Lili Ullrich
(prev. Lili Lu)
b.1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
lives & works in Rotterdam, NL

~ one third of the performance collective wet dreamzZz ~

education
2019 BA in Fine Art, Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 Diplom / MA in Acting, University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2016 Spring Semester at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York City, USA
2014 Royal Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico (RESAD), Madrid, Spain


exhibitions / performances (selected)

solo / duo shows

2022
Weelde Festival * wet dreamzZz, Weelde, Rotterdam
Traumburg * wet dreamzZz, Schloss Dornbusch an der Höhe

2021
Cosmic Caterpillars, lecture performance, CLOUD Danslab, Den Haag
kosmische Raupe, das Odradek, Düsseldorf

2020
Portals, Growing Space (duo w Nash Caldera), Rotterdam
el jardín de los espíritus, screen_ , New York City / online


group shows

2022
Flipchart * wet dreamzZz, instrumentinventors, Den Haag
GRAW, Ijzerblok Studios, Rotterdam
Off Screen x CBK Rotterdam, WORM, Rotterdam
Gentle Them * wet dreamzZz, Sound Light Color, Amsterdam
VLIEGMODUS, Ijzerblok Studios, Rotterdam

2021
Worlds between Words, curated by Ratri Notosudirdjo, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam
Publieke Werken, Maastunnel & public space, Rotterdam
Art Rotterdam at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Gallery 3 By You, Rotterdam

2020
VideoArtFestival IV, Berlin, Germany
Onland Network curated by Louisa Teichmann, Roodkapje, Rotterdam / online

2019
Not About Oranges, the Performance Bar, Rotterdam
Allí Donde Estuvimos, Museo Neomudejar, Madrid, Spain
If I Was In Your Place curated by PAS, Cañada del Hoyo, Spain
Operating Manual for Floating in Space, performance by Mylan Hoezen, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
IT BOILS DOWN curated by Alex Phillips and Tom Lowe, Pure Propaganda, Rotterdam
Personal Structures - Identities / *Tenderfeet* curated by Josephine Baan, European Cultural Center, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice
Last Bling * curated by Roxette Capriles, TENT, Rotterdam

2018
Spraakwater en Algorithme curated by Ronald Bal, S/ash Gallery, Rotterdam
Queering the Church curated by Narges Mohammadi, Club Lourdes aan Zee, The Hague
We Are All Guests curated by Kamiel Verschuren, South Explorer at b.a.d. foundation, Rotterdam
OPA curated by Ronald Bal, UBIK WORM, Rotterdam
Mind The Gap curated by Lauren Leggatt-Bulaitis and Lili Ullrich, Museum Park, Rotterdam
Performance Scratch Night curated by Bobby Sawyers, Wolfart Project Space, Rotterdam

2017
Genderosity curated by Adelheid Smit, TENT, Rotterdam
Delirium & Destiny, performance by Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser, curated by Eloise Sweetman, A Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam
Touch curated by Suzanne Stavast, the Performance Bar, Rotterdam
One Night’s Dance, Dansateliers, Rotterdam


music
Operating Manual for Floating in Space, Vinyl, Futura Resistenza

publications
Judy van Luyk & Lili Lu | CBK R'DAM X TENT X Operator - 01.07.2021
Publieke Werken 2021


residencies
2022 Lemonhouse * wet dreamzZz
2019 NAC, Rotterdam
2018-19 b.a.d. foundation, Rotterdam
2018 School of Making Thinking, Prattsville, NY State, U.S.
2017 Dansateliers' artist in residence, Rotterdam, NL


grants / prices
2021 O&O grant CBK
2021 Stichting Stokroos
2020 CBK PPR Grant
2019 ECC University Art Award for 'Tenderfeet'
2019 Hessische Theater Akademie postgraduate research grant
2014-2019 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

@where my bed sleepz (2019)
durational performance
during PAS #66 in Cañada del Hoyo, Spain
foto by Monika Deimling