EDUCATION
| 2004 | MFA, Photography | Columbia College Chicago |
| 1996 | BFA, Photography | University of Akron |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | Dark Stores, Ghostboxes, Dead Malls | Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA |
| Thrift and Dark Stores | Julie Saul Gallery / New York, NY | |
| Retail and Dark Stores | CEPA Gallery / Buffalo, NY | |
| 2008 | Copia | Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art / Overland Park, KS |
| Thrift | Quality Pictures / Portland, OR | |
| 2007 | notifbutwhen | Mississippi State University / Mississippi State, MS |
| Melodramas of Consumption | University of Illinois / Champaign, IL | |
| Copia | Julie Saul Gallery / New York, NY | |
| 2006 | Copia | Museum of Contemporary Art / San Diego, CA |
| Thrift | Rhona Hoffman Gallery / Chicago, IL | |
| Copia | Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA | |
| 2005 | Shoppers / 12×12: New Artists/New Work |
Museum of Contemporary Art / Chicago, IL |
| 2004 | Copia | Peter Miller Gallery / Chicago, IL |
| 1999 | Produce, Protect, Project | Millworks Gallery / Akron, OH |
| 1996 | Harmony, Dissonance, Harmony | Millworks Gallery / Akron, OH |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 | Road to Nowhere | Fotofest Biennial/ Houston, TX |
| Instruments of Empire, Brian Ulrich and Amy Stein | Caption Gallery/ Brooklyn, NY | |
| Versus | Hous Projects/ New York, NY | |
| 2009 | Grit and Grime, Photographs of Times Square | Yancey Richardson Gallery / New York, NY |
| MP3 II | Museum of Contemporary Photography/ Chicago, IL | |
| Summer Reading | Jen Bekman Gallery / New York, NY | |
| Contemporary American Portraits | Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland, OH | |
| Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes | Yale School of Architecture/ New Haven, CT | |
| Dystopia | Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA | |
| 2008–09 | Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes | Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA |
| Made in Chicago / photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection |
Chicago Cultural Center / Chicago, IL | |
| 2008 | Lost in the Supermarket | Armand Bartos Gallery / New York, NY |
| Revisiting America | Bond St. Gallery / Brooklyn, NY | |
| Signs | Mt Tremper Arts Festival / Mt. Tremper, NY | |
| About Art: Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich | City Gallery / Chicago, IL | |
| Variable Capital | Bluecoats Arts Centre / Liverpool, UK | |
| Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes | Walker Art Center / Minneapolis, MN | |
| Branded and On Display | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art / Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Branded and On Display | Tufts University Art Gallery / Medford, MA | |
| Cornucopia: Documenting the Land of Plenty | Montserrat College of Art Gallery / MA | |
| Ad | Agency | Photographic Resource Center / Boston, MA | |
| 2007 | Chicagraphy | Gallerie f5.6 / Munich, Germany |
| Stalking Surburbia | Westport Arts Center / CT | |
| The New American Portrait | Jen Bekman Gallery / New York, NY | |
| Photocentric, curated by Lisa Hostetler | Minnesota Center for Photography / Minneapolis, MN | |
| Branded and On Display | Krannert Art Museum / Champaign, IL | |
| People Buildings and Cars | Vermont Center for Photography / Brattleboro, VT | |
| The Field | Jamaica Center for Arts / Jamaica, NY | |
| On Death and Dying | Galberg Gallery / College of DuPage, IL | |
| 2006 | Four Freedoms | Muhlenberg College / Allentown, PA |
| MP3, Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Brian Ulrich | Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago, IL | |
| Point of Purchase | Dumbo Arts Center / Brooklyn, NY | |
| tinyvices | Spencer Brownstone Gallery / New York, NY | |
| The Armory Show | Rhona Hoffman Gallery / New York, NY | |
| Marcia Wood Gallery | Palm Beach 3 Contemporary Art Fair / West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Aus Amerika | Galerie Lichtblick / Cologne, Germany | |
| Photocentric, curated by Joan Rothfuss | Minnesota Center for Photography / Minneapolis, MN | |
| On the Scene: Jessica Rowe, Jason Salavon, and Brian Ulrich | Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL | |
| 2005 | Domestic Disturbance | Evanston Art Center / Evanston, IL |
| The New Chicagoans (Select Media Festival) | Iron Studios / Chicago, IL | |
| Photography 2005: Double Exposure | The Renaissance Society / Chicago, IL | |
| Servings | City Gallery / Chicago, IL | |
| Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie | Festival d’Arles / Arles, France | |
| Contemporary American Photography | Mannheim–Ludwigshafen / Cologne, Germany | |
| Skinless Capital: Neoliberalism & Resistance | Opensource Art Gallery / Urbana–Champaign, IL | |
| Other America | Exit Art / New York, NY | |
| Manufactured Self | Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago, IL | |
| 2004 | Frozen in Light | Zolla Lieberman Gallery / Chicago, IL |
| Unframed First Look | Sean Kelly Gallery / New York, NY | |
| 17th Annual Evanston + Vicinity Biennial | Evanston Art Center / Evanston, IL | |
