Claudia Kaak
BORN
January 6, 1987, Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Germany
EDUCATION
2015 Goethe-University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Claudia Kaak was born in 1987 in Heppenheim, Germany, where she lives and works. In 2015, she graduated from Goethe University Frankfurt (a.M.). Her first solo show was held at Galerie Pack of Patches in Jena (Germany), and her group exhibitions include shows for Art Innsbruck (Austria), Gallery Ewa Helena in Hamburg, Ludwiggalerie Schloss in Oberhausen and the Grand Salon in Bad Säckingen (Germany), RJD Gallery in New York, Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, Gormleys Fine Art in Dublin, Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne, Wasau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wasau and Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno in Barcelona. She has been a finalist for the 13th, 14th and 16th Annual ARC competition and has been awarded by the International Guild of Realism (2019) and the Grand Salon (2020). Claudia’s work has been featured in American Art Collector, PoetsArtists, MilionArt Kaleidoscope, The Guide Artists, Revista Ophelia and an online exclusive exhibition with International Guild of Realism, Arizona.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 ‘Unvollständig‘. la petite galerie, Heppenheim (Bergstraße)
2020 ‘Gefühlte Welten. Momente im Sein‘, GOLDROTSCHWARTZ German Arthouse, Den Haag
2018 ‘Introspektion‘, Gallery Ewa Helena, Hamburg
2017 ‘Ecce homo‘, Gallery pack of patches, Jena
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 'ModPortrait 2022', MEAM - Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona
2022 'Painting the Fgure Now 2022', Wasau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wasau
2022 'Pandemic', SolArt Gallery, Dublin
2022 'Ophelia', Crucible Gallery
2021 'The Portrait', 33 Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2021 IGOR Fall Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 Online Exclusive Exhibition, 'Florals', 33 Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2021 IGOR Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 'International Women's Day 2021 Exhibition', MEAM - Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona
2020 30th Miniature Show', Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2020 Von Helden und anderen Menschen', Galerie Kunstforum im Alten Haus, Seligenstadt
2020 'International Guild of Realism 15th Annual Juried Exhibition',
Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2020 Online Exclusive Exhibition, 'Shelter', 33 Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2020 'Shades of Light', RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2020 IGOR Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
2020 'Story Tellers', Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2020 'Colours', Grand Salon, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2019 ‘International Guild of Realism 14th Annual Juried Exhibition',
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2019 ‘Go Wild!', Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast, Ireland
2019 'Secondary Meanings - Figural Diptychs', Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2019 'We Believe', RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2019 IGOR Winter Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
2019 'Adorn Me', Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2018 'Figurative Realism', Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2018 'Women Painting Women | Men Painting Men: Voices with Vision',
RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2018 ‘Die Geste', Ludwiggalerie, Schloss Oberhausen
2018 ‘Neue Entdeckungen und etablierte Talente, eine Auswahl',
Gallery Ewa Helena in Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg
2018 ‘Grand Salon‘, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2017 Women Painting Women: 'A Voice with Vision', RJD Gallery,
Bridgehampton, New York
2017 ‘Summer of art', Levantehaus, Galerie Ewa Helena, Hamburg
2017 ‘Grand Salon‘, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2016 ‘Art-Shopping‘, Canne Cc
2016 ‘Art Innsbruck 2016‘, Gallery Dikmayer Berlin Mitte
2016 ‘Art-Shopping‘, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2016 ‘Media-Art Show‘, Gallery Ewa Helena, Hamburg
HONORS
2022 Finalist, 2022, 16th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center
2021 Preselected, 'Figurativas 2021', MEAM
2020 Visitor's prize, Grand Salon 2020, 'Colours'
2019 Finalist, 2019, 14th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center
2019 Best Portrait Award, International Guild of Realism
2018 Best of The Guide Artists 2018
2018 Finalist, 2018, 13th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center
MEMBERSHIPS
International Guild of Realism, International group
Poets and Artists, International group
PRESS
2022 American Art Collector - March issue 2022
2020 Realism Today: Breaking Taboos / September 22, 2020
2019 GOSS183: Issue 107 / October2019
2019 American Art Collector - October issue 2019
2019 14th International ARC Salon Catalog - issue 14 / 2019
2019 Poets and Artists: Variety Issue - issue 105 / July 2019
2019 Revista Ophelia: Entrevistas de collección - issue 3 / Mai 2019
2019 Poets and Artists: Secondary Meanings - Figural Diptychs - issue 102 / April 2019
2019 Poets and Artists: Adorn Me - issue 101 / February 2019
2018 Poets and Artists: Figurative Realism - issue 100 / December 2018
2018 Zeitzeichen - 12/2018: Bestattungskultur - Gesten der Trauer
2018 Buffalo Queen Press: Vol. 1 - issue 1 / August 2018
2018 Poets and Artists: Eros Gaze - issue 93 / May 2018
2018 13th International ARC Salon Catalog - issue 13 / May 2018
2018 Poets and Artists: 10th Anniversary Issue - Oranges & Sardines - issue 92 / March 2018
2018 The Guide Artists - issue 12 / February 2018
2017 Tango - Das Lifestyle & People Magazin / August 2017
2017 Poets and Artists: Kloosterboer on Kaak - Claudia Kaak's Quest for Inner Peace
2017 MilionArt Kaleidoscope - 2.17: Independence - Tradition, Erbe oder Autonomie?
PUBLICATIONS
Artlibre Arte y Libertad XVI Yearbook, 2021.
ModPortrait 2020 Special Edition Catalog.
Artlibre Arte y Libertad XV Yearbook, 2020.
Vogt, Christine: DIE GESTE - Kunst zwischen Jubel, Dank und Nachdenklichkeit. Meisterwerke
aus der Sammlung Peter und Irene Ludwig von der Antike über Albrecht Dürer bis Roy Lichtenstein.
Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2018.
Galerie Ewa Helena: Introspektion. Claudia Kaak. Hamburg, 2018.
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