Ulrik Schiødt, 1972, Denmark
For more than three decades Ulrik have painted on walls and canvas. His work is fundamentally inspired by the longstanding fascination with that which is more than meets the eye. The canvas works consists of many layers – reflected in the use of acrylic paint, brush, airbrush and spray can – from abstraction to figuration, resulting in a multidimensional final composition. The body of work reflects the artist’s intention to look within and channel the inner source; a theme that recurs in elemental fashion, at once powerfully and with a subtle and innately suggestive form rewarding of closer inspection. Ulrik’ s paintings, drawings and murals conceptualize and visualize an exploration of depth and contrast. Early inspiration was drawn from artistic expressions in graffiti art, graphic novels, surrealism, pop art –alongside studies in traditional draughtsmanship. A five month stay in the Bay Area in California, at the age of 18, was a life changing experience, which let him to his lifelong artistic path. Seeing the many murals in California, the idea arose that Copenhagen as well should have something of this nature. The artist´s biggest contribution to this, was the epic mural `Evolution’, painted in Copenhagen over two summers in 1999 and 2000. The 170 meter long wall painting visualize the origin of life on earth. Part 2 was painted in 2018, also in Copenhagen, and part 3 in 2022, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ulrik´s artistic journey has seen him based for two decades in Copenhagen, and also commissioned for projects across Europe, and a three year art project at the yoga and meditation resort The Mandala, at the Indian Subcontinent. In the latest decade, 2012-2022, Ulrik has designed and painted numerous wall paintings, some of which can be seen on this website. He currently lives and works on the coastline in northern Denmark.
For more than three decades Ulrik have painted on walls and canvas. His work is fundamentally inspired by the longstanding fascination with that which is more than meets the eye. The canvas works consists of many layers – reflected in the use of acrylic paint, brush, airbrush and spray can – from abstraction to figuration, resulting in a multidimensional final composition. The body of work reflects the artist’s intention to look within and channel the inner source; a theme that recurs in elemental fashion, at once powerfully and with a subtle and innately suggestive form rewarding of closer inspection. Ulrik’ s paintings, drawings and murals conceptualize and visualize an exploration of depth and contrast. Early inspiration was drawn from artistic expressions in graffiti art, graphic novels, surrealism, pop art –alongside studies in traditional draughtsmanship. A five month stay in the Bay Area in California, at the age of 18, was a life changing experience, which let him to his lifelong artistic path. Seeing the many murals in California, the idea arose that Copenhagen as well should have something of this nature. The artist´s biggest contribution to this, was the epic mural `Evolution’, painted in Copenhagen over two summers in 1999 and 2000. The 170 meter long wall painting visualize the origin of life on earth. Part 2 was painted in 2018, also in Copenhagen, and part 3 in 2022, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ulrik´s artistic journey has seen him based for two decades in Copenhagen, and also commissioned for projects across Europe, and a three year art project at the yoga and meditation resort The Mandala, at the Indian Subcontinent. In the latest decade, 2012-2022, Ulrik has designed and painted numerous wall paintings, some of which can be seen on this website. He currently lives and works on the coastline in northern Denmark.