| Fellowship 2004, juried by Tom Hinson | Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, PA | |
| FACT/FICTION, juried by Dawoud Bey | Creative Arts Workshop / New Haven, CT | |
| ArtChicago | Peter Miller Gallery / Chicago, IL | |
| 2003 | 2003 Center Awards | Center for Photographic Arts / Carmel, CA |
| Union League Civic and Arts Foundation | Chicago, IL | |
| ArtChicago: Chicago Area Billboard Project | Chicago, IL |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2010 | Requiem voor de mall | Vrij Nederland |
| Brian Ulrich | Glen Helfand/ Colors Magazine | |
| 2009 | Contextualizing Consumerism | Heather Clarke/ NY Arts Magazine |
| Shots of Reality | Time Out Chicago | |
| The Story – Consumerism As Art | Janet Babin/ American Public Media | |
| Interview with Brian Ulrich | Abraham Ritchie/ Artslant | |
| Thrift and Dark Stores | Vince Aletti/ New Yorker | |
| Recycling the Suburbs | Bryan Walsh / Time Magazine | |
| Closed for Business | Chicago Tribune Magazine, | |
| Everything Must Go | Mother Jones Magazine | |
| 2008 | Copia at Nerman Museum of Art | Kansas City Star |
| No More Free Bubble | Roger Lowenstein / New York Times Magazine | |
| Thrift | Vice Magazine | |
| The Gospel of Consumption | Jeffrey Kaplan / Orion | |
| Lumpen Magazine: Issue 109 | Leah Evans / Lumpen Magazine |
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| Brian Ulrich – Copia | Joerg Colberg / YVI Magazine | |
| La Fin De L’Illusion | Jeffrey Madrick / Le Monde Magazine | |
| Brian Ulrich: Thrift | D La Republicca No. 601 | |
| Artist Portfolio | Proximity Magazine No.1 | |
| American Seen | The American pg 96 | |
| Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children | Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park | |
| Fear of Fallowing | Steven Stoll / Harper’s Magazine | |
| 2007 | Act of Faith | Wim Melis / Noorderlicht |
| Brian Ulrich: The Tough Go Shopping | Richard B. Woodward / ARTnews, | |
| They Walk (Silently) Among You: The Suburban Photographers |
Benjamin Genocchio / The New York Times | |
| A Field Guide to the North American Family | Garth Risk Halberg | |
| Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age | Robert Hirsch / Focal Press | |
| Time Magazine | ||
| The Photo Issue | Time Out Chicago | |
| You Are What You Grow | The New York Times Magazine | |
| PDN | Photo District News | |
| Happiness | Mother Jones Magazine | |
| Brian Ulrich | Phat Photo (Japan) | |
| Brian Ulrich | The New Yorker | |
| Brian Ulrich, Copia | The New York Times | |
| Branded and On Display | Krannert Art Museum / exhibition catalogue | |
| Ambient Parking Lot | Harper’s Magazine | |
| 2006–07 | Leven in de Aanbieding | Jaar Magazine |
| 2006 | Still materialism, even when the material is second-hand | Alan Artner / Chicago Tribune |
| Consumer Culture Clash | Burt Michaels / New City Chicago | |
| MP3: Midwest Photographers Project: Copia |
Aperture / Museum of Contemporary Photography | |
| Brian Ulrich, Robert Koch Gallery | Glen Helfand / ArtForum | |
| MP3 Midwestern Photographers’, & ‘Publishing the Photographic Book |
Zane Fischer, Mary Virginia Swanson / Photo-Eye Booklist | |
| Seeing & Writing 2 | Donald McQuade, Christine McQuade / textbook | |
| Photography Now, juried by Dana Faconti | Photography Quarterly | |
| Chicago Tribune Magazine | ||
| 2005 | Leica World | |
| Mouvement Magazine (France) No. 35 |
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| Fotopozytyw Magazine (Poland) | ||
| Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye | Museum of Contemporary Art / exhibition catalogue | |
| 2004-08 | Adbusters Magazine | |
| 2004 | Galeria: Brian Ulrich | Exklusiv Magazine (Poland) No. 23 |
| frontispiece | Photo District News EDU Vol. 3, Issue 2 | |
| Sites, 6×6 Series | Columbia College, No. 3 |
GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
| 2010 | Artist–In–Residence, Light Work | Syracuse, NY |
| 2009 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship | New York |
| Honorable Mention / Project Competition | Center Santa Fe | |
| 2007 | Wright Auction House Commission | Chicago, IL |
| Photo District News 30 Emerging Photographers | nomination by Martin Parr | |
| Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship | Chicago, IL | |
| 2006 | Nominee, John Gutmann Fellowship | San Francisco, CA |
| Your Gallery | Shortlist, Saatchi Gallery and the Guardian UK | |
| Finalist, Critical Mass 2005 | ||
| 2005 | Finalist, Leica Oskar Barnack Award | |
| Community Arts Assistance Grant | City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | |
| 2004 | Finalist, First Book Award, Center for Documentary Studies | Duke University |
| Jurors Award, Evanston + Vicinity Biennial | Evanston, IL | |
| Honorable Mention, FACT/FICTION, Creative Arts Workshop | New Haven, CT | |
| Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center for Photography | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 2003 | Stuart and Iris Baum Grant | Chicago, IL |
| Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | |
| 2002 | Jack Jaffe Purchase Award | Chicago, IL |
| 2001–02 | Follett Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL |
COLLECTIONS
