Ulrich Hachulla was born in Heydebreck/Upper Silesia in 1943. After fleeing and relocating in Halle (Saale), he began taking drawing lessons in 1950. From 1963 to 1968, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig under Werner Tübke and Bernhard Heisig, among others, and graduated with a diploma in painting and graphic art. He then worked as a freelancer in Leipzig before taking on various positions at his former school from 1974. In 1993, he was appointed professor of graphic art and etching, which he held until his retirement in 2008. He was awarded the Art Prize of the City of Leipzig in 1978 and the Art Prize of the GDR in 1983. He lives and works in Leipzig.