Claudia Kaak

Artist Statement

Claudia Kaak is a German self-taught artist whose main subject is the human figure. Her paintings are painted in oil, mostly wet-on-wet, are based on photographs and movie stills. Every work has an autobiographical and social narrative which focuses on her childhood experiences. Her artwork deals with existential feelings, the inner strife of human beings and the extreme unlimited emotional and physical experience of pain. Her work is mostly untitled with a number assigned to a series in order not to influence the viewer. Her intention is to break taboo and allow emotional disorder to seep through the artwork.

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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  and Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno in Barcelona. She has been a finalist for the 13th and 14th 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 

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Group Exhibitions​

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

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2021              'International Women's Day 2021 Exhibition', MEAM - Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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