ursula Reuter Christiansen, presenting her work in Basel and Copenhagen, along with a presentation of her artwork Leporello at Art Basel's Unlimited. In 2024, Ursula Reuter Christiansen's first and largest retrospective exhibition I am Fire and Water was presented at Arken Museum of Modern Art.

Work Ursula Reuter Christiansen has had many works of art displayed in various museums. Some of her most famous pieces include: Marriage (1978) A Never Ceasing Voice (1975) Money (1975) The Woman's ABC (1971) Jungle (1968)

Literature

ARKEN Museum for samtidskunst (red.): I am Fire and Water = Jeg er ild og vand: Ursula Reuter Christiansen. 2024 Dengsøe, Mai (red.), Poppies mutate into bats. Kbh.: Sabsay, 2021 Hansen, Frederikke (red.), Sten i floden = Steine im Fluss. Kbh.: Vandkunsten, 2016