Constance Renken is a German artist with a studio based in Hamburg, Germany. Her passion for art arose when she was a teenager and continued throughout and past her studies. For her 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 fifteen 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. Since she is fascinated by the American Abstract Expressionism, spontaneity also finds its way into her creation process of art.
“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 exhibitions in Chelsea, SoHo and Long Island. She has been part of the Artbox.Projects Miami, Zurich and Barcelona and her paintings were also exhibited at art fairs and festivals like Millerntor Gallery, Swiss Art Expo, AlsterArt, Hamburg zeigt Kunst and altonale Kunstherbst.
UPCOMING ARTEVENTS:
2021 BARCELONA 1.0 Artbox.Project - Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
ART FAIRS, FESTIVALS & OTHER PROJECTS:
2020 SWISS ART EXPO – ZURICH 2.0 Artbox.Project, SBB Event Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 MILLERNTOR GALLERY VIRTUAL AUCTION - https://www.artcreateswater.org
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 Miami Art Week, Miami, Florida
2019 HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST – Überseeboulevard, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany
2019 SWISS ART EXPO – ZURICH 1.0 Artbox.Project, SBB Event Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 MILLERNTOR GALLERY #9 ART AUCTION – Millerntor-Stadion FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
2019 ART AUCTION "LEBENSKÜNSTLER" – NCL-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
2018 ALSTERART 2018 – Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg, Germany
2017 ALTONALE KUNSTHERBST 2017 - Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, 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:
2020 EXHIBITION - Artbox.Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 SHOW IT – Artbox.Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 FRIENDS EXHIBITION – Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
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 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
CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:
2007 Man Group, New York, NY
2003 Deutsche Bank AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA:
2020 Hamburger Abendblatt - Eine virtuelle Alternative zur "Millerntor Gallery", 07. Juli 2020
2020 Constance Renken - 2 Artworks, 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, https://youtu.be/mDADzoEwGPI
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, https://youtu.be/G8ihB5VGndc
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Charity-Auktion im Millerntor-Stadtion erzielt Rekordsumme", 07.07.2019
2019 NDR, "Millerntor Gallery: 270.00 Euro für guten Zweck", 03.07.2019
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Kunstgenuss für einen guten Zweck", 03.07.2019
2019 URBANLIFE, "Die Millerntor Gallery #9 feiert das Recht auf Wasser", 03.06.2019
2019 Hamburger Abendblatt, "Kleine Geheimnisse, große Veränderungen", 02./03.02.2019
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, 28.10.2017, 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 - 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, 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
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