ARTISTS
Feeling Blue
Oil paint on canvas 140 x140 cm 55 x 55 ''
Bente Christensen-Ernst 1941 Denmark
EN Born in Denmark in 1941, Bente is a self-taught artist. She is a member of the Danish Society of Artists under the Royal Academy of Denmark and of the Billedkunstnernes Forbund, the Association of Visual Artists. Bente Christensen-Ernst began her artistic career in Turkey and now shares her time between Turkey and Denmark. In her paintings, her hyper realist, in-your-face images defy any sense of ambiguity. The plain brightness of the huge, colorful, ironic images welcomes us to appreciate the dramatic light of real life that beams from each object and human face. By their truthfulness and extreme symbolism, these images interact with the improvisation and personal details chosen by the painter. Human suffering during war or natural catastrophes as shown together with the monumental textures of her fruits, vegetables and human figures reveal the strength of her alternative realism. Bente has exhibited on art fairs and biennales all over the world and has been on shows in Sweden, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Syria, Lebanon, London and New York.
FR Née en Danemark en 1941, Bente est une peintre autodidacte. Elle est un membre de la Société Danoise des Artistes de l’Académie Royale de la Danemark et du Billedkunstnernes Forbund, l’association pour les Art Visuels. Bente Christensen-Ernst commence sa carrière artistique en Turquie et maintenant elle travaille entre Turquie et Danemark. Dans ses peintures, ses images hyperréalistes et directes défient toute ambiguïté. La luminosité des grandes images, pleines de couleurs et ironie, nous invitent à apprécier la lumière dramatique de la vie quotidienne qui rayonne de ses sujets et portraits. Leur sincérité et symbolisme extrême interagissent avec l’improvisation et le touche personnel de l’artiste. La souffrance humaine pendant la guerre et les catastrophes naturels sont représentées par un univers de fruit, légumes et figures humaines à la texture brillante, qui révèle la force de son réalisme alternatif.
Bente a exposé sur plusieurs salons et biennales dans les quatre coins du monde et a son travail a été représentée dans des expos personnelles en Suède, France, Allemagne, Russie, Italie, au Liban, à Londres et New York.
Museums The National Gallery on Frederiksborg, Denmark (with a portrait of the poet Henrik Nordbrandt)
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Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions Permanent artist at Mark Hachem Galleries 2014 Gallery Artifact, East Village, Manhattan, New York, USA Gallery 169, Saify, Beirut, Lebanon Teşvikiye Sanat Galerisi, Nişantaşı, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen, Denmark Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark 2011 Art House, Damascus, Syria Karma Art Gallery, Aleppo, Syria 2010 Görüntü Sanat Galerisi, Adana, Turkey 2009 Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark 2007 C.A.M. - Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 C.A.M. - Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey 2004 Galleri Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark C.A.M. - Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey 2003 Christian Dam Galleries, Copenhagen, 2002 Millî Reasürans Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey 2001 Galleri Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark C.A.M Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey 2000 C.A.M. Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey 1999 Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark Christian Dam Galleries, Copenhagen, Denmark 1998 Galleri Torso, Odense, Denmark Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark 1997 Asmali Mescit Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey 1996 Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark Galleri Torso, Odense, Denmark 1995 Galleri C, Århus, Denmark 1994 Galleri Torso, Odense, Denmark Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark 1992 Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark Galleri 11, Danish National Television 1990 Galleri Sommersko, Copenhagen, Denmark 1985 Galeri Black & White, Ankara, Turkey 1984 Studyo Fabrika, Ankara, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 "Kunst og Bæredygtighed", Frederiksberg Municipality, Denmark "25 Years" - Siyah Beyaz Galerisi, Ankara & Istanbul, Turkey 2007 Portalen, Greve, Denmark 2006 Natür mort, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey "European Reflections" - PRO 2006, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 2005 PRO, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Art-Copenhagen - Forum for Modern Art, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 PRO, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark "Two Worlds Meet", Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark "Meeting Point", C.A.M. - Contemporary Art Marketing, Istanbul, Turkey "Frederiksberg på Plakaten",Frederiksberg Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark "Eight from PRO", Travelling exhibition of The Association of Danish Art Societies, Denmark 2003 PRO, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark "Danish Summer", Gallery Christophersen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2002 Rundetårn, "Istanbul", Copenhagen, Denmark PRO, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2001 Skovhuset, Værløse, Denmark 2000 Skive Museum of Art, Denmark C.A.M., Contemporary Art Marketing, "Nudes", Istanbul, Turkey 1999 PRO, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark Galeri Yantra, Istanbul, Turkey 1998 MuséETT, Kristinahamn, Sweden 1997 PRO, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996 "Small Canvasses", Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark "Danish Portraits 1985 - 1995", The Øregaard Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995 Galerie Bollhagen, Kunstcentrum, Worpswede, Germany "25 Years on the Job", Jyllandsposten, Copenhagen, Denmark 1994 "Tyve Veje til Gåsepigen", Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark "Hundred Years of Danish Authors", Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark 1993 "Spejlbilleder", Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark 1992 "Spejlbilleder", Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark 1991 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark 1990 Vestslesvig Art Society, Tonder, Denmark Vestslesvig Art Society, Rensburgh, Germany The Easter Exhibition, Århus, Denmark The Autumn Exhibition, "Den Frie", Copenhagen, Denmark 1989 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark |
International art fairs
2013 Scope, Miamy Beach, USA 2012 Parallax Art Fair, Soho, New York, USA Parallax Art Fair, London, England 2011 Istanbul Summer Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey Art Herning, Denmark 2008 The St. Petersborg Biennale, St. Petersburg, Russia The St. Petersborg Biennale, St. Petersburg, Russia Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey 2005 Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul 2001 Salon d'Automne, Paris, France 2000 Salon d'Automne, Paris, France Art Fair, Herning, Denmark Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark 1998 Art Fair, Herning, Denmark Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996 Art-Copenhagen - Forum for Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995 Art-Copenhagen - Forum for Modern Art, Forum, Copenhagen. Denmark 1994 Art-Copenhagen - Forum for Modern Art, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark 1993 The Danish Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark |