Ulrich Eichhorn-Riemenschneider worked as a freelance artist, curator and project initiator in Cologne for more than 20 years before moving into the real estate industry.

IIn 1989, he founded Kunstschalter in Cologne as an artist-run gallery. In 1993, this was followed by the founding of Kunstschalter e.V. in order to organise exhibitions, socio- cultural projects as well as public funding and material sponsorships more efficiently.

This work later led to KunstWerk in Köln-Deutz, one of the largest artist-run studio buildings in Germany. In 1999, KunstWerk took over the existing association structure and continued it under a new name.

In 2008, Kunstschalter Berlin e.V. was newly founded in Berlin. In the pandemic year 2022, the association’s work came to an end. The experience gained from art, organisation, letting and cultural project work continues to shape the view of real estate, spaces and urban culture today.

After the move into the real estate industry, the connection to art remained. Selected artistic positions are shown at irregular intervals in the offices of Berlin Fine Estate.

The focus is not on running a gallery, but on the personal connection between art, architecture, the city and memory. These themes also accompany the work in real estate: in the way spaces, use, change and preservation are viewed.