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | San Diego, CA | |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, TX | |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH | |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | |
| North Carolina Museum of Art | NC | |
| Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art | KS | |
| DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park | Lincoln, MA | |
| Akron Art Museum | Akron, OH | |
| LaSalle Bank / Bank of America | Chicago, IL | |
| Margulies Collection | Miami, FL | |
| Larry Fields Collection | Chicago, IL |
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
| 2006– | Part-time Faculty, Photography Instructor | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
| 2004– | Adjunct Faculty, Photography Instructor | Columbia College / Chicago, IL |
| 2009 | Workshop, Digitatography | Maine Photographic Workshops |
| Workshop, Digitatography | Myers School of Art / Akron, OH | |
| 2006 | Photography Instructor | Minneapolis, College of Art and Design / Minneapolis, MN |
| 2005 | Artist-Educator (Photography) | Marwen Foundation / Chicago, IL |
| Artist-Educator (Photography): Arts Camp 2005 | Museum of Contemporary Art / Chicago, IL | |
| 2004–05 | Part-time Faculty/Teaching Artist (Photography) | Gallery37 Center for the Arts / Chicago, IL |
| 2003 | Photography Instructor | Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School / Chicago, IL |
| Photography Teaching Assistant | Columbia College / Chicago, IL | |
| 2001–04 | Curatorial Assistant | Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL |
| 2000–01 | Part-time Faculty, Photography Instructor | University of Akron, School of Art / Akron, OH |
| 1997–01 | Exhibition Technician | Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland, OH |
| 1996–97 | Director of Exhibitions/Preparator | Howard Greenberg Gallery/Gallery 292 / New York, NY |
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
| 2010 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL |
| Hous Projects | New York, NY | |
| 2009 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| University of Minnesota | New York, NY | |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | |
| Bowling Green State University | Toledo, OH | |
| New York Photo Festival | New York, NY | |
| Lawrence University | Appleton, WI | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | |
| 2008 | Midwest SPE Conference | Cleveland, OH |
| Kendall College of Art and Design | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| Nerman Museum of Art | Overland Park, KS | |
| Haggerty Museum of Art, Panel Discussion | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Aperture Foundation, Panel Discussion | NY | |
| Light Factory | Charlotte, NC | |
| 2007 | Montserrat College of Art | Beverly, MA |
| Myers School of Art, University of Akron | Akron, OH | |
| East Tennessee State University | TN | |
| The Art Institute of Chicago, ‘Photography in the Digital Age’, Panel Discussion |
Chicago, IL | |
| Photoshelter Tour | Chicago, IL | |
| Coalition of Photographic Arts | Milwaukee, WI | |
| St. Edwards University | Austin, TX | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | La Jolla, CA | |
| Mississippi State University | Mississippi State, MS | |
| SPE National Conference | Miami, FL | |
| Youngstown State University | OH | |
| Aperture Foundation | NY, NY | |
| Residency, University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | |
| 2006 | Indiana University | Bloomington, IN |
| San Francisco Art Institute, Lecture w/Bill Owens | San Francisco, CA | |
| School of the International Center of Photography | New York, NY | |
| New Trier High School | Wilmette, IL | |
| Society for Photographic Education Conference | Chicago, IL | |
| Minneapolis Center for Photography | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 2005 | Artists Connect: Brian Ulrich connects with Gustave Caillebotte, Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| Domestic Disturbance Panel Discussion | Evanston, IL | |
| Influence: Art + Design Panel Discussion | Chicago, IL | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | |
| Massachusetts College of Art | Boston, MA | |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | |
| 2004–05 | Columbia College | Chicago, IL |
| 2004 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| Marwen | Chicago, IL | |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | |
| Gallery37 Center for the Arts | Chicago, IL | |
SELECTED FREELANCE ACTIVITIES
| 2009 | New York Times Style Magazine | |
| Fortune | ||
| Details | ||
| 2008 | New York Times Magazine | |
| Readymade Magazine | ||
| New York Times Style Magazine | ||
| Kiplingers Magazine | ||
| Craft Magazine | ||
| Newsweek | ||
| 2007 | New York Times Magazine | |
| Conde Nast Portfolio | ||
| Photo District News | ||
| New York Times Style Magazine | ||
| 2006 | Spin Magazine | |
| 2005 | Seed Magazine | |
| Time Out Chicago | ||
| Chicago Magazine | ||
| 2004–06 | WIRED Magazine | |
| 2004–05 | New York Times Magazine | |
| 2004 | Computer Arts Magazine | |
| New York Times Magazine | ||
| 2003 | The New Yorker | |
| Salvation Army Annual Report |