Rune Christensen

Rune Christensen (b. 1980) is a Danish artist. Rune’s work is inspired by the process of living: the constant movement that results in encounters between individuals, cultures and societies, encounters affecting everyone involved. Driven by ever-present wanderlust, Christensen paints as he travels. His unmistakable expression comes from a hotchpotch of impressions from our diverse world. Within Christensen’s works there is an intensely overwhelming, excited melting pot of scents, colours, gazes and people: each painting the culmination of a rich life. Having exhibited in many places including Denmark, Beirut, Sydney, London and Almaty in Kazakhstan, his works cross as many borders as the artist himself has done.

 

Solo Exhibitions include Amass, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); Wildflowers, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023); Wanderlust, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London UK (2022); Enter Art Fair, (Solo Booth), with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2022); No Church on Sundays, Galleri Sandberg Odense Denmark (2021); Solo, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark (2020); Textured, Helium Cowboy, Hamburg, Germany (2018); Textured, Helium Cowboy Artspace, Hamburg, Germany (2017); Still Life, Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, US (2017); Solo Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark (2016); Solo Show, Gallery Hjorth, Horsens, Denmark (2014); Thoughts Of A Travelling Mind, Gallery Hjorth, Horsens, Denmark (2013); Redtape, Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, Denmark (2013).

 

 

Group Exhibitions include Fight Club, Better Go South Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023); Coffee at Bedale Street, Cohle Gallery, Paris, France (2023); Enter Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2023); Now Now Vol.2, Breach, Miami, Florida, USA (2023); Ephemeral Pleasures, Richard Heller Gallery, California, USA (2023); Where the Wild Roses Grow, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2023); 13 a Dozen, curated by Joachim Lambrechts, Gallery Sandberg, Odense, Denmark (2023); California Dreamin’, Lorin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2023); Fightclub, Better Go South Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023); Watch me burn, Ruttkowski 68, Paris, France (2022); KIAF, Elligere Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2022); Human, Piermarq Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2022); Disco Nap, Elligere Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2022); Duo show with Joachim Lambrechts, Galerie Wolfsen, Denmark (2022); In us we trust, Breach, Miami (2021); In Momentum, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021); Figurativ Samplers, Det nye Kastet Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2021); Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, US (2020); Stilles Leben, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, Germany (2020); Group Show, Vra Contemporary Museum, Denmark (2019); Stillleben, Vrå, Contemporary Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2019); Urban Dawn, Beirut, Lebanon (2016); Urban Dawn, Kazakhstan (2015).

            

 

Highlights and Collections

Rune Christensen’s work can be found in the collection of The House of KOKO (London) ; The Easton Capital Collection and The W Art Collection (China);  The Bunker ArtSpace Museum, USA; Steffen Heinze TDDT Collection