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About the artist:
Christian Rex van Minnen was born in Providence, RI in 1980 and received his BA from Regis University, Denver in 2002. He has exhibited throughout the US and internationally, and is represented by Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, VETA Galeria, Madrid, Ross+Kramer Gallery, NYC, and Richard Heller Gallery, LA.
Born
1980, Providence, RI / Lives and works in Santa Cruz, California
Education
BA, Regis University
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2022
“Coniunctio” Ross+Kramer Gallery, NYC
2021
“It Comes In Waves”, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo
“Skin, Bone, Quinadridone, Adrenochrome”, Galeria Javier Lopez Fer Frances, Madrid
“Avatars”, Avant Arte, Online exhibit
2020
West Cliff, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, Ny
2019
Bloom, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
In Heaven, Everything is Fine, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
2018
UNTITLED, ART, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Chum Chum Rubby Dubby, AishoNanzuka Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2017
Mourning Wood in Liminal Dawn, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2016
Enantiodromia, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Golden Memes, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2014
Glazed and Confused, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
Welsh Rats, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2012
Fever Dream, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Rainbow Blight, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Neo-Grotesque, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Mixed Pickles 12, Ruttkowski68, NYC
2022
45+, Robischon Gallery, Denver
XY, Curated by Sasha Bogojev at Galerie Rundgaenger, Frankfurt
2021
My Sweet Doppleganger, Richard Heller Gallery, LA
Shape of an Image, curated by Sasha Bogojev, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
Nature Morte, The Hole Gallery, NYC
This Must Be The Place, Villa Schoeningen x Ruttkowski68, Potsdam
Figure 9, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago
2020
Christian van Minnen curates “Blastover”, Ruttkowski68, Paris France
Blunt, Gallerie Julien Cadet, Paris France
Mixed pickels 8, Ruttkowski68, Berlin, Germany
Nanzuka Underground: Global Pop Underground, Parco Museum Tokyo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Black and White vs Color, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Still Human, Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Juxtapoz and Sugarlift: ME, High Line Nine, New York, NY
2019
Mixed pickels 6, Ruttkowski68, Cologne, Germany
Mixed pickels 5, Ruttkowski68, Berlin, Germany
UNTITLED, ART, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, FL
2018
Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Immersion, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Realism D'aujourd'hui, Gallerie Julien Cadet, Paris France
Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, TX
Pulse Art Fair, Gallery Poulsen, Miami, FL
Mixed pickels 4, Ruttkowski68, Cologne, Germany
2017
UNTITLED, ART, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, TX
Beheaded, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
con-figuration, Postmasters, New York, NY
2016
UNTITLED, ART, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juxtapoz x Superflat, co-curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Pricco (Juxtapoz Magazine), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Juxtapoz x Superflat, co-curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Pricco (Juxtapoz Magazine), Pivot Art + Culture Center, Seattle, WA
Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015
Objects Installation, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
HEY! 3, Halle St Pierre, Paris, FR
The Copenhagen Interpretation, Lodge Gallery, NY, NY
Jokes of Nature, Redline Arts, Denver, CO
All Types of Characters, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY, NY
Pulse NYC, Gallery Poulsen, NY, NY
2014
Heat! Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Winter Group Show, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY, NY
Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Messin’ With The Masters, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
The Gallery Poulsen 10 Years Anniversary Show, Copenhagen, Denmark
Beinart Collective 2013 Group Show, Copro Gallery, LA, CA
Varnish 10th Anniversary Show, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
The Wild Bunch, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Unnatural History, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England
Against the Grain, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SWAB Contemporary Art Fair, Represented by MiTO Contemporary, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Cute and Creepy, Florida State Univ. Museum of Fine Art,Tallahassee, FL
Don’t Wake Daddy VI, Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg, Germany
Dark Water, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
What would we wish for in the future?, Biologiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Another Roadside Attraction, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, New York
2010
Ripe, Seattle Pacific Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Another Roadside Attraction, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
New Realisms, MiTO Contemporary, Barcelona, Spain
2009
OCHO: Numero Atomico Global Group Show, ROJO Artspace, Barcelona, Spain
15th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Publications
Juxtapoz Magazine, Vol. 159, San Francisco, CA
Lodown, Mystery Issue, Berlin, Germany
The Wild, WTF Issue, NY, NY
Joia Magazine, Vol. 36, Santiago, Chile
Hi-Fructose, Vol. 25, Ouch Factory Yum Club, Richmond, CA
Hey! Modern Art and Pop Culture Mag., Ankama Editions, Paris, France
Cute and Creepy Exhibition Catalog, Florida State U MoFA, Tallahassee, FL
Playboy Magazine, November 2010, Playboy Inc., Chicago, IL
Beautiful/Decay Book 4, Feral Children Publishing, Los Angeles, CA
Direct Art Magazine, Vol., 17 Slowart Publishing, NY
Cartilagine, Vol. 0, Milan, Italy
Empty Magazine, Issue #15 (Cover), Design is Kinky Publishing, Australia
ROJO OCHO: Numero Atomico, ROJO Publishing, Barcelona, Spain
Direct Art Magazine Vol. 15, Slowart Publishing, NY
Look de Book, Issue #2 Vol. 1, Barcelona, Spain
Metamorphosis II, Beinart Publishing Co. New Brunswick, Australia
SELECTED PRESS
2018
David Pagel, "Van Minnen: To Cut Out the Cracks int he Patriarchal Society," Gallery Magazine, China, January
2017
David Pagel, "Christian Rex van Minnen's modern tales of male domination, painted like an old master," LA Times, November 25, 2017
Evan Pricco, "Christian Rex van Minnen In Mourning and Rebirth," Juxtapoz, November
Rosalind Duguid, "Christian Rex van Minnen on Horror, Humour and Light," Elephant, October 31
Jacob Hicks, “Christian Rex van Minnen in Conversation with Jacob Hicks,” QuantumArtReview, February 4
2016
Diana Shi, “Opposites Attract in a Surreal and Terrifying Art Show,” The Creators Project, October 2
Nina Azzarello, “christian rex van minnen's paintings are brutal, beautiful and bizarre,” Design Boom, February 22
2015
Nastia Voynovskaya, “Studio Visit: Christian Rex van Minnen Breaks Down His Layered Oil Painting Process,” Hi Fructose, June 8
Helena Celdrán, “Christian van Minnen: retratos y bodegones de belleza repulsiva,” 20 minutos, February 17
2014
“CHRISTIAN REX VAN MINNEN INSTALLS GIANT BILLBOARD IN NY FOR THE ARTHA PROJECT,” Upper Playground, November 22
Julie Antolick Winters, “Interview: Christian Rex van Minnen,” Bein Art Gallery, November 13
Marco Annunziata and Kate Messinger, “RUDE BOYS: Christian Rex van Minnen,” The Wild Magazine,
April 1
2013
Meghan MacRae, “Fever Dream...Christian Rex van Minnen,” CVLT NATION, May 27
Russ Crest, “Made With Color Presents: The Grotesque Paintings Of Christian Rex van Minnen,”
Beautiful/Decay, March 27
Marina Galperina, “Artist’s Notebook: Christian Rex van Minnen,” Animal, March 25
2008
Meighan O’Toole, “Q&A WITH CHRISTIAN REX VAN MINNEN,” My Love for You Blog, November 3
Awards
2011
Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Radio/Television
TV & Film
2015
Featured in @Large: Creators at Work TV Documentary Series, Redbull Production Studios, NYC
Collections
Beth Rudin de Woody Collection
Hall Art Foundation
Denver Art Museum
Djurhuus Collection
Colecciōn Solo
Richard B. Sachs Collection