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)

 

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