Constance Renken is an artist, based in Hamburg, Germany. Her passion for art arose when she was a teenager and continued throughout and past her studies. For her large-sized artworks, she exclusively utilizes acrylic paints applied on canvas by spatula. Starting off with more figurative paintings in her early years, Constance's art has evolved into a stage of abstract motives over the past ten years. Her paintings are dominated by expressive colors that capture emotions of interpersonal moments. The more extreme the color range the more intense and genuine the feeling of the encounter. 

“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.”

Constance Renken lived and worked in New York City for five years. Her artworks have been shown in many exhibitions in Chelsea, SoHo and Long Island. Since she is fascinated by the American Abstract Expressionism, emotions and spontaneity also find their way into her creation process of art.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS:

2018          ALSTERART – 11.11.2018, Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018           FRIENDS EXHIBITION – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

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          NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS – Artists Space Gallery, New York, NY

2005          THE SQUARE SHOW – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

2005          GALLERY ARTISTS – Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY

2005          TIMING – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

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

2002          EMOTIONALE ABSTRAKTIONEN – Molkenthin & Partner, Hamburg, Germany

2002          ART GOES EPPENDORF – Farbpalette, Hamburg, Germany

2001          ABSTRAKTE MALEREI – Poster Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

ART FAIRS:

2017           ALTONALE KUNSTHERBST 2017 - Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, Hamburg, Germany

CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:

2007          Man Group, New York, NY

2003          Deutsche Bank AG, Wolfsburg, Germany 

PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA:

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, 28.10.2017, 19:30 Uhr, www.ndr.de

2017           Hamburger Abendblatt, "Die bunte Palette der Kunst im Hamburg Cruise Center, 28./29.10. 2017

2017           HAMBURG-MAGAZIN.DE - 360° Geliebte Stadt - altonale KUNSTHERBST - 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, www.nowak-stiftung.de, „Kunst für einen guten 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