Olaf Ulbricht (1951) is an artist of naïve painting, as well as a carver and wood carver from Germany.
The motifs and subjects of his paintings are marked by journeys as well as his residence in the wine-village of Vendersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate. Olaf Ulbricht employs acrylic colours on wood, and by means of a repeated lacquer finish the colours receive a brilliance which lets the motifs glimmer as if reflected from the bottom of a lake.
The irregularity and individuality of the grain are integrated into the painting as far as possible. Over the years Ulbricht’s pictures became more colourful, more elaborate in detail and more static. While in his earlier work musicians and houses might float around a church in the autumn breeze, today his pictures tell little stories.
The admirers of these naïve paintings particularly delight in the peculiar atmosphere of the tiny and “cheerful worlds of wood and colour”, which have so often been considered to be lost.
Specific characters, such as musicians, farmer’s wives with chickens, farmers with a horse or cow, lovers, ministers, carriers of Chinese lanterns among other elements, are to be found again and again.
Olaf Ulbricht has taken up these elements for many years, slightly varying them step by step. Thus he created the typical and unmistakable characters of his unique form of naïve art.
1977 - Gallery Am Altmarkt, Aue
1980
- Municipal Museum, Chemnitz
- Gallery Up-art of time, Chemnitz
- Gallery on the Boulevard, Rostock, Individual exhibitions
1982
- Miners Hospital, Erlabrunn
- Municipal Museum, Chemnitz
- Gallery Carl Blechen, Cottbus
- Gallery of Karl Marx University, Leipzig
- Culture House, Volgograd, USSR
- Exhibition Center at the Television Tower, Berlin
1983 - Small Gallery, Grimma
1984
-Children’s Hospital of the District Hospital Magdeburg-Altstadt
- Miners Hospital, Erlabrunn
1988
- Laierkasten, Otterberg
- Naive Art Gallery Margot Ostheimer, Frankfurt / Main
1997
- Gallery on the farm, Flonheim
-Hospital Gallery, Castrop-Rauxel
- Meetinghouse Ockenheim
1999 - Burggrafiat, Alzey
2000
- Naive Art Gallery Marianne Khn, Cologne
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2001
- Gallery per Arte Kasper (Prix Suisse et Prix Europe), Morges, Switzerland
- 7th International Exhibition of naive painters in Castelvetro, Italy
- Villa Benzi Zecchini-, Caerano San Marco, Italy
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Andresy, France
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2002
- Naive Art Gallery Marianne Khn, Cologne
- 8th International exhibition of naive painter in Castelvetro, Italy
- Gallery per Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Andresy, France
2003
- Naive Art Gallery Marianne Khn, Cologne
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2004
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Andresy, France
2005
- Gallery per Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2006
- "The city of Naive", Saint-Junien, France
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Andresy, France
2007
- Vinothek Otto >> Beiser, Vendersheim
- Festival International de Verneuil d’Art Naif, France
- Naive Art Festival, Museum of spontaneous, Schaerbeek, Belgium
- Exhibition of Association of naive painters in freedom, Condom, France
- M.A.N. Musיe d’Art Naif, Bיraut, France
- Salon International d’Art Naif in Neuilly-Plaisance, France
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2008
- 4th Festival of Naive Art, Verneuil-sur-Avre, France
- "The Marriage of Naive", Saint-Junien, France
- Exhibition of Naive Art in Nיrac, France (1st Prize, Gold Medal)
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Andresy, France
2009
- Exhibition of "Association of naive painters in freedom", Lavardac, France
- "Muestra de Pintura Naif Europe", Gallery Eboli, Madrid, Spain
- 5th Festival of Naive Art in Verneuil, France
... After traveling exhibition in St. Loubes (France) and Katowice, Poland
- M.A.N. Musיe d’Art Naif >> Bיraut, France
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs" Jardin du Luxembourg Pavilion Davioud, Paris France
- Groupe international des primitifs modern dits "naivs"
- 2nd International Naive Art Exhibition, Neuilly-Plaisance, France
- Expositie naive, gallery >> Weefhuis, CJ Nuenen, Holland
- Naive Art Exhibition, Bassens, France (gold medal)
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2010
- Centenary of the death of Henri Rousseau, 20th anniversary of the group of "modern primitives, called the naive" on the 6th Biennial of Naive Art, Andresy, France
- 6th Festival of naive artists in the world, Special for the 100th anniversary of the death of Henri Rousseau, Verneuil, France
- Naive art exhibition at the Musיe Dastrac א Aiguillon, France
- Grand Prix International de Prestige de Cannes - Azur, France
- The 7th symphony of artists Opus 2010 in Saint-Junien, France
- The Music Box of artists in Saint-Brice, France
- The concert of artists in Rochechouart, France
- 3rd Festival of Naive Art in Katovice, Poland
- Orangerie, Soisy Sous Montmorency (Val d’Oise), France
- Green Citadel of Magdeburg
- Participation in the GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL de PRESTIGE, La Ravoire, France (officiel diplomas, 1er prix en art naןf)
- Exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the death of Henri Rousseau, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
2011
- International Art Exhibition by Madame Allart-Boquet, Cantanhede, Portugal
- International Naive Art Exhibition,Charenton-le-Pont, France
- "VIII. Muestra de Pintura Naif Europe", gallery >> EBOLI, Madrid, Spain
- European Naive Masters Exhibition, Bakrac Art Gallery >>, Istanbul, Turkey
- L’ART SANS TEMPS D’EXPOSITION ART NAIF A THEOULE-sur- MER, Cannes, France
- Biennale d’Art Naןf, Musיe d’Art >> spontaneous, Bruxelles, Belgium
- M.A.N. Musיe d’Art Naif >> Bיraut, France
- 4. Salon Europeen de Belgique, Brugge
- 4th Festival of Naive Art in Katovice, Poland
- Musee d’Art Naif, Vicq, France
-1. Naive Art Exhibition >>, Ottmarsheim, France
- L’EXPOSITION EUROPEENNE D’ART naive >>, Lourmarin, France
- 41. International award of the naive painter, Varenna, Italy
- Grand Prix International de Prestige, Vittel, France
- Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Group exhibition of Kulturinitiative land space, Sprendlingen
2011, 2012
- Exhibition at the winery Wetzler >> under Action "Art in Hofcafי"
2012
- 5. Salon Europיen, Madame Allart-Boquet, Bruges, Belgium
-IX. Muestra de Pintura Naif Europe ", gallery >> Eboli, Madrid, Spain
- Centenaire du Douanier Rousseau, Montivilliers, Rיfectoire gothique de l’Abbaye, France
- 7th Biennale d’Art Naןf >>, Andresy, France
- Grand Prix International de Prestige, Arts-Inter, Lyon, France
- 20th International Exhibition of Naive Art, and Chivasso, Varenna, Italy
- 5th World Exhibition >> naive art in Katovice, Poland
- Summer Exhibition Gallery of Naive >>, European Naive Artists, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Exhibition of the group pulse (s), Burggrafiat, Alzey, Germany
- Biennial of Naive Art in Saint-Junien, Rochechouart and Saint-Brice, France
- "Painted with love," Gutman Art Gallery >>, Berlin
- International Naןve Art Festival in Jerusalem >> Israel
- Salon International des Crיateurs du Siטcle, La Ravoire, France
- Exhibition in the studio of Christine Thun >>, St. Johann, Germany
2014
- Exhibition at the Mersin Altamira art Gallery, Turkey
- 8th Biennial of Naive Art, Salle Julien Green, Andrיsy / France
- 2nd International Exhibition of Naive Art, BCM ART GALLERY, Barcelona / Spain
- Naive Art Exhibition, Wynwood Art Center, Miami / USA
- The colors of happiness, Gallery Gutman Style, Berlin, Germany
- International Exhibition of Naive Art, Chivasso / Italy
- International Exhibition of Naive Art, Museum Dastrac, Aiguillon / France
- 32. Salon de Vittel, Palais de Congres, Vittel / France
- International Exhibition of Naive Art, Varenna / Italy
- Exhibition Naive artist, Castle Waroux, Ans / Belgium
- Exhibition in the Johannes Church on Heritage Day, St. Johann / Rheinhessen
- Grand Prix International de Prestige, La Ravoire / France
- Exhibition of the group pulse (s), Burggrafiat, Alzey
- International Exhibition Caucasian Naive, Landskrona Konsthall, Sweden
- International Exhibition Caucasian Naive, Gallery Augustiana, Augustenborg, Denmark
- "Le Rendez Vous des Artistes Naif", Verneuil, 2013
- Exhibition of the group pulse (s), Burggrafiat, Alzey
- Naive Gallery, Copenhagen
- Toprak-Gallery, Istanbul
- Man in nature, gallery Gutman Art, Berlin
- Groupe International des Primitifs Modern dits naifs, Versailles (Salle du Carrי א la Farine)
- European Naive, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
- European Naive, Nurol Art Gallery, Bodrum
- 21. International Exhibition of Naive Art, Chivasso (Turin) after Varenna (Lake Como)
- 4th Biennale "Naןve Art", Evere Town Hall Maison Communale (Musיe d’Art spontanי), Brussels
- GROUPE INTERNATIONAL DES Primitifs MODERN DITS NAIFS, Parc du Val ombreux א l’Orangerie de Soisy sous Montmorency (Greater Paris)
- X. Muestra DE PINTURA Naif EUROPEA, gallery >> Eboli, Madrid, Spain
- 6th World Festival of Naive Art >> Katowice, Poland
- Groupe International des Primitifs Modern dits naifs >>, Versailles, Salle du Carrי א la Farine, France
- International Naןve Art Fair, BCM ART GALLERY >>, Barcelona, Spain
2015
- 8th Festival of Naive Art, GALERIA WILSON, Katowice, Poland
- 5. RENDEZVOUS DES ARTISTES NAIFS, Espace Saint Laurent - rue Notre checkers, Verneuil / Avre, France
-Guest of honor at the naive art exhibition at the BCM ART GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain
-La Chapelle des Sיpulcrines, Visי, Belgium
- (Price Dirk Bos) Competition naןves, Brussels, Belgium
-Gallery Lehmann, Ahrenshoop
- Anniversary exhibition of the group pulse (s) "40", Burggrafiat, Alzey