Constance Renken is a German visual artist based in Hamburg. She lived in New York City for five years where her artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Chelsea, in SoHo and on Long Island.
The years in New York had a huge impact on the development of her art creation process. Fascinated by the American Abstract Expressionism, her art also focuses on emotion and spontaneity.
In her abstract, colorful artwork Constance Renken processes acrylic paints with spatula on canvas in order to give each painting a different surface structure and more depth due to many layers of paint. Her color composition is thereby inspired by moods from encounters with people, but also by events that fascinate her and touch her emotionally. The more extreme and expressive the color contrasts, the more intense are the emotions that revolve around this memory.
“Every now and then in life you meet people besides your loved ones who touch and fascinate you in a very distinctive way. For me, these special encounters are tied to very intense and long lasting thoughts that I feel the need to process by creating art. When I’m connecting with my art it feels like freedom … beyond daily routine and social conventions … very special and fulfilling. Every piece of art is a part of me and my own story.”
Starting off with more figurative paintings in her early years, Constance's art has evolved into a stage of abstract motives over the past fifteen years. Her artwork often has an association with nature which is evoked by the recurring horizon line in her paintings. This gives the viewer a point of orientation in the abstract interplay of colors, so that an imaginary expanse can arise which evokes a certain wanderlust and a longing for freedom.
Her paintings are regularly shown in national and international solo and group exhibitions as well as at art fairs and festivals. They are in private and public collections. In the last five years, her work has been exhibited as a part of the Artbox.Projects in Miami, Barcelona, Venice and Zurich. In 2021 she was selected as one of the semi-finalists at the Swiss Art Expo with her work "Afterglow" in Zurich.
In addition, Constance Renken supports the worldwide water projects of Viva con Agua with her art, among others at the Millerntor Gallery, where her paintings are successfully auctioned off by the auction house CHRISTIE'S.
UPCOMING ART EVENTS:
06/2023 ART BASEL WEEK - BASEL 2.0 Artbox.Project – EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Switzerland
07/2023 MILLERNTOR GALLERY #11 CHARITY AUCTION – Millerntor-Stadion FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
ART FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS & OTHER PROJECTS:
2022 MIAMI 3.0 Artbox.Project – Art Basel Art Week, Miami, Florida
2022 ART MEETS AK. – Stadthöfe Hamburg, Germany
2022 MILLERNTOR GALLERY #10 CHARITY AUCTION – Millerntor-Stadion FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
2022 VENEZIA 1.0 Artbox.Project – Tana Art Space, Venice, Italy
2022 HAMBURG COFFEE FESTIVAL 2022 – Museum der Arbeit "Alte Fabrik", Hamburg, Germany
2022 KUNSTMEILE BLANKENESE 2022 – Blankeneser Bahnhofstraße, Hamburg, Germany
2022 VIVA CON AGUA ART X CHRONEXT – CHRONEXT Lounge Hamburg, Germany
2021 CHARITY AUCTION – Viva con Agua ARTS, Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, Germany
2021 ALSTERART 2021 – Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg, Germany
2021 HEIDEKULTOUR – Das Atelier, Hanstedt, Germany
2021 SWISS ART EXPO – ZURICH 3.0 Artbox.Project, semi-finalist, SBB Event Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2021 ST. PAULI – 100 BLICKWINKEL - Millerntor-Stadion FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
2021 BLACK & WHITE - Art Gallery, Pennsylvania
2021 BARCELONA 1.0 Artbox.Project – Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 ARTSY – Constance Renken on Artsy, https://www.artsy.net/artist/constance-renken
2020 ART CREATES WATER CALENDAR 2021 – Viva con Agua ARTS, Hamburg, Germany
2020 EXHIBITION – Artbox.Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 ARTSY – Constance Renken on Artsy, https://www.artsy.net/artist/constance-renken
2020 SWISS ART EXPO – ZURICH 2.0 Artbox.Project, SBB Event Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 MILLERNTOR GALLERY VIRTUAL AUCTION – https://www.artcreateswater.org
2020 EXHIBITION – Artbox.Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 TANZSPEKTAKEL VERBINDUNGEN – Lost ... But Found, Burg Seevetal, Germany
2019 HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST– Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, Hamburg, Germany
2019 MIAMI 2.0 Artbox.Project – Art Basel Art Week, Miami, Florida
2019 HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST – Überseeboulevard, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany
2019 SHOW IT – Artbox.Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 SWISS ART EXPO – ZURICH 1.0 Artbox.Project, SBB Event Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 FRIENDS EXHIBITION – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2019 MILLERNTOR GALLERY #9 CHARITY AUCTION – Millerntor-Stadion FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
2019 ART AUCTION "LEBENSKÜNSTLER" – NCL-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
2018 FRIENDS EXHIBITION – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2018 ALSTERART 2018 – Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg, Germany
2017 ALTONALE KUNSTHERBST 2017 – Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, Hamburg, Germany
2017 KÜNSTLERINNEN SEHEN BUXTEHUDE – Marschtorzwinger, Buxtehude, Germany
2017 FRIENDS EXHIBITION – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2006 LOOKING IN LOOKING OUT – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2006 NOHO NEW YORK ART WALK – Blick Art Materials, New York, NY
2005 DECEMBER 2005 – Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
2005 THE SQUARE SHOW – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2005 GALLERY ARTISTS – Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
2005 TIMING – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2005 ABSTRACT ART – Lambert, Hamburg, Germany
2004 NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS – Artists Space Gallery, New York, NY
2004 ABSTRACT ART – Lambert, Hamburg, Germany
2004 SINGS OF CHANCE – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2004 SQUARES – Lambert, Hamburg, Germany
2003 NACKT – Deutsche Bank VIP Lounge, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
2003 A LA C-ART-E – Lambert, Hamburg, Germany
2003 LANDSCHAFTEN – Deutsche Bank VIP Lounge, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
2002 ANSTOSS – Deutsche Bank VIP Lounge, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
2002 A LA C-ART-E – Lambert, Hamburg, Germany
2002 EMOTIONALE ABSTRAKTIONEN – Molkenthin & Partner, Hamburg, Germany
2002 ART GOES EPPENDORF – Farbpalette, Hamburg, Germany
2001 ABSTRAKTE MALEREI – Poster Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:
2007 Man Group, New York, NY
2003 Deutsche Bank AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA:
2023 ars mundi - Die Welt der Kunst, Modern Art Katalog 2023, Constance Renken, S. 40, Januar 2023
2022 sat1regional.de - Kunstausstellung Millerntor Gallery feiert 10-jähriges Jubiläum, 14. Juni 2022,
https://www.sat1regional.de/kunstausstellung-millerntor-gallery-feiert-10-jaehriges-jubilaeum/
2022 Hamburger Abendblatt - Auf diesem Festival dreht sich alles um die Welt des Kaffees, 26. April 2022
2022 blankenese.de - Kunstmeile: Constance Renken, 16. April 2022
2022 ars mundi - Die Welt der Kunst, Aprilkatalog 2022, Constance Renken, S. 62, April 2022
2022 kunstvereinblankenese.de - Künstler*innen der Kunstmeile 2022, März 2022, https://kunstvereinblankenese.de/kuenstlerinnen-2022/
2022 ars mundi - Die Welt der Kunst, Frühjahrskatalog 2022, Constance Renken, S. 49, Februar 2022
2021 WELT AM SONNTAG, "Kunstvoll", Hamburg, S. 12, 28. November 2021
2021 AlsterArt, Künstler Katalog 2021, November 2021, http://www.alsterart.de/index.php/kuenstler/item/renken-constance
2021 Hamburger Abendblatt, "HeideKultour ist an diesem Wochenende", 01. September 2021
2021 SWISS ART EXPO - Semi-finalist at Artbox.Project Zurich 3.o, Zurich, Switzerland,
https://www.artboxprojects.com/zürich-3-0-finalisten-und-halbfinalisten
2021 WELT, Ausstellung "St. Pauli - 100 Blickwinkel", 08. Juli 2021
2021 SAT1 REGIONAL - „St. Pauli - 100 Blickwinkel“, 08. Juli 2021,
2021 ARTSY - Constance Renken, Artwork, Bio & Shows on Artsy, 01. Mai 2021, https://www.artsy.net/artist/constance-renken
2021 ars mundi - Die Welt der Kunst, Aprilkatalog 2021, Constance Renken, p. 63, März 2021
2020 ART CREATES WATER CALENDAR 2021 - Viva con Agua ARTS, Hamburg, Germany, 20. November 2020
2020 TOGETHERNESS - Millerntor Gallery Jubiläums-Edition, Willkommen bei MTG Home, 30. Juli 2020
2020 Hamburger Abendblatt, Eine virtuelle Alternative zur "Millerntor Gallery", 07. Juli 2020
2020 ARTSY - Constance Renken, Artwork, Bio & Shows on Artsy, 23. Juni 2020, https://www.artsy.net/artist/constance-renken
2020 MONEYCAB - Artbox.Project in Barcelona, 24. Januar 2020
2020 HAMBURG, Tanzspektakel - Verbindungen, Januar 2020
2020 HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST - Das kreative Festival, Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, Januar 2020,
2019 HAMBURG-MAGAZIN - Hamburg zeigt Kunst - Das kreative Festival, Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, Dezember 2019
2019 HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST - Das kreative Festival, Überseeboulevard Hamburg, September 2019,
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Charity-Auktion im Millerntor-Stadtion erzielt Rekordsumme", 07. Juli 2019
2019 NDR, "Millerntor Gallery: 270.00 Euro für guten Zweck", 03. Juli 2019
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Kunstgenuss für einen guten Zweck", 03. Juli 2019
2019 URBANLIFE, "Die Millerntor Gallery #9 feiert das Recht auf Wasser", 03. Juni 2019
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Kleine Geheimnisse, große Veränderungen", 02./03. Februar 2019
2018 Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum - Spannende Kunst und soziales Engagement im Hamburger Norden, Okober 2018
2018 NEW YORK ART BEAT - Gallery Guide New York - Chelsea - Ceres Gallery, "Friends Exhibition", Edition July 2018
2018 Kunsthalle Bremen - KUNSTPREIS WHAT IS LOVE? Liebe und Dating im digitalen Zeitalter, www.whatislove.de, Juli 2018
2018 ars mundi - Die Welt der Kunst, "Constance Renken - Neu bei ars mundi", www.arsmundi.de, Mai 2018
2017 Hamburg Journal, NDR, 28. Oktober 2017, 19:30 Uhr, www.ndr.de
2017 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Die bunte Palette der Kunst im Hamburg Cruise Center, 28./29. Oktober 2017
2017 HAMBURG-MAGAZIN - 360° Geliebte Stadt - altonale KUNSTHERBST - Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, September 2017
2006 ART NOW - Gallery Guide New York - Chelsea - Ceres Gallery, “Looking In, Looking Out", Edition June - August 2006
2006 NoHo New York Business Improvement District, “NOHO NY ARTWALK”, April 2006
2006 The New York Times - Arts & Entertainment, “With a Little Artistic License”, Art Review, Helen A. Harrison, January 8th, 2006
2005 Alpan Gallery Online, www.alpangallery.com, “December 2005”, December 2005
2005 The New York Art World Online, www.thenewyorkartworld.com, “Alpan Gallery: December 2005”, December 2005
2005 ART NOW - Gallery Guide New York - Chelsea - Ceres Gallery, “The Square Show” , Edition December 2005
2005 Direct Art Magazine, Volume 12, “Constance Renken”, Edition Fall/Winter 2005
2005 ART NOW - Gallery Guide New York - Chelsea - Ceres Gallery, “Timing” , Edition June - August 2005
2005 Alpan Gallery Online, www.alpangallery.com, “Selection 2005”, June 2005
2004 Creative Thriftshop, “Cause for Celebration - A Review of Night of 1,000 Drawings”, Lynn delSol, November 11th, 2004
2004 ART NOW - Gallery Guide New York - Chelsea - Ceres Gallery, “Signs of Change” , Edition June - August 2004
2004 Krzysztof Nowak-Stiftung Online: nowak-stiftung.de, „Kunst für einen Zweck - Farbenfrohe Akzente zur Förderung der Krzysztof
Nowak-Stiftung“, Januar 2004
2003 Jacques’, „Kunst - Kunst - Kunst: Constance Renken wieder im Lambert“, 05. November 2003
2002 Wolfsburger Nachrichten, „Spenden durch Kicken und Kunst – VfL gegen Bayern München: Erlöse fließen in die Krzysztof-
Nowak-Stiftung”, 28. Dezember 2002
2002 Hanse Journal, „Kunst über 3 Etagen in Volksdorf“, 13. Dezember 2002
2002 Eppendorfer Wochenblatt, „Kunst für einen guten Zweck”, 13. November 2002
2002 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Online, www.uke.uni-hamburg.de, „Kunstaktion Art goes Eppendorf unterstützt die
Eltern-Baby-Tagesklinik des UKE, 26. August 2002
1999 Harburger Anzeigen und Nachrichten, „Leinwand wird zum Tagebuch“, 27. November 1999
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