Claudia Kaak
Curriculum Vitae
Born:
January 6, 1987, Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Germany
Education:
2015 Goethe-University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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
Group Exhibitions
2021
- IGOR Fall Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Online Exclusive Exhibition, ‘Florals’, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
- IGOR Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
- ‘International Women’s Day 2021 Exhibition’, MEAM – Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona
2020
- ‘30th Miniature Show’, Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado
- ‘Von Helden und anderen Menschen’, Galerie Kunstforum im Alten Haus, Seligenstadt
- ‘International Guild of Realism 15th Annual Juried Exhibition’, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Online Exclusive Exhibition, ‘Shelter’, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
- ‘Shades of Light’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
- IGOR Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
- ‘Story Tellers’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
- ‘Colours’, Grand Salon, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2019
- ‘International Guild of Realism 14th Annual Juried Exhibition’, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
- ‘Go Wild!’, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast, Ireland
- ‘Secondary Meanings – Figural Diptychs’, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
- ‘We Believe’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
- IGOR Winter Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, Arizona
- ‘Adorn Me’, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2018
- ‘Figurative Realism’, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
- ‘Women Painting Women | Men Painting Men: Voices with Vision’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
- ‘Die Geste’, Ludwiggalerie, Schloss Oberhausen
- ‘Neue Entdeckungen und etablierte Talente, eine Auswahl’, Gallery Ewa Helena in Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg
- ‘Grand Salon’, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2017
- Women Painting Women: ‘A Voice with Vision’, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
- ‘Summer of art’, Levantehaus, Galerie Ewa Helena, Hamburg
- ‘Grand Salon’, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen
2016
- ‘Art-Shopping’, Canne Cc
- ‘Art Innsbruck 2016’, Gallery Dikmayer Berlin Mitte
- ‘Art-Shopping’, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
- ‘Media-Art Show’, Gallery Ewa Helena, Hamburg
Honors
2021
Preselected, ‚Figurativas 2021‘, MEAM
2020
Visitor’s prize, Grand Salon 2020, ‚Colours‘
2019
Finalist, 2019, 14th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center
2019
Best Portrait Award, International Guild of Realism
2018
Best of The Guide Artists 2018
2018
Finalist, 2018, 13th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center
Memberships
- International Guild of Realism, International group
- Poets and Artists, International group
Press
2020
- Realism Today: Breaking Taboos / September 22, 2020
2019
- GOSS183: Issue 107 / October2019
- American Art Collector – October issue 2019
- 14th International ARC Salon Catalog – issue 14 / 2019
- Poets and Artists: Variety Issue – issue 105 / July 2019
- Revista Ophelia: Entrevistas de collección – issue 3 / Mai 2019
- Poets and Artists: Secondary Meanings – Figural Diptychs – issue 102 / April 2019
- Poets and Artists: Adorn Me – issue 101 / February 2019
2018
- Poets and Artists: Figurative Realism – issue 100 / December 2018
- Zeitzeichen – 12/2018: Bestattungskultur – Gesten der Trauer
- Buffalo Queen Press: Vol. 1 – issue 1 / August 2018
- Poets and Artists: Eros Gaze – issue 93 / May 2018
- 13th International ARC Salon Catalog – issue 13 / May 2018
- Poets and Artists: 10th Anniversary Issue – Oranges & Sardines – issue 92 / March 2018
- The Guide Artists – issue 12 / February 2018
2017
- Tango – Das Lifestyle & People Magazin / August 2017
- Poets and Artists: Kloosterboer on Kaak – Claudia Kaak’s Quest for Inner Peace
- MilionArt Kaleidoscope – 2.17: Independence – Tradition, Erbe oder Autonomie?
Publications
ModPortrait 2020 Special Edition Catalog.
Artlibre Arte y Libertad XV Yearbook, 2020.
Vogt, Christine: DIE GESTE – Kunst zwischen Jubel, Dank und Nachdenklichkeit. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Peter und Irene Ludwig von der Antike über Albrecht Dürer bis Roy Lichtenstein.
Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2018.
Galerie Ewa Helena: Introspektion. Claudia Kaak. Hamburg, 2018.