CV
born 1976 in Schongau, Germany
lives and works in Berlin/Germany and Helsinki/Finland
1996-1999 studies of Painting and Experimental film, University of Applied Arts with Prof. C.L. Attersee
and Prof. Wolfang Herzig, Vienna, Austria
1999 scholarship, Academy of Fine Arts / Time and Space Department, Helsinki, Finland
2001-2006 studies of Animationfilm at the Babelsberg Film University, Potsdam Germany
collaboration with Roland Rauschmeier as BitteBitteJaJa (BBJJ) and YKON
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Parks, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin, Germany
Inventure, Galerie Wolfstädter, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 Fiebergärten, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
Cadavre Exquis Vivants, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
ÜLÄ - a half utopian Broadcasting Company, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
2009 Beauty and Horror of the NoN-NeW Reality, White Square Gallery, Las Vegas
Speech to the living species, Natascha Mehlhop Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
WESTCOAST, Galerie koal, Berlin, Germany
2008 Ulu Braun, Brussels Flamingo/ Contemporay art and New Media, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Deutsche Afrikanische Demokratie, (BBJJ), Germankunst, Hamburg, Germany
Fear your dreams, Galerie koal, Berlin, Germany
Tiki Taka, (BBJJ), Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Der moderne arme Poet, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany
Pestzeit = Reisezeit, Galerie Kunstransmitter, Munich, Germany
Videos by Ulu Braun, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004 Fantastic days, Galleria Huuto!, Helsinki, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2011 The Return of the Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
2 cm mehr - 2 cm de +, Centre d’art le LAIT, Albi, France
2010 Höhepunkte der Kunstfilmbiennale, KW, Berlin, Germany
Channel TV, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
Short-Term Deviation, Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, Project Space, New York, USA
Verbotene Liebe: Kunst im Sog von Fernsehen, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
Polku, Honkahovi Art Center, Mäntä, Finland
Videorama, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Marler Video-Kunst-Preis 2010, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany
Rauma Biennale Balticum 10, Rauma, Finnland
Lands End. Shedhalle, Zürich, Schweiz
MASH UP, European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Madrid/Berlin, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
Selected works from Videonale 12, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, England
2009 Videorama: Subversion, Absurdity and Form, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
VIDEORAMA, Kunsthalle Wien, Österreich
5th Biennal Vento Sul, Videos de Artista, Brasilien
Landschaft 2.0, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany
Ykon Game, Sparwasser HQ / Subvision Festival, Hamburg
2.nd Athens Biennale "Heaven", (with YKON), Athens, Greece
Synoptic Visionaudial Art Meeting, Pecs, Hungary
GOOD BAD UGLY, Goethe Institut Ankara, Türkei
"bring me a leaf of grass from the edge of the image", atelierfrankfurt, Germany
Videonale12, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Künstler der Galerie, (BBJJ), Grunert, Hamburg, Germany
I´m my own private dancer, Jens Fehring Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Happy Together (with YKON) ,Tallin Art Hall, Estonia
2008 FRAgILE, Musee Le Carre Bonnat, Bayonne, France
LOOP, Part of Aarhus Filmvestival, AROS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark
Ykon Game v.01, collabroration with Ykon, Lens Politica, Helsinki, Finland
tina b -The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prag, Czech Republic
Camouflash- Das Verschwinden in der Kunst, Prager Spitze, Dresden, Germany
Kukkia ja Media, Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid ,Haus der Kulturen, Berlin Germany
People in the meadows, Gallerie Huuto, Helsinki, Finnland
licht gestalten, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Fragile, part of Loop Videoart, Espai Ubu, Barcelona, Spain
Der gefilmte Himmel, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Trunk 2007, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden
Strictly Berlin 08, (BBJJ), Galerie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Sample #1, Projektraum, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
NextArtFair, Galerie koal, Chicago, USA
YKON with Future Game by Medard Gabel, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
2007 11 Videomedeja, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Come Together, Galerie koal, Berlin, Germany
Visionaria, Visual Arts in Movement, Palazzo Appiani, Piombino, Italy
Videonale Selection, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Made in Berlin and in The Hague, Cookie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sterne aus dem Videopalast, curated by S. Seipel, Galierie NoD, Prag, Czech
Eine Woche in der Sonne, Botnik Studios, Hamburgsund, Sweden
Open Playground, curated by Marcuy Graf, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
Videonale11, Art Museum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Strictly Berlin, Media Art from Berlin, Galerie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
18. Bundeswettbewerb, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn, Germany
2006 4th Int. Media Art Biennale Seoul, Kit-Show, Kumho Museum of Art, South Korea
40jahrevideokunst.de – was fehlt?, Deutscher Kunstlerbund, Berlin, Germany
Behind the Mascera, with Tellervo Kalleinen, CableFactory, Helsinki, Finland
Eastern Alliance, National Museum for Contemporary Arts, Bucarest, Romania
Wonderland, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Videonale Selection, Dorottya Gallery, Ernstmuseum, Budapest, Hungaria
Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau, Moldavia
2005 Videonale 10, Art Museum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Die Ritter der Tafelrunde, Passagegalerie, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
2004 Freies Fernsehen, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
Museum Mile Festival, Goethe Institut, New York, USA
Contemporary Drawings, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2002 Hotel-B, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Imagined Cities, Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
Künstlerbücher, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Solo Screenings
2011 Videogud 2011, Uppsala, Sweden
2010 Media Facades Festival Europe, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
2009 Elektronenströme, Ulu Braun, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Focus 1+1, Ulu Braun, Aarhus Filmfestival, Denmark
2007 Spotlight Ulu Braun, Media Art Friesland, Leeuwarden, Niederlande
Videos von Ulu Braun, Goethe Institut, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Werkschau Ulu Braun, Abaton Kino, Hamburg, Germany
Screenings
2011 'In the presence of', Loop Barcelona, Spain
"Liminal Spaces", Loop Barcelona, Spain
EMAF, 24.European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Video Re:view Festival, Katowice, Poland
40th. International Rotterdam Filmfestival / Tiger Shorts, Netherlands
DIAGONALE, Tage des Österreichischen Films, Graz, Austria
2010 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Madrid/Berlin, Haus der Kulturen, Berlin Germany
Videoart at Midnight # 12, Babylon Kino, Berlin
Sample #3, Projektraum, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
Screenfestival 2010, Oslo, Norway
2009 25 FPS, International Experimental Videofestival, Zagreb, Croatia
Sample #2, Projektraum, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
Lange Nacht der Mitgliederversammlung, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
EMAF, 22.European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Aarhus Film Festival 2008- Special Screenings, Skive Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Aarhus Film Festival 2008- Special Screenings, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
Oslo Screeen Festival on Tour, Gallery Blunk, Trondheim, Norway
2008 Rekorder/BitteBitteJaJa, Media Art Friesland, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
VAD, International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain
Video Art Screenings, curated by Marcus Graf, EMMA association, Levkosa, Cypres
Oslo Screen Festival 2008, Cinematheque, Oslo, Norway
Platforma, Athen Technopolis, Athen, Greece
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2008, Madrid, Spain
EMAF, 21.European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
DIAGONALE, Tage des Österreichischen Films, (BBJJ), Graz, Austria
Trunk - The Nordic Video Art Festival, Vinterfestival, Kramfors, Sweden
38th Tampere Film Festival,Tampere, Finland
Trunk - The Nordic Video Art Festival, Sundsvall, Sweden
Transmediale 08., (BBJJ), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
21. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany
2007 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2007, Paris, France
Trunk - The Nordic Art Video Festival, Sweden
29th Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier, France
25 FPS, International Experimental Videofestival, Zagreb, Croatia
6th Kansk Int. Videofestival , Kansk, Russia
25th Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy
8th International Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Suomi Videoart Selection, Titanic Gallery, Turku, Finland
53rd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
EMAF, 20. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
29th. Clermont Ferrand, Int. Film Festival, „ ... Le Court Métrage Allemand“, France
2006 10th Ismailia International Filmfestival, Egypt
8th Tinklai International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
EXiS 2006, Experimental Film und Video Festival, Seoul, Korea
Probelauf 12, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany
22nd International Shortfilm Festival, Hamburg, Germany
52nd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / Loop Pool, Oberhausen, Germany
Visual Verbal_1, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Turkey
16th. International Videofestival Bochum, Germany
2005 Academy of Fine Arts, Screening und Diskussion, Austria
Exground, 18th Independent Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
53rd Berlinale, German Boulevard / presented by AG-Kurzfilm, Germany
Expression en Corto, Int. Filmfestival, Mexico
2004 Kyoto int. Filmfestival, Kyoto, Japan
Films and Videos by Ulu Braun, Goethe Institut, Helsinki, Finland
3rd. Kansk Int. Videofestival, Kansk, Russia
Videoscreening, Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin, Germany
23rd. Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy
Awards
2011 Kunstfonds working grant
2010 1.st Prize Live 2011 Grand Prix , Turku, European Capital of Culture in 2011, Fi
Special Mentioned, Expiff, Int. Experimental Filmfestival, Bucharest, Romania
Marler Video-Kunst-Preis 2010, Special Mentioned, Germany
2009 SIM Residency Grant with Ykon, Iceland
Special Mentioned, Critics Award, 25 FPS, Zagreb, Croatia
2008 1.Friese Int. Media Art Award, Special Mentioned, Netherlands
DAAD -Grant, German Academic Exchange Programm
2007 25 FPS, Zagreb, Special Mentioned, Croatia
Best video art work, 26. AsoloArtfilmFestival, Italy
Best film and best student film, Blue Sea Filmfestival, Rauma, Finland
2006 Best experimental film, 10th Ismailia International Filmfestival, Egypt
Filmfestival Les Toiles de Mer, Lanton, Special Mentioned, France
2005 Achtung Berlin, New Berlin Film Award, Special Mentioned, Germany
2004 Best experimental film, 23rd AsoloArtfilmFestival, Italy
Artist in Residence, Tuulensuu Art Center, Finland
2002 Public award, GARAGE Media Art Festival, Stralsund, Germany
Artist in Residence, Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
Special Mentioned, 12th International Videofestival Bochum, Germany
2001 1.Award for video installation PULS, Vattenfall Media Facade, Berlin, Germany
Bibliography/ Media (until 2009)
2009 ARTE (tv), Best of Arte Kultur: A. Spiegelmann, P. Sloterdijk, U. Braun, 24.12.2009
Videorama, ex. cat with DVD, ed. Kunsthalle Wien, 2009
Landschaft 2.0, ed. Edith Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Kehrer Verlag, 2009
Kunstfilmbiennale 09, ex. cat, p. 94 (Westcoast)
Digital Divide, Jarret Keene, Las Vegas CityLife, July 2009 (Westcoast /Südwest)
25 FPS, ed. Association for Audio-Visual Research, Zagreb 2009, 116-117 (Westcoast)
HEAVEN, 2nd Athens Biennale,ex. cat., pp.66-67, (Ykon)
ARTE (tv), Arte Kultur, Videonale-Feature: Ulu Braun, 10.04.2009
DW-World (tv), Deutsche Welle, 100 Jahre Animationsfilm, 02.05.2009
Videonale12, ex. cat., ed. Georg Elben, pp. 36-37, Bonn 2009 (Rhabarber Boy)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2009, ex. cat., p. 47 (Westcoast)
Wenn Videos zum Kunstwerk werden, Frankfurter Neue Presse, 03.03.09
Die wilde Welt der Videos, Frankfurter Neue Presse, 08.03.09
Visionäre Westcoast, Videos von Ulu Braun, Die Welt, Andrea Hilgenstock, 27.02.09
2008 Diagonale 08, Forum österreichischer Film, ex. cat., p.183 (BBJJ/Rekorder)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2008, ex. cat., (Südwest)
Cinemateket, Norsk filminstitutt, p.57 (img/Südwest)
German Short Films 2008, ed. AG-Kurzfilm, Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm, Nr. 75
Transmediale .08 - Conspire, ex. cat., p.30, (BBJJ/Rekorder)
Katalog der 53. Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, p. 190 (Mediacard)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2008, ex. cat., (RhabarberBoy)
2007 exhibition at Brussels Flamingo, La Libre Belgique, Claude Laurent, 28.12.07
about the exhibition at Brussels Flamingo, Le Vif Express, Baudouin Galler, 30.11.07
Ulu Braun: Rhabarber Boy/ Die Flutung von Viktoria, ex. cat., ed. Natascha Mehlhop
Videonale11, ex. cat., ed. Georg Elben, pp. 24-25, Bonn 2007 (Fish Soup)
Media Art Friesland, ex. cat., ed. Nadine Bors, p. 3 (Südwest /Rhabarber Boy)
Lyhytelokuvan silakkapalkinto Saksaan, Helsingin Sanomat, Kultturi 19.10.2007 (FSoup)
Hollywood liegt am Rhein, General-Anzeiger Bonn, Germany, 10.03.2007 (Fish Soup)
German Short Films 2007, ed. AG-Kurzfilm, Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm, Nr. 43
25 FPS, ed. Association for Audio-Visual Research, Zagreb 2007, pp. 90-91 (Südwest)
Ein wichtiger Schritt in der Künstlerkarriere, (al/EB) Bonner Rundschau, 17.02.2007 (V)
18. Bundeswettbewerb, ex. cat., ed. Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn 07, 4 p(V)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2007, ex. cat., p. 103 (Südwest)
2005 Videonale10, ex. Cat., ed. Georg Elben, Bonn 2005, p. 80 (Die Flutung von Viktoria)
Auge in Auge, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, Michael Krause, 30.04.05
German Short Films 2005, ed. AG-Kurzfilm, Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm, Nr. 29
The First Book "INITS", ed. Mehiläispesä RY, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki 2005, p. 72-73
2004 Kosketeltavaa nykytaidetta, Jari Rantanen: Turun Sanomat, 18.01.2004 (Imagined Cities